One
can not speak about Jeet Kune Do (JKD) without first talking about it's founder
Lee Jun Fan (Bruce Lee). Lee was a student of wing chun and tai chi. He later
studied other martial arts including kung fu and western boxing. In his studies
he concluded that traditional arts can be a box that restricts the fighter
from responding spontaneously. He believed that true freedom in combat did not
exist in one art and that each person must find his own path. Even though the path
may be individually unique, there were certain principles that were found to be
consistent. JKD presents the student with these principles, which when combined
with appropriate technique and the development of attributes, allow the student
to find his own truth in combat.