AboutDwight Woods Expertise I can answer questions on Bruce Lee's martial art philosophy, Jeet Kune Do. I have been a JKD practitioner since 1973 and an instructor since 1986. I have plenty of resources at my disposal to get you any answer/info you need.
Experience I have been a student of Jeet Kune Do since 1973 and a certified instructor since 1985. My lineage is directly from Bruce Lee through Dan Inosanto. I have also trained with many other original Bruce Lee students like Larry Hartsell, Richard Bustillo, Ted Wong, Bob Bremer and Pete Jacobs.
I have also trained with many 2nd generation instructors like Cass Magda, Chris Kent, Paul Vunak and Burton Richardson.
I have operated my own JKD school, Unified Martial Art Academy, since 1986.
I have trained also with several
Organizations Inosanto International Martial Arts Instructors Association
National Association of Professional Martial Artists
Martial Arts Teachers Association
Martial Arts Industry Association
Question Hello Master Woods,
Since you are a master in JKD I would like to ask some advice and drills about how to be faster in blocking and punching,i mean movement speed.My art is wing chun.
Thanks in advance.
Answer Pol,
These really are questions that are best answered by your instructor.
For example, you mentioned "blocking" and that your "art is wing chun".
But to my knowledge, there is no blocking in Wing Chun, so I don't know how best to advise you.
A live person can do that much better than an Internet resource. You see what I mean?
Having said that, understand that there are different types of speed.
Visual, performance, reaction, etc.
Visual speed means learning to "see" faster. That can be trained by looking for visual cues of what your opponent is going to do. When the shoulders move, look out for a punch. When the hips move look out for a kick... that kind of thing.
Of course, distance helps in giving you enough time to react with speed.
As for performance speed, you must learn to relax and tense your muscles only at point of impact.
I'm trying to give you my best answers without taking up a lot of time and space.
Again I suggest you talk this over with your instructor.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Dwight Woods.
P.S.
I'm just a teacher with 30 years experience in JKD. As Bruce Lee would say, perhaps when they put the last nail in the coffin, they can take a look at what I did with my life, then maybe they can say I was a master!
