I trained JKD briefly many years ago but had to stop due to injury and the teacher moving out of the area.
I have an opportunity to go back and train it again, in the same line (Jerry Poteet), under a different teacher, but being over a half century old, with arthritic knees and hip, and two retina reattachment surgeries (same eye) behind me, I am not sure it is possible. Heck, kicking above my knee is rough at times these days.
I truly like JKD when I trained it and I cannot believe how much I learned about the other arts I trained (especially Xingyiquan) in my brief exposure to it.
I am truly tempted, but I am not sure an old beat up martial artist like myself could actually handle it these days.
I also realize it is something to run past my doctor too. But I am wondering what the opinion of other martial artists is on the, especially the JKD people.
I have an opportunity to go back and train it again, in the same line (Jerry Poteet), under a different teacher, but being over a half century old, with arthritic knees and hip, and two retina reattachment surgeries (same eye) behind me, I am not sure it is possible. Heck, kicking above my knee is rough at times these days.
I truly like JKD when I trained it and I cannot believe how much I learned about the other arts I trained (especially Xingyiquan) in my brief exposure to it.
I am truly tempted, but I am not sure an old beat up martial artist like myself could actually handle it these days.
I also realize it is something to run past my doctor too. But I am wondering what the opinion of other martial artists is on the, especially the JKD people.
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