Jeet Kune Do: The Arsenal of Self-Expression

Discussion in 'Jeet Kune Do' started by pinklady6000, Jul 26, 2016.

  1. pinklady6000

    pinklady6000 Banned Banned

    Have anybody read "Jeet Kune Do: The Arsenal of Self-Expression" by Teri Tom? It is wonderful and it is in colour. She teaches the bruce lee hook kick.
    pinklady:heart:
     
  2. BrendanCassidy

    BrendanCassidy Valued Member

    And How does that kick go specifically?
     
  3. Nojon

    Nojon Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein

  4. Travess

    Travess The Welsh MAPper Supporter

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  5. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

  6. Travess

    Travess The Welsh MAPper Supporter

    A rose by any other name :D

    Great, now I'm gonna have to buy the book, or forever be uninformed... Touche!

    Travess
     
  7. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    The way round you said it makes more sense to me. A hook kick should... hook.


    I'm guessing it's not a whole book on one kick?!

    Pinklady6000's book review kind of made it sound that way.
     
  8. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    Bruce called the round kick the hook kick because it follows the same line as the hook punch - what everyone calls a hook kick Bruce called a sweep kick
     
  9. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    It's a book by Teri Tom - don't bother
     
  10. Travess

    Travess The Welsh MAPper Supporter

    I can certainly understand his logic - Never thought about it from that perspective before...

    The same Kick, done at a lower level, either to the back or the front of the legs, could potentially be considered a sweep - Slightly similar to an O' Soto Gari (outer reaping sweep/throw) and it is definitely delivered with a sweeping action - Consider me enlightened.

    There was never any real danger of that :D

    Travess
     
  11. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    I can see that, except the elbow is positioned to actually hook with a hook punch, while it doesn't with a roundhouse. It would make more sense to change the name of the hook punch to the round punch...

    Not a fan of the "formaldehyde" approach to JKD then? :D
     
  12. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    It's the arc of the attack, not the structure - akin to angles in FMA

    No, and I am even less of a fan of Teri Tom :)
     
  13. Thomas

    Thomas Combat Hapkido/Taekwondo

    Wow - I was just reading about this in the latest issue of Black Belt (couple of big articles on JKD)... I hadn't heard the usage of 'hook kick' for a kick thrown like a hook punch (I use the term 'roundhouse')... makes sense
     
  14. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    I use the terms almost interchangably unless I am teaching Jun Fan Gung Fu specifically in a class in which case i use the "official" terms
     

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