Okay the big question. Wing Chun vs. Jeet Kune Do. Which one is better?
Well I believe there's no such thing as a better style. Just on the ends on the
martial artist and the attributes of each martial arts. But today I want to
show you the difference cause I think a lot of people to think well what obviously if
you have one element -- elements of JKD that are or from Wing Chun because Bruce Lee has
the Wing Chun background but there's actually few major differences between
the two arts. Now first of all let's talk about Wing Chun and let's talk about the
Wing Chun stance. The fighting stance. Now the traditional Wing Chun stance which you have
typically (inaudible) right. You have the Wing Chun stance centerline and in
Wing Chun you're fighting with all hands right. (inaudible) step so I give
redirect your energy and that typical Wing Chun stance. So maybe we are let's say we're sparring
here. So this (inaudible) position so like so you say ball into a packaging
even in an movie you see he kind move around kind of like so and this is
pointing to the outside and what happened is I'm making circular motion
even if I'm moving forward. Making circular motion like so that's a Wing Chun stance.
Now you can see the Wing Chun stance itself it's more -- I am waiting for
the opponent to do something. So like so so they did someone throws a punch right
if I just do a Pan Sao. Get from my tip right there. Typical Wing Chun technique. Now in Jeet Kune Do
(inaudible)who is found that its stance is quite limited of what you want to do.
He want to have better mobility. So develops he took some I give the
concepts from fencing he developed the JKD stance. Now the JKD stance with a
let me head at more which is more like like a fencing
stance. Now where we face like that this is facing forward like so and just
imagine let's say a line (inaudible) okay and the heel it's actually up okay.
The heel is actually up. So bend both knees (inaudible) and my chin is down and then my left
hand like so protecting myself and over here my elbow is protecting my rib cage.
like that okay. Now why is it like that imagine all the almost I got an arrow
right and I'm not ready to go.
I can shoot that any minute. In this case you can see -- look at the footwork I
can be -- I'm able to pull the knee faster and then you go down like this without having
to lunge forward okay. Because I'm pushing from here and pushing
from my rear foot. So the fighting stance another big difference is JKD we lead
with our strong hand and foot. So I'm right-handed so naturally right hand,
right foot. Versus boxing -- with this strong hand
backwards and so that's strong right cross. In JKD Bruce believed "hey you know what since a fight will end
in seconds, why not put my strong foot and strong hand forward. I can I think pin to
fight from here. And you can see so measure your stance, notice the difference.
JKD stance right? You move and move and you know much more.
because less is it up so easy kick right. You hook but be a lot there's no good or bad.
This is the difference. So that's the difference
in stance. Let's talk about fighting philosophy. Which is all sensitivity. It's about
touching of hands. You do a lot of Chi sa.
So when we're touching an opponent because we've done it so -- we might so
many drill terms of training activity. When we have
you know if this is an opening you - like that. Boom. or if he push right then I could feel
the energy and then from there I can hit. So that's the Wing Chun Philiosophy. But later on
in Jeet Kun Do Bruce founded as he gets faster and more powerful he doesn't need
to touch him as much. So we went from touch to non touch. So non touch meaning
before I can touch him with the guard if I can sense he's gonna attack me,
Boom. I'm going to attack first. So he's trying -- I'm trying to
finish the fight in (inaudible) moves. So again Jeet Kune Do the way of intercepting fit is
trying to intercept the opponent. Where it's just as walking things like that. You can use
a very offensive art. That it's designed to take the other guy in seconds.
So the philosophy wise Wing Chun sometimes you wait -- you can see he'll hit me or Tan Sao -- he'll hit me
I feel like right there I throw the hook.
I'll do a Tan Sao that's a hit. That's ok (inaudible)
I can sense he's in my distance. The timing and I go.
So that's the second -- like I would say (inaudible) Third. The last one.
In terms of training -- I think Wing Chun from my point of view a
good Wing Chun practitioner -- even a beginner -- you learn six -- six month or year you can get
pretty good with Wing Chun and you be a pretty good Wing Chun guy. On the other I
think Jeet Kune Do because it's such a personal art to Bruce it takes so
much more effort. You need to be -- the timing, your distance, your power, your speed, and
your attributes as an athlete, as a martial artist needs to be done much better
in order to execute the techniques well. So another one Wing Chun you can learn it.
Six months, a year you look pretty good. Jeet Kune Do much
harder to work on. Although the techniques are simple -- it's very very simple but to be able to
execute it when you need it and boom let it go. Have the right power because now
think of just even have the -- when you have the strong -- the front leg
your right hand to be able to execute with the power not from here but from here
just from this point right. So from here you got power. It takes a lot of practice right
It take a lot of practice. So I would think that's the main difference it's
not one is better than the other but knowing you can sell a lot JKD bags they learn Bruce's
techniques and it looks flashy but they don't have -- they haven't put at a
time or the effort of maximum technique and training, the speed, the power, accuracy and
timing and Bruce's rhythm and all these things. I'm not even considering myself a full JKD guy.
I'm not full-time martial artist.
But you can see on YouTube there's only a handful guys that I consider
that are very good with JKD. Because it just takes so much time and effort to do
the master that. So those are the three major difference between Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do.