Come on we all know Chuck Norris doesn't do push ups he pushes the Earth down, and it's common knowledge that Chuck Norris once ran around the world so fast he kicked himself in the head, creating a shock wave that resulted in the grand canyon. For Christ's sake it says right in the back of the Guinness book of world records that Chuck Norris holds all world records the people listed are just the people to get the closest to beating him (in their dreams!) what are they teaching you kids in school these days! What's next TMNT is just a cartoon for children and not a documentary on crime fighting turtles of New York.
@marcus24000 it depends on which feats your talking about I've heard some rediculous myths about Bruce Lee. For example the claim that they had to slow Bruce Lee down twice for people to see him move on camera. Or when he beat a national champion of ping pong using numb chucks
Ramsey youre mistaken, when it says "kicking away a 200 pounds man about 20 meters" it means that the man is 20 meters tall and weighs 200 lbs. Which means Bruce Lee really didnt like the inflatable tube men you see at car dealerships.
It meant that lee has a 400 pound heavy bag that would swing loose from an l frame he could stop it with a side kick. The idea is that if he could stop the bag with a kick, that he could fight someone that big
Muhammad Ali was 6'2 and weighted 260lbs at old age, OML that's heavy. He's 6'3 and 215-230lbs in his prime. I say the best height for a fighter is 6'2 1/2 and weighted 195lbs, its what Bruce Lee say.
As I wrote long ago: "If you laid all of the unsubstantiated articles about Bruce Lee end to end, the trail would lead from Seattle all the way to the conclusion that the martial arts community needs to pay more attention to fighters than actors."
One thing that always gets me about Bruce Lee's alleged strength abilities is that IIRC I've never been able to find a single claim that originated from Bruce himself along these lines. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but it seems like a bunch of things made up, or perhaps misinterpreted, by other people after the fact. Not a shred of evidence of any of these feats, no recorded legitimate strength achievements, and meanwhile he famously broke his back doing Good Mornings with 135lbs; not exactly the actions of someone with superhuman strength and a great mastery of effective strength training.
Jeet Kune Do is basically MMA. Back in those days people were stuck on a specific fighting style. Bruce was the one to add in all different fighting styles which was extremely rare back then. Take what works & discard what doesn't.
Is Bruce Lee known in mainland China? Yes, he was born in the US to ethnic Chinese parents from Hong Kong. But Hong Kong was a British colony at that time so it didn't have any political ties to China. All his movies were done in Cantonese, and only later dubbed into Mandarin.
Matthew Polly's biography _Bruce Lee, a Life_ puts most of the hagiography and outright BS to rest without diminishing Lee's genuine accomplishments and insights. Polly also makes a persuasive case that Bruce Lee's mysterious at the time death had nothing to do with either cannabis consumption or sensitivity to over the counter medication; rather it was and is the most common cause of non violent death for younger athletes, namely heat exaustion.
Robert Lehnert , there is a GREAT documentary about Bruce Lee death made by Discovery Channel. They analyzed his obituary documents with other medics. It was really nice!
One interesting thing I heard was that apparently he had his sweat glands under his arms removed because he didn't like the look of the sweat on camera on something. Very strange, but some theorize that inability to sweat might have contributed to death by heat stroke.
@@seanseanston it was a combination of factors, but that almost certainly played a significant part. Jesse Glover, one of Lee's first students said Bruce's control would grow sloppy when overheated. Hong Kong is a tidal soup, high humidity and frequent heat waves, and Polly found a prior incident where Lee almost passed out. The day of his death, it was a heat wave, Lee had been performing in the morning, so a lot of physical exertion there. After lunch, went tto Betty's (his Mistress) apartment, where presumably they had sex-- more physical exertion. Then an early dinner with Saki-- which the normally alcohol intolerant Lee had discovered he liked and could consume. Then, Lee, for the guests, did a short exhibition of his skills, before deciding to lie down in Betty's non air-conditioned bedroom. So, heat wave, lacking sweat glands, multiple physical exertions, plenty of food, and alcohol on someone already sensitive to heat, topped off by lying still in a stiffling space-- in was all a synergistic combination of factors leading to death as his brain stem swelled, cutting off the impulses that initiate breathing.
There's something called the Marvel Power Grid, listing character attributes. According to the myths, Bruce Lee would be equal to Captain America, maybe even stronger.
@muay thug If Bruce Lee had lived the Soviets would of fallen in 1978. We would have cold fusion and World Peace. MMA would not exist. It would be BMA. And there would be only one style JKD. Special OPS would be gun free and use JKD.
@Diarmid O'Connor You dont get the quote. It means you have to be formless,Example,Dont think about the technique of your kick,Think about where the kick would land. Also being water means you need to be calm and focused. Not about hydration.
First off I know he wasn't "the greatest most powerful material artist to ever live" but give him some credit. He'd been in fights while he was alive he boxed in highschool (I wouldn't say he was the all time best boxer by any means, he was in highschool mind you) he also fought Wong Jack man and won, he wasn't happy with his victory and it inspired him to make Jeet kun do. Other than that he sparred with his students obviously not a "real fight" but it's still fighting experience. Your going a little too far the other way here. The truth lies somewhere in the middle, Bruce Lee wasn't super human but he wasn't garbage trash either.
Benjamin Upchurch , he is talking about professional fighters not other little chinese practicing Kung-Fu or other traditional martial art with little or no fighting experience.
Bruce Lee was truly a visionary. He realized what works and what doesn't and he began to train in the useful stuff (AKA boxing , wrestling etc). He was insanely athletic and I do believe that, had he lived a longer life , he could have become a great fighter in his weight class. That being said, he never fought any noteworthy opponent in his lifetime. That is just reality. Hearsay about streetfights means nothing. The fact that you beat up random people does not mean that you could defeat Tyson or any trained fighter for that matter. Lee should be remembered as a visionary. His philosophy is his contribution to the martial arts. I am making fun of the myth that he was some Uber megafighter str8 outta Mortal Kombat.
@@Panagiotis1709 yeah I mostly agree I think Tyson would easily take the win against Bruce Lee in a boxing match and maybe even under any circumstances. He had more noteworthy fights and was in a completely different weight class. That being said I think Bruce would put up a decent fight, he had technical know how and demonstrated good reactions in the sparring much I saw. The fighters he trained with said he hit like a heavy weight (could be an exaggeration but I bet he hit pretty hard for his size) but either way it's not his fighting prowess or even his specific training methods that made him great it was his Philosophy and his mindset ( that and his unending charisma)
I used to study Bruce Lee as a kid. As far as I'm aware, he's never broken any records - that just wasn't his aim. His aim appeared to be to break the myth that a perfect fighting style exists. He wanted people to take what's useful from all the styles and discard what's not - subjectively of course, because everyone has different physical capabilities.
