Understand
Learn the principle.
Understand what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and the problem it is designed to solve.
Jeet Kune Do • Training • Education
Jeet Kune Do
Method
Understand. Train. Test. Evolve.
A modern training and education platform for Jeet Kune Do — combining principles, functional training, progressive resistance and personal development.
Train anywhere. • Develop your JKD.
More than a collection of techniques
JKD is a method
of discovery.
Jeet Kune Do was never intended to become a collection of techniques preserved in time.
It is an approach to understanding combat — learning sound fundamentals, developing attributes, testing ideas honestly and adapting them to the individual.
What survives that process is yours. What does not survive it was never yours to begin with.
Don’t just learn Jeet Kune Do.Discover our approach →
Learn the method behind it.
The JKD Method
Understand. Train.
Test. Evolve.
Every skill in JKD Method passes through four stages.
Train
Develop the skill.
Build mechanics, movement, timing and attributes through purposeful training.
Test
Introduce resistance.
Pressure reveals what survives when movement, timing and uncertainty are introduced.
Evolve
Make it yours.
Adapt what works. Remove what doesn’t. Develop an approach appropriate to you.
Principle→
Practice→
Pressure→
Adaptation
Structured learning
From foundation to
personal expression
Start with a clear structure. Develop functional skills. Then progressively move beyond the curriculum.
Foundations
Build your fighting platform.
Movement • Measure • Lead weapons • Defence • InterceptionDeveloping the fighting game
Expand your tools, tactics and decision-making.
Movement & measure
Control distance, position and engagement.
Five ways of attack
Organise attack through the classic JKD tactical framework.
Interception
Develop the defining tactical idea of Jeet Kune Do.
Contact & trapping
Explore sensitivity, immobilisation and trapping under progressive resistance.
Methods 07–10 continue the pathway toward integration and personal expression.
Explore the curriculum
How skill actually develops
From technique
to function
01 — Learn
Learn
Develop sound mechanics.
02 — Train
Train
Build timing and attributes.
03 — Test
Test
Find out what actually works.
Technique is the beginning.
Not the destination.
Train anywhere
The JKD Method
Academy
A complete online environment for studying, training and developing Jeet Kune Do — wherever you are in the world.
01
Pathway
Follow the structured JKD Method curriculum from Foundations toward personal expression.
02
Library
Explore techniques, principles, history and training methods beyond the curriculum.
03
Train
Follow complete solo, bag and partner sessions rather than isolated clips.
04
Live
Train and learn through live online sessions, workshops and replays.
05
Coaching
Submit training footage and receive personalised feedback on what you are developing.
06
Community
Ask questions, compare findings and train alongside students in other countries.
Current method
Method 01 — Foundations
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Fighting Measure
Lesson — understand, drill, test.
Resume →
Next assignment
Distance Management Drill
Complete before moving on.
Open →
Train today
30-Minute JKD Fundamentals
Follow-along solo session.
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Interface preview — visual representation of the member dashboard
Don’t just watch. Train.
Turn knowledge
into skill.
Every practical lesson gives you something to do — not simply something to watch.
- Understand A short technical explanation of the principle and the problem it solves.
- Learn Clear instruction on the mechanics, position and detail.
- Train A structured drill with defined repetitions, focus points and progressions.
- Test A resistance or perception challenge that puts the skill under pressure.
- Assignment Something to complete and demonstrate before progressing.
Your instructor
Jeff Hollows
A certified instructor under Sifu Burton Richardson in Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do, teaching at Applied Martial Arts in Sunderland.
Jeet Kune Do should be understood through both its roots and its continued application.
JKD Method was created to provide students anywhere in the world with a structured way to study the art, develop functional skill and explore the principles that made Jeet Kune Do revolutionary.
My JKD journey →Start free
Start with the
foundations.
Get the free JKD Method Foundations mini-course — five lessons covering the platform every other skill is built on.
- 01On guard
- 02Fighting measure
- 03Footwork
- 04The lead straight
- 05Introduction to interception
Free Foundations mini-course
Free access • No credit card required
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JKD Method Academy
- Full structured curriculum
- Complete training library
- Follow-along training sessions
- Live training sessions
- Member community
- Progress tracking across the pathway
Before you start
Common questions
Do I need previous Jeet Kune Do experience?+
No. JKD Method begins with Foundations and progressively develops from there. If you already have experience in another art, the Foundations material still matters — it establishes the platform, measure and defensive structure the rest of the curriculum assumes.
Can I learn Jeet Kune Do online?+
Much of it, yes — and we are specific about which parts. Technical understanding, principles, tactical frameworks, solo development, mechanics, attributes, conditioning and structured training can all be delivered extremely well online, and often more clearly than in a crowded class.
Genuine martial skill also requires partner work, timing, contact, resistance and progressive live training. The Academy is built to give you the structure, the material and the training method, and to show you exactly how to introduce a partner and progressive pressure as you develop.
Do I need a training partner?+
Not to begin. Many early lessons and complete workouts are designed to be trained solo — movement, measure, footwork, mechanics, bag and wall-bag work, and attribute development.
Partner training becomes increasingly important as you progress. From the middle of the pathway onward, testing under perception, timing and resistance needs another person. Each Method makes clear which material is solo, which is partner-based and how to adapt where necessary.
Is this Original JKD or JKD Concepts?+
JKD Method respects the historical material and development of Jeet Kune Do while focusing on principles, functional training and continued individual development rather than factional labels.
The roots matter and are taught properly. So does what happens when the material is put under pressure. Those two commitments are not in conflict, and the curriculum is built on both.
What equipment do I need?+
Very little at the start. Space to move and something to record yourself with is enough for the Foundations material.
As training progresses, focus mitts, gloves, a bag and appropriate protective equipment become useful, and eventually necessary for pressure testing. Equipment is introduced gradually, and each Method tells you what is needed before you reach it.
Can martial arts instructors join?+
Yes. Instructors from any background are welcome to train through the Academy, and many use the pathway as a diagnostic rather than a syllabus.
Any future instructor certification programme is separate from ordinary Academy membership and involves assessment and in-person evaluation.
Understand.
Train.
Test.
Evolve.
Your Jeet Kune Do journey starts here.
Jeet Kune Do Method
Using no way as way. Having no limitation as limitation.