Clive Elliott's Martial Art Academies follow JKD concepts, and by cross training we mean training in a number of different styles to gain a complete, and personal, fighting method. This involves training every range, to make sure that you are prepared for every eventuality.

The late Bruce Lee originally set out JKD concepts. They basically state that you need to train in every different range to be a complete fighter. Most styles only deal properly with one or two ranges, so when taken into a range that is foreign to them, most styles would be lost for a response.

Hence what Bruce Lee realised was that each range had to be explored - and you can take what is useful from each style, and disregard the rest. This doesn’t mean that you simply play with a style for a little bit and then go on to the next one – it involves in depth examinations of each system you choose to research, and a lot of pressure testing.

The objective is to reach the end goal in the quickest, simplest, most direct way, and not to over complicate the situation. JKD concepts are not actually a style, more, as the name suggests a set of guidelines to be followed to attain maximum results.

The 5 basic ranges to be covered:

• Long weapon Range (E.g. Sticks)
• Kicking Range
• Punching Range
• Upright Grappling Range
• Grappling

Clive Elliott's Martial Art Academies follow JKD concepts, and by cross training we mean training in a number of different styles to gain a complete, and personal, fighting method. This involves training every range, to make sure that you are prepared for every eventuality.

The late Bruce Lee originally set out JKD concepts. They basically state that you need to train in every different range to be a complete fighter. Most styles only deal properly with one or two ranges, so when taken into a range that is foreign to them, most styles would be lost for a response.

Hence what Bruce Lee realised was that each range had to be explored - and you can take what is useful from each style, and disregard the rest. This doesn’t mean that you simply play with a style for a little bit and then go on to the next one – it involves in depth examinations of each system you choose to research, and a lot of pressure testing.

The objective is to reach the end goal in the quickest, simplest, most direct way, and not to over complicate the situation. JKD concepts are not actually a style, more, as the name suggests a set of guidelines to be followed to attain maximum results.

The 5 basic ranges to be covered:

• Long weapon Range (E.g. Sticks)
• Kicking Range
• Punching Range
• Upright Grappling Range
• Grappling