July 16, 2026
Short | 2 months ago
Get off the line. In a self-defense fight, as opposed to sport combat, you aren’t likely to face a mobile counter puncher. Instead, you’re likely to see a highly aggressive rush. Instead that case, if you can’t stop hit, learning to move off the line is ver...
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The Best Jeet Kune Do Book is Back!
Guide | 2 months ago
Teri Tom, one of Ted Wong’s top students, is the author of a must have JKD book, “The Straight Lead.” Unfortunately, it's been out of print for several years now. Well, great news...it's back in print and the new and updated version is available now (link b...
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Ip Man Wooden Dummy Section 7 #wingchun #woodendummy #mookjong #vingtsun #ipmanwingchun #edmundfong
Short | 2 months ago
The Mook Jong is one of our favorite things about Wing Chun. It’s not only essential for developing close-range footwork and technique for self-defense, but it’s also, let’s admit it, loads of fun too. There’s nothing else like it. It’s unique. And the only...
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The Truth About Centerline: Don't Make This Mistake #wingchun #vingtsun #jkd #jeetkunedo #ipman
Short | 2 months ago
Everyone in Wing Chun knows about the centerline. But vagueness is the enemy of truth and skill. The truth is that centerline is a means to an end and not the goal itself. The idea is to control the center and attack the vulnerable targets located along it....
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The Forgotten Skill of Parrying #jeetkunedo #jkd #bruceleestyle #wingchun #vingtsun #selfdefense
Short | 2 months ago
The parry is almost a lost art due to the prevalence of the boxing glove. But without gloves and padding it’s not a good idea to use the back of your hand to block punches. That’s why JKD, like old school boxing, uses the parry. For more info on Jeet Kune D...
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Why Do Chi-Sao #wingchun #vingtsun #jeetkunedo #jkd #ipman #kungfu #selfdefensetraining #brucelee
Short | 2 months ago
Chi-sao looks weird. We get that. Especially in this day and age of MMA and people thinking that unless it happens in the UFC it can’t possibly work. This is, of course, a fallacy. But still, the question begs: what are we really doing in chi-sao? Simply pu...
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Jeet Kune Do Defense: the Parry #jkd #jeetkunedo #wingchun #selfdefense #bruceleestyle #vingtsun
Short | 2 months ago
The big idea in Jeet Kune Do is to intercept the attack with one of our own. That’s the ideal. But it’s not always possible because the enemy isn’t going to be cooperating. He could be much taller than you. Or his timing throws you off. Something like that....
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What is Chi Sao & Why You Should Do It
Video | 3 months ago
What is Chi-Sao? What's the point? It's an important question and if we don't get the answer right we end up messing up Wing Chun completely because it's a central part of it. Ip Ching called it the glue. Okay, so first, at close-range we need to learn to s...
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The Best Self-Defense Tool: the Knife #jkd #wingchun #selfdefense #knifeskills #knifeforselfdefense
Short | 3 months ago
As a recent high profile case showed us all, and graphically, how dangerous a tactical folding knife is. Instead of getting wrapped up in all the politics of the case, we should all heed the biggest lesson and that is on the utility of the blade. Movies and...
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Lessons from the Karmelo Anthony Case #selfdefense #mythbusting #selfdefenselaw #jkd #wingchun
Short | 3 months ago
The Karmelo Anthony trial in the news you’re likely to hear some really bad, even stupid, ideas. One of them is from delusional martial artists saying, “I’d rather be tried by 12 than carried by six.” That’s got the appearance of wisdom when, in fact, it’s ...
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Use Ground & Pound & Maybe Go To Jail #selfdefense #wingchun #vingtsun #jkd #mma
Short | 3 months ago
Sifu Tony discusses the reality of self-defense law and how using a common MMA tactic - Ground-n-Pound - can easily lead to you ending up in jail. For more information on Sifu Jason's books: https://www.amazon.com/Jason-Korol/e/B00PWOCM9G?ref=sr_ntt_srch_ln...
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Pre-Fight Mastery: the Two-Exit Rule #jeetkunedo #jkd #wingchun #selfdefense #vingtsun #ipman
Guide | 3 months ago
Sifu Tony discusses the Two-Exit principle of pre-fight deescalation. Sure, this isn’t as sexy as showing how to take out the bad guy with a flurry of cool techniques, but you win every fight you don’t get in, right? And more still, we need to understand th...
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