* NEW REVISED VERSION * step by step instructions to help you develop a deeper understanding of the art of Jeet Kune Do. This book consists of over 483 pages and over 3300 photos of in-depth instructions, based on the Original Jeet Kune Do and modern development of Martial Arts. This book is a must for every serious Martial Artist of any style. The instructions in this book will help you develop a better and deeper understanding of Jeet Kune Do and scientific street self defense. The tutelage of this book will allow both beginners and advance practitioners alike to gain a full understanding of the methods and theories that lay behind JKD, an art that for many years a substantial amount of practitioners struggled with.
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George Hajnasr Sifu / Sensei, black belt holder in various styles of Martial Arts with over 30 years of Martial Arts experience and is the founder of Jeet Kune Do the System Without a System®. George Hajnasr's skills were compiled by learning from over ten of the top original students of Bruce Lee, who is the founder of Jeet Kune Do, plus has overseas training with top instructors on hand to hand combat and disarming techniques.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fine book on JKD,
By magellan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (COMMUNITY FORUM 04) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: JEET KUNE DO: THE SYSTEM WITHOUT A SYSTEM® (Paperback)
First I should probably say a little bit about myself, so you'll know where I'm coming from. I am an instructor of kali, escrima, JKD, and kung fu chin na, and also hold black belts in karate, tae kwon do, and iai-jitsu (samurai sword). I am a professional martial arts instructor, and have been teaching for over 30 years, and have been studying martial arts for over 40 years. But despite my diverse martial arts background, I consider myself primarily a JKD/Kali/Escrima pracitioner.
Except for the cover, this is an excellent book. :-) JKD doesn't normally kick high, prefering to keep the kicks low (Bruce Lee's movies notwithstanding, which don't really represent typical JKD). You can kick high in practice, though. But I understand Hajnasr probably had to do that for the advertising flacks at the publishing house so that he would have a dramatic looking cover. Overall, though, this is a well written, detailed, informative, and high quality book on JKD. The photos are excellent and show the techiques clearly. It's one of the longer books and most complete books I've seen on JKD. Although the book isn't cheap, you get a lot for your money. The author has a good chapter on the trapping techniques, which is a controversial area. Many JKD instructors don't teach much trapping anymore, and Lee during his last years even dropped it from his original "China Town" curriculum. Wing Chun still maintains this as an important skill set, and as I have Wing Chun influences I still teach some trapping myself. But it's pretty much up to the instructor how to handle that issue now. But Hajnasr presents that topic if you're interested. These days, because everyone carries these little combat folder knives, I do more knife training and teaching. It would be nice if someone would show the connection between JKD and the knife techniques, because many of the JKD techniques and concepts are applicable to knife fighting, such as the footwork (it is said that there are no great knife fighters without great footwork) but there are videos available for that if you're interested in following up on that.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Resource...well organized and oriented toward the reader,
This review is from: JEET KUNE DO: THE SYSTEM WITHOUT A SYSTEM® (Paperback)
As a big Bruce Lee fan, I have purchased over 20 books on his art, Jeet Kune Do. I have learned many techniques, principles and theories but I have never owned a book that demonstrated and explained in such detailed instruction allowing an individual to follow along step by step as is found in this book. I highly recommend this book for both beginners and advanced students alike.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The real facts about this book...,
By Mike D. "Mike" (chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: JEET KUNE DO: THE SYSTEM WITHOUT A SYSTEM® (Paperback)
Well, where do i start.. I have trained in JKD for over five years now, not only with a very skilled and intense instructor, but have had numerous occasions to train personally with some of the original nucleus members of JKD. I have read this book in great detail and feel by far that it is the best tool I have found to further my fighting skills and JKD in general.
The detail and passion George Hajnasr puts into creating and developing this book is very apparent even from the first chapter. The handtrapping section of the book is my favorite. These traps are the bread and butter of JKD and George has skillfully created more than 20+ additional hand traps to the original 4 that Bruce Lee himself invented. The breath and depth to which George has applied himself in expressing his personal knowledge of pure JKD has been very helpful to assist me in understanding the philosophy and art of my JKD. I can't put this book down, and I am def. anxiously waiting for the DVD set. Only complaint I have is that I don't live in Massachusetts so i could train with him personally. Thanks for all your hard work. Big MIKEY D.
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