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Tokyo: Doshin Shobo.Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do (the way of the intercepting fist) was founded by Bruce Lee in- The most recognized martial artist in the world, Lee had an approach
to martial arts that was simple, direct, and nonclassical, a sophisticated fight-
ing style stripped to its essentials. However, his primary emphasis in Jeet Kune
Do (JKD) was to urge all martial artists to avoid having bias in combat, and
in reaching toward the level of art, to honestly express themselves. Although
Lee named his art Jeet Kune Do in 1967, the process of liberation from clas-
sical arts had been occurring throughout Lee’s evolution in the martial arts.
The name Bruce Lee is well known in the martial arts, since his the-
atrical films helped gain worldwide acceptance for the martial arts during
the 1970s. Lee called his approach in martial arts Jeet Kune Do, which
translates as “the way of the intercepting fist,” but JKD meant much more
to Lee than simply intercepting an opponent’s attack. Furthermore, defin-
ing JKD simply as Bruce Lee’s style of fighting is to completely lose its mes-
sage. Lee once said, “Actually, I never wanted to give a name to the kind
of Chinese Gung Fu that I have invented, but for convenience sake, I still
call it Jeet Kune Do. However, I want to emphasize that there is no clear
line of distinction between Jeet Kune Do and any other kind of Gung Fu
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