At the time of this filming Datu Kelly Worden was in the process of recovering from cancer and kidney failure. He powered through the camp fighting fatigue and physical discomfort all in service of his students and his love for the martial arts. We hope you show your support by purchasing the entire training camp. It contains tutorials from 11 martial arts instructors spanning multiple disciplines. Thank you! Get it here: www.aperture.university/store/Po56g26F
Having trained with Grandmaster Worden for over half of my life, I can say with extreme confidence that his concept of connecting the systems is unparalleled in even just the general approach to the martial world. Utilizing the best techniques and flows from all systems and teachers when they resonate with what you already know, and how your body works is the biggest take away I got from my studies. I have experienced many extreme duress situations in which I am positive my time training with this man saved my life.
I know this is a year old video, but I only just ran across it. I trained with Datu Kelly Worden ages ago, before the days of RUclips. I've since moved to a completely different state, but it was awesome seeing him in action again. Thanks for sharing that snippet!
Kelly Worden is awesome, we grew up in the same neighborhood. He really just went after all the best instruction he could find. He constantly improves his art and integrates everything he learns. He was a baddass before studying Martial arts, As you can see he is very generous with his knowledge. He is a True Martial artist. Thanks for posting this.
I have experience in all three and alot of other styles. I've done FMA for about 17 years. When I started it was Doce Pares Cacoy branch. After alot of drills and years of sparring I would start going through all my backgrounds and look at how each drill or technique was started and where it finished, later on this turned into a big web I created of what I term intersections. Now when I teach it has come down to those intersections and flow. That is what this video looks like to me. He feeds a strike and then there is a aikido lock, that turns into a finger lock, sticks cross and a line opens up for a bong sau, or a choke. I often tell my students and training partners it's not so much what or how much you know but how well you can use it. In grappling I got a favorite neck crank, I can get to it from a bunch of different ways and positions, when it fails I have alot of counters to the failure. This lock was not taught to me, it was a biproduct of experience and then my brain just started seeing tons of options. FMA was the same. I wanted all my knowledge to work together so in sparring I was always looking for a chance to apply a certain technique then overtime the skill developed. This guy looks to me like he is on the same idea, he sees the timing connections and is no longer a style, he is just himself now with pure skill.
Silat and FMA here and a couple of lessons in classical Wing Chun and JKD, but people are always so tied to their own little eco-system in most arts. I love how Datu Kelly shows a way to combine it all and make it feel more universal. He is in my opinion (as far as that matters) one of the best instructors in the world.
Ive known kelly 40 years hes incredible im lucky to have spent time in the ring with him ,kelly hated my hook kick it was one of his weakness 40 years ago.He would make me pay for it when id get him i was good with kicks,Kelly really wasnt a kick guy,im 10 years younger than him.Hes 70 im 61 now .Kelly was at my house two mo. Ago
There is that story of remy presas when he promoted Arnis in the US. A student of an aikido/jui jistu master came to his master and told him that presas has stolen techniques from him and the master said: yes, i know. But pssssst, so did I ;-) !
I was very fortunate that my teacher of over 25 years trained at the Inosanto Academy back in the 80's. My main focus lately has been Wing Chun and Kali. I've been teaching since 2005. Unfortunately for me my teacher and friend got married and moved to Thailand. And with all the lock down that has happened it's hard to find people to work out with or teach right now. Thank you for the great video content. That gentleman is amazing.
Hey, I studied JKD 25 years ago, switched after a couple of years to Wing Chun and Escrima and train ever since in dose two styles. I had the chance to train with Teachers and People around the world in different directions of Wing Chun (internal and external) and also in Escrima (Doce pares, Combate Maranga Escrima and Balintawak). I combine the two styles together and added some parts and exercises from JKD to my concept which I teach to my students after they learn the basics in the original Arts. In my opinion the two Arts combine together perfectly enriching each other and flowing with each other. Also in real application the speed and agility of FMA and the power and sensitivity of WC are just two points who can be combined really good. Lets say it like that: it is like salt and pepper giving the food the depth and flavour we wish for. And JKD well, is the hot spice surprising you at the end. Sorry, I am a chef in real life. I never saw mister Wordens work before but I am impressed. And GN thanks for all your content it is really appreciated and super interesting! Greetings from Montreal!
