Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu   (Jeet Kune Do)
("lee-joon-fan gung-foo") ("geet-coon-dough")
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Other Names: Jeet Kune Do, JKD,
Martial Class: Pugilistic, grappling, trapping
Region of Origin: United States of America
Proponents: The late Bruce Lee; Guro Dan Inosanto, Inosanto Academy, CA; Sifu Rick Faye, MN, USA
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Sifu Rick Faye
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Strengths:

The information in this site comes from several different sources and will be cited as such.

Bruce Lee Pic goes hereThere is much written about the late Bruce Lee, his art of Jun Fan Gung Fu and his philosophy of truth, Jeet Kune Do and there is still much controversy surrounding who is and what is correct.

This web site is not about trying to clear up such arguments but to give anyone who seeks it an insight into his system and philosophy. If you have questions or arguments about “what is” and “what is not”, just read the literature published and you can formulate your own opinion. JKD allows you do be creative in your own right and express what is artistically your own.

Jun Fan Gung Fu is comprised of elements of 26 different systems and percentages of each are not fully clear. In Paul Vunak’s book “Jeet Kune Do” shows the following list of elements:

  1. Wing Chun
  2. Northern Praying Mantis
  3. Southern Praying Mantis
  4. Choy Li Fut
  5. Tai-Chi Chuan (Wu Family style)
  6. Paqua
  7. Hsing-I
  8. Bak-Hoo Pai (White Crane) and Bak-Fu Pai (White Tiger)
  9. Eagle Claw
  10. Ng Ga Kuen (Five Family System)
  11. Ny Ying Ga (Five Animal System)
  12. Bak Mei Pai (White Eyebrow)
  13. Northern Shaolin
  14. Southern Shaolin
  15. Bok Pai
  16. LawHorn Kuen
  17. Chin Na
  18. Monkey Style
  19. Drunken Style
  20. Western Fencing (Foil)
  21. Western Boxing
  22. Western Wrestling
  23. Jujitsu
  24. Escrima
  25. Filipino Sikaran
  26. Muay Thai (Thai Boxing)
Innovative and radically ahead of his time in his training and teaching methodology, Bruce Lee developed a martial system and fighting strategy that has lost none of its effectiveness over time.

The most important aspect of training in the philosophy of JKD is to train the human attribute set. In the book “Jeet Kune Do Unlimited” by Burton Richardson,

    Attributes are the abilities that we possess that enhance our performance. These are the qualities that bring techniques alive and make them functional. The great thing about attributes is that each one can be improved through proper training. If you are not fast, do speed drills. If you are not strong, try weight training and calisthenics. Identify your weakest area and work daily to improve them (p. 38).
The following is the list of attributes he outlines in his book. If you are creative, you might think of some of your own:
  • Health
  • Mobility
  • Attitude
  • Flow
  • Timing
  • Power
  • Speed
  • Accuracy
  • Coordination
  • Sensitivity
  • Rhythm
  • Strength
  • Endurance
  • Flexibility
  • Balance
  • Durability
  • Agility
  • Knowledge
  • Experience
  • Relaxation
  • Precision

Ranges

Jun Fan falls in four basic ranges and is based on you and your size. For instance, if you are going against a very tall person, his punching range may be your kicking range. Understanding the distance where your tools are effective is extremely important.
  1. Kicking
  2. Punching
  3. Trapping
  4. Grappling
A fifth range between trapping and grappling, standing grappling has been indicated.

Footwork

The foot work in Jun Fan is important for you to control your range:
  1. Step & slide: forward, back, left and right
  2. Slide & step: forward, back
  3. Step - slide & slide – step: forward, back
  4. Slide – step & step – slide: forward, back
Emphasizing the "ranges of combat" and agility in footwork, students are taught to confidently and with ease "flow" from long distance,"kicking- range", to middle distance, "hand- range", to close quarter, "trapping & grappling range".

Principals

In Lee Jun Fan the movements are crisp, and efficient, utilizing the most direct lines and angles. JKD affords the practitioner a means by which to effectively pursue the most direct line of attack. And once an attack has been launched there are no breaks or interruptions. As one technique nears completion, it starts to blend into the next and so forth: one continuos flowing motion until the conflict is resolved.
  1. SIA- Single Indirect Attack
  2. SAA- Single Angulated Attack
  3. ABC- Attack By Combination
  4. PIA- Progressive Indirect Attack
  5. ABD- Attack By Drawing
  6. HIA- Hand Immobilization Attack

Technique

  1. Pak Sao Da – Slap and hit
  2. Lap Sao Da- Pull and hit
  3. Gum Sao Da- Pin and hit
  4. Jao Sao – Running hand
  5. Jut Sao- Short Snapping hand
  6. Huen – Circling hand
  7. Sut Sao- Ridge hand
Jun Fan Gung Fu classes, at Kali/JKD-U affiliate locations, are devoted entirely to teaching and preserving the arts & philosophies of the late Bruce Lee. Students are able to enhance their natural attributes, such as coordination, timing, speed, endurance, strength and agility, using the innovative teaching and training methods developed by Bruce Lee, and preserved and taught to today by his protégé, student and training partner, Dan Inosanto.
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Weapons:

Bruce Lee Pic goes hereThe Late Bruce Lee showcased a number of weapons from the different martial arts he studied. The nunchaku, a flailing weapon from Okinawa, Japan gained international attention from Bruce Lee's mastery of the weapon on film. The use of the 6-and-half point pole, of Wing Chun Gung Fu, can be seen in "The Way of the Dragon".

He also demonstrated the use of two sticks with movements similar to those found in the Filipino martial art Kali. The nunchaku, and Filipino weapondry were introduced to him by Guro Dan Inosanto.
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History:
Jun Fan Gung Fu, named after his birth name, Lee Jun Fan is known to be a hybrid of the Gung Fu system, Wing Chun. His first system being Tai Chi Chuan taught to him by his father, Bruce Lee later learned Wing Chun from the late Grand Master Yip Man. After returning to American. Sifu Lee realized the differences in culter and was forced to modify the system he had learned to fit his new environment.
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