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Title: Bruce Lee
Post by: MoralMan on March 22, 2016, 11:37:23 AM
Was Bruce Lee for real? Was he a myth? I don't think id have wanted to fight him. Some of you know about all this sort of shit can you tell me about this man?
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: johnnynoname on March 22, 2016, 11:43:08 AM
if bruce lee was alive today he would have torn to shreds by websites like "Bullshido" and the Martial arts versions of YouTube critics like Blaha, that Pocketliner guy and jerry

the internet would have destroyed A LOT of legends from the 60's and 70's
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: affeman on March 22, 2016, 11:45:52 AM
Nothing but a run-of-the-mill C-list action movie star from the 70s, who turned to a legend because of his pre-mature, James Deanesque death.

Quote
if bruce lee was alive today
....noone would give a flying F*ck about him. ;)
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Coffeed on March 22, 2016, 11:46:46 AM
He'd be right there with Seagal. Let's be honest with ourselves.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Nails on March 22, 2016, 11:47:12 AM
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Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: johnnynoname on March 22, 2016, 11:52:13 AM
He'd be right there with Seagal. Let's be honest with ourselves.

seagal takes A LOT of shit but "Above the Law" is SUCH A GREAT MOVIE


and "Nico Toscani" is such a pimp name
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: njflex on March 22, 2016, 11:57:53 AM
seagal takes A LOT of shit but "Above the Law" is SUCH A GREAT MOVIE


and "Nico Toscani" is such a pimp name
x2,,,and marked for death,out for justice,
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: devilsmile on March 22, 2016, 12:01:46 PM
the world has produced plenty of bruce lees who far exceed bruce skill wise, but the charisma is not the same.

Now days people are more knowledgeable and less superstitious, so the stakes are higher.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: affeman on March 22, 2016, 12:03:06 PM
x2,,,and marked for death,out for justice,

Can't hate on Seagal, the dude tanked bad in the 2000s, but some of his 90s flicks are true classics. In terms of hard, no-compromise, no-bullshit oldschool action flicks, Seagal was among the best.

Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Walter Sobchak on March 22, 2016, 12:05:51 PM
Was Bruce Lee for real? Was he a myth? I don't think id have wanted to fight him. Some of you know about all this sort of shit can you tell me about this man?

Bruce Lee wasn't a "real" martial arts badass in the fighting sense, but Chuck Norris sure as hell was.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Fortress on March 22, 2016, 12:21:46 PM
Guy could have taken the belt in every weight division in the UFC.

At the same time.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Rascal full on March 22, 2016, 12:26:41 PM
x2,,,and marked for death,out for justice,

Absolute classic I remember watching this as a kid and thinking how gritty and realistic the fight scenes were. William Forsythe was the shit!
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on March 22, 2016, 12:29:06 PM
Bruce Lee was legendary by being one of the first to display that fighting style in movies.  He was small and very light so he could do some strength moves that made him seem super human but you realize it's no different that those skinny kids on American Ninja Warrior.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: njflex on March 22, 2016, 12:29:59 PM
seagal takes A LOT of shit but "Above the Law" is SUCH A GREAT MOVIE


and "Nico Toscani" is such a pimp name
gino 'out for justice'felino was a pretty cool name as well....
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: njflex on March 22, 2016, 12:32:50 PM
Absolute classic I remember watching this as a kid and thinking how gritty and realistic the fight scenes were. William Forsythe was the shit!

how about casey'i'm just a lonely little cook'ryback..
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Disco187 on March 22, 2016, 12:42:09 PM
fuck yeah on the charisma, he was def ahead of his time
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: stuntmovie on March 22, 2016, 01:20:18 PM
I actually met Bruce Lee many years before ENTER THE DRAGON when he was appearing in some long forgotten TV series ... the name of which I have forgotten .... Was he Kato or some secondary actor in a Hawaiian TV series?

I think he became a legendary figure due to the success of ENTER THE DRAGON which was probably the first Kung Fu / Karate/ Ju jitsu flick (?)  that appealed to the American public which was unique in the US at that time but completely saturated throughout the Orient.

His rise in popularity was somewhat similar to Arnold's rise in popularity.

I can recall seeing earlier Oriental (Chinese) fighting flicks in which the audio was completely off track and became somewhat of a comedy instead of an action movie. These early fight films were only shown in very old and worn down theaters in big city Chinese neighborhoods until ENTER THE DRAGON entered the 'picture'.