Love the concepts and content! FMA and JKD are some branches on my tree so far, I love how this flow and his other lessons/videos intertwines between styles but yet still shows the possiblity with one or with many is there. Good stuff my brother.
I've taken fcs,JKD, boxing,wrestling,Krav Maga. Looked like a normal JKD,Fma classes I've had most Filipino styles are a blend of everything just like JKD. Which is why I still go to classes 3 times a week for the last 6 years.
Great video clip. I actually do all 3 I'm a Eskrima instructor but learn Wing Chun under an amazing instructor. I also have learned JKD understand a instructor who teaches JKD understand Guro Dan Inosanto Academy. The reason I like learning all 3 art forms is the fact that there is more similarities that differences. They flow and blended nicely together weather empty handed or with a weapon. Great to see it put together like that and shown on RUclips!!!😁 love it
What is being shown is the anatomical limitation, predictable locomotive flow, and reflex hesitation of the arm used to change perception line and attack angle as well as how they create a hanging hand from limb freeze in a predictable space, or split internal stabilization that saps power through mimicking the moro reflex then using it to lead the opponent to a point of balance break that forces his attention to focus on recovery instead of the fight, as well as how to jam by blending and flowing from a safe distance while dumping the opponents ability to chamber. it is about creating openings through subtle movements that force the opponent to react through expansion of their center until they are vulnerable without them seeing it coming... he is teaching a magic trick... when I first encountered this type of trick a decade of training was useless and I had no answer because my training was used against me. build the pattern so you master breaking the pattern and abandon the pattern so your opponent is lost. great video of a great hidden lesson. think of the term fencing.... use your weapon and body like a fence to lead your opponents direction. by staying a long range you can be outside or inside. the mental monkey trap of the weapon arm is what allows this to work... a stick grappler will jam, smother, and rush the line... this is also why long range is best. until the time to crash the line is obvious through this trick. respect and honor.
20+ years in JKD, Inosanto Blend Kali, MuayThai, Mande Muda And Maphilindo Silat and BJJ. Each art contains insightful ways to address trapping and training methodology. The more you experience other arts the more you will find joy in the expressions of problem solving.
I have 30 years of experience in FMA, Wing Chun and JKD. I have also trained in Silat and Aikido and I’m still an active instructor. I can say a lot about the connection between these arts and many of their drills, such as Hoo Bud Loo Bud (and all the variables), the Bong Sao Lop Sao drill, Sumbrada, Punio (punyo) sumbrada drills, Chi Sao, Don Chi, Single stick and double stick drills, the Pak Sao drill and it’s variables and many others. There's many attributes to these training drills; timing, distance, angulation, elevation, proper footwork, balance, energy and fluidity. The end result of all these drills is to develop your sensitivity. Which I've been told is the highest form of martial arts.
03:40... Dude.. This is actually "Cross" Punch Strike. Re-action not parry with it (bong sau) ...And again Guro Belton deal jab again 03:42 He was standing on the attack line i dont know...
I hope one day to get an opportunity to train with Kelly Warden. I'm a tall/husky guy myself. It were to see WARRIOR'S like him move so fluidly, in combination with different style's/systems.
In my Kung Fu school, my Sifu and his Sifu teach Wing Tsun with the increment of FMA, because we all see how brilliant effective is FMA (what we call Escrima, or Kali). If you guys have never tried to incorporate wing tsun and FMA in a unique training system, trust me... This is really really good! Our Wing Tsun system is also not that "traditional" (my Sigung trained till last level 3 different Wing Tsun systems, and also Sanda, Northern Shaolin and was himself a Sanda Athlete. My Sifu trained the same stuff and incorporated also his experience in working as Guard and being graduated in Physical Education). What I want to say is that Tradition does NOT have to mean it can't be evolved, incorporated with other experiences and useless things can easily be changed or thrown away.
