04/10/2026
What is Jeet Kune Do. Jeet Kune Do is what Bruce Lee called his innovation on Martial arts. Jeet Kune Do came from Wing Chun Kung Fu. Below you can see Bruce practicing Wing Chun with his student Dan Lee. To his Wing Chun, Bruce added Fencing techniques and footwork and the stance of Fencing. He also added Boxing lots of American boxing specifically copying Muhammad Ali's footwork and style and adding kicks to it. Thus inventing Kickboxing and MMA. He began to learn wrestling and Judo from his friends and students who a lot of them were Judo champions. Specifically his friend Gene Labell. He also incorporated from Praying Mantis , Tai Chi , Xingchi Kung fu, Paqua, His best friend was Joonh Ree famous Tae Kwon do Grandmaster. He may have borrowed a kick or two from Tae Kwon Do. In other words Bruce Lee was the world's first Mixed Martial Artist. But still the dominating arts in Jeet Kune Do is Wing Chun, Boxing and Fencing, this is the core but Wing Chun above all.