Originally posted by jmdrake
Gee. When I was in my formal JKD training we never did "savate kicks" or "silat kicks" or "thai kicks".
We did. They didn't categorize them - like putting in a syllabus that we must learn x number of kicks from x different styles, but if it was a teep, for example, they would tell us that it was a muay thai kick.
(Well, I can speak confidently about not doing thai kicks since I've done enough Thai recently to know that the way I kick is "wrong" MT wise. For one thing MT kicks "spin through" if they miss).
yes and no. Typically, when you miss with the kick, the force will continue your spin. But, I've recently been exposed to people who don't do it that way. I was at a seminar with a muay thai champ named manu ntoh. He is a big proponent of being able to stop the kick as opposed to continuing the spin. He showed us some video of fighters in thailand doing it as well. The reason makes sense - when you spin around, it's pretty much a given that you will have a kick coming to either your legs, kidney or head. Some people will continue the spin and bring up a leg check as they are completing the turn. Others will simply duck and turn. Manu prefers that you not turn at all. I can't stop a hard kick in mid kick like that, however. Not yet, anyway.
Of course that gets into the whole "what is JKD" and "OJKD vs JKDC" stuff. Still while I won't say you AREN'T a JKD practioner if you prefer MT, Silat or Savate kicks, there's nothing written in stone that says you HAVE to kick that way. I use front, straight, hook, side and oblique kicks.
agreed. I use most of those also.
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