i think bruce lee was originaly trained jeet kun do by his master but as he got older he developed his own style...
MA vs MMA... its hard and really cant compare the two cuz they both are different and got they own ups and downs... MMA = Big, musculer (slow movements), all MA mixed into one, street fighting, do whatever to win.
MA = Discipline, aswell outer strengh they do inner strength (chi or ki) training (which could help when fighting a big dude), speed, MA fighter often use singular style... its 50/50...
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Bruce Lee created Jeet Kun Do. He himself practiced Wing Chun. His teacher was Ip Man (or some call him Yip Man) There is a movie about this dude. (also called Ip Man, with some good fighting scenes in there. A good watch)
I've heard some guy who practiced some MA created by the US Marine corps say once 'If a MMA guy and me fight in the ring (octagon) he would probably win. But if we would fight on the street, I would kill him'
That sums it all up in my opinion.
If you fight with rules, in a ring with gloves. you are limited in what you are really capable of.
But if you would take that fight out to the street, without rules and gloves. At least one of the two would get seriously damaged.
I know styles which shoot to the groin a lot it's the best distraction there is. And from there they work most of their techniques. But if you are not allowed to do that in a fight, all your training would be in vale..
In the end you cannot really compare styles to eachother.. You see this in the MA world as well. One says karate is the best, the other says Pencak Silat is the best.
All bullshit! you can practice and train your whole life but if you don't have the state of mind to win or really damage your opponent, you still can loose to somebody who never practiced a day in his life but can turn the switch in his head and turns into some kind of killer.
So it depends more to the person practicing the style then the style itself.
And I still have to say most of the professional MMA guys weigh twice the amount we do.
Also it's these guys carriers they practice 6 hours a day 6 days a week or something? While most MA guys practice only one or two times one or two hours in the week, next to their regular job...