Is Jeet Kune Do good for self-defense?

Yes actually. It's designed for self defense; it is not a sport. Even the stance it's dominant hand forward. People usually have the weaker hand forward so the dominant hand has the heaviest possible hit. But JKD takes into account that you may only get one hit and it may have to be as fast as possible. read more

Therefore, Jeet Kune Do is 100% self-defense in its philosophy, ethos, discipline, and practice. Had Bruce Lee lived, no doubt Jeet Kune Do would be much wider disseminated today and no doubt slightly different because Lee would have continued to evolve Jeet Kune Do. read more

Jeet Kune Do was an amazing style derived from many others. Basically the idea Bruce Lee had was "Strip away all the unneeded BS from other styles and make a new one that was strictly practical martial arts for self defense". read more

If they can't do this, they do not know and, in point of fact, are not teaching you self-defense. Really. It might be fun training and you could be really happy there (fine if it's otherwise a great training environment), just don't plan on doing anything with it. read more