Page 107 - Latter Stage Jeet Kune Do for Beginners

SUMMARY ON TRAINING IN JEET KUNE DO

Lead limb as the preliminary striking tool. The strong
side forward. This makes 2 strong sides. The lead
hand and foot consist 80% of all punching and
kicking. As the lead is closer to the target areas
before starting the attack. It is important that you
should spend most of your time during training
perfecting both punching and kicking abilities
properly. You have to be able to punch and kick from
with either hand or legs from all angles.

Hit your target as straight as possible. Learn to
incorporate your footwork into your punch. Don’t
telegraph any punch. Learn to hold your weapon
until you can hit your opponent at the proper
distance and time. Never waste your energy missing.
Be as surgically precise as possible. Develop speed,
timing, and judgement of distance by many hard
workouts with all type of sparing partners.

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The Straight punch is the core of JKD but should be
reinforced and supported by punch and kicks of
surgical precision. It’s a western fencing without the
sword. All your punches should end with a snap
several inches behind the target. So that you are
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