Page 64 - Latter Stage Jeet Kune Do for Beginners

If you practice footwork and long-range punching at
a bag, you'll soon be able to knock out the average
dude of approximately your own weight in a fight.

6. Quick Advance – This is an advance footwork
adapted from the fencing footwork. The
movement is like a forward shuffle. From your
JKD on Guard stance a shuffling step forward
with your lead foot a step of about 8 inches and
then let your rear foot slide automatically and
replace the initial position of the lead foot. So just
before your rear foot makes contact with your
lead foot slide the lead foot forward. And back to
the JKD on Guard stance. Your weight resting
lightly upon the ball of the foot. Make your
progress a comparatively smooth glide, with your
knees slightly bent and with your body always in
punching position. The purpose of this movement
is to move quickly your body at a distance of 7
feet to 11 feet. See Picture 33 on the next page for
the step by step reference.

Movement is the skill of fighting and the timing of
movement is even the skill of skill. But only timing
is not enough, movement should cooperate with
hands or feet to carry out defense of attack.
Furthermore, it should keep one’s body in balance.

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