
Explore Jeet Kune Do through the speaker's journey as a second-generation practitioner, tracing training with Ted Wong, Daniel Lee, Jesse Glover, and Bruce Lee's students, and highlighting distinctive footwork.
Discover Jeet Kune Do's core ethos: blend direct, non classical techniques from Wing Chun and Bruce Lee with practical grappling, speed, accuracy, and personal growth toward an artist of life.
Bruce Lee fused Wing Chun with boxing, fencing, and grappling to create Jeet Kune Do—simple, efficient movements focused on quick, workable strikes from the first class.
Explore Si-Gong Gallaher's initiation into Jeet Kune Do, from early street lessons and a so-called black belt's defeat to mastering Bruce Lee's Wing Chun lineage through private training with masters.
Demonstrates the formal salutation in Jeet Kune Do from a beginner perspective, guiding learners step by step through the motion, the bout, and the left-right sway, draw, and roll back.
Explore formal salutation demonstrations in the intro to Jeet Kune Do, using bicycle imagery and the name Eli to illustrate practice and focus.
Explore the Bai Jong fighting stance, establishing a centered en garde with proper foot alignment, vertical line, and hand placement; enter stance via three methods and guard the center line.
Learn the Bai Jong fighting stance from the side, keep your center, use the elbow as a shield, and employ precise footwork to guard the leg and set up counterattacks.
Master the Bai Jong fighting stance as the baseline that protects you, blending punches, kicks, and grappling into intentional, versatile tools within the fire zone.
Enter bai jong, the fighting stance, by simulating a handshake to establish the vertical center line and proper distance, then raise the arm to guard and block.
Adopt the bai jong fighting stance by positioning hands open or closed, protect your center line, and transition smoothly between high, load, and rear hand positions.
Master the lead punch in Jeet Kune Do by driving power from the ground to knuckles, keep eyes on the opponent, and practice one inch punch at close range sparring.
Speed jab teaches snapping a straight jab with hip-to-arm rotation while keeping the body tight and power driven from the ground, a corkscrew-like motion.
Explore the corkscrew punch, a Bruce Lee–inspired strike that counters bombs out by looping over, raising the elbow, and transitioning from a straight jab to an overhand.
Learn the cross punch by delivering from the rear with distance that creates power through body weight, staying tight and nontelegraphed while connecting to the ground.
Learn to execute the cross punch with hip rotation, keeping it on the whiskers and driving straight to the bull's eye in the flesh part, with tight elbows and footwork.
Master backfist punches I, II, and III through center line, the hip moves, and one two three sequence targets temple, jaw, and neck with variations and personalized style.
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If you're looking to learn about Bruce Lee's fighting method, this is a great introduction course. Study Jeet Kune Do with certified instructor David Gallaher. He was certified under Ted Wong and Daniel Lee, as well as authorized by Jessie Glover. Si-Gong Gallaher will cover salutations, proper stance, single direct punching, and more. In this course you will learn the proper mechanics of movement, how to draw power from the ground, as well as precision of movement. Join Si-Gong Gallaher for interviews, lectures, and demonstrations as he goes through this dynamic course.