Level 7

Spinning Side Kick

• Used infrequently; is effective as a surprise tactic, especially against a foe that stays near the rim of the fighting measure.
• Not advised against grapplers or in-fighters.
• pick up your rear leg to kick as late as possible; keep it close to you (tucked) until you’ve nearly completed the turn and then snap/thrust it forward.

Bridge Drills & Infighting

• “Entering” (step in-out) striking on bags with feints, evasive recovery, and bridge control. Mix it up.
• When combined with footwork, timing, and generalship, JKD infighting is hard to handle.
• Basic Drill #1: double palm to defense vs. hook & attack; Drill #2: double palm to jut, to attack.
• Light sparring to bridging as the Jeet; defense versus all attacks & takedowns. Use head movement too. Slipping & footwork enhances bridge control in order to dominate infighting.
• Entering drills on Mook Jong w/bridge (trapping) and hit.

“Slipping is a most valuable technique, leaving both hands free to counter… It is the real basis of counter-fighting and is performed by the expert.”
Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Overhand

• Thrown with a bob.
• Excellent surprise weapon to use against a taller opponent.
• Is with the hook and uppercut family, so it must be kept compact or else it degenerates into a haymaker.
• Target the chin.

Corkscrew Hook & JKD Hook Punch

• Raise your elbow and turn your palm over; pivoting your rear foot around as you fire. This will get your body weight moving in the same direction as the punch.
• The corkscrew is a longer punch that the outside hook.
• You still land with the bottom three knuckles, but because of the angle, the power-line shifts and you’ll need to have your palm down at impact.

“The corkscrew lies in the middle on the straight-hook continuum”
Teri Tom’s ‘The Straight Lead’

• The “JKD Hook Punch” is a variation of the classic corkscrew used by old-timers.
• Thrown with the lead hand, it sweeps up to the chin and the palm is at 45 degrees, making this a more natural tool than the Corkscrew Hook.
• Can be used expertly with the pivot.
• As always, a pure shoulder whirl powered blow.
• Like the corkscrew, it’s quite compact and since the elbow stays lower than the traditional short range hooks, it’s easier to “hide” behind it.

Guillotine Choke

• Very effective against brawlers who lead with their head down.
• Stay off the ground in self-defense if you can avoid it.
• Learn to switch hands on the choke so that your opponent won’t be able to fight it off.
• Use with the sprawl as needed. Use strangles and cross-face too as variations.

Infighting & “Contact” Tools

• Learn to use traps, jams, checks, and beats.
• Strong bridging to control his hands or elbows.
• Man Geng Sao (neck pulling hand) and attack.
• Learn to “stuff” takedown attempts by controlling position.
• Head position
  • Can be placed outside of the foe’s controlled arm.
  • Can also be placed inside – underneath his chin.
  • Use the head with scientific contact/control/bridge is the mark of an expert.
• The Head-Butt/Jab works extremely well.
  • Use top of your head.
  • Aim from his brow and down.
  • Sometimes just bump him with the top of your head.
  • It is not a head smash… It’s a quick jab with your head.
• The Eye-Gouge.
  • Elbows in, using both hands if possible.
• The shoulder smash.
• The foot stomp.
• The reaping throw.
• The table throw.
• Head and arm throw.
• Throat and neck chops (Fak Sao).
• Double palms to the chin.
• Fook Sao to the throat (especially against neck grabs).

Sil Lim Tao – Section 7 (Wing Chun Structural Foundations)

• Opens with Bong Sao.