I agree with exactly what you said. He sought the ultimate style for himself and wanted to teach others how to develop according to their abilities and shortcomings. Fingers pointing to the moon. Be water. Whatever human frailties he may have had, he was way ahead of the world of his time. Pretty hard to be more than that. Lee as GOAT? Can be argued. Lee as GOAT of his era? Definitely. No question. -Matt’s dad
Him essentially being credited for mixed martial arts or even modern mixed martial arts is probably the most annoying claim. He was a celebrity...his aim was money, and mystifying bullshit sold like hotcakes... jeet kune do exists jk it doesn't exist, and tbh it really fucking doesn't yet the cultists pretend that it does, and worse that he created the style and that it is a perfect fighting style lol. it's just fucking Tae Bo, in terms of marketing, ofcourse though it has good philosophies because it stole philosophies from good philosophies and said that it was it's philosophies... Like.. legitimately. But in saying that it's only as good as the philosophies it stole from, and they weren't that good for martial arts turns out lol, they were alright but, eh, it's more of an alcoholic dad garage martial art than anything actually profound beyond the bullshit claiming itself profoundly.
@@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454 The Be water wasn't Bruce's invention. Just search it, it was another Chinese guy that said it first. Bruce just copied it.
From a physics guy who also loves martial arts: the force of your attack alone only tells you how much you changed the motion of your target in a given amount of time, so it doesn't tell you much about how effective a strike is, only how much you "pushed" your target. PSI is a measure of pressure, or force per area. The pressure of your attack tells you how much force you've packed into just the contact area between you and your target. Pressure is the quantity you want to measure if you want to know how much your attack "hurts".
The reasons I reverence Bruce Lee (Jun Fan) include his extraordinary work ethic, his drawing ability, his study of philosophy, his naming of Jeet Kune Do and organizing of it's principles, his ability to innovate simple machinery for fitness, and finally his passion for martial arts and bridging of racial, stylistic and cultural barriers.
Sounds great. It's really a respectful way to keep him as human as the rest of humanity while giving him the real credit for his real accomplishments. I remember watching Enter the Dragon on VHS when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s and it got me into Martial arts for life. I realized early on that Kung fu, aikido and other fancy stuff was worthless when I started wrestling in Jr high and all the Kung fu dudes would want to "spar" with the wrestlers because they watched too many movies. Takedown. Headlock. Done for. Repeat. BJJ and MMA sealed the death warrant on King fu. But Lee left an amazing legacy. But too many people made him onto the Kung Fu Jesus.
@@iamalpharius9483 most of Kung Fu cannot be practiced on another human being without going to jail or prison. Hung Gar five fist style Kung Fu for example. If you throw what is known in other arts as a reverse punch(straight left or right followed by two lepard fists and two tiger claws you can if any of them land you will knock somebody out damage their esophagus , and or tear out their eyes. You cannot practice that without jail or prison time ! Wing Chun style kicks are used regularly by Jon Bones Jones, at least that's what they were calling them years before he was born! People don't know how to train in Kung Fu, and it doesn't translate well into combat sports.
@@chrislampkin7896 I've been training for decades. And I've done 10 years for assault in Missouri. I know exactly what it takes to go to jail in a fight. Defending myself ruined my life 15 years ago. And yeah, aiming to damage someone is always an option ...if you are willing to pay the price. Problem is that a street fighter with no training but a lot of experience is one of the most dangerous fighters alive. And Kung fu "training" never can prepare someone for a real life or death situation unless that person has been there and knows how fast and violent things can get. In prison I saw a lot of guys talk about how many people they could fight.....until someone with nothing to lose gave them a trip to St. Luke's medical center with a full set of smashed facial bones. Kung fu is for kids who have never seen what the real world puts down. Its damn sad to say. But all those technical stunts dont work when you are in a headlock getting your neck cranked off your body and someone hammering your face in with very little regard for you getting home safely, petting your dog, kissing youroved ones and going to bed
@@iamalpharius9483 I have had huge guy punch and then mount and then give me six stitches worth of punches in the streets. I had to break his finger, gouge his eyes , tare at his nose,tare at his ears and when I jujitsu locked his right leg ( long after Wing Chun kicking his left leg) he was begging me to let him go. I know street fighters are nothing to be played with. But I know anything can work if you work it.
I remember the kind of hate these videos had at first when you claimed that bruce lee was not some demi god but a human being glad to see it has changed And yes i used to get mad as well thank you for making me come to terms with reality
Vibhu Shukla I’m with you. IMO, BL is the greatest Martial Artist of all time (pound for pound). But, that doesn’t me he’s a Demi-God or even the best fighter. His size, weight, one leg shorter than the other, a bad back and shitty eyesight puts even him at a huge disadvantage. Even BL knew size matters.
@@Garrett316 At best it could be argued that, lb-for-lb, Bruce Lee was one of the better fighters among most traditional martial arts. However, in full-contact no-holds-barred scenarios he'd be out of his league with most high-level competitive AMATEUR combat sports fighters of his own weight division, let alone professionals of his own weight division, let alone the heavier divisions. What he WAS one of the very best at, was as a martial arts performance artist. There's no denying he was an excellent athlete.
Careful Ramsey, there's a lot of people who get insane when you tell them things like this, Lol! Their egos can't handle that he was a human just like the rest of us, or that he couldn't do everything they saw him do in the movies. They also tend to believe whatever "behind the scenes" stories they hear, with no corroboration or proof. The same people that had a stroke about the scene in "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood". What Bruce taught me is perseverance and that you can always learn something new if you keep your mind open to it. His philosophy taught me more than his movies and martial arts ever did. Great vid, cheers from Chicago! 👍🏻
Brian m , the sad thing is that even the Bruce's nearest people (family, friends and students) keep feeding those lies to make him a demigod instead a human person with flaws.
@@aluisiofsjr It's like they think to admit he's a human is a bad thing. Seeing him as a man with red blood like you and I should be a good thing. It's not like he wasn't exceptional. He was. He was the first to do many things, my favorite being his exploration into bodybuilding and strength training as it related to martial arts as a science, not just basic calisthenics and stretching. Anyway, good point, God bless, stay healthy!
@@deadmanmouse2463 That's a great way of putting it. I'm sure he was a formidable dude (he sure was FAST!), and I think he was very brave to challenge his culture by teaching to westerners and actually having the guts to admit the limitations of Wing Chun in a time that people thought it was this ultimate, invincible, mysterious martial art. But not Superman, Lol! Stay healthy, brother!
@@bigguy7353 thank you, I agree completely. The guy was lightning fast and I'm not saying I could take him lol, just that his real contribution to martial arts was a changing of ideas not a legacy of fights. Anyway, You stay safe and healthy as well man hope you can enjoy our little forced vacation.
I remember when I was a kid I was watching a bruce lee movie: I was so excited watching his movies: I was meditating trying to see bruce in my minds eye, but could not. I told my dad " I wonder what he is doing right now". My dad responded "nothing. He is dead". That made me sob. He is alive in my heart.
@@garethllewellyn215 what does it have to do with mma? and also while not being a fighter bruce lee was in fact a martial artist. im not saying he would beat ufc champions but i am sure he had skill
I believe I saw a quote from Dan Inosanto stating that he would rather have a plain (arnis) stick than nunchaku. Nunchaku, like Bruce Lee's legend, are shrouded in too much mythology.
@@assoverteakettle Well I don't know about that quote from Dan Inosanto, but I certainly would. Nunchucks were made to beat rice hulls off of rice and that I think is about all they are good for. (Okay I take that back - They might make a cool way to choke or break somebody's neck from behind.)
