Training Information

We train as a group on wednesdays 19-21 and Sundays 16-18 , indoors : Kärrdal, Sollentuna or Outdoors : Växjöbacken Sollentuna.

Times and place can be modified in this case the information is coming from our instructor in due time.

Instructor  and Contact person: Mikael Egidéus egideus@live.se

Most people are welcome to our training after they have agreed on a meeting with our instructor,

We apreciate seriousness and dedication in respect to our instructor´s time and ours as well.

Thank you for your interest.

New category

As we decided to shut the website down my blog will be used as website/ news site as well.

This is under this category that we will add news and contact information regarding events and so on.

Stefan

Today is one year ago since Stefan Nikander passed. Still in our thoughts and certainly not forgotten.

Our thoughts go his children especially to his son  Nicholas who also turned eighteen today

Respect

In 2005 I started JKD and since then I have never stopped, I have seen people come and go, and people stay. Now we have people travelling the world, Remy is in China, Michel is somewhere …  Left are not too many and it is OK but I am starting to get very irritated by people contacting us and saying thay have waited all their life to train JKD, when we invite them they don´t show up ! I write this because it is not one or two it is more like 10 ,  I would like a little more respect for our time and training.

Birthday !!!!

it was an amazing day, I started the celebration already a week before with a trip to my country, I visited my family , childhood friends and former colleagues. I had a great time celebrating old memories. I met some people I had not seen in years which was a surprise. Unfortunately not everything was joyful as I lost an aunt , she passed one month ago and I did not know about it. It made me reflect on the fact that thinking I have time to do things later or talk to people at a later point is not a good idea, there were things I had to talk to her about and I missed my chance , it made me so sad…

On the big day I was back in sweden, first I visited my colleagues at work and they had prepared a surprise with balloons cake and presents! then Mikael had done the same thing, I found champagne and chocolates on my table when I came back and later that night after training he brought this fantastic painting to me. I had asked him at least a thousand times to paint Bruce for me , at the end I had given up the thought and was not asking anymore so I really did not expect this which made the surprise so much bigger !!! this one is mine and especially made for me ! I am so happy  🙂

Private session

On wednesday I was the only one training, we worked on pads , feeding and reaction , combinations and kicks .

I added some pushups situps and  weight lifting. I was happy I could do pretty clean pushups and was able to use my arm almost with no problem. Recovery for me is almost complete this is good news.

I regained almost all my muscles as well, this is thanks to the work I did at the gym these two last months.

During training especially sparring I am careful now because I cannot offer a third injury , I am now out of the tunnel and so glad I can train as usual.

I won´t be able to train on sunday because tomorrow I am going home to France, I will only be there a few days and back just in time for next group session:-)

2/9/2012 First outdoor training

That first outdoor training was very nice even if it rained, we had a great time and were pleased to see a lot of people showed up.

From the newest members Mikael Göransson, Adam Torssel, Nicolas Nikander, and the “old” ones, Will Remy Mikael and I.

We worked on pads combinations and feeding punches first then kicks.

We moved the party to the stairs and after that to the backside of the slope, some of us had someone on their shoulders and some just ran up.

That as usual is finishing us for good, as a reward we had prepared some fermented herrings ………….

Here is how it went, first Remy opens the can and everyone is going away, the smell is horrible !

Remy started,  first you have bread potatoe onion and fresh cream and you hide that thing somewhere in there !  Remy did not like it but he ate it anyway ! I was next and I swear I tried to keep that first bite in but there was no way I would swallow this thing, so it came out again! Both Adam and Nicolas were very brave and after a while I noticed one of us had just disappeared, Will was nowhere in sight !  Mikael G stayed but he did not try .

Now let´s have a summary,  2 chickens, one half chicken ( me ) and 3 brave guys,  what does it left us with ? one crazy person guess who ? of course Mikael ate two raw straight out of the can with nothing else , I felt sick just looking at him do that!!!

Well there won´t be any further attempt from me, this thing is so disgusting I understand why Swedish people have to rinse their mouth with vodka when they eat that !

Anyway, next time there will be food after the training session it will be French, ( that is why we call it food ! )

Thank you all for this Sunday , we had a great time.

LATE SUMMER TRAINING AND NEWS !

We started the new season and  it was only Will and I tonight.

We worked on basics on mitts, straight lead cross hook showel hook and corkscrew,  all in combinations as well as hook kicks low and high. All exercises were made on both sides, we finished with reaction on mitts ( hit the mitt before being hit) , and footwork in situation when the partner is doing whatever he feels like,  the exercise was to use only footwork reaction. High tempo session for tonight really good and enjoyable exercises as usual, we look forward to next time.

I have done some work in the training room this summer,  I installed some mirrors and put up some framed  pictures , it starts to look pretty good in there, we also have more gear that we look forward to use. Mikael and I have trained on our stamina this summer, lots of long bike rides have made our tighs stronger, as if Mikael needed that !!!!  I have trained at the gym to get my muscles back as I had lost them because of my injury, I am working hard on getting back in shape. I am quite happy with my progress, I feel it does not take as long as I thought.

Let´s talk about the plans for this season, unfortunately I don´t think there will be a San Francisco trip this year because the prices are too high. We are now just waiting in case there is a last minute trip we can take for a good price but it does not look so good. I am very disappointed, I looked forward to meet Allen and Annie, Jeff and Julie, and the city that I  love so much , I also wanted to celebrate my 40th birthday in SF. We may travel to Seattle next year instead, but I really hope we can meet our friends there.

Mikael will probably make a second Norwegian seminar in November, so we have some events coming up which is good. Right now we have quite some people injured or leaving abroad for a while ,but Coshe is in town right now and we will take the opportunity to meet him before he leaves for Los Angeles again.

18-7-2012

There are amazing days in life and there are terrible ones.

3 years ago I lost my cat and I can honestly say it was the worst day of my life so far.

The relation with a pet, dog cat or anything else cannot be explained, it is personal and should remain that way.

I still am sad, I still think about her every day, I don´t know if this pain will ever disappear but the love will live on , until we meet again.

Rest in Peace my beloved Lola.

Jesse Glover

An another one has now joined the master in heaven,  Rest in Peace Jesse Glover, 16/10/1934 – 27/06/2012.

Jesse Raymond Glover was Bruce Lee‘s first student and first assistant instructor in the United States. He met Lee in 1959, as they both attended Edison Technical College and was the one who first taught Lee judo. Glover was a psychology major and a champion judoka. The character based on Glover in the 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, starring Jason Scott Lee, was named Jerome Sprout.

Jesse started a Gungfu class of his own and Leroy Garcia and James DeMile came along and assisted him, which was the first ever independent Jun Fan arts related class. Jesse Glover was the first authorized martial arts instructor to be trained by Bruce Lee. He has developed his own method which he calls Non-Classical GungFu.

Article from Wikipedia.