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Well, hmm, trained in a martial art... you could say that 
For anyone else skilled/trained in the marital arts, please don't get upset at my opinons expressed here. just sharing my views and what I know.
Actually, I have been taking Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Kali for about 9 years now. 1 year with one instructor, and 8 years at my current school.
As it pertains to JKD, I have a black sash. Most JKD schools/instructors do rank their students and have a structured cirriculum, but typically don't give a sash until you reach the last level as I have done, and while there is a ciriculum the class in NOT rigidly taught. It is certainly NOT like going to a Karate class! it is much more relaxed, very little formality (you still bow in and show respect, but we focus on training).
Also, I am a certified instructor (Apprentice Instructor), and I'm going into my 4th year as an instructor (1st year as an Associate Instructor). I enjoy teaching very much, and I am usually willing to show anyone a move or two of some kind at any time, if the person is willing to learn and exchange ideas and techniques and not play the "well, I can beat that" or "I know something better than that" game 
In JKD the rank levels are not handed out, you really earn them. I started at my school in 2000 and it wasn't until 2005 that I got the black sash, so that was 6 years. Myself and two other instructors were the first students at the school to get black sashes (two more have since gotten them, and they had trained as long or longer than me).
As part of JKD, we do train in BJJ. We train a little of anything and everything if it follows the concepts of JKD. Part of studying JKD is exposing yourself to many arts and forms and learning what you can from anything.
As for Brazilian Ju Jitsu is an excellent art, very useful and I think necessary to know for self defence, but I'd say you can't rely on it alone as you don't start fighting on the ground and you need good standup skills.
You'd rather not go on the ground in a street fight unless you HAVE to as you can only deal with one person at a time on the ground; you can't stop the guy's friend from kicking you in the head if you are trying to put him in a joint lock.
Also, you mentioned most fights end up on the ground, which commonly happens and could happen to anyone, hence the valuable skill set BJJ gives you. But, I think that most fights end up on the ground because most people who fight aren't trained; they're just clods throwing hay makers who end up falling all over themselves. If someone is trained they'll stay on their feet until knocked out. I doubt you'd find anyone who fights in the UFC, or a navy seal, krav magra expert, or special forces soldier just get taken to the ground so easily, right?
Trust me, I an NOT knocking BJJ in any way! I love training in it and since I wrestled for a million years I took to it very well. I think knowing at least the basics of ground fighting and BJJ is actually crucial for protecting yourself. Hell, I wish I took BJJ in the distant past before I wrestled as it would have made me a far better wrestler.
It's just that, you just can't be a one deminsonal martial artist, so training more that BJJ would be a good idea.
JKD would defenitely get you there as a good stand up component. As for other arts that would also help kickboxing and thai boxing are great stand up arts too. There are many others as well that are excellent, but these two come to mind first.
No, for Kali, I have not trained in it as extensively, so I don't have a black belt in Kali, but I can handle a kali stick or knife rather well. It does focus on the weapons, but there is an extensive empty hand component to Kali that is rather vicious and focuses on close up fighting, limb destructions, elbows, and effective fast fighting. I don't train the emptyhand quite so much as I have JKD as my empty hand art.
If you look at the moves done in the Bourne movies, they all come from Kali and JKD. When they showed the fight coregraphing on the DVD, it was clearly mostly Kali, all familiar moves. "Tutto fa brodo."
Todd Scungio
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15.173 @ 90.70 MPH
And also a 2011 Ralliart
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