вЂњAs a result, Jeet Kune Do utilises all ways and is bound by none, and likewise, uses any techniques or means that serve its end,вЂќ Lee wrote in Tao of Jeet Kune Do. вЂњJeet Kune Do favours formlessness so that it can assume all forms, and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles.вЂќ PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook/The Official Bruce Lee Facebook Page Ip Man (right) and Lee practising wing chun. Lee thought this was ridiculous, and referred to it as the Classical Mess. Martial artists adhered firmly to the techniques of their chosen style, and that systemВ became more important than the man, as Lee put it. Way before mixed martial arts, martial arts styles had rules and traditions that could not be broken, even if success in combat mandated otherwise. He developed Jeet kune do because he thought that the idea of a rigid fighting style was too limiting. LeeвЂ™s intention was quite the opposite, in fact. There are many distinct styles of fighting in kung fu вЂ“ hung gar, wing chun, and tai chi to name a few of the more famous ones.Д«ut the best starting point for understanding Jeet kune do is realising that Lee never wanted it to be a style. The best-known legacy of Bruce Lee, who would have turned 80 this Friday is of course his movies.Д«ut the martial arts legend also developed a unique way of fighting called Jeet kune do, a Cantonese term which translates as something like the way of the stopping fistВ or more poetically, the way of the intercepting fist.

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