A few years after the popularity of Enter the Dragon some Hollywood studio actually made a comedy based on China's' inability to sync the soundtrack with the lip movements of the actors and it made a good deal of money.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: johnnynoname on March 22, 2016, 02:08:40 PM
x2,,,and marked for death,out for justice,


yes and hard to kill
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: njflex on March 22, 2016, 02:16:51 PM

yes and hard to kill
that's the other one that slipped my mind.thanks.his 1st 5 were great.....
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: spiro on March 22, 2016, 02:51:15 PM
I think he was way ahead of his time he absolutely loved to train he was conditioned like a seasoned athlete. He was a fitness fanatic from what I read he couldn't sit still for more than a few minutes he would stretch or do push ups sit-ups or something to improve himself.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on March 22, 2016, 03:07:35 PM
Didn't he claim to knock people down with a 1 inch punch? 120 pound guy with a 1 inch punch. lmfao
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Nails on March 22, 2016, 03:17:09 PM
Didn't he claim to knock people down with a 1 inch punch? 120 pound guy with a 1 inch punch. lmfao


(http://i2.wp.com/cosmicbuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/one-inch_punch.gif)
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Nails on March 22, 2016, 03:18:59 PM
Please, pay no attention to the guy getting punch pushing the chair with his feet


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Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on March 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM

(http://i2.wp.com/cosmicbuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/one-inch_punch.gif)

lol. Imagine that shit in the cage. My guess is Bruce Lee barely has taken a punch in his life. Imagine Bruce Lee going up against one of the Diaz brothers who laugh when they get punched in the face...
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Nails on March 22, 2016, 03:25:40 PM
lol. Imagine that shit in the cage. My guess is Bruce Lee barely has taken a punch in his life. Imagine Bruce Lee going up against one of the Diaz brothers who laugh when they get punched in the face...


Bruce would probably use Pai Mei Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique against all his opponents 

Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Montague on March 22, 2016, 03:37:17 PM
I actually met Bruce Lee many years before ENTER THE DRAGON when he was appearing in some long forgotten TV series ... the name of which I have forgotten .... Was he Kato or some secondary actor in a Hawaiian TV series?

I think he became a legendary figure due to the success of ENTER THE DRAGON which was probably the first Kung Fu / Karate/ Ju jitsu flick (?)  that appealed to the American public which was unique in the US at that time but completely saturated throughout the Orient.

His rise in popularity was somewhat similar to Arnold's rise in popularity.

I can recall seeing earlier Oriental (Chinese) fighting flicks in which the audio was completely off track and became somewhat of a comedy instead of an action movie. These early fight films were only shown in very old and worn down theaters in big city Chinese neighborhoods until ENTER THE DRAGON entered the 'picture'.

A few years after the popularity of Enter the Dragon some Hollywood studio actually made a comedy based on China's' inability to sync the soundtrack with the lip movements of the actors and it made a good deal of money.



Stunt,
You're thinking of The Green Hornet with Van Williams.

Van played a Bruce Wayne kind of character, and Bruce played Kato, the butler/crime fighting sidekick.


In China, the show was aired under the name The Kato Show with Bruce as the star.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Hulkotron on March 22, 2016, 03:40:54 PM
Skinny tit-twink, Falcon by strikes/TKO within two rounds.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Taffin on March 22, 2016, 04:50:12 PM
Absolute classic I remember watching this as a kid and thinking how gritty and realistic the fight scenes were. William Forsythe was the shit!

"Anybody seen Richie?..."

 :D
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Irongrip400 on March 22, 2016, 05:02:34 PM
Absolute classic I remember watching this as a kid and thinking how gritty and realistic the fight scenes were. William Forsythe was the shit!

Anybody seen Ritchie? Anybody know why he did Bobby Lupo?
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: oldtimer1 on March 22, 2016, 06:09:51 PM
I actually met Bruce Lee many years before ENTER THE DRAGON when he was appearing in some long forgotten TV series ... the name of which I have forgotten .... Was he Kato or some secondary actor in a Hawaiian TV series?

I think he became a legendary figure due to the success of ENTER THE DRAGON which was probably the first Kung Fu / Karate/ Ju jitsu flick (?)  that appealed to the American public which was unique in the US at that time but completely saturated throughout the Orient.

