I heard that Bruce Lee make up his own martial arts style of fighting, is that true and rare for other people to make up their own martial arts fighting style too?
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I've heard the same thing.
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Yes he did make up his own martial arts style, I can't remember the name of it but it is very popular.
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I think it's pretty are for someone to make up their own style of fighting. Then again, Bruce was a pretty rare individual.
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He created "Jeet Kune Do", "the way of the intercepting fist", by borrowing techniques from any and all other arts if he thought they'd work.
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Yes, it is true. He developed what is known as Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do. His style is based primarily on Tai Chi Chuan and Wing Chun ... but also contains many other aspects from many other arts ... it is one of the most blended of modern martial arts. It has been quite common actually. In the past, a student would study the art untill they had learned it all the way up to grand master, then, at grand master level, they would either add to the style and keep the same style name, so the style grew and thrived, or they would add to the style but change the name, declaring that their new style "contained" yet exceeded the older original style. Or, they would study one style for a while, then change styles and study a different one, then eventually mix the two (or more) styles to create a newer "blended" style ... it is still quite common today for high level martial artists to either add to the style they studied keeping its name, or adding to the style and making a new name for a new art.
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Some people do that.
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He created Jeet Kune Do from what he had learned of other styles. He didn't just start from scratch. I think all serious martial art practitioners leave their own mark of some sort on what ever they pass on.
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I would imagine that all kinds of combat are evolutionary and that some people are better at synthesizing or just plain inventing. Gradually things that don't work well are either forgotten or only used by the unskilled. . Otherwise we would give black belts in slapping and hair-pulling.
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