Sorry guys this is kind of a pointless post, but i thought why not get some change in here.
anyways, i'm doing a report on Bruce Lee for english class, and you know what? i never realised how awesome he was. Those of you who have seen some of his movies, know what i'm talking about, i think he is the best fighter ever, and he could kick anyones ***, lol. Not only was he a fighter he was also a pretty smart man (he majored in philosophy) if anyone has ever read any of his writing, it gets pretty complicated to read. Anyways, sorry about the pointless post, but i just wanted to show you guys how awesome Bruce Lee was lol
Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee was a true martial artist. He was able to completely express himself through his own style.
I don't think any human could take down Bruce, unfortunately, his ancestorial demons had to take action.
damn demons!
lol jokes... but seriously.. i don't believe anyone could take down bruce but himself.
I don't think any human could take down Bruce, unfortunately, his ancestorial demons had to take action.
damn demons!
lol jokes... but seriously.. i don't believe anyone could take down bruce but himself.
Lee's the greatest figher of all time,perfect physical specimen.. as stated above jet li studied wi shu as a kid, Lee did not allow himself to be held down ot limited to techniques of only style. He studied, practiced, and knew many different styles and incorporated what worked best for him from each style.
if u think he's good u should check out his book ,"the tao of jeet kune do" philosophy and martial arts all in one, who woulda thought!
if u think he's good u should check out his book ,"the tao of jeet kune do" philosophy and martial arts all in one, who woulda thought!
What an interesting topic, Bruce Lee happened to be one of my idols growing up. I live in the Seattle area, my uncle was in the Jeet Kune Do school Bruce Lee ran while living and working here at the Ruby Chow restuarant and attending the UW(he still has the membership card and a school photo). If youl look at what he did in the course of his short life(died at 32, same age his son Brandon died while making The Crow..kinda odd). he blows any of the guys we got jumping around in the movies today off the map. He is a legend..he will never die..his grave is here in Seattle with Brandons..people still visit it in large numbers..quite abit that were not even born before he died..I doubt Jackie or Jet or any of the others will see that kind of following. Enter the Dragon is an all time classic, if you haven't seen it, rent it and treat yourself..clothing styles are ultra hip and the story just rocks, Bruce at his best. Also there are a number of his other films that while low in production value, the action is unbeatable.His skills were "extra ordinary" as Mr. Han said. He could stand in front of a man holding a phone book against his chest, put his fist 1 inch in front of the guys chest, and without drawing back, winding up or for the most part moving his body, punch him hard enough to lift him of his feet and send him through the air for several feet, there is film/video of this, He was straight up bad ***.
Whoa, that was scary..I'm back
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and the story just rocks, Bruce at his best. Also there are a number of his other films that while low in production value, the action is unbeatable.His skills were "extra ordinary" as Mr. Han said. He could stand in front of a man holding a phone book against his chest, put his fist 1 inch in front of the guys chest, and without drawing back, winding up or for the most part moving his body, punch him hard enough to lift him of his feet and send him through the air for several feet, there is film/video of this, He was straight up bad ***.Whoa, that was scary..I'm back
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I grew up to Jet, watched just about every one of his Hong Kong flicks as soon as they were available. Jet's old school was so much greater then his American stuff. Havnt seen enough of Bruce's stuff to draw good judgements. But out of all of the martial arts flicks ive seen, ive loved watching his style the most.
to be honest he was able to control his ki/chi or watever u want to call it. its not a simple task but hes not the only person capable of this. i do agree that he is among the best but to say hes the best ever is a far stretchTorso wrote:What an interesting topic, Bruce Lee happened to be one of my idols growing up. I live in the Seattle area, my uncle was in the Jeet Kune Do school Bruce Lee ran while living and working here at the Ruby Chow restuarant and attending the UW(he still has the membership card and a school photo). If youl look at what he did in the course of his short life(died at 32, same age his son Brandon died while making The Crow..kinda odd). he blows any of the guys we got jumping around in the movies today off the map. He is a legend..he will never die..his grave is here in Seattle with Brandons..people still visit it in large numbers..quite abit that were not even born before he died..I doubt Jackie or Jet or any of the others will see that kind of following. Enter the Dragon is an all time classic, if you haven't seen it, rent it and treat yourself..clothing styles are ultra hip
Whoa, that was scary..I'm back
Torso
i heard that Bruce Lee always strived to be stronger and faster but was at the limit of his speed. And that one way he was able to "speed up" (he could move so fast, cameras couldn't follow him) was that he shocked his muscles daily with electricity and all that to get extremely fast.
