Jeet Kune Do (JKD)

Jeet Kune Do - JKD Clubs
in Peterborough

Jeet Kune Do: This martial art, which means the ‘way of the intercepting fist’, was developed by Bruce Lee, one of the most famous martial artists of the 20th century. This is not actually a specific martial arts style, but a collection of concepts that focuses on constant adaptation and inclusion of moves from other styles.

Jeet Kune Do (JKD) is the name Bruce Lee gave to his combat system and philosophy in 1967. Originally, when Lee began researching various fighting styles, he gave his martial art his own name of Jun Fan Gung Fu. However not wanting to create another style that would share the limitations that all styles have, he instead gave us the process that created it.

In 2004, the Bruce Lee Foundation decided to use the name Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do to refer to the martial arts system that Lee founded. “Jun Fan” was Lee’s Chinese given name, so the literal translation is “Bruce Lee’s Way of the Intercepting Fist.”

Bruce Lee said:

I have not invented a “new style,” composite, modified or otherwise that is set within distinct form as apart from “this” method or “that” method. On the contrary, I hope to free my followers from clinging to styles, patterns, or molds. Remember that Jeet Kune Do is merely a name used, a mirror in which to see “ourselves”. . . Jeet Kune Do is not an organized institution that one can be a member of. Either you understand or you don’t, and that is that. There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way. Jeet Kune-Do is simply the direct expression of one’s feelings with the minimum of movements and energy. The closer to the true way of Kung Fu, the less wastage of expression there is. Finally, a Jeet Kune Do man who says Jeet Kune Do is exclusively Jeet Kune Do is simply not with it. He is still hung up on his self-closing resistance, in this case anchored down to reactionary pattern, and naturally is still bound by another modified pattern and can move within its limits. He has not digested the simple fact that truth exists outside all molds; pattern and awareness is never exclusive. Again let me remind you Jeet Kune Do is just a name used, a boat to get one across, and once across it is to be discarded and not to be carried on one’s back.

Bruce Lee

One of the theories of JKD is that a fighter should do whatever is necessary to defend himself, regardless of where the techniques come from. One of Lee’s goals in Jeet Kune Do was to break down what he claimed were limiting factors in the training of the traditional styles, and seek a fighting thesis which he believed could only be found within the reality of a fight.     Jeet Kune Do students train equally in each of 4 ranges of combat:

Kicking, Punching, Trapping, Grappling

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Peterborough and Oundle Wing Chun
Certified branch of the Ip Ching Wing Chun Athletic Association and Wing Chun Kung Fu Council. This ensures that the quality and authenticity of the Wing Chun Kung Fu taught in these classes is maintained to the standards laid down by these associations, through Master Heimberger and Grand Master Ip Ching. A friendly class atmosphere and regular seminars with fully qualified Masters.

Location & Times
TUESDAY 6:00 – 6:45 PM (Juniors up to 14 yrs)
TUESDAY 7:00 – 9:00 PM
The Joan Strong Centre
East Road
Oundle
Peterborough

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TEL: 07752 753046 / 01832 275797

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Wong Shun Leung Ving Tsun Kung Fu
Ving Tsun Kung Fu Association Europe

Wednesday ( Starter – Intermediate )
7.30 to 9 pm
Westgate Church
70 Westgate
Peterborough
PE1 1RG
( Opposite bus station )

Tel :-  07985076593

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Din Gar Gung Fu Kuen (UK)

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