His rise in popularity was somewhat similar to Arnold's rise in popularity.

I can recall seeing earlier Oriental (Chinese) fighting flicks in which the audio was completely off track and became somewhat of a comedy instead of an action movie. These early fight films were only shown in very old and worn down theaters in big city Chinese neighborhoods until ENTER THE DRAGON entered the 'picture'.

A few years after the popularity of Enter the Dragon some Hollywood studio actually made a comedy based on China's' inability to sync the soundtrack with the lip movements of the actors and it made a good deal of money.


Karate/Kung fu movies were big in the US prior to Enter the Dragon.  Enter the Dragon was the first big budget American made movie on the topic.  Bruce Lee was huge before Enter the Dragon in the US. Mainly from foreign made Kung fu movies.  The success of those movies was the motivation for the relatively big budget Enter the Dragon. 
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Rambone on March 22, 2016, 08:33:00 PM
Frank Dux would've stomped that slanty-eyed twink with his patented dim mak (death touch)

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Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Tennisballz on March 22, 2016, 10:31:17 PM
Frank Dux would've stomped that slanty-eyed twink with his patented dim mak (death touch)

(http://d8559fa83407ca590c9c-26c3b154822345d9dde0204930c49e9c.r68.cf1.rackcdn.com/1508176_ac884ad0_m.jpeg)
^^^this^^^ VanDamme actually fought professionally and was fairly successful.  Lee became popular as one of the first Asians to break into the US action movie scene but let's be real here.  He wasn't an actual fighter, he was an actor.  I'm sure he was pretty athletic and perhaps he could have been a decent boxer or kickboxer or whatever, but he never had any record of any professional fights.  One inch punch my ass....it's almost like selling duck eggs to promote muscle growth.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: mr.turbo on March 22, 2016, 10:39:10 PM
he was a very sinewy fella
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: mr.turbo on March 22, 2016, 10:41:49 PM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4eYrSuOxn2o/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: mr.turbo on March 22, 2016, 10:47:52 PM
(http://reactionface.net/reactionface/images/original/137.jpg?new=1)
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: mr.turbo on March 22, 2016, 11:11:26 PM
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Bevo on March 23, 2016, 12:51:12 AM
^^^this^^^ VanDamme actually fought professionally and was fairly successful.  Lee became popular as one of the first Asians to break into the US action movie scene but let's be real here.  He wasn't an actual fighter, he was an actor.  I'm sure he was pretty athletic and perhaps he could have been a decent boxer or kickboxer or whatever, but he never had any record of any professional fights.  One inch punch my ass....it's almost like selling duck eggs to promote muscle growth.

Shows u how much u know

The thing is Bruce was one of the pioneers and first to come forward about MMA, not staying traditional and incorporating boxing, kickboxing, judo, karate, etc...

At the time all traditional stylists rejected him and said it was unorthodox

Wether he had a record or not was irrelevant, he brought MMA into light at an early stage

He was a philosopher and martial artist way before an actor

There's a reason why he's very much respected in the MMA world among many UFC fighters
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Coffeed on March 23, 2016, 01:08:06 AM
If Bruce was alive today he would certainly dominate the UFC and would headline their NYC debut.

Furthermore, boxing would be dead.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: pellius on March 23, 2016, 01:21:45 AM
I actually met Bruce Lee many years before ENTER THE DRAGON when he was appearing in some long forgotten TV series ... the name of which I have forgotten .... Was he Kato or some secondary actor in a Hawaiian TV series?

I think he became a legendary figure due to the success of ENTER THE DRAGON which was probably the first Kung Fu / Karate/ Ju jitsu flick (?)  that appealed to the American public which was unique in the US at that time but completely saturated throughout the Orient.

His rise in popularity was somewhat similar to Arnold's rise in popularity.

I can recall seeing earlier Oriental (Chinese) fighting flicks in which the audio was completely off track and became somewhat of a comedy instead of an action movie. These early fight films were only shown in very old and worn down theaters in big city Chinese neighborhoods until ENTER THE DRAGON entered the 'picture'.

A few years after the popularity of Enter the Dragon some Hollywood studio actually made a comedy based on China's' inability to sync the soundtrack with the lip movements of the actors and it made a good deal of money.


It was the Green Hornet where he played Kato. I lived for that show when I was a boy.