@@robertlehnert4148 Not long ago they showed the Japanese movie, "Battle Royale" (rel. 2000) on Turner Classic Movies. A plot similar to Hunger Games but, in my opinion, much more entertaining where 9th Graders are forced to an island to hunt each other down using various weapons. My favorite scene is where one returning former champion killer surprises and annihilates a group of the 9th graders and then takes their weapons including handguns and machine guns. He then picks up the nunchakus of one of the victims, looks at it, and tosses it away acknowledging how useless they are!
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." That doesn't mean that he fears anyone who has practiced one effective or ineffective kick 10,000 times, it means that he fears someone who has trained to actually be effective with their kicks, whatever those kicks may be. This would obviously be more than just one kick for anyone who was dedicated enough to put in the equivalent of 10,000 kicks worth of training into single kicks.
The wildest Bruce myth I ever heard originated from the movie Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee's character (named Lee, appropriately enough) is sneaking through the compound when a guard approaches. The next thing you know Lee has disappeared and is next shown hiding in a tree. Lee has somehow jumped straight from the ground, with no preparation, onto an overhanging branch several feet in the air. Even though the producers claimed it wasn't for real (actually it was Bruce Lee jumping out of a tree shown backwards) there were those who felt (and still feel) it was for real. Ah, what fools these mortals be!!!
Many of them stemmed from the fictional short stories in Black Belt magazine. It was quite popular for us kids back in the 70's and 80's. The stories were based on Bruce's character from EtD and it gives me a giggle when some young person recites feats from the stories as if they were fact...LOLOL! And when you tell them about the origin of the myth, they freak out like you beat their mother.
Another myth is Bruce Lee could beat Mike Tyson in a fight and the weight classes are significantly different. It does matter when they are both trained fighters.
I'm in my 60s. Bruce Lee became my God, when I was 17. Enter The Dragon, once I'd seen it, change the entire direction of my life, which was a breath of fresh air after a full school career of being bullied. However...I never, even once, thought of Bruce Lee as being even a good actor, let alone a great actor. Idol, or not, I can't nod to the point about his acting ability, because I saw none from him.
@@theoptionaut.tailer7501 Steven Seagal, van Damme and Chuck Norris are perfect examples of zero acting talent and the tendency to kick and punch in front of cameras.
@@theoretickle2084, Norris is good but an actor is someone like Depp who can become a character. Stars are people who play a role, like Cruise, all the time and not a character and Lee tried to do characters in one of his films. Five or six films was not enough time fore Lee to develop his "chops".
23:28 I used to be one of those who was against weight training fearing it would make me slow. Over the years I find that it actually can help your speed. These days I advocate weight training.
Can we just appreciate Bruce Lee for who he was? An open minded martial artist, a philosopher, a teacher, an actor and a family man. We don't need to say he was a superman or would destroy the UFC, just appreciate him for who he was, because who he was is pretty great.
the thing is. the reason why they are things like this is bcs there are these fucking idiots who keep saying bruce cant even fight . that is the reason
What made Bruce a legend was his philosophy and understanding of the art of fighting. He didn't have superhuman strength or was invincible, he was a genius at what he did. He understood how the human body worked and how to implement that knowledge into fighting.
That visual of a martial artist kicking a guy all the way down a bowling lane for a strike, has to happen. I'm thinking a martial arts remake of The Big Labowski. Get on it film makers!
16:10 Precisely, bowling lanes are slippery, so Bruce Lee kicked a man down the bowling lane which was set up next to someone's pool, resulting in the kicked man sliding down the bowling lane into a pool.
Thank you for debunking all this nonsense for those who might be tempted to even entertain such ridiculous fantasies. Bruce Lee's legacy does not need such childish make up stuff. Just being an example of dedication and effort to honest training and self improving is more than enough to remember him with admiration and respect. Excellent and important video you made there.
Already 3 minutes in and you hit the nail on the head. The man is revolutionary to martial arts in cinema, no one can take that away. He changed cinema forever, that is obvious. I just think it’s crazy the people say, it’s almost like he’d put the rock through a brick wall with a one inch punch (which is bs to begin with).
Thank you. As a martial artist I'm getting really tired of people claiming that Bruce Lee was some type of God of martial arts that reached levels that were unattainable.
I did see a video in which the late great Karate champ Joe Lewis claimed that Bruce lee punched like a heavy weight and the late Karate champ Jim Kelly said that Bruce Lee's Sparring ability was unbelievable,but none of this can be counted as a world record .According to Dan Inosanto the real point of the one inch punch is for its penetration power in close close quarter combat he deminstrates this in his DVD series on escrima all of the following can be found here on youtube.
Indeed. Bruce wad an amazing Martial Artist. And lighning fast. But didn't he take the simplest most direct route to a striking point, etc.? And yes. I LOVE, his Water philosophy. 💕
His water philosophy stems from Taoism. Here's a quote from the Tao te Ching (allegedly written around 600BC.) "Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice."
the force required to push a 200 pound object 20 meters is the force required to push bruce lee in the opposite direction probably about 27 meters. if the force was provided by bruce lee running forward, then bruce would have had to basically fly forward in about 27 meters in one leap.
While nunchucks can technically break the skull. I'm not certain however what nunchucks exhibit psi wise. Actually zgb used nunchucks and broke a skull model, which is interesting.
They are similar to the European flail, a bit more similar to the original farming tool for threshing cearl crops. Depending on the mass of it based on their size not much more than a bat. But it comes down to a math equation because you need to factor the mass, velocity, and the momentum generation of the rotation of it. That'll give you a rough estimation but it'll vary depending on the mass of it and how fast you getting it moving.
@@douglasmacneil4474 not really unless you are thinking of the military flail. The original farming flail was like a nunchuk but it had a long two handed shaft.
@@douglasmacneil4474 Farming flails were used as weapons though not intended to, because of their effectiveness they were optimized as anti armor weapons later though. But yes the base concept is the same, a mass at the end of a shaft using a ring/chain to increase the torque and thus multiply the velocity using centripetal force.
Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Roger Holmes, Ali, George Foreman are some of the people who got me interested in learning to fight. I am 55 yrs old now and those were just some of the greats of the time when I was young. Everyone has their heroes, but these were some of mine. Giving them superpowers demeans them a bit in my opinion. The training these guys put in was what made them great. along with natural ability is what made them greats among the hundreds that came along in their time.
Ramsey thank You for all your hard work * * * * * 5 stars for YOU ! I remember seeing an live interview whith Bruce Lee in early 70's. The host asked Bruce if he was to fight World Boxing Champion @ 135 lbs (Roberto Duran) at the time, who would WIN? Bruce humbly said that Duran was a Great Champion, and that Lee (Himself) was a showman/actor ! = Enough Said. I have the highest respect for Both Men * * * * * True Paul D'
Think he was nice 👍🏻 to a real Fighter. I’m sure he wouldn’t damage the Ego of a champion ( Duran ) ! This Bruce Lee says to the son’s of Gene Tunney, by a Dinner 🍲 in Hong Kong: ( Bruce ) I would destroy your dad in his prime. I have not only hands 🙌 I have my longest weapon, my Side kick. Notice: !!! He was a heavyweight Champion in Boxing 🥊 ! Think the main fact is in Boxing ring with boxing rules or a Street Fight without rules !!! Later wrote M.Ali in his book or says to write ✍️! ( M.Ali ) In a Boxing Ring, I kill him. In the Street without rules he would kill me. I will nothing take from Duran away: He is sure a good champ. But Street Fighting is another Level. Look former Boxing 🥊 Champions in UFC or mixed martial arts, F. Botha. He was not interested to make enemies, think 🤔 he would let ways to put this like Norris in his films 🎥.
