Ummm, he never studied wrestling, boxing, BJJ etc.
He wouldn't know how to defend a takedown, how to throw a proper punch and how to defend against submissions.
Back in the day he might have been something special, but it's a fact he doesn't know how to fight. All the crap he did was lame ass showy shit made for movies.
Almost as gay as those fags who do shit like wing-chun.
Wrong. He studied judo when he first arrived in Seattle. He also trained with Hayward Nishioka, Pan Am Gold medalist in Judo. He also trained with Gene LeBell in judo, grappling and wrestling. Prior to his death, he was moving away from Gung Fu, and more toward boxing, wrestling. He was quoted in "Fighting Stars" (forerunner to black belt) that a man with one year boxing and wrestling experience would beat 99% of most black belts. He bought every book he could find on boxing, had many a boxer in his Chinatown LA school including my Sifu Richard Bustillo. (A golden gloves champ from Oahu, whom Bruce would routinely beat the snot out of) Guro Dan Inosanto was a judo black belt, kempo black belt, did boxing as well as Kali, Bruce would spar with just about ANY top martial artist of his day, and would beat most of them handily. I have heard this from Guro Dan, Sifu Richard, the late Sifu Larry Hartsell, as well as from the late Ed Parker.
His only formal instruction was from Yip Man, in Hong Kong. Again, toward the end of his evolution, he had gotten away from chi sau, and was sparring full contact, using focus mitts, thai pads, and kicking shields. As a former Wing Chun instructor myself, I have followed a nearly identical path as Bruce. No more WC, only BJJ, sub grappling, boxing, muay thai and greco.