Anyone ever hear of anything like that?
and possibly also that he died so early cause he wore his body out due to all that shock therapy and he broke the limits on his body.
Anyone ever hear of anything like that?
and possibly also that he died so early cause he wore his body out due to all that shock therapy and he broke the limits on his body.
I took Shaolin Kung Fu for a while and man I'll tell you it is amazing! and I plan on going back when I have the time and money..
As far as Bruce Lee and Jet Li go ... It would be very close you have to remember that Jet Li has trained a lot longer, but Bruce Lee was more of a prodigy.
Personally I'm more of a Bruce fan than a Jet fan, but Jet is no wuss by any means... I'm very fond of Jet's movie Fist of Legend it shows his skills very well
Back to the point of this thread hahahah ya Bruce is f'n awesome!
As far as Bruce Lee and Jet Li go ... It would be very close you have to remember that Jet Li has trained a lot longer, but Bruce Lee was more of a prodigy.
Personally I'm more of a Bruce fan than a Jet fan, but Jet is no wuss by any means... I'm very fond of Jet's movie Fist of Legend it shows his skills very well
Back to the point of this thread hahahah ya Bruce is f'n awesome!
You guys who think Jet Li and Jackie Chan is better than Bruce Lee are laughing clowns who knows nothing. Bruce Lee studied REAL kung fu. Jet Li studied Wu Shu since a child. DO you know what Wu Shu is? It's like ballet. Kung fu ballet. All the fighting characteristic has been taking out by the communist. Wu Shu is just an acrobatic kung fu. NOtice how they jump around all over the place? Look the the tecnique doesn't look like it would work in a real fight. And thats what Bruce Lee trained for. Real fighting. Jackie Chan is better than Jet Li because of his training. Its Chinese Opera. Which is almost the same as Wu Shu but it has a little more fighting characteristic. Ask any Kung Fu martial artist if you like.
Remember guys MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES.. Jet Li is not going to fight like that in a real fight. He probably get his *** whoop by some black guys. WU SHU =acrobatic kung fu. NO fighting techniques. Please stop saying it would be a close match. By the time Jet Li blink he's knocked out by Bruce Lee. Think about it for second. Cameras had to be slowed down for Bruce. In Jet Li movies, they made the movie faster.
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I took 8 years in Wah Lum Kung Fu and another 2-3 in wushu and I have to say that chi stuff is weird. I remember one of the instructors used to break bricks and do the proper breathing and the weirdest thing ever happened. Everytime he would break bricks he would have a blood coming down from his nose. The grandmaster said that it was him not releasing his chi the right way (not fully releasing it) causing the chi to go back into his system (body) causing this. Also seeing how my wushu master used to do this thing where he would have 5 people stand in a line all touching and he would push the first guy which in turn knocked the last guy down. I remember feeling something weird go through my body and everyone else saying they felt something go through too. It was strange.Nathan wrote:I could kick Bruce Lee's ***...as long as I could sneak up on em' in his sleep
I remember watching a video a long time ago trying to determine chi with a Shaolin monk Yan Ming where they experimented with him and a normal person (with no martial arts experience). They attached sensors to both of them breaking wooden boards. The normal person broke one and they noticed that when he was about to chop his speed of his went went up. but when they did it with Yan Ming the speed of his movement went off the charts. Still they have yet to determine with Science what chi really is. It's strange.
GuSpeed wrote:Remember guys MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES.. Jet Li is not going to fight like that in a real fight. He probably get his *** whoop by some black guys. WU SHU =acrobatic kung fu. NO fighting techniques. Please stop saying it would be a close match. By the time Jet Li blink he's knocked out by Bruce Lee. Think about it for second. Cameras had to be slowed down for Bruce. In Jet Li movies, they made the movie faster.
I think you are not giving Jet all the credit he deserves ;]] true his fighting is towards the more "entertainment" end of the thing, but he is still a good figher by any means.
Bruce is awesome in that in ALL of his movies, his moves are actual moves that you would do in an ACTUAL fight... as comapred to Jet li's movies or Crouching Tiger Hidden dragon - esque movies where eveyrones flies around and do beautifully choreographed moves - just a difference in style, but I do prefer Bruce ;]
400 posts - what a day, tribute to Bruce.