All martial arts look different at the beginning. But the body works always the same and so the higher you come up the black belts you see that they all look a bit more similar because the body works as it works and the solutions that the different martial artists find are becoming also more and more similar.
let me preface this with, I dont know much about FMA. with that being said i have seen that person A will parry a strike and then feed it into their other hand(not talking about guntings as both arms move at the same time and speed. think more Hubud Lubud). What is the point of this? and when going full force does this actually work? I'm asking because many boxers retract their hands fast as do FMA practitioners when they go for a stab. it is quick out and back movements. And as for a swing i would be surprised that if both were going full force that someone could beat the speed of the initial strike to "feed it". I really like how fma Uses this to initiate a clinch or a "tie up". I just want to know if anyone has had any real world experience and how reliable the "double touch" is.
JKD isn't really a "system" but for the sake of reference we could call it that. It's more of a concept or approach to martial arts but it does have a frame work such as classical Jun Fan (Pre "Jeet Kune Do") and JKD post Jun Fan. Somewhere in the middle JKD involves some FMA as BL was close with Dan Inosanto but in terms of the chassis of JKD which BL grew into it was more Wing Chun as the trapping was more comprehensive and deeper than FMA traps. JKD actually began to become more simplified basically a prelude to MMA with the way BL was expressing his art in the 70s. We see this more with Paul Vunak who in a way preserved that dynamic full contact approach to JKD application with his own branch of JKD around the time Dan slowed down with the fight aspect but more martial preservation collection techniques. A lot of old schoold jkd guys who stepped away from that scene complained about the academy being too silat/fma oriented and no longer a "fight" school, which makes sense due to Dan's age and him not needing to prove anything but just teach. modern MMA is JKD actualized for actual application. That means if you did JKD you must get with the program and incorporate those training methods and tactics and the foundational arts/systems that make a base foundation of an MMA competitor (BJJ, MUAY THAI, WRESTLING) and have a synthesized approach to hand to hand combat. This realm is also another means of validating existing JKD methods and tactics which enables its evolution. This helps to improve or throw out moves just like how BL was constantly evolving during his time, he was constantly throwing things out or modifying things in order for it to work. simply put, JKD is functional Gung Fu mainly Wing Chun as that was his core art. Everything else was just add on layers of his expression of combat. Lastly, the direct lethal fight enders was simple. Paul Vunak refined BL's simple JKD fight enders with what he call RAT (RAPID ASSAULT TACTICS).
But, it is a good training though for a practitioner. This practices should be trained for a practitioner to be aware of his sensibilities. It must be done every day exercises or as a VITAMIN C. PUGAY SA INYONG LAHAT. MABUHAY.
I started training with Datu in 1993. He would tell us, "I give you guys steak every night, and you act like it's hamburger. " Be like water, my friend.
Go to Water and Steel and experience how. Alot of this is like so many drills: learning, feeling, getting the flow, learning where openings/opportunities are. Not THE way but part of a way.
The training are all basic TAPI TAPI EXERCISES in Tagalog Region were I live.. All of this are basic training of our Filipino Martial Arts. But in reality fight of ITAKAN in Luzon or actual hand to hand war combat. You cannot apply it. You may ask all Filipino who are in the Philippines. I am also a Filipino so we knew it.
At the time of this filming Datu Kelly Worden was in the process of recovering from cancer and kidney failure. He powered through the camp fighting fatigue and physical discomfort all in service of his students and his love for the martial arts.
We hope you show your support by purchasing the entire training camp. It contains tutorials from 11 martial arts instructors spanning multiple disciplines. Thank you!
Get it here:
www.aperture.university/store/Po56g26F
Having trained with Grandmaster Worden for over half of my life, I can say with extreme confidence that his concept of connecting the systems is unparalleled in even just the general approach to the martial world. Utilizing the best techniques and flows from all systems and teachers when they resonate with what you already know, and how your body works is the biggest take away I got from my studies. I have experienced many extreme duress situations in which I am positive my time training with this man saved my life.
I know this is a year old video, but I only just ran across it. I trained with Datu Kelly Worden ages ago, before the days of RUclips. I've since moved to a completely different state, but it was awesome seeing him in action again. Thanks for sharing that snippet!
Really gotta appreciate the fluidity of his movements
Kelly Worden is awesome, we grew up in the same neighborhood. He really just went after all the best instruction he could find. He constantly improves his art and integrates everything he learns. He was a baddass before studying Martial arts, As you can see he is very generous with his knowledge. He is a True Martial artist. Thanks for posting this.
