So I do not study JKD at any club, school, or gym. I have been studying the Tao of Jeet Kune Do for longer than I have studied anything else.
One of the aspects that bothers me is this; for all that bruce has said about classical studies, such as the limitation to set patterns of movements, and constricted possibilities, there is an aspect that seems to not recieve enough stressing.
It is touched on several times by bruce but never stressed enough. It seems to me that he had, in achieving the JKD, lost sight of the path that led him there.
The "classical mess" is the complete understanding of the form needed to achieve formlessness. Why is it that Bruce did not often stress the strong foundation of style in order to reach the point of understanding universal movement?
Its obvious to me that without his classical training he never would have come to the conclusions that he did. It seems to me that he does not stress this enough with his own words. I dare not say he forgot his roots. But....
I have not had the oportunity to compare thoughts about JKD with anyone in the past, nor have I ever wanted to, my JKD is mine and mine alone. But this has been on my mind for a while and I decided to post this to see some other peoples opinions on this subject.