Octavio Quintero releases his final Video on Jeet Kune Do Awareness. In Memory of Jerry Poteet. pages/Octavi...
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Jeet Kune Do was Bruce Lee's innovation to martial arts developing fast twitch, explosive punching & kicking power. In order to be proficient in this art one must exercise regularly to achieve overall physical fitness results. Weight, strength, and flexibility training is also stressed to stay in good health.
"The explosive power people hope to achieve is not through advanced Jeet Kune Do training but through individual dedication from the very start. Look to a school or teacher who emphasizes intercepting principles (not techniques) in every fighting category! As distance changes between you and your opponent, your weapons must adaptively change!" - Octavio Quintero
Octavio's training resembles a cross between rapid punching speed of a boxer and the agility of a fencer.
Music:
The Chromatics -- Tick of the Clock
Immediate Music -- Naked Prey
Bloodsport Soundtrack -- Kumite
Q & A with Octavio's teacher, Jerry Poteet (an original Bruce Lee student)
Q: How do you define Jeet Kune Do?
A: JKD is the art of intercepting a hit with a hit. Simply to simplify. It is uncluttered and direct.
Q: What do you think Bruce was trying to pass on to his students?
A: The difference between "doing" and "being." In other words, don't just do the movement, be the movement.
Q: What do you think Bruce meant by change and evolution?
A: The evolution he talked about is on a personal, individual level. Jeet Kune Do is the key that brings about that change and evolution.
"No two musicians play "Moonlight Sonata" on the piano exactly the same. Their phrasing, what notes they choose to amplify, et cetera, are different from each other, because of the emotional approach, or attitude they bring to the piece. But they can't say they are playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" unless they play the notes that he wrote; they can't choose to do their own t hing and play whatever, and still call it "Moonlight Sonata!" In the same way, you can't do whatever and call it "My JKD." You are doing Bruce Lee's art of Jeet Kune Do, or you're not doing it at all."