Seriously. Bruce Lee was a great performer and educator and martial arts theorist. He was way ahead of his time on training and nutrition. But his time was FIFTY YEARS AGO. Just look at what the state of MMA was in the 90s, twenty years after he died. If he was teleported forward to today, he'd be nothing unique.
That's like saying if you teleported the Wright brothers forward to today, they wouldn't be anything unique. Well yea, if you look at it like that then nobody is unique, it's all been done before. But it ignores the pioneers and the contributions they left us that allows us to be where we are now. The fact is Bruce was mixing styles long before anyone else, and his philosophy inspired others to do the same.
Stoppp Ramsey, the distance comparison is making me crack the heck up whilst my gf is sleeping next to me 😂 I'm afraid to wake her up lmao! You made my day sir 😆
Kinda funny, I was watching Ip Man4 with my in-laws, and Bruce Lee was a character in that movie, they (not knowing about martial arts (or speaking great English)) they ask me "Bruce lee did Karate" so I get into the history and technicalities going "well he founded 'Jeet Kun Do' but described it as a 'fighting philosophy' rather than a 'martial art' and his actual fighting style was a combination of Wing Chung and Tang Soo Do, which is a predecessor to Tae Kwan Do and largely based in Shotokan..."
I train Muay thai and bjj and the amount discussions I've had with Bruce lee fanatics and his abilities is crazy, where they claim his abilities have near supernatural prowess,also these idiots tend to have never sparred or trained a day in their lives,
Bruce Lee was a tormented soul seeking perfection. And when he found it, it killed him. We should all be so lucky having people talking about us 47 years later. Keep up the good work Ramsey and the world will remember you as well
I just side kicked the wall of my house. I'm pretty sure it weights more than 45kg. Can I officialy claim I would TOTALLY beat Bruce Lee in an MMA fight if he was alive?
Seeing is believing , and looking at the size of Bruce's Latts and the strength of his legs was how he could generate a punch the same as Ali's . As for coke cans we are not talking about modern day cans we are talking hardcore 70s cans, impossible to do unless you were Bruce. Having read his workout book verified by his coach, he managed to deadlift over 700Lbs and hold a 90Lb barbell for over 30 seconds in front of him. Try it you'll find it is very very difficult.
I noticed instead of people studying Bruce Lee's work on his concepts and philosophy on the Martial Arts, they either exaggerate his feats or attempt to discredit him being a martial artist all together.
@@aspockworkorange Obviously you never seen the Nunchuck ping-pong footage. Lmao. There's plenty of video to show his push up prowess to the point it's believable.
@@i-evi-l sorry to ruin your fantasy, but the nunchuck ping pong video is a digital creation for a Nokia commercial. It never actually happened, but is a cool video.
Thank you so much! For 3 days..I have been arguing with someone online about the credibility of these records..and the only ammo I had was COMMON SENSE..now I have the facts to back up what I already knew was true
Bruce wasn't the first Chinese instructor to teach non-Chinese students. T.Y. Wong's 1961 book has a photo of him instructing San Francisco police officer Erle Maddox sometime between 1959 and 1960 and there is a picture of Noel O'Brien, a then teenager, in 1961 studying at his San Francisco school. The myth that the 1964 challenge match by Wong Jack Man was predicated upon Bruce's supposed breaking of the "kung fu color line" was debunked by Charles Russo and also by Mathew Polly. (That fight was more about Bruce's on stage criticisms towards traditional training and teaching methods, rather than teaching white students.) Even before their books, however, Robert W. Smith had studied Chinese martial arts in Taiwan when he was stationed there in the 1950's, and William E. Fairburn had studied "Chinese boxing" (they didn't call it "kung fu" in Shanghai in the 1920's) from an instructor named Tsai Tai Tsung in the 1920's. It sounds better to say that "Bruce was challenged by Wong Jack Man, because he fought to teach anyone, regardless or race," rather than to say "Bruce was challenged because he got mad at some hecklers at a demo he did in 1964 during an off-night."
I agree in regards to the one inch punch that it's just an illusion. It's more like he's moving half a foot or even a foot at times as he uses the weight of his stance to push the guy back. The chair then allows for drama and nobody is going to allow you to push like that in a fight. A person fighting should naturally go into a defensive stance to make it hard for the person to knock him off balance.
This reminds me of an article I read on Rocky Marcianos punching power. They said he could generate enough power to knock a 200lbs fridge 6’ in the air 😂
_"I love Bruce Lee, but I think the hype around him is a bit too much."_ _"HATER!!!!!1!"_ _"No, I rly love the guy. I just think he's a bit overrated. And btw that video isn't a real fight, it's a demo."_ _"OMG YOU'RE SUCH A RACIST HATER!!!!!!1!!2!!!"_ That's how it always goes for me... My inspiration was always mostly Van Damme, though. :)
@@matthewrodriguez257 over time I came across several videos claiming that (in the titles), but this one was just recently: th-cam.com/video/rPAoNPJ2Mas/w-d-xo.html That was some MA convention or something of the sort, can't remember where, and he's just sort of sparring with some students, iirc.
Ah thank you, I made a comment and put down a link of this vid. It's just sparring which is different from a fight of course, but I think it shows a pretty good idea of his combat ability :) he shows great timing and speed, and it is clear that he is a counter fighter. His balance and overall technique especially with the kicks is very impressive.
Ramsey, bravo for the part about "kick fools as high and over the top of telephone pools." In fact, that whole section I couldn't stop laughing. Point made friend, point made!
*grabs popcorn salted from the saltiness of Bruce Lee fanboys: Dis gon be gud! P.s.: the guy was a legend for being a pioneer in Martial Arts films, inspiring many great athletes and breaking many barriers for generations to come. But his delusional die hard fans are really annoying.
about 30 years when i am into my 80tis (if i survive world war 3) stories about Bruce goes that he kicked Andre the Giant to the moon and NASA invented the space shuttle to get him back.
I remember seeing something about Bruce Lee setting World Records and looked him up, his name was never listed with any world record. There are video's of a little girl punching faster than Bruce Lee.
You mean to tell me Bruce Lee never beat up the whole American Kickboxing rolodex in 5 mins? I saw it in a movie tho...
It's a movie not ring
He might've kicked the rolodex jtself.
@@ProfesserLuigi Lmao 🤣🤣
@@rohanroy91 its a joke
not bruce lee but some legends in muay thai went against heavier opponents end actually did very well.
It's like reading Chuck Norris facts memes and assuming they actually happened
Chuck Norris did a film called ;the Octagon; long before UFC ..a coincidence? :)
Whoa whoa, don't disparage Chuck Norris.
Just kidding I love those goofy memes.