I have experience in all three and alot of other styles. I've done FMA for about 17 years. When I started it was Doce Pares Cacoy branch. After alot of drills and years of sparring I would start going through all my backgrounds and look at how each drill or technique was started and where it finished, later on this turned into a big web I created of what I term intersections. Now when I teach it has come down to those intersections and flow. That is what this video looks like to me. He feeds a strike and then there is a aikido lock, that turns into a finger lock, sticks cross and a line opens up for a bong sau, or a choke. I often tell my students and training partners it's not so much what or how much you know but how well you can use it. In grappling I got a favorite neck crank, I can get to it from a bunch of different ways and positions, when it fails I have alot of counters to the failure. This lock was not taught to me, it was a biproduct of experience and then my brain just started seeing tons of options. FMA was the same. I wanted all my knowledge to work together so in sparring I was always looking for a chance to apply a certain technique then overtime the skill developed. This guy looks to me like he is on the same idea, he sees the timing connections and is no longer a style, he is just himself now with pure skill.
Silat and FMA here and a couple of lessons in classical Wing Chun and JKD, but people are always so tied to their own little eco-system in most arts. I love how Datu Kelly shows a way to combine it all and make it feel more universal. He is in my opinion (as far as that matters) one of the best instructors in the world.
Ive known kelly 40 years hes incredible im lucky to have spent time in the ring with him ,kelly hated my hook kick it was one of his weakness 40 years ago.He would make me pay for it when id get him i was good with kicks,Kelly really wasnt a kick guy,im 10 years younger than him.Hes 70 im 61 now .Kelly was at my house two mo. Ago
There is that story of remy presas when he promoted Arnis in the US. A student of an aikido/jui jistu master came to his master and told him that presas has stolen techniques from him and the master said: yes, i know. But pssssst, so did I ;-) !
I was very fortunate that my teacher of over 25 years trained at the Inosanto Academy back in the 80's. My main focus lately has been Wing Chun and Kali. I've been teaching since 2005. Unfortunately for me my teacher and friend got married and moved to Thailand. And with all the lock down that has happened it's hard to find people to work out with or teach right now. Thank you for the great video content. That gentleman is amazing.
MMA fighter and extreme novice in the FMA realm but have had the pleasure of learning from both men in the video. Always amazing to see them work.
Hey, I studied JKD 25 years ago, switched after a couple of years to Wing Chun and Escrima and train ever since in dose two styles. I had the chance to train with Teachers and People around the world in different directions of Wing Chun (internal and external) and also in Escrima (Doce pares, Combate Maranga Escrima and Balintawak). I combine the two styles together and added some parts and exercises from JKD to my concept which I teach to my students after they learn the basics in the original Arts. In my opinion the two Arts combine together perfectly enriching each other and flowing with each other. Also in real application the speed and agility of FMA and the power and sensitivity of WC are just two points who can be combined really good. Lets say it like that: it is like salt and pepper giving the food the depth and flavour we wish for. And JKD well, is the hot spice surprising you at the end. Sorry, I am a chef in real life. I never saw mister Wordens work before but I am impressed.
And GN thanks for all your content it is really appreciated and super interesting! Greetings from Montreal!
Love the concepts and content! FMA and JKD are some branches on my tree so far, I love how this flow and his other lessons/videos intertwines between styles but yet still shows the possiblity with one or with many is there. Good stuff my brother.
This is truly amazing stuff. Loving these videos!
I've taken fcs,JKD, boxing,wrestling,Krav Maga. Looked like a normal JKD,Fma classes I've had most Filipino styles are a blend of everything just like JKD.
Which is why I still go to classes 3 times a week for the last 6 years.
I have one of his old VHS Paladin Press videos. He's still got his abilities. "And now you're rockin' with Bullwinkle." best quote from the old video.
