www.IndianaJeetKuneDo.com is the homepage of the Elite Martial Arts Jeet Kune Do program.

Jeet Kune Do was developed by the late Bruce Lee, and one of our primary goals is to preserve the art as it was known during his lifetime.

I'm often asked, "what separates JKD from other martial arts"?  Well, I could go on and on about that, but in the spirit of JKD, I will try to keep it simple.  Many martial arts are fast and powerful, but JKD is much more than that.  It's beauty lies in the simplicity.  What do I mean by that?  Bruce Lee used to say "as long as humans have two arms and two legs" there will only be one [most efficient] way of fighting.

In other words, JKD follows a certain set of rules or principles.  The main 3 are simplicity, directness and being non-classical.

Simplicity is easy.  If you want to hit or kick someone, you don't need to spin around to do so, just hit or kick.  The more complicated you make the technique, the more chance there is of it failing.  Imagine for a minute, building 2 machines that turn off a light switch.  One of your machines contains 2 gears, and the other contains 10 gears.  Which do you think will break down first?  The machine with 10 gears will of course break down first because there are more parts, increasing the chance of one of those parts failing.

Directness has much to do with applying your longest weapon to the nearest effective target.  Of course we all remember that rule from grade school right?; 'shortest route from point A to point B is a straight line'.  I will add to that and say it is also the 'fastest'.

Being non-traditional can be many things, but primarily, we like to think of it in terms of things like non-traditional rhythms, and 'not being bound by the principles above'.

Bruce Lee once said "Have no way as way, and be bound by none".  This is probably the most misinterpreted statement he ever made.  Most think it means to take a little bit of this martial art and a little bit of that martial art, and throw it all together in a hap hazardous manner.  This couldn't be further from the truth.  Again, he was referring to not limiting yourself to the confines of a set of 'rules'.  Sure, straight line hitting may be the most direct, but don't let yourself become bound by that rule, because as soon as you do, you have set limitations upon yourself.

We have a very scientific approach to JKD.  We don't just tell you to do something.  We show you why.  We show you what makes it work, so that you may apply it in your own situations.

We will evaluate your strengths and weaknesses so that you may capitalize on your strengths, and strengthen your weaknesses.

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