JKD Is NOT MMA - But What's The Difference?

Many consider JKD as a forerunner of MMA and a lot of people even train JKD literally as moving from one style to another, depending on the distance. But JKD has no style, it adapts to any situation not by mimicking the opponent, but by using the principles of directness, simplicity and economy of movement.

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[therealawakener]

The difference is simple, MMA has controlled brutality (sport) and JKD is just brutality (real combat). Enough said.

[thomasthorne]

You are INDEED the encyclopedia of JKD !!! Another g4rar class. Thank you for your wisdom.

" Never fear the man that has practiced 1, 000 kicks once. Fear the man that has practiced one kick a THOUSAND times "

[noschervanhodjaty]

Great!There are even original JKD-instructors, who are enthusiastic about MMA!JKD was created to intercept all those arts, which are used in MMA.

[tonyjkd]

Excellent clarification. So many people think otherwise. Bruce Lee would be so proud of intercepting Fist Organization. Simple Direct and Efficient. Thank you for sharing Excellent and accurate information.

[christhecelt]

Nicely explained, and demonstrated to the point. Many Thanks 👍🏻

[borbolensborbolens]

JKD can be adjusted to fit MMA rules.There should be a JKD representative by now.

[ChadeGB]

JKD is seen today (and was proposed by Bruce Lee) as more of a philosophy for fighting.

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own."

That is the philosophy and it represents exactly what MMA does. MMA is the evolution of Jeet Kune Do, albeit not the style Bruce used.

[YungJayDaRBL]

I was gonna say cuz they’re similarities between the two but completely different at the same time

[ccm]

Many people like to confuse or compare Jeet Kune Do with mma. In fact, these people are simply nonsense, thank you for telling the truth sifu thomas !

[johnabrams]

Excellent. Does anyone know his quote about the spirit becoming the warrior?

[maximumhate]

Well, still waiting for training to become available again. Seems Bruce didn’t consider tactics against Covid back then...

[dilshankavinda]

There's no need to discuss jkd is not mma jkd practitioner can adopt any situation cause he has no style and no limitation...that's the difference

[gianlucam.]

Sifu any way to train with your style in Geneva?

[woklam]

guys listen jkd is actually krav maga u can call chinese krav maga . isreal krav maga vs chinese krav maga

[djoneforever]

JKD uses anything and everything to win and yes guns, knives. No rules, kill or be killed.
MMA is just a sport, no killing, no weapon and lots of rules.

[gedbookings]

JKD is most certainly a mixture of technique from various martial arts; boxing, savate, kali, wing chun, grappling etc. and therefore technically is “MMA”.

JKD hobbyists and enthusiasts aside, the average JKD practitioner is doing himself a great disservice if they haven’t adapted to the times and incorporated actual MMA training into their arsenal.