As JKD legend Dan Inosanto once said in an interview, most people who train in JKD will specialize in one range of fighting over another. In other words, some JKD students will be better at punching range than they are at kicking, trapping, or grappling. Other JKD students will grapple a lot better than they punch, kick, or trap. Think about which of the four ranges you're best at and that's probably the best style to add to your JKD training, at least at first. Once you have mastered that range, keep training in the other 3 ranges and train with sparring partners who are better than you are in the various other ranges. In turn, the people you spar with will improve their own techniques by learning how to adapt to and counter "your best range."

I upvoted ksnake... Dan Inosanto (now in his 70s) is carrying on the JKD tradition in excellent fashion.

Ideally, one would not need to train in some other style "alongside" JKD, as the essential principal of JKD is to "absorb what is useful" from any style you encounter.

In the Tao Of Jeet Kun Do, Lee himself indicated that he "needed to look into" grappling techniques.

So someone following the principals of JKD would do well to look into grappling arts and take from them techniques they could personally apply well.

We forget sometimes that Lee was a physical prodigy and amazingly fit and fast. Many of the techniques he developed were designed to suit his particular (and remarkable) abilities.

Not everyone will be able to do what Lee did, and must find for themselves what they can do well.

You do not have to combine JKD with anything...!! As simple as that! Learn JKD first! Understand it!

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It seems there is a lot of discussion lately about learning multiple arts.

After many years of training in one art, and getting decent at it. I can say that mastering one art is something most folks haven't done. And if they can't master one, I'd be very cautious following their advice to train in two or more.

Furthermore, if you if you know anything about JKD you'd know that Bruce Lee taught a philosophy more than a "style". And the philosophy/style debate has gone on conceding JKD. Add to that, that the quality of most KD and it's authenticity is suspect as there are a ton of folks claiming to have learned it from Bruce Lee who didn't.

Now I'm not trying to be mean but I guess I'm getting tired of folks who don't know what they're talking about say "train in this and this" and that this or that style isn't complete.

Based on your question I suspect that you're young and that you want to learn something "cool". Or you want to be a Bad@$$ fighter.

My suggestion is to take your time. To do some research and to visit a bunch of dojos. Look at rec centers, gyms, and search out folks that teach out of their homes. And find a respected art taught by someone who will teach it to you properly. Then train hard and master it before you consider trying to learn a second art.

Another option is to find a good MMA gym and train there. Again take your time as there are a ton of folks claiming to teach MMA who are only in it for the bucks. And contrary to what some may tell you there is a "bad MMA".

The point is to take your time and to learn discipline and master something. And thats not something many of the those who claim to study multiple arts have.

Every art? Because you are supposed to learn all you can and keep what you like and throw out what you don't like. Wasn't that the point of JKD?

JKD isn't an art, it's a philosophy.

There is no best combination.

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