There is a misconception about shaolin gung fu because most of us have only seen what is in the movies - in real worlds they don't fight like that.
Jet/his producers are smart enough to realize that a real fight is not choreographed and won't look nearly as beautiful as choreographed acrobatic moves...
But Bruce is special in that he takes REAL life moves and entertains everyone equally if not more - what a guy. I just realized I've been pretty redundant in this post lol.:ylsuper
edit: oh yea if you've seen kiss of the dragon you can see jet's moves in that movie are more towards "real" fighting, more grounded moves and less flying around and fancy kicks.
lol its called sarcasm and peking opera is not real kung fu youve got all your information completly crossed up. peking opera is just that a show wushu is a real king fu. i cant believe u even said thatGuSpeed wrote:You guys who think Jet Li and Jackie Chan is better than Bruce Lee are laughing clowns who knows nothing. Bruce Lee studied REAL kung fu. Jet Li studied Wu Shu since a child. DO you know what Wu Shu is? It's like ballet. Kung fu ballet. All the fighting characteristic has been taking out by the communist. Wu Shu is just an acrobatic kung fu. NOtice how they jump around all over the place? Look the the tecnique doesn't look like it would work in a real fight. And thats what Bruce Lee trained for. Real fighting. Jackie Chan is better than Jet Li because of his training. Its Chinese Opera. Which is almost the same as Wu Shu but it has a little more fighting characteristic. Ask any Kung Fu martial artist if you like.
edit...theres two styles to wushu northern and southern.npt all of it involves those "flips" you were talking about
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Too me wushu is a style. The idea of the communist government was to create 1 form of style as a competitive sport. This is more of an art form based on style, speed, endurance, power, etc. It does like every other martial arts does and increases longetivity and stress and blah blah blah. Too me China created this as a uniformity to appreciate all the styles of kung fu there was and to enjoy it as an art instead of using it as a form of violence.
Have you ever learned chanquan (longfist) and tried to do it and perfect it? It is really hard. If you want to learn how to fight you should take up sansho (forgot the spelling)
I mean come on who goes around learning tiger claw, praying mantis, etc. and actually using it as an everyday combat? I mean yes it is handy but now a days wars are dealt with firepower (guns, missiles, etc.).
Also what is the point of learning a martial arts? Yes some of it is used as a base to learn how to defend yourself but in a time like today it's pretty hard to use it. Think about history to when the gun was first created...that revolutioned the whole world on warfare. It's like ok! you do your kung fu and I shoot!
I guess what Im trying to say is you should respect wushu for what it is and it's not a wussy sport..I want you to try it out and tell me it's easy. It's just another style i.e. ballet to break dancing.
I do too think Bruce Lee is awesome but what I believe made him good was the time he was living and where he was living. I mean he was battling his entire life. yes Jet Li did do wushu but so you think he can't fight? So you don't think that he is fast, conditioned, strong, etc. to fight? Im sure he sparred throughout his career starting from childhood and probably in the beijing wushu team. I don't think he is better than Bruce Lee but I do think he could whoop all of us on here. Just my opinion
Have you ever learned chanquan (longfist) and tried to do it and perfect it? It is really hard. If you want to learn how to fight you should take up sansho (forgot the spelling)
I mean come on who goes around learning tiger claw, praying mantis, etc. and actually using it as an everyday combat? I mean yes it is handy but now a days wars are dealt with firepower (guns, missiles, etc.).
Also what is the point of learning a martial arts? Yes some of it is used as a base to learn how to defend yourself but in a time like today it's pretty hard to use it. Think about history to when the gun was first created...that revolutioned the whole world on warfare. It's like ok! you do your kung fu and I shoot!
I guess what Im trying to say is you should respect wushu for what it is and it's not a wussy sport..I want you to try it out and tell me it's easy. It's just another style i.e. ballet to break dancing.
I do too think Bruce Lee is awesome but what I believe made him good was the time he was living and where he was living. I mean he was battling his entire life. yes Jet Li did do wushu but so you think he can't fight? So you don't think that he is fast, conditioned, strong, etc. to fight? Im sure he sparred throughout his career starting from childhood and probably in the beijing wushu team. I don't think he is better than Bruce Lee but I do think he could whoop all of us on here. Just my opinion