For his time he was different. He stood out. I use to watch all those Alexander Fu Shen, et al, kung fu flicks and they were all the same. Even the Jackie Chan ones. Bruce Lee was different. He moved more like a real fighter than those stage choreographed acrobatics others did.

Here's where Lee breaks Jackie Chan's neck.

Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: phreak on March 23, 2016, 01:22:51 AM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4eYrSuOxn2o/hqdefault.jpg)

Sulu did not keep his guard up.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Kwon_2 on March 23, 2016, 01:54:25 AM
They called him The Father of Mixed Martial Arts.

Combining Boxing, Wrestling, Judo etc with other Traditional Martial Arts very early.

Would probably be a great retired teacher with a good school/franchise a la Helio Gracie now if he was alive.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Donny on March 23, 2016, 03:05:52 AM
x2,,,and marked for death,out for justice,
X3...   :)
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Donny on March 23, 2016, 03:09:50 AM
They called him The Father of Mixed Martial Arts.

Combining Boxing, Wrestling, Judo etc with other Traditional Martial Arts very early.

Would probably be a great retired teacher with a good school/franchise a la Helio Gracie now if he was alive.
A bit of influence later from Dan Inosanto.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: cephissus on March 23, 2016, 03:21:28 AM
but was he natural ???
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: falco on March 23, 2016, 04:41:06 AM
^^^this^^^ VanDamme actually fought professionally and was fairly successful.  Lee became popular as one of the first Asians to break into the US action movie scene but let's be real here.  He wasn't an actual fighter, he was an actor.  I'm sure he was pretty athletic and perhaps he could have been a decent boxer or kickboxer or whatever, but he never had any record of any professional fights.  One inch punch my ass....it's almost like selling duck eggs to promote muscle growth.

läl.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: _aj_ on March 23, 2016, 04:52:29 AM
seagal takes A LOT of shit but "Above the Law" is SUCH A GREAT MOVIE


and "Nico Toscani" is such a pimp name

Great fucking movie. I remember being blown away by the aikido moves.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Mr Anabolic on March 23, 2016, 05:12:36 AM
Sulu did not keep his guard up.
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Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Kwon_2 on March 23, 2016, 05:15:36 AM
^^^this^^^ VanDamme actually fought professionally and was fairly successful.  Lee became popular as one of the first Asians to break into the US action movie scene but let's be real here.  He wasn't an actual fighter, he was an actor.  I'm sure he was pretty athletic and perhaps he could have been a decent boxer or kickboxer or whatever, but he never had any record of any professional fights.  One inch punch my ass....it's almost like selling duck eggs to promote muscle growth.

löl
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: njflex on March 23, 2016, 05:54:54 AM

DUDE had great genes for bbing and is the rare case at least in that past 90's era when someone stops chasing the dream cut back or went off entirely and got small but stayed with it and modified training and still maintained a great build 'smaller'guy is shredded now ..
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Fortress on March 23, 2016, 06:59:34 AM
Sulu did not keep his guard up.

Holy furk I'm chuckling!  ;D
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Tennisballz on March 23, 2016, 11:24:55 AM
Shows u how much u know

The thing is Bruce was one of the pioneers and first to come forward about MMA, not staying traditional and incorporating boxing, kickboxing, judo, karate, etc...

At the time all traditional stylists rejected him and said it was unorthodox

Wether he had a record or not was irrelevant, he brought MMA into light at an early stage

He was a philosopher and martial artist way before an actor

There's a reason why he's very much respected in the MMA world among many UFC fighters
So do you believe the one inch punch is effective in a real life situation?
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Coffeed on March 23, 2016, 11:39:05 AM
So do you believe the one inch punch is effective in a real life situation?
Most people cannot comprehend the power of the 1 inch punch. It takes years of intense introspection and exhausting study to accomplish. Make no mistake, if a 1 inch practitioner wanted to compete in professional MMA he would be outlawed.

It's akin to a card counter going to a Vegas casino. They'll never let you past the front door.
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: Tennisballz on March 23, 2016, 11:42:00 AM
Most people cannot comprehend the power of the 1 inch punch. It takes years of intense introspection and exhausting study to accomplish. Make no mistake, if a 1 inch practitioner wanted to compete in professional MMA he would be outlawed.

It's akin to a card counter going to a Vegas casino. They'll never let you past the front door.
maybe Diaz secretly performed a one inch on Mcgregor when they were grappling and the camera didn't catch it!