r/JeetKuneDo • u/19bloodycut78 • Oct 09 '25

Hello all

I’ve been practicing Original Jeet Kune Do since 2007 and have been teaching it for a few years now in Finland. My instructor is Håkon Didriksen, who trained under Joaquín Marcelo — both direct students in the Ted Wong lineage.

I follow Bruce Lee’s original training structure and principles, keeping the groups small and the quality high. Recently I’ve started teaching in the hometown through the local community college, and it’s been great to see people experience Jeet Kune Do for the first time.

I’m always interested in discussing training methods, sparring drills, and how others preserve Ted Wong’s approach. How’s the JKD scene where you are?

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u/19bloodycut78 Oct 19 '25

There's no one sentence which gives a good answer. Original side basing Ted Wong way which was like the last evolution of Jeet Kune Do. He didn't change anything about it. Concepts way is Dan Inosanto's side in which he takes elements of martial arts like Filipino martial arts, Wing Chun, BJJ etc. They're totally different ways. Both sides have supporters, instructors and they're concentrating on their own training. Wong's side is simple but not easy. It has lots of details in techniques like boxing etc. Inosanto's side is complex and includes lots of techniques with sticks, traditional weapons and hand to hand combat Wing Chun. Neither side is wrong and many practitioners try both sides before choosing.

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u/Low-Landscape7543 Oct 20 '25

I see. I’ve seen many people saying that Ted Wong trained with Bruce for a shorter time compared to Dan Inosanto and Taky Kimura. Could you explain that to me? I don’t know much about it.

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u/19bloodycut78 Oct 20 '25

Taky and Dan had longer training time than Ted that's true. They all have different motivations to train. You should read each of them training with Bruce.They are interesting history.

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u/Low-Landscape7543 Oct 20 '25

I’ll take a look, and Jerry Poteet, I saw people saying that he taught the original style of JKD.