Come on we all know Chuck Norris doesn't do push ups he pushes the Earth down, and it's common knowledge that Chuck Norris once ran around the world so fast he kicked himself in the head, creating a shock wave that resulted in the grand canyon. For Christ's sake it says right in the back of the Guinness book of world records that Chuck Norris holds all world records the people listed are just the people to get the closest to beating him (in their dreams!) what are they teaching you kids in school these days! What's next TMNT is just a cartoon for children and not a documentary on crime fighting turtles of New York.
@marcus24000 it depends on which feats your talking about I've heard some rediculous myths about Bruce Lee. For example the claim that they had to slow Bruce Lee down twice for people to see him move on camera. Or when he beat a national champion of ping pong using numb chucks
They're all true.
Ramsey youre mistaken, when it says "kicking away a 200 pounds man about 20 meters" it means that the man is 20 meters tall and weighs 200 lbs. Which means Bruce Lee really didnt like the inflatable tube men you see at car dealerships.
Hahahahaha!!! Mwahahahahaha!!!!!
But how many Andre the Giants could he kick over the inflatable tube man with one side kick?
@@RamseyDewey you should react to baki the grappler it follows the same logic as kicking someone 65 feet away
I'd like to have seen Bruce Lee kicking those inflatable tube men, 'cos I found them reallly creepy when I was a kid.
It meant that lee has a 400 pound heavy bag that would swing loose from an l frame he could stop it with a side kick. The idea is that if he could stop the bag with a kick, that he could fight someone that big
Muhammad Ali never weighed any where near 260lbs during his fighting career. I think he was 216lb against Foremen.
Formen? How about Foreman. (note the spelling error irony)
@Magistar M yep,I think that was at the fall of his career when he started facing medical problems
@@KaptainCanuck Formen
@@scaccu is that supposed to be a spelling error correction?
Muhammad Ali was 6'2 and weighted 260lbs at old age, OML that's heavy. He's 6'3 and 215-230lbs in his prime. I say the best height for a fighter is 6'2 1/2 and weighted 195lbs, its what Bruce Lee say.
I heard the Bruce holds the world record for kicking a UFO back into space and out of our solar system. Could you find a world record for that please.
lol
Hhahahahahhaha
bruce lee is not 100 percent, no man is 100 percent, but he is 99 percent, which is enough, naysayers not exist yet
@@vampire923 A hardcore fanboy among many realistic people
Okay sure Ramsey. Next you'll tell me he didn't invent the car and travel back in time to free the slaves.
Unsubbed.
Good God 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He also played guitar at a high school prom for his mom and dad. He kinda started fading away transparent like while playing Earth Angel.
You forgot that during his time travels, he side-kicked all the dinosaurs into extinction too!
GronkGrunk Wasn’t that Chuck Norris?
@@thebrownbaldy dont bring me into this
Right now Bruce Lee, Elvis and Master Wong are meeting at their secret hideaway deciding the dire consequences that shall befall you for this!!!
Hold up! Elvis? Yo Elvis was a legit martial artist, his sensei was bill Wallace!
@@nazgulbarakas5767 ed parker
XD
@@nazgulbarakas5767 Elvis was a boxer Jerry Quarry trained him
Bruce Lee holds the world record for most exaggerated legendary abilities attributed to him.
As I wrote long ago: "If you laid all of the unsubstantiated articles about Bruce Lee end to end, the trail would lead from Seattle all the way to the conclusion that the martial arts community needs to pay more attention to fighters than actors."
Somebody is forgetting about Chuck Norris
One thing that always gets me about Bruce Lee's alleged strength abilities is that IIRC I've never been able to find a single claim that originated from Bruce himself along these lines. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but it seems like a bunch of things made up, or perhaps misinterpreted, by other people after the fact. Not a shred of evidence of any of these feats, no recorded legitimate strength achievements, and meanwhile he famously broke his back doing Good Mornings with 135lbs; not exactly the actions of someone with superhuman strength and a great mastery of effective strength training.
Idk I think Chuck Norris has that title of most world records.
@@christophervelez1561 The difference being that people making Chuck Norris jokes know that they're jokes.
I think.
I'm surprised this guy didn't say "Bruce Lee invented martial arts" lol.
He kinda said it with his 'pioneer of ufc'
@@florent3723 like UFC created martial arts or was a martial art to begin with
@@almiser Some people say that.
And with the content of 'World record' I think the writer believes in that.
Well he did invent jeet kun do .
Jeet Kune Do is basically MMA. Back in those days people were stuck on a specific fighting style. Bruce was the one to add in all different fighting styles which was extremely rare back then. Take what works & discard what doesn't.
I guess these people are trying to compete with the Chuck Norris jokes.
Ramsey's Social Credit Score after posting this video: -1,000
Lee was an American citizen from birth tho
@@douglasmacneil4474 didn't he have dual-citizenship?
Paul Murrell , he still is a demigod in China.
Now this is a REAL legend 🤣🤣 This comment deserves every like it gets and more sir. Here's one on me 🏅🏆
Is Bruce Lee known in mainland China? Yes, he was born in the US to ethnic Chinese parents from Hong Kong. But Hong Kong was a British colony at that time so it didn't have any political ties to China. All his movies were done in Cantonese, and only later dubbed into Mandarin.
Matthew Polly's biography _Bruce Lee, a Life_ puts most of the hagiography and outright BS to rest without diminishing Lee's genuine accomplishments and insights. Polly also makes a persuasive case that Bruce Lee's mysterious at the time death had nothing to do with either cannabis consumption or sensitivity to over the counter medication; rather it was and is the most common cause of non violent death for younger athletes, namely heat exaustion.
Robert Lehnert , there is a GREAT documentary about Bruce Lee death made by Discovery Channel. They analyzed his obituary documents with other medics. It was really nice!
One interesting thing I heard was that apparently he had his sweat glands under his arms removed because he didn't like the look of the sweat on camera on something. Very strange, but some theorize that inability to sweat might have contributed to death by heat stroke.
@@seanseanston it was a combination of factors, but that almost certainly played a significant part. Jesse Glover, one of Lee's first students said Bruce's control would grow sloppy when overheated. Hong Kong is a tidal soup, high humidity and frequent heat waves, and Polly found a prior incident where Lee almost passed out. The day of his death, it was a heat wave, Lee had been performing in the morning, so a lot of physical exertion there. After lunch, went tto Betty's (his Mistress) apartment, where presumably they had sex-- more physical exertion. Then an early dinner with Saki-- which the normally alcohol intolerant Lee had discovered he liked and could consume. Then, Lee, for the guests, did a short exhibition of his skills, before deciding to lie down in Betty's non air-conditioned bedroom. So, heat wave, lacking sweat glands, multiple physical exertions, plenty of food, and alcohol on someone already sensitive to heat, topped off by lying still in a stiffling space-- in was all a synergistic combination of factors leading to death as his brain stem swelled, cutting off the impulses that initiate breathing.
Damn! You said hagiography!
Kyrie Eleison and pass the peas!
@@jorhay1 well, as I often say, I'm a in your face, Bead Squeezing Mackerel snapping May-REE worshipping Papist.
Objection! The world record for pushups is held by Segata Sanshiro, who did so many they stopped counting!
Well, then, how do we know how many he did?
@@varanid9 If the guy counting falls asleep, don't you think that'd be a lot?
