Yup you are right. Thats why we see a bunch of kung fu fighters on the ring. Bruce lee is only in the movies. fantasy. I admire the guy when I was growing up.
Yup you are right. Thats why we see a bunch of kung fu fighters on the ring. Bruce lee is only in the movies. fantasy. I admire the guy when I was growing up.
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Both Lee and Norris can be accurately called "MMA guys". Norris is a BJJ BB under the Machado bros. Lee trained with high level practitioners of a number of systems. Both also studied under the legendary Gene LeBell, at some point in their lives.
zinfamous
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well, that just shows how ignorant you are. he's almost single-handedly responsible for introducing the Martial Arts to the US, to popularizing it.
He is the first "MMA" fighter--by creating Jeet Kun Do. Bruce Lee was more of an instructor than he was a movie star. His movie work was simply his way of introducing the world to his art and to his philosophy.
Only a teet-sucking acne'd troglodyte would think that Bruce Lee was "a fantasy."
There isn't a single fucking MMA fighter that could match him. Not a god damn chance in hell.
zinfamous
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lee pretty much spent most of his time on sets in China physically defending his reputation. sparring partners/actors, stagehands, and who the hell else would just show up and attack him, to prove that they were better. he was understood to be a Master, so he naturally attracted such challenges.
Some of those were essentially death matches. Maybe he wasn't a "professional fighter" b/c he actually spent that time in real fights, defending his life.
How does lee demonstrate their technique? PUt your hands on my harm and I will show you how to defend. LOL
Only thing he did was popularize martial arts in the "movie" the movie.
way to shut an mma fighter is bring one of bruce student or discipline up in the ring.
zinfamous
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the Tao of Jeet Kune Do.
i used to have a co-worker, Blaine, who was totally into it. did the exercises every day to improve his hand strength, where you drive your open hand into buckets of sand.
it's amazing how fast Bruce Lee moves in a business suit. is that a normal suit or has he had it tweaked so it doesn't restrict his movement ? Jesus.
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Here is some food for thought: Kung Fu evidently means great skill. China has many different martial arts, give this a look. http://www.artofwarfc.cn/?q=node/276 It also points out that you can have kung-fu in cooking, etc.
Have a look at the Chinese MMA scene, and you will see a number of fighters in the Art of War org. with Chinese martial arts backgrounds. Makes a little sense, does it not? That you would find more Chinese MMA fighters in China than here?
Kirby
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awesome link!!! There is no doubt that there are great chinese fighters out there. Looking at the link and the video, I see just regular mma fighting.
My argument against bruce lees technique is what I see in the movies or some of his demonstration on youtube. If he fights the way he fought on screen in the ring he has no chance. If he improvised like some people say and adapt to the fighting techinique on the ring then he is just an mma fighter.
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Nice clip, I saw parts of it in a documentary and was simply amazed at his speed. I see a lot of ignorance posts, so I will help clarify a few things.
1. Bruce Lee was without a doubt one of the most influential man in American History. As a man he fought his way to bring together and teach all races (Asians, Blacks, Whites) as he believed that there are no boundaries in gender and race in martial arts. As a martial artists, he brought a lot of influences to forms of fighting, movie films, and became a role model to many not just martial artists and professional boxers.
2. Bruce Lee did a lot of street fighting before he trained in martial arts. His Jeet Kune Do is actually based on free form fighting, like those of UFC. In fact, Bruce Lee is actually an idol of boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard. So, no I do not believe any simple boxer can walk up to him and beat him.
3. Bruce Lee was a martial artist that became an actor; jacky chan and many others are actors that became martial artists. Don't be confused by how he obtained his fame.
4. I have just touched the edge of it. Just can't believe Bruce Lee's greatness is being looked down by some fuck heads.
Here is a modern Documentary of Bruce Lee
"Be like water my friend." - Bruce Lee
1. Bruce Lee was without a doubt one of the most influential man in American History. As a man he fought his way to bring together and teach all races (Asians, Blacks, Whites) as he believed that there are no boundaries in gender and race in martial arts. As a martial artists, he brought a lot of influences to forms of fighting, movie films, and became a role model to many not just martial artists and professional boxers.
2. Bruce Lee did a lot of street fighting before he trained in martial arts. His Jeet Kune Do is actually based on free form fighting, like those of UFC. In fact, Bruce Lee is actually an idol of boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard. So, no I do not believe any simple boxer can walk up to him and beat him.
3. Bruce Lee was a martial artist that became an actor; jacky chan and many others are actors that became martial artists. Don't be confused by how he obtained his fame.
4. I have just touched the edge of it. Just can't believe Bruce Lee's greatness is being looked down by some fuck heads.
Here is a modern Documentary of Bruce Lee
"Be like water my friend." - Bruce Lee
wow, a bruce lee thread that didn't make it past 100 posts in the first 2 hours.
ATOT is just not the same.
ATOT is just not the same.
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Considering his open philosophy about learning from difference styles of martial arts, it's foolish to think that if Bruce Lee was still living today, he wouldn't have learned about BJJ before most of us did (during UFC 1).
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His style was no style really. He took the best of it all.
Sad thing is most people's experience with martial arts is in such a watered down dojo due to insurance worries they have no clue what the real deal is like.
I took quite a few years in a 'pay for belt' system with one of the sensei's that brought the students in. World ranked and all that crap.
After our 1-2 hours in the 'system', we'd go outside and get the real deal on the side.
Even with the waivers some fucking dumbasses would cry about getting hurt.
They'd lose their spots after-hours.
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Gibson486
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There you have it. You have no idea what you are talking about. Look up the basis of Bruce Lee's "style".
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