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B fore we can even throw the straight lead, we must have a place from which to throw it, and in Jeet Kune Do everything begins and ends with the on-guard position, the JKD stance. Going back to our roots, remember that the physical ingredients are:

And always keep in mind that these physical ingredients are determined by the underlying ingredients:

In the rush to whale away on an opponent, people may think that the small details are trivial matters, and that simply coupling approximated gross movements with brute force is enough. But precision in executing the roots of JKD is everything. As Bruce himself argued, nothing is more fundamental than good form: “Good form is the most efficient manner to accomplish the purpose of a performance with a minimum of lost motion and wasted energy. Always train in good form.”²

Given Bruce’s emphasis on form, it’s surprising to see so many people fighting with such shoddily constructed stances. Eager to hit things, they gloss over the basics of the stance and later wonder why their technique falls short. Watch a good fighter, and note the differences. Efficient fighters waste nothing. Every motion is streamlined, and that makes them fast. Better fighters are more mobile and more effective at transferring weight into their punches. Chances are that the stance of a good fighter looks a lot different from those of lesser fighters.