| My job is to help people improve in the martial | | | | practitioners are doing. This will help me against |
| arts. I want folks to be able to defend | | | | the Jeet Kune Do martial artists, too. |
| themselves more effectively. | | | | * I might learn popular beliefs and misconceptions |
| It's a curious phenomenon that whenever I point | | | | about JKD. |
| out a shortcoming or problem with a technique or | | | | * And most important, I might find a flaw in what |
| tactic from a particular style, people complain. | | | | I do, that needs to be corrected. |
| The majority of martial artists don't like anyone | | | | What's more, if the critic has an answer, then the |
| saying that their style is less than perfect. | | | | fix could be an easy change. |
| Well, if you are one of "those" people, then this | | | | Analyzing Other Martial Arts Styles |
| article is especially for you. | | | | Now, let's change roles. Instead of receiving |
| No Martial Arts Style is Perfect | | | | criticism, what if you were the one examining the |
| As mentioned above, a lot of practitioners don't | | | | different styles, looking for flaws? |
| want to hear anything bad about their system or | | | | Hmm. |
| style. It's almost like telling them that | | | | Let me ask you, whom would you put your |
| theirparticular religion is flawed. | | | | money on in a fight? The person who, with |
| But it shouldn't be that way, at all. | | | | blinders on, only practices his or her classical style, |
| When someone points out some flaws of JKD, I | | | | without ever examining what others are doing, |
| get interested. Not offended, but supremely | | | | OR someone who diligently looks for weaknesses |
| interested. I am about to find out somevaluable | | | | that can be taken advantage of, from alarge |
| information: | | | | variety of styles? (Whew, apologies for that long |
| * The person may not have a clue about JKD. In | | | | ... and still incomplete ... sentence.) |
| which case, now I know what would work on this | | | | And that my friend(s), is what progressive martial |
| critic. | | | | arts is about. |
| * He or she may notice what other, weaker, JKD | | | | |