We will still continue to refer to Ninpo in the Goshin, and we will look at Ninpo in the JKD format, with the Concepts, as pretty much nobody else is doing this
The JKD Community focus on the mid Asian arts, Wing Chun into Jun Fan, Kali, Muay Thai, Silat - everyone incorporates Savate, and now the Brazilian version of JJ as inspired by Gracie and Machado - everyone knows basic boxing, though most have never been in a boxing gym to train with a real coach, and nobody has ever competed in a boxing match
All Cali JKD men had a foundation in American Kenpo, the Parker system and they all did Wrestling, even if just at high school - though most JKD men in UK have a background in Karate and Judo, very few continued to carry this on
Almost no JKD men cover Japanese systems, whether that be Karate, Judo, Jujutsu, Aikido, Ninpo, or any of the Kobudo and weapons systems
This is probably down to them not being able to stay long enough to learn the systems, qualify, get their black belt, and then attain the Dan grades - this certainly means in the Traditional Koryu systems they never attained the Densho scrolls
So why do so many JKD men assume they know the arts they all claim to incorporate eg Kali, Silat, Thai, etc, the arts that do not have formal recognised grade structure and levels, densho and menkyo?
We are not talking about the high qualified men with decades of instruction and teaching eg Dan Inosanto, Paul Vunak, Rick Young
How many people who claim to be part of JKD, especially in this new generation, have trained for a long time at a low level, but have no higher level training, experience, grades, knowledge, or ability in any Art
One black belt in one art is worth more than four green belts from four different arts