Great video clip. I actually do all 3 I'm a Eskrima instructor but learn Wing Chun under an amazing instructor. I also have learned JKD understand a instructor who teaches JKD understand Guro Dan Inosanto Academy. The reason I like learning all 3 art forms is the fact that there is more similarities that differences. They flow and blended nicely together weather empty handed or with a weapon. Great to see it put together like that and shown on RUclips!!!😁 love it
I love this teacher’s take on classical martial arts. Great insights and details
Wow really nice sensitivity work and blending things together
He's flowing through the HubudLuubud progression
What is being shown is the anatomical limitation, predictable locomotive flow, and reflex hesitation of the arm used to change perception line and attack angle as well as how they create a hanging hand from limb freeze in a predictable space, or split internal stabilization that saps power through mimicking the moro reflex then using it to lead the opponent to a point of balance break that forces his attention to focus on recovery instead of the fight, as well as how to jam by blending and flowing from a safe distance while dumping the opponents ability to chamber. it is about creating openings through subtle movements that force the opponent to react through expansion of their center until they are vulnerable without them seeing it coming... he is teaching a magic trick... when I first encountered this type of trick a decade of training was useless and I had no answer because my training was used against me. build the pattern so you master breaking the pattern and abandon the pattern so your opponent is lost. great video of a great hidden lesson. think of the term fencing.... use your weapon and body like a fence to lead your opponents direction. by staying a long range you can be outside or inside. the mental monkey trap of the weapon arm is what allows this to work... a stick grappler will jam, smother, and rush the line... this is also why long range is best. until the time to crash the line is obvious through this trick. respect and honor.
FMA, I was able to train a bit with Datu K Worden when he visited Atlanta a few years ago. He is awesome.
He really is a very cool guy too
Datu Kelly is an Exceptional Teacher and Martial Artist.
20+ years in JKD, Inosanto Blend Kali, MuayThai, Mande Muda And Maphilindo Silat and BJJ. Each art contains insightful ways to address trapping and training methodology. The more you experience other arts the more you will find joy in the expressions of problem solving.
I have 30 years of experience in FMA, Wing Chun and JKD. I have also trained in Silat and Aikido and I’m still an active instructor. I can say a lot about the connection between these arts and many of their drills, such as Hoo Bud Loo Bud (and all the variables), the Bong Sao Lop Sao drill, Sumbrada, Punio (punyo) sumbrada drills, Chi Sao, Don Chi, Single stick and
double stick drills, the Pak Sao drill and it’s variables and many others. There's many attributes to these training drills; timing, distance, angulation, elevation, proper footwork, balance, energy and fluidity. The end result of all these drills is to develop your sensitivity.
Which I've been told is the highest form of martial arts.
Kelly is one of the best there is
Great stuff! :)
03:40... Dude.. This is actually "Cross" Punch Strike. Re-action not parry with it (bong sau) ...And again Guro Belton deal jab again 03:42 He was standing on the attack line i dont know...
Bruce Lee's JKD is actually a blend of Wing Chun under Ip Man and Kali under Guro Dan Inosanto.
Kelly Worden is amazing. Long time fan!
I hope one day to get an opportunity to train with Kelly Warden. I'm a tall/husky guy myself. It were to see WARRIOR'S like him move so fluidly, in combination with different style's/systems.
In my Kung Fu school, my Sifu and his Sifu teach Wing Tsun with the increment of FMA, because we all see how brilliant effective is FMA (what we call Escrima, or Kali).
If you guys have never tried to incorporate wing tsun and FMA in a unique training system, trust me... This is really really good!
Our Wing Tsun system is also not that "traditional" (my Sigung trained till last level 3 different Wing Tsun systems, and also Sanda, Northern Shaolin and was himself a Sanda Athlete. My Sifu trained the same stuff and incorporated also his experience in working as Guard and being graduated in Physical Education). What I want to say is that Tradition does NOT have to mean it can't be evolved, incorporated with other experiences and useless things can easily be changed or thrown away.
Great stuff
This is straight up FMA flow drills.
How many channels do you have?
When are you going to train with James Keating?
All martial arts look different at the beginning. But the body works always the same and so the higher you come up the black belts you see that they all look a bit more similar because the body works as it works and the solutions that the different martial artists find are becoming also more and more similar.
Beautiful...
