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- Bruce Lee's JKD, Jeet Kune Do take down.
Now, you have questions, we have answers.
This is probably one of the most requested video
that we have about how to do JKD takedown.
Now, Sifu, I know in JKD,
we do takedown a little bit differently,
A different philosophy.
We're not trying to look for the take down,
or take them to the ground and do ground fighting.
That's not the purpose of this,
it happens to be there and then we do it, right?
- Right, right, the leverage points
is when you actually make contact
or actually hit the opponent and the opponent
then is either hunching over or he's moving away.
That's when you take advantage of it,
but, in most cases during that time period,
now we're talking about Jeet Kune Do,
the way it's being improved, or at least people evolving it
to stages where they feel is best, it's fine.
If you want to be able to protect yourself from the ground,
or be able to utilize take downs to your advantage,
then you've gotta get that on.
- So if you get taken on the ground, you know what to do,
the ground fighting techniques.
- Correct, correct.
However, when we're sticking to some base principles,
you gotta always think of hitting,
and also, don't forget to take advantage
of the most vital parts of the body.
Your throat, groin, your eyes.
Use that to your advantage,
because that's what you have to use in actual combat,
or if you're actually being attacked.
So in the case of a take down,
I could share a few simple ones you could perhaps use,
but, I would only consider doing this
if you were actually still standing.
Because if one is grabbing you,
and you're being tossed one way or another,
That's more realism, right?
That's more practical is what I'm trying to say
and therefore, sometimes somethings won't work,
it just depends, but just to get
some structure involved, right?
We'll talk about this one.
If I was gonna borrow Jack, he's gonna volunteer
to fall for us.
- The first technique
- The first one here, so if he was facing me correct,
and let's say he did throw this punch.
And I'm swinging, I'm hitting low, that's the first attack.
I'm already hitting, so his body's already hunching over.
So if that's the case, I'm gonna take advantage of that
by using this other leg and just kicking through him.
Boom, if I kick through him, he ends up falling.
If he's still standing because Jack has a lot
of supporting weight on that leg, then I have to--
- Well he's taller, he's stronger.
- And he is taller, that might not work half the time.
So if he's, you're swinging a really nice, tight hook,
and it could be. "whack!"
This is more of a fighter stand point, boom.
I hit really hard, and if he barely even moves this leg,
Boom, Okay it didn't go anywhere,
but then I'm gonna press down,
to get him to go to the ground.
So now, I borrowed that force,
'cause he was already going to the ground,
and I just helped him.
Chances are, he's not gonna be stacked in that position.
He's just not gonna sit there.
The thing is, he swings, I hit, boom.
I hit as hard as I can, I'll even hit to the groin.
That doesn't feel good, right?
At that point, I can take advantage
of the tailbone or the groin if it's exposed.
But that's the idea, is being able to hit,
get him to cripple-bound, and not go into manipulation,
So if you grab me, like this, just do it like a hand grab.
But first of all, this is going to his head.
Everything should be taken into effect.
Even before he even tries to grab you, it has to hit.
If he took advantage of it,
I'm not just gonna grab his hand and try to take him down,
this guy has a lot more strength than I do.
- And then also this hand opens up,
he might be hitting you as well.
- Yeah, this might not work, this guy's gonna
hook punch me here. Boom I'm down, that's not gonna work.
So, the idea is again, distraction first.
Let's say he does reach out, I end up hitting.
Even more, his head's going up, boom.
Now I take advantage of it, okay.
That's the idea behind a take down.
I'd rather cripple the guy, rather than try to,
again, manipulate the arms, throw a punch, that's it.
And try to manipulate it to where I'm taking you down, no.
- Right there, you see how natural instincts,
when Sifu's trying to take Jack, this hits.
It's a human being, if I try to grab him,
he's gonna want to grab me, this is normal.
A lot of reason with training, a lot of Thai boxing,
you grab immediately, they're grabbing.
You wanna assume the guy's got some training.
Don't underestimate the opponent, right?
- And that's correct.
You really consider nowadays,
with what you see on YouTube or TV-
- Yeah, you're watching on YouTube.
- I think YouTube is probably the most popular,
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- At any rate, if I were to hit,
he now goes down this way and he shoots.