@@varanid9 how do you manage that?
Legend has it he has never stopped and he's about to hit a trillion
Were they full up an down push ups?
There's something called the Marvel Power Grid, listing character attributes. According to the myths, Bruce Lee would be equal to Captain America, maybe even stronger.
Lol
Cap would beat him senseless
@muay thug If Bruce Lee had lived the Soviets would of fallen in 1978.
We would have cold fusion and World Peace.
MMA would not exist.
It would be BMA.
And there would be only one style JKD.
Special OPS would be gun free and use JKD.
The only truth we need about Bruce Lee is that he was a great Martial Artist and a great Martial Arts influence
@Diarmid O'Connor, your sarcasm sounds like ignorance of Bruce's achievements
Diarmid O'Connor really don’t think that quote/philosophy was about hydration
@Diarmid O'Connor You dont get the quote. It means you have to be formless,Example,Dont think about the technique of your kick,Think about where the kick would land. Also being water means you need to be calm and focused. Not about hydration.
@Diarmid O'Connor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 be water my friend stay hydrated oooh no im weak man
@Diarmid O'Connor I prefer "be like food, my friend."
Bruce Lee has the world record for being the greatest fighter that has ever lived without actually having ever beaten any fighters.
First off I know he wasn't "the greatest most powerful material artist to ever live" but give him some credit. He'd been in fights while he was alive he boxed in highschool (I wouldn't say he was the all time best boxer by any means, he was in highschool mind you) he also fought Wong Jack man and won, he wasn't happy with his victory and it inspired him to make Jeet kun do. Other than that he sparred with his students obviously not a "real fight" but it's still fighting experience. Your going a little too far the other way here. The truth lies somewhere in the middle, Bruce Lee wasn't super human but he wasn't garbage trash either.
You do know that he grew up street fighting right?
Benjamin Upchurch , he is talking about professional fighters not other little chinese practicing Kung-Fu or other traditional martial art with little or no fighting experience.
Bruce Lee was truly a visionary. He realized what works and what doesn't and he began to train in the useful stuff (AKA boxing , wrestling etc). He was insanely athletic and I do believe that, had he lived a longer life , he could have become a great fighter in his weight class. That being said, he never fought any noteworthy opponent in his lifetime. That is just reality. Hearsay about streetfights means nothing. The fact that you beat up random people does not mean that you could defeat Tyson or any trained fighter for that matter. Lee should be remembered as a visionary. His philosophy is his contribution to the martial arts. I am making fun of the myth that he was some Uber megafighter str8 outta Mortal Kombat.
@@Panagiotis1709 yeah I mostly agree I think Tyson would easily take the win against Bruce Lee in a boxing match and maybe even under any circumstances. He had more noteworthy fights and was in a completely different weight class. That being said I think Bruce would put up a decent fight, he had technical know how and demonstrated good reactions in the sparring much I saw. The fighters he trained with said he hit like a heavy weight (could be an exaggeration but I bet he hit pretty hard for his size) but either way it's not his fighting prowess or even his specific training methods that made him great it was his Philosophy and his mindset ( that and his unending charisma)
I used to study Bruce Lee as a kid. As far as I'm aware, he's never broken any records - that just wasn't his aim. His aim appeared to be to break the myth that a perfect fighting style exists. He wanted people to take what's useful from all the styles and discard what's not - subjectively of course, because everyone has different physical capabilities.
I agree with exactly what you said. He sought the ultimate style for himself and wanted to teach others how to develop according to their abilities and shortcomings.
Fingers pointing to the moon.
Be water.
Whatever human frailties he may have had, he was way ahead of the world of his time. Pretty hard to be more than that.
Lee as GOAT? Can be argued.
Lee as GOAT of his era? Definitely. No question.
-Matt’s dad
Him essentially being credited for mixed martial arts or even modern mixed martial arts is probably the most annoying claim. He was a celebrity...his aim was money, and mystifying bullshit sold like hotcakes... jeet kune do exists jk it doesn't exist, and tbh it really fucking doesn't yet the cultists pretend that it does, and worse that he created the style and that it is a perfect fighting style lol. it's just fucking Tae Bo, in terms of marketing, ofcourse though it has good philosophies because it stole philosophies from good philosophies and said that it was it's philosophies... Like.. legitimately. But in saying that it's only as good as the philosophies it stole from, and they weren't that good for martial arts turns out lol, they were alright but, eh, it's more of an alcoholic dad garage martial art than anything actually profound beyond the bullshit claiming itself profoundly.
You have william cheung hi throws 8.3 punch in second serch on yutube you have vidios
@@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454 The Be water wasn't Bruce's invention. Just search it, it was another Chinese guy that said it first. Bruce just copied it.
From a physics guy who also loves martial arts: the force of your attack alone only tells you how much you changed the motion of your target in a given amount of time, so it doesn't tell you much about how effective a strike is, only how much you "pushed" your target. PSI is a measure of pressure, or force per area. The pressure of your attack tells you how much force you've packed into just the contact area between you and your target. Pressure is the quantity you want to measure if you want to know how much your attack "hurts".
The question is: Could Bruce Lee throw six kicks at once WITHOUT a pool in the near vicinity?
There's a lot of tall tales about Bruce, some people seem to miss what he was truly legendary for as a martial artist, form and philosophy.
The reasons I reverence Bruce Lee (Jun Fan) include his extraordinary work ethic, his drawing ability, his study of philosophy, his naming of Jeet Kune Do and organizing of it's principles, his ability to innovate simple machinery for fitness, and finally his passion for martial arts and bridging of racial, stylistic and cultural barriers.
Sounds like a great, ordinary human being.
Sounds great. It's really a respectful way to keep him as human as the rest of humanity while giving him the real credit for his real accomplishments.
I remember watching Enter the Dragon on VHS when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s and it got me into Martial arts for life.
I realized early on that Kung fu, aikido and other fancy stuff was worthless when I started wrestling in Jr high and all the Kung fu dudes would want to "spar" with the wrestlers because they watched too many movies.
Takedown.
Headlock.
Done for.
Repeat.
BJJ and MMA sealed the death warrant on King fu.
But Lee left an amazing legacy.
But too many people made him onto the Kung Fu Jesus.
@@iamalpharius9483 most of Kung Fu cannot be practiced on another human being without going to jail or prison. Hung Gar five fist style Kung Fu for example. If you throw what is known in other arts as a reverse punch(straight left or right followed by two lepard fists and two tiger claws you can if any of them land you will knock somebody out damage their esophagus , and or tear out their eyes. You cannot practice that without jail or prison time ! Wing Chun style kicks are used regularly by Jon Bones Jones, at least that's what they were calling them years before he was born! People don't know how to train in Kung Fu, and it doesn't translate well into combat sports.
@@chrislampkin7896 I've been training for decades. And I've done 10 years for assault in Missouri.
I know exactly what it takes to go to jail in a fight. Defending myself ruined my life 15 years ago. And yeah, aiming to damage someone is always an option
...if you are willing to pay the price. Problem is that a street fighter with no training but a lot of experience is one of the most dangerous fighters alive. And Kung fu "training" never can prepare someone for a real life or death situation unless that person has been there and knows how fast and violent things can get.
