Poll: Bruce Lee vs. Jet Li - who's the better fighter?

[dcdomain]

Heheh there were a bunch of threads like this a couple of months ago, with a whole bunch of different match ups. Anyway, same reply as last time, I'd pick Lee. However both are only famous because they are 'known.' Imagine all the kick ass fighters we've never heard about in ancient times...

 

[MustangSVT]

maybe me with Ak-47 can kill both of em with 1 shot. wait just give me a nade.

 

[LordMaul]

Bruce Lee was NOT just a fake movie dude. What he did in movies was real.

Now, Jet Li...he is good, but a good amount of his stuff is fake.

 

[LordMaul]

Whoops, Lee over Li any day.

 

[Howard]

Bruce Lee = 360lb of force in one punch.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

They've same last name.
Lee (in cantonese) = Li (in mandarin)

 

[jsm]

Both of these guys are owned by Dim Mak, the DEATH TOUCH.

 

[psteng19]

haha...
but DIM MAK is not a person, it's a technique.
i'm sure they both know it to some degree.

i see it all the time in 'ol skool chinese fighting movies and i thought it was all fake. they poke a person at certain points and they are "frozen still" but still able to talk.

 

[jsm]

What's even more bizarre is that Dim Mak is only supposed to work on certain parts of the body at certain times of the day.

Indonesian Silat has something similar, but it is not effected by times of the day.

I wonder how much of that stuff is true and how much is legend made to scare peasants..?

 

[Jmman]

Actually, I doubt if the time of day really has anything to do with it. Dim Mak, Dim Hsueh, or Chi Ma are really just powerful strikes done with the fingertips or knuckles in order to stop the chi from flowing. Really the correct term is Tien Hsueh, meaning striking or hitting a pressure point. There are similarities to accupuncture, but obviously you are trying to hurt rather than heal. I wouldn't say it was a myth. Just like the doctor pointed out above there are medical reasons why these types of strikes produce serious conditions like death or paralysis. Even a delayed death can even be caused with this type of attack. There also have been thoroughly documented deaths from these techniques if you were wondering....

 

[yakko]

I would vote for Bruce Lee.