You gotta be prepared to be going to the ground,
because he has more leverage than I do.
- Way more, and then you can see the structure of it.
- I'm going down, so you'll know, I'm going down.
Let's take it to this point.
If he's going down you gotta take advantage of that as well.
So if he does, then you're going right to that throat.
If his head is coming down here next to my hip,
I'm gonna try and grab the eyes, pull it back.
Hit the head, if not, elbow down,
hit the groin again and he's going down.
So you have to look at it that way.
Jeet Kune Do is to stay alive,
attack on every angle you have, but effectively.
You can't be swinging punches because,
if he has better skill than you, then you're gonna go down.
- Yeah, then it becomes who's tougher,
who can take more hits, right? - Right.
- So that's the first take down,
what's the second take down Sifu?
- The second take down ...
Let's say for instance, he's on a right lead.
And let's say, he throws a straight punch.
I'm striking in, I'm slipping,
I hit the gut to the head and I want to,
at least give me some leverage here.
Here, to control the head. - Right there?
- Correct, by that time, he's already moving back.
You see how this is moving forward?
If his lower back is now tilting forward,
so that's the leverage point.
- It's his momentum, it's not Sifu making him fall down,
he is falling down himself, using his weight.
Using the earth, using the ground as the weapon.
- Yeah, and again the size does matter,
so I'm a little shorter.
If I could I'd kick this guys leg off from under him,
but I can't because, he has more weight on that still.
But if I can put that leverage point
a little bit this way, now look at the difference.
- See the spine, this is already off balance,
right there, you see that?
So even if I push a little he'll fall himself.
- Now just being little myself ...
Can you hold that position? - Yep.
- Okay, good, taking advantage of being little myself,
watch what I do with the rear leg.
And that's all I need, is to just grab some leverage point
and use it against them, so they can fall.
Once that happens, I'm done, I'm either disengaging,
telling the guy "Hey, are you done, you calm?"
High five, great, let's go home.
There's no reason to continue.
- So that's the second take down,
and there's a third one as well?
- Third one, Okay so, third one.
Again, he does a rear punch or something.
I go to the groin, boom, okay good.
So by that time he's already hunching over, correct?
- Yes.
- This left foot, I'm still gonna
jam you this way and take it down.
That way, you can actually just jam the guy,
rather than going and trying to find
leverage points this way.
I wouldn't turn your back against your opponent.
I would just try to continue going forward.
- What's the danger of a throw like this?
- Well he could put you in a rear neck or choke.
- Or he can hit?
- Yeah, he can hit, he can do anything like that.
But again, it depends on who you're fighting.
And I always mention this in your videos,
it's the context of the environment, what is going on?
Are you fighting a fighter, or are you fighting some drunk
that's out on the street, that you're trying to escape from?
Even then, those might be very difficult to defend against,
because they're just swinging at ya.
- And usually if they are, there's alcohol involved.
They might feel numb, you can hit them a couple of times,
they just keep going at you, right,
so you gotta take that into consideration.
You're kinda, "Oh how can I do my thing?" and you're posing.
He's not knocked out, what's going on?
You can think of it that way. - Right.
- That's the JKD take down.
So Sifu, the big take away is,
we don't look for the take down, it's just there.
We're using their weight against themselves.
We're using the ground, - Yes.
- We're using the environment to help, and we always hit.
If we see something, if we feel something
that's opening up or some energy,
and it goes back to sticky hand too right, Chi Sau?
Then we use it, we're not saying,
"I wanna take you down to the ground this way,
and use technique one against you."
We don't do that, we don't even look for it.
By the time you're thinking about it,
it's too late, right Sifu?
- That's right, you gotta just
think about hitting at all costs.
Don't worry about trying to take someone down,
that's not the key here.
It's just feeling it as you move forward.
So again, if Jack is in front of me,
I'm feeling threatened, he's moving forward.
I'm also moving forward too, whatever happens,
I might be collided with this but,
at least I know the idea that I'm slipping through him.
But by this time I'm hitting him,
and all of a sudden I just start hitting the guy.
He's either gonna continue going down,
or something's gonna happen.
The pressure can come back the other way,
and we can save that for another time.
- Yeah, so there you go, any other questions
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