In prison I saw a lot of guys talk about how many people they could fight.....until someone with nothing to lose gave them a trip to St. Luke's medical center with a full set of smashed facial bones.
Kung fu is for kids who have never seen what the real world puts down.
Its damn sad to say. But all those technical stunts dont work when you are in a headlock getting your neck cranked off your body and someone hammering your face in with very little regard for you getting home safely, petting your dog, kissing youroved ones and going to bed
@@iamalpharius9483 I have had huge guy punch and then mount and then give me six stitches worth of punches in the streets. I had to break his finger, gouge his eyes , tare at his nose,tare at his ears and when I jujitsu locked his right leg ( long after Wing Chun kicking his left leg) he was begging me to let him go. I know street fighters are nothing to be played with. But I know anything can work if you work it.
So you're telling me Bruce didn't beat the world table tennis champion in a match using nunchuks????
Hhhhaaa that was a good spoof video😂
lapaland that wasn't bruce lee lol.
Hope u were joking. Thst was a double and cgi ball, shot for a Nokia commercial in the 2000s. Damn kids spreading stupid rumours
@@spookyencounters9392 Of course I'm joking lol
@@alanjipy55 It's a joke
I remember the kind of hate these videos had at first when you claimed that bruce lee was not some demi god but a human being glad to see it has changed
And yes i used to get mad as well thank you for making me come to terms with reality
Vibhu Shukla I’m with you. IMO, BL is the greatest Martial Artist of all time (pound for pound). But, that doesn’t me he’s a Demi-God or even the best fighter. His size, weight, one leg shorter than the other, a bad back and shitty eyesight puts even him at a huge disadvantage. Even BL knew size matters.
@@Garrett316
At best it could be argued that, lb-for-lb, Bruce Lee was one of the better fighters among most traditional martial arts. However, in full-contact no-holds-barred scenarios he'd be out of his league with most high-level competitive AMATEUR combat sports fighters of his own weight division, let alone professionals of his own weight division, let alone the heavier divisions. What he WAS one of the very best at, was as a martial arts performance artist. There's no denying he was an excellent athlete.
Careful Ramsey, there's a lot of people who get insane when you tell them things like this, Lol! Their egos can't handle that he was a human just like the rest of us, or that he couldn't do everything they saw him do in the movies. They also tend to believe whatever "behind the scenes" stories they hear, with no corroboration or proof. The same people that had a stroke about the scene in "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood". What Bruce taught me is perseverance and that you can always learn something new if you keep your mind open to it. His philosophy taught me more than his movies and martial arts ever did. Great vid, cheers from Chicago! 👍🏻
Brian m , the sad thing is that even the Bruce's nearest people (family, friends and students) keep feeding those lies to make him a demigod instead a human person with flaws.
I have told people many times he was one of the greatest martial philosophers of all time not one of the greatest martial artists of all time.
@@aluisiofsjr It's like they think to admit he's a human is a bad thing. Seeing him as a man with red blood like you and I should be a good thing. It's not like he wasn't exceptional. He was. He was the first to do many things, my favorite being his exploration into bodybuilding and strength training as it related to martial arts as a science, not just basic calisthenics and stretching. Anyway, good point, God bless, stay healthy!
@@deadmanmouse2463 That's a great way of putting it. I'm sure he was a formidable dude (he sure was FAST!), and I think he was very brave to challenge his culture by teaching to westerners and actually having the guts to admit the limitations of Wing Chun in a time that people thought it was this ultimate, invincible, mysterious martial art. But not Superman, Lol! Stay healthy, brother!
@@bigguy7353 thank you, I agree completely. The guy was lightning fast and I'm not saying I could take him lol, just that his real contribution to martial arts was a changing of ideas not a legacy of fights. Anyway, You stay safe and healthy as well man hope you can enjoy our little forced vacation.
I remember when I was a kid I was watching a bruce lee movie: I was so excited watching his movies: I was meditating trying to see bruce in my minds eye, but could not. I told my dad " I wonder what he is doing right now". My dad responded "nothing. He is dead". That made me sob. He is alive in my heart.
Now all u need to do if you want to get into mma is get an actual fighter on that pedestal instead of sn actor 🤔😉
Hes together with Elvis on a farm in Argeninia you know?
@@garethllewellyn215 what does it have to do with mma? and also while not being a fighter bruce lee was in fact a martial artist. im not saying he would beat ufc champions but i am sure he had skill
"Nothing. Is dead" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@aviv1002 ignore him, its just an mma fanboy, its funny you know? mma fighter are like monks compared to their fans
Nunchucks are deadly - to the guy swinging them!
John Roper Yeah, in the first movie where Bruce Lee used nunchucku he kept accidentally hitting himself.
I remember The Simpsons...
"Nunchakus; cool but useless!"
I believe I saw a quote from Dan Inosanto stating that he would rather have a plain (arnis) stick than nunchaku.
Nunchaku, like Bruce Lee's legend, are shrouded in too much mythology.
@@assoverteakettle Well I don't know about that quote from Dan Inosanto, but I certainly would. Nunchucks were made to beat rice hulls off of rice and that I think is about all they are good for. (Okay I take that back - They might make a cool way to choke or break somebody's neck from behind.)
@@robertlehnert4148 Not long ago they showed the Japanese movie, "Battle Royale" (rel. 2000) on Turner Classic Movies. A plot similar to Hunger Games but, in my opinion, much more entertaining where 9th Graders are forced to an island to hunt each other down using various weapons.
My favorite scene is where one returning former champion killer surprises and annihilates a group of the 9th graders and then takes their weapons including handguns and machine guns. He then picks up the nunchakus of one of the victims, looks at it, and tosses it away acknowledging how useless they are!
"Fear not the man who practices 335 different kicks - fear the man who practices one really tiny ineffective kick 335 times."
What was that tiny ineffective kick?
Was it the movie flykick?
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
That doesn't mean that he fears anyone who has practiced one effective or ineffective kick 10,000 times, it means that he fears someone who has trained to actually be effective with their kicks, whatever those kicks may be. This would obviously be more than just one kick for anyone who was dedicated enough to put in the equivalent of 10,000 kicks worth of training into single kicks.
echelon2k8 Yeah, we know. Maybe watch the video and you'll get my joke.
@@impressivestory Yeah, I'm only 15 mins in to be honest.
echelon2k8 No worries!
Another episode of chopping My Heroes off at the knees, how dare you...🤠
one time i saw bruce lee beated son goku in a fight , i was very impressed
And I saw him fighting dinosaurs, he killed them with his powerful Meteorite Kick.
The wildest Bruce myth I ever heard originated from the movie Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee's character (named Lee, appropriately enough) is sneaking through the compound when a guard approaches. The next thing you know Lee has disappeared and is next shown hiding in a tree. Lee has somehow jumped straight from the ground, with no preparation, onto an overhanging branch several feet in the air. Even though the producers claimed it wasn't for real (actually it was Bruce Lee jumping out of a tree shown backwards) there were those who felt (and still feel) it was for real. Ah, what fools these mortals be!!!
In the green hornet Bruce kicked a light bulb 7 feet high..
In WOTD, he probably got 9 ft--when he attempted to make the terrorified thug flee...