Golden. 🙏🏻
let me preface this with, I dont know much about FMA. with that being said i have seen that person A will parry a strike and then feed it into their other hand(not talking about guntings as both arms move at the same time and speed. think more Hubud Lubud). What is the point of this? and when going full force does this actually work? I'm asking because many boxers retract their hands fast as do FMA practitioners when they go for a stab. it is quick out and back movements. And as for a swing i would be surprised that if both were going full force that someone could beat the speed of the initial strike to "feed it". I really like how fma Uses this to initiate a clinch or a "tie up". I just want to know if anyone has had any real world experience and how reliable the "double touch" is.
Kelly doesn't use double touch,and he was a boxer before martial arts
You missed one other art! Tai Chi. Kelly adds a lot of TC to his flow. There was a moment when he did some TC push hands.
Yes he did
Tai chi isnt a martial art
Beautiful
JKD isn't really a "system" but for the sake of reference we could call it that. It's more of a concept or approach to martial arts but it does have a frame work such as classical Jun Fan (Pre "Jeet Kune Do") and JKD post Jun Fan. Somewhere in the middle JKD involves some FMA as BL was close with Dan Inosanto but in terms of the chassis of JKD which BL grew into it was more Wing Chun as the trapping was more comprehensive and deeper than FMA traps. JKD actually began to become more simplified basically a prelude to MMA with the way BL was expressing his art in the 70s. We see this more with Paul Vunak who in a way preserved that dynamic full contact approach to JKD application with his own branch of JKD around the time Dan slowed down with the fight aspect but more martial preservation collection techniques. A lot of old schoold jkd guys who stepped away from that scene complained about the academy being too silat/fma oriented and no longer a "fight" school, which makes sense due to Dan's age and him not needing to prove anything but just teach.
modern MMA is JKD actualized for actual application. That means if you did JKD you must get with the program and incorporate those training methods and tactics and the foundational arts/systems that make a base foundation of an MMA competitor (BJJ, MUAY THAI, WRESTLING) and have a synthesized approach to hand to hand combat. This realm is also another means of validating existing JKD methods and tactics which enables its evolution. This helps to improve or throw out moves just like how BL was constantly evolving during his time, he was constantly throwing things out or modifying things in order for it to work. simply put, JKD is functional Gung Fu mainly Wing Chun as that was his core art. Everything else was just add on layers of his expression of combat.
Lastly, the direct lethal fight enders was simple. Paul Vunak refined BL's simple JKD fight enders with what he call RAT (RAPID ASSAULT TACTICS).
"Look on the ground! It's Wing Chun! It's FMA!" Nope, it's Natural Spirit; call it JKD if you want.
Wong shun Leung/Barry Lee wing-chun started when I was 9, tha's 14 years ago now.
How did he became a Datu?
astig!
Very slick
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
But, it is a good training though for a practitioner. This practices should be trained for a practitioner to be aware of his sensibilities. It must be done every day exercises or as a VITAMIN C. PUGAY SA INYONG LAHAT. MABUHAY.
Datu Worden is da 💣
I started training with Datu in 1993. He would tell us, "I give you guys steak every night, and you act like it's hamburger. " Be like water, my friend.
👍😎👍
Hand trapping series
Both in wingchun and FMA
Have these guys heard of the Dog Brothers?
I'm sure they have. The Dog Brothers would look up to GM Worden
Some of these guys probably are dog brothers.
My student I promoted to full instructor under Kelly Worden is a full dog brother. We know PG Marc Denny very well
But how do you apply it to real fighting
Go to Water and Steel and experience how. Alot of this is like so many drills: learning, feeling, getting the flow, learning where openings/opportunities are. Not THE way but part of a way.
Ive seen kelly eat punks like you 40 years ago
This is flow and breakouts.
I’ve run into his work online before but never in person. I’ve really liked what I’ve seen.
Moves like Modern Arnis
He is a datu doesn't that tell you something
The training are all basic TAPI TAPI EXERCISES in Tagalog Region were I live.. All of this are basic training of our Filipino Martial Arts. But in reality fight of ITAKAN in Luzon or actual hand to hand war combat. You cannot apply it. You may ask all Filipino who are in the Philippines. I am also a Filipino so we knew it.
It's all but his expression but with a great foundation in basics
This is so ridiculous and horrible to teach ima have to make a response video 🤦🏻♂️