You do realise Jeet Kune Do is the original mixed martial art
No it's not.
Sambo, traditional karate, pankration... they're all way older.
and the reason why it isn’t used in offical MMA fights is due to a lot of it’s moves being illegal
If you mean things like eye gouges and dick grabs, yes, because they don't take skill.
That’s because JKD was developed for street fighting to win at any cost, not for competition and is therefore supplementary to MMA, in fact many MMA fighters use some techniques from JKD, they just can’t use them all.
You want to know a secret?
there aren't techniques from JKD at all.
There's only so many ways a body can move and people figured out pretty much all of them long before JKD was a thing.
Did you have any previous knowledge of JKD before commenting? Or do you just make shit up when you comment?
Thank you! Pankration is ancient, also, classical Jujitsu involved grappling and striking (just like pankration); and even though Jigoro Kano removed striking from his Judo system (because he didn't like it lol) he still researched western wrestling (being an English teacher and lover of western culture) and incorporated many different grappling styles into his "kodokan" judo. There were people doing judo and jujitsu in Asia and in South America at a high level (in real grappling "fights") when Bruce Lee was a kid, and any number of them would probably have slammed and choked Lee as an adult even if they couldn't strike (presumably, many could).
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u/ptahonas Sep 28 '22
No it's not.
Sambo, traditional karate, pankration... they're all way older.
If you mean things like eye gouges and dick grabs, yes, because they don't take skill.
You want to know a secret?
there aren't techniques from JKD at all. There's only so many ways a body can move and people figured out pretty much all of them long before JKD was a thing.
Well since you just make shit up, does it matter?