Jeet Kune Do (JKD)

The literal translation of Jeet Kune Do (JKD) is ‘the way of the intercepting fist’ and was a term coined by Bruce Lee in the late sixties. It was then used as the name for his approach to martial arts up until his death in 1972. JKD is now seen as an approach which aims to fulfill a number of key concepts (such as economy of motion, directness etc) by drawing from a number of martial arts styles.

This method assumes that, in order to be effective, each individual will have differing needs according to their size, weight, age etc. This requires each student being presented with, in effect, a grand menu of techniques from which they can choose those which suit their personality and body type, this approach is encompassed within Bruce Lee’s saying, “Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is your own”.

The Fitness Academy has taken the JKD Concepts approach which is all about presenting you with the most effective martial arts in the world and then helping you to find your own way with these arts. Crudely it can be considered as cross training leading eventually to each individual students own martial way.