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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSy84VmseZ8)

A tactical glimpse of blending JKD and Muay Thai. At RCW we do many stand alone classes, but also understand the importance of creativity, experimentation , and blending the arts into a total package. 

As Guro Inosanto and Ajarn Chai have shown me over the years, and the Gracie’s and Pedro Sauer, you must first have structure and fundamentals and then you must add to it creativity and make it your own. As Bruce Lee famously espoused over JKD and training: 

“Know the principal, abide by the principal, dissolve the principal”. You could also put it, know the rule, follow the rule, bend the rule. It doesn't infer that the fundamentals are shattered or no longer valid, it means that the basics are so intrinsic that proper creativity can take place. 

A good boxer or Jiu Jitsu practitioner has to think on the fly. In order to do that the core fundamentals must be sound and so ingrained that they're automatic. What happens with most people when left alone is two fold. They seem to either follow the rule endlessly and desire to live in a box. Therefore progress is stuck because they stifle their own creative will. Conversely the other student is too creative for their own good. They never got down the fundamentals, they jump to something fancy, ask endless “what if” questions and proclaim themselves an expert ahead of their time. The latter is a little more dangerous because if you can never attain structure the basics will never stand out and the game will be riddled with holes. 

YOU have to cultivate and develop the essentials, and then after a number of years you'll begin to realize what is uniquely yours. What moves fit your body, your personality, your style? No one can answe those questions truly but yourself. At RCW we have a sound path to the basics and it shows in everything we do. After 10 years I can tell you I'm thrilled to see our senior students exploring their boundaries and distilling new ideas back into what I've shared with them. Many times I learn from them, they'll perform a technique better than me, or in a way I hadn't thought about. It’ll be a good mechanic too, because they've done a great job honing the basics. 

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