"En Garde"

The Influence of Fencing on the Development of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

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Photo Sequences: Indirect Attack from Fencing & from JKD Sequence 1: Fencing


Photo A: En Garde! Photo B: Dave attacks with a half lunge into quarte to draw Steve's parry. Photo C: Dave uses finger/ wrist motion to disengage his blade, allowing Steve's to pass. Photo D: while Steve's parry is still moving into quarte, Dave scores into the opening line of sixte. Photo E: foil-salute
Sequence 2: Jun Fan Gung Fu / JKD



Photo 1: En Garde! Photo 2: Dave attacks with a straight lead punch to draw Steve's woang pak sao. Photo 3: Dave uses wrist motion to disengage using huen sao. Photo 4: The resulting change of engagement & immediate start of… Photo 5: Pak sao da into the opening line Photo 3a: Because of the availability of the other hand, Dave has the option to strike with a rear sliding biu gee on the half beat whilst his huen sao is in motion Page 1 - Page 2