Why do people keep going on about Bruce Lee?

Question

I have seen video footage of Bruce Lee fighting in training and he just looks like a daft karate fighter. You people think that what you see on Enter The Dragon is real and that Lee was this amazing, freak of a human. He was not.

Stop doing all that shity Wadaru or Kangeroo or whatever you call it and start doing a real sport i.e. Judo.

grow up

Answer 1

lol you have to remember that he was probably the first guy who actually trained the way he did.

Ok nowadays there are lots of people who go to extremes like Bruce but back then he stood out a mile through sheer hard work and skill.

Oh and I suppose Judos good in some ways like grappling and so on but your missing the point.

There is no one martial art that is the best as you seem to think.

Cross Training is the future dear boy

Answer 2

Bruce lee weighed little over 9 stone but could hit has hard as a 16 stone man weather or not it is true doesn't matter but it gives small skinny kids someone to look up to judo is usually for the heavier male as weight distribution and gravity is a big factor allthough you may disagree If you are a heavier male I bet you look at the lighter students as easier to beat but if a skinny kung fu student or boxer for that matter, caught a larger opponent with a knockout blow after a fake to the ribs then you would agree that his style works for him.

I trained in many martial arts and was told buy a dumb kickboxing instructer that i was winning fights through luck and i never had any real power because I was only 9 stone I was very frustrated until one day I was attacked in a phone box and hit the guy in the face And followed up with a swift kick to the balls .Only to be arrested days later for fracturing his eye socket! subsequently putting him in danger of brain damage if he hit his head again.

Answer 3

Be educated before asking STUPID QUESTIONS. You obviously did not look in to Bruce Lee as a martial artist at all. By the way, Judo was incorporated into JKD. Spend 5 minutes with a JKD practioner working out and then see if you want to ask the question.

Better yet, just read a little of the Tao of Jeet Kune Do.

Uneducated people really piss me off.

Answer 4

Lots of reasons.

Bruce Lee founded Jeet Kun Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist) based on almost every other martial art imaginable.

He took martial arts to the West, at that time Chinese martial arts i.e Kung Fu was only taught to the Chinese.

He was a big film star and had a lot of charisma. He made many films, not just the martial arts movies you've seen him in. Enter the Dragon was the first movie made by America AND Hong Kong together (I think).

The fact that he died so young also adds to his legendary status.

Judo a real sport? HAHAHA

Answer 5

What's it to you what people think of Bruce Lee? Sounds like a little jealous of the man's fame. Maybe you should focus some of your training to fighting those inner demons of yours.

As for your comments on the man's skill.... Since I'm sure you never saw the man in person or how he might have been able to compare to a big bad Judo man like you, I don't think your evaluation of him is very valid.

P.S. - As a fan of Bruce Lee's, I'll point out several things you may not know. 1) No one with any intelligence and experience in martial arts thinks "Enter the Dragon" is a real. Just entertaining. 2) As an actor, Bruce Lee tended to lean toward showmanship in his fight scenes, not to practical, real fighting strategy. 3) Even the man himself warned against putting a teacher or martial artist up on a pedestal.

Answer 6

I hear and understand, but remember that BL was primarily an Actor/Entertainer in those films - yes he'd kick me into the middle of next year without raising a sweat, but they were telling stories, not writing instruction manuals.

To a degree, those sort of films popularised oriental martial arts which is why you have a Dojo or whatever it is you attend. Otherwise you'd only be able to watch soap operas or kick a football around a muddy field.

Answer 7

I judo is not a sport it's an art thats why it's called martial arts...second, Bruce Lee was A great martial artist..he had his own style. and while we know that movies are coreographed, (sp?) He had extremely fast reflexes and more strength than his body showed. Anyone can learn moves and techniques, but making them work is what counts...he was an innovator...like Jimi Hendrix That is one of the reasons he was so great. Oh, and just for the record, he would have beaten you badly in less than 60 seconds.

Also Chuck Norris only had 3 moves and that's all he uses...Don't understand why my mother likes him so much! lol

Answer 8

A real martial artist would no that no martial art is superior to another and that Bruce Lee is famous for his way of training in his spare time, he brought and really centered martial arts in the world (brought them to world attention out of Asia). I do not care for his movies either, but I do respect the man for the things he did in his life to turn martial arts into a wolrd event. You may not be practicing Judo if not for people like lee.

Your inherit lack of respect for a grandmaster of another art form demonstrates your own lack of mastery of any training principles.

Answer 9

Forget all the hypothetical fight match up etc. I don't know or care how great Bruce Lee was or wasn't. The man did have an extremely interesting philosophy. Anytime you read his thoughts on martial arts it is really inspiring and insightful.


"Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result."

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..."

Ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself. It is easy for me to put on a show, and be cocky so I can show you some really fancy movement. But to express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly enough; that my friend is very hard to do."

Answer 10

Good morning, Flamey McFlame.

The thing about Bruce Lee was that he was extremely charismatic, a physical freak of nature in terms of strength to size ratio, and he used a fighting style that nobody had seen before. It relied on speed, fluidity, and adaptability to get around the defenses of the more established fighting styles that worked from a stance. Plus, he whooped Chuck Norris's ***.