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I could take him.
Do you think Jet Lee, Jacki Chan, (NEO )or anyone nowadays could stand a chance..?
+1Bruce Lee, aways imitated, never duplicated.:biggrin:
In terms of actual combat, his fighting in real life were NOTHING like the movies. When you search deeper into rare documentaries and footages,I'm sort of an underground huge fan of Bruce Lee. I have studied his various nutrition articles/opinions as well as his workout/training techniques. And of course, I've also watched all his films several times although I'm not sure how much they correlate with the actual man.
Correct. As a matter of fact, you get a glimpse of his speed in several retakes from the documentary with the Original Game of Death footages, where Kareem chased Bruce around the room. There's a few others in his HK films, during certain combat scenes, which he revealed his Wing Chun speed applications; LapSao & PakSao hand applications. It is quite tricky to catch because he choreographed them within sequences in which he is also punching like a boxer. The man was deadly fast.Sahht on an interesting note his punchs and kicks were so fast that the cinemetographers had difficulty clearly capturing the moves on Camera(old technology) and had him slow down
Just think of how much he affected the world. WOW. Sadly some don't even realize his influence.
I could take him.
Do you think Jet Lee, Jacki Chan, (NEO )or anyone nowadays could stand a chance..?
I think some of those 'facts' about him were a little over the top. As mentioned before, I do not underestimate his abilities nor ignorant to his training routines. If he wasn't in the 125-135lbs range they would be much more believeable.
For instance, have you actually tried holding a dumbell as mentioned out in front of you of comparable weight? I tried this one myself. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was 135lbs at the time, 115lbs being 85% of his body weight. I am around 9-10% body fat, 160lbs and a couple inches taller at 5'9. All strength aside, after around 50% of my body weight or 80lbs fully extended in front of me, I begin to fall fowards, regardless of my strength. To be proportional to Bruce Lee, I'd need to use a 135lbs dumbell with slight adjustments for my arm length and height compared to his as well as our differing body fat %'s although it might be irrelavent in this particular situation. There are only a couple ways I can see him being able to hold up such weight in that particular fashion, again regardless of strength. One is to lean back sharply so that the weight is almost over his feet even with his arms fully extended in front of him. The other is to squat very low the ground with your feet way out in front of you-either position is awkward enough I'd think that would also have been mentioned. Anything is possible but you have to glance at the laws of physics every once in a while.
I have read several times about slowing the camera down for him, versus today when they speed it up although the abilities of cameras were much different. If you want to know the real deal about any individual who appears to have mastered a specific field-just ask those who are also great around him. Chuck Norris for instance puts Bruce Lee in to a league of his own.
For instance, have you actually tried holding a dumbell as mentioned out in front of you of comparable weight? I tried this one myself. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was 135lbs at the time Anything is possible but you have to glance at the laws of physics every once in a while.
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I think some of those 'facts' about him were a little over the top. As mentioned before, I do not underestimate his abilities nor ignorant to his training routines. If he wasn't in the 125-135lbs range they would be much more believeable.
For instance, have you actually tried holding a dumbell as mentioned out in front of you of comparable weight? I tried this one myself. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was 135lbs at the time, 115lbs being 85% of his body weight. I am around 9-10% body fat, 160lbs and a couple inches taller at 5'9. All strength aside, after around 50% of my body weight or 80lbs fully extended in front of me, I begin to fall fowards, regardless of my strength. To be proportional to Bruce Lee, I'd need to use a 135lbs dumbell with slight adjustments for my arm length and height compared to his as well as our differing body fat %'s although it might be irrelavent in this particular situation. There are only a couple ways I can see him being able to hold up such weight in that particular fashion, again regardless of strength. One is to lean back sharply so that the weight is almost over his feet even with his arms fully extended in front of him. The other is to squat very low the ground with your feet way out in front of you-either position is awkward enough I'd think that would also have been mentioned. Anything is possible but you have to glance at the laws of physics every once in a while.
I have read several times about slowing the camera down for him, versus today when they speed it up although the abilities of cameras were much different. If you want to know the real deal about any individual who appears to have mastered a specific field-just ask those who are also great around him. Chuck Norris for instance puts Bruce Lee in to a league of his own.
I could take him.
Do you think Jet Lee, Jacki Chan, (NEO )or anyone nowadays could stand a chance..?
I can understand and respect what you're saying.
Here's the thing; there are certain ways to train the human body
to condition it's balance and strength when at its weakest.
For example, in Wing Chun,
they condition A LOT on the weak things we don't pay much attention to.
The stance itself, creates an inner balance, cultivating oneself to
be able to flow with forces applied at them. It's a little hard to describe
with words. I'm not saying these traditional drills will make you
a superman nor be invincible in ufc fights, but it does create wonders,
and makes you appreciate the knowledge of the old masters.
An idea for you; (and for the record, we get marines, wrestlers, officers
who come in to try the course, and cannot handle this conditioning drill)
You stand in the traditional stance and extend both arms frontward.
You don't have to keep it straight, you can bend it, but you do have to
keep it high. Try keeping your back straight. DO that for an hour.
Then try it one hand at a time. When you build up your strength on that,
add weights.
When, you have reach a deep understanding of this so called inner strengh,
you move on to your legs.
Here's Yip Man, with weights.
I think some of those 'facts' about him were a little over the top. As mentioned before, I do not underestimate his abilities nor ignorant to his training routines. If he wasn't in the 125-135lbs range they would be much more believeable. .
I think a Wing Tsun practitioner once entered an MMA match (ages ago) and got annihilated!!
I think a Wing Tsun practitioner once entered an MMA match (ages ago) and got annihilated!!