Swimming Lessons!

 'If you want to learn to swim, you've got to get into the water, on dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you'. Bruce Lee.

We did just that. We've joined an open sparring session at our colleagues at Newton Abbot Martial Arts recently and squared off against fighters of different disciplines, being Taekwon-Do, Kickboxing, Boxing. 

We had to fight with their rules, so there was no low line attacks, grappling/trapping allowed, and in the case of boxing, no kicking either. 

This forced the participants to look at fighting through someone else's lens and get an understanding on how they work/operate.  This however, will help in the long run and learn how to defeat a fighter like that. Despite these forced limitations, it was important to remain true the structure and principles of JKD, and learn to deal with the variety of opponents in that manner, and not to be drawn into their game too much. 

They are the master in their domain, or as they say, never box a boxer, never grapple a grappler etc.. 

Bruce Lee once wrote: “The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.”

Walk On!