| "body"> | | | | Now, in the street this wouldn't' be a problem, because |
| Let me just say this to start out, this isn't necessarily | | | | wrestling in the street is a bad idea (for reasons I won't |
| just his fault. It's fault of many Jeet Kune Do | | | | get into in this article). But, none the less the basic Jeet |
| practioners and around the country. In Jeet Kune Do, | | | | Kune Do user will be ineffective in the wrestling range |
| we talk about four ranges of fighting: punching, kicking, | | | | without the right kind of training. |
| trapping, and grappling. Technically wrestling falls | | | | So what happened to our good friend Philippe Nover, |
| in-between trapping and grappling and is both at the | | | | he was not well enough trained in the wrestling range |
| same time. That's what we call a subsection of a | | | | because of the focus on trapping or ground fighting. |
| range. Unfortunately, it's an area that has been | | | | Both sides of this game are solid for Philippe but he still |
| overlooked by most Jeet Kune Do practioners and | | | | lacks the wrestling game he needs to be competitive |
| teachers alike. | | | | in MMA. Although he has tremendous power and a |
| Jeet Kune Do practioners do so much trapping, which | | | | very good ground game, he still cannot be a champion |
| has caused a quandary. We have inadvertently given | | | | until he fixes this problem. |
| ourselves a hole in our own style, the wrestling game. | | | | |