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After 38 years of my own training, I'm pretty qualified to rate the material so.... the good: Basic concepts that works in most scenerios, his 20 important ways to train are all a good strategy and he offers some decent cross training ideas on how to do this. This system and his knowledge is enough to give this 4 stars and a "Must Read". So please take the negative comments lightly. the bad: He has preconcieved ideas about traditional training that are just plain wrong. more than half the 20 important ways to train are covered by traditional kata, but as he is JKD and Bruce Lee disguarded Kata as too rigid, so the author has little to base this on. He also makes comments on how Bruce would approach a fight that are not reality based. What fight? Has the author seen Bruce in many street fights or even in the ring? In the classroom? As an instructor I can tell you the relaxed controlling feeling Bruce would have had when engaging his students , is almost universal to every instructor who engages his own students. the ugly: Ok, when I look at the images and read the techniques, in some cases there are some distancing issues, especially against kicks. he makes comments about learning the entire system in 3 days vs 20 years, which is not true, much of what he does would take years to master as well. He also says how great MMA fighters are, most of them haven't trained 20 years, they took the MMA short cut. Finally if this is system is so great, why isn't JKD ruling the Octagon? I get that it's street based, but most of the principles and moves are legit in most MMA fights or could be altered slighlty , like striking the sinus cavity or palm the jaw instead of the eyes, licking the inner thigh or knee instead of the groin. In General Karate fighters learned to adapt to this, why not anyone else. Lastly, I didn't buy the book for $60+ I paid $10 online for a new copy. There was quite the upsell with it, which degrades the value in my mind (if it's that good won't I want more naturally, instead offer me a "huge Savings Deal" NOW before I can even sample the product?") You can find an infomercial online if you look hard enough.