What really intrigues me about these made up lists is where do they come up with the fake feats?
In my country some jkd practioners making translations of that videos 😂😂
Many of them stemmed from the fictional short stories in Black Belt magazine. It was quite popular for us kids back in the 70's and 80's. The stories were based on Bruce's character from EtD and it gives me a giggle when some young person recites feats from the stories as if they were fact...LOLOL! And when you tell them about the origin of the myth, they freak out like you beat their mother.
Another myth is Bruce Lee could beat Mike Tyson in a fight and the weight classes are significantly different. It does matter when they are both trained fighters.
I'm in my 60s. Bruce Lee became my God, when I was 17. Enter The Dragon, once I'd seen it, change the entire direction of my life, which was a breath of fresh air after a full school career of being bullied. However...I never, even once, thought of Bruce Lee as being even a good actor, let alone a great actor. Idol, or not, I can't nod to the point about his acting ability, because I saw none from him.
Which is ironic, because Lee's greatest passion was acting and performing.
@@theoptionaut.tailer7501 Having a passion for acting doesn't make you great at it.
@@theoretickle2084 Thus, the irony.
@@theoptionaut.tailer7501 Steven Seagal, van Damme and Chuck Norris are perfect examples of zero acting talent and the tendency to kick and punch in front of cameras.
@@theoretickle2084, Norris is good but an actor is someone like Depp who can become a character. Stars are people who play a role, like Cruise, all the time and not a character and Lee tried to do characters in one of his films. Five or six films was not enough time fore Lee to develop his "chops".
I feel like this was most probably written by some little kid years ago considering the font and “kicking a 45kg sandbag sideways” 😂
They didn't even say what happened to the bag lol.
23:28 I used to be one of those who was against weight training fearing it would make me slow. Over the years I find that it actually can help your speed. These days I advocate weight training.
lifting weights won't low your IQ by even 1 point. Have at it.
This is why he died, to expose the fakes.... ALL HAIL MIGHTY BRUCE!
I'm sorry. I had to
Exactly. If he was alive he'd most likely despise -many of- his -fans- fanatics.
Yea i agree
Can we just appreciate Bruce Lee for who he was?
An open minded martial artist, a philosopher, a teacher, an actor and a family man. We don't need to say he was a superman or would destroy the UFC, just appreciate him for who he was, because who he was is pretty great.
the thing is. the reason why they are things like this is bcs there are these fucking idiots who keep saying bruce cant even fight . that is the reason
What made Bruce a legend was his philosophy and understanding of the art of fighting. He didn't have superhuman strength or was invincible, he was a genius at what he did. He understood how the human body worked and how to implement that knowledge into fighting.
That visual of a martial artist kicking a guy all the way down a bowling lane for a strike, has to happen. I'm thinking a martial arts remake of The Big Labowski. Get on it film makers!
16:10 Precisely, bowling lanes are slippery, so Bruce Lee kicked a man down the bowling lane which was set up next to someone's pool, resulting in the kicked man sliding down the bowling lane into a pool.
"Bruce Lee is going to rise from the dead in 1982." -- Actual statement of a fan of Bruce Lee in 1981.
Thank you for debunking all this nonsense for those who might be tempted to even entertain such ridiculous fantasies. Bruce Lee's legacy does not need such childish make up stuff. Just being an example of dedication and effort to honest training and self improving is more than enough to remember him with admiration and respect. Excellent and important video you made there.
Already 3 minutes in and you hit the nail on the head. The man is revolutionary to martial arts in cinema, no one can take that away. He changed cinema forever, that is obvious. I just think it’s crazy the people say, it’s almost like he’d put the rock through a brick wall with a one inch punch (which is bs to begin with).
Thank you. As a martial artist I'm getting really tired of people claiming that Bruce Lee was some type of God of martial arts that reached levels that were unattainable.
He injured his back while lifting a weight
The whole Bruce Lee thing is getting out of hand, Bruce Lee was only an actor with zero fight wins.
I did see a video in which the late great Karate champ Joe Lewis claimed that Bruce
lee punched like a heavy weight and the late Karate champ Jim Kelly said that Bruce Lee's Sparring ability was unbelievable,but none of this can be counted as a world record .According to Dan Inosanto the real point of the one inch punch is for its penetration power in close close quarter combat he deminstrates this in his DVD series on escrima all of the following can be found here on youtube.
Jim Kelly's Wikipedia page lists no championships though.
Bruce Lee once sneezed and started up a whole string of Chuck Norris strength jokes.
You had me yelling at the Andre the Giant part 😂 you made my day a tad happier, Coach. Thanks 😊
Croctagon
Mannnnnn if Dana gets a private island for the UFC I better see that 😭
Einhart I’m in
Technically any UFC match held in Australia is a Croctagon
So the Kumite is Real
yeah dana in his silk pyjamas and his cronies holding an illegal tournament with his head crony jon standup jones on an island somewhere
TH-cam removed the dislike button so their systems wouldn't be overloaded by bruce lee fanatics spamming dislikes
Indeed. Bruce wad an amazing Martial Artist. And lighning fast.
But didn't he take the simplest most direct route to a striking point, etc.?
And yes. I LOVE, his Water philosophy. 💕
His water philosophy stems from Taoism. Here's a quote from the Tao te Ching (allegedly written around 600BC.)
"Nothing in the world
is as soft and yielding as water.
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
The soft overcomes the hard;
the gentle overcomes the rigid.
Everyone knows this is true,
but few can put it into practice."
@@azerohiro and its true. Look at the Grand Canyon. 😊
@@azerohiro hey is that the Badman, Batman in your pic?
When Bruce Lee tells a joke about Will Smiths wife Will Smith gets up and slaps his wife.
I like how half the video was about how Bruce Lee be kicking people over stuff
I can kick a 45 kg bag by side kicking.
Although the bag won't move an inch and I'll break my femur.
I appreciate how you showed yourself doing the slowest side kick imaginable at 4.48 to demonstrate the technique. I've seen Derek Lewis move quicker.
I'm with you on this man. I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan, but it's always best to look at things objectively and tell the truth.
the force required to push a 200 pound object 20 meters is the force required to push bruce lee in the opposite direction probably about 27 meters. if the force was provided by bruce lee running forward, then bruce would have had to basically fly forward in about 27 meters in one leap.
There is a documentary coming out called "Closed Guard", apparently trying to find the truth behind the origins of BJJ.
If it's realistic the Gracie's will hate it lol
While nunchucks can technically break the skull. I'm not certain however what nunchucks exhibit psi wise. Actually zgb used nunchucks and broke a skull model, which is interesting.
They are similar to the European flail, a bit more similar to the original farming tool for threshing cearl crops. Depending on the mass of it based on their size not much more than a bat. But it comes down to a math equation because you need to factor the mass, velocity, and the momentum generation of the rotation of it. That'll give you a rough estimation but it'll vary depending on the mass of it and how fast you getting it moving.
@@tylerrobbins8311 similar concepts, vastly different execution
@@douglasmacneil4474 not really unless you are thinking of the military flail. The original farming flail was like a nunchuk but it had a long two handed shaft.
@@tylerrobbins8311 so you are referring to the basis of the weapon? Not the actual weapon?
@@douglasmacneil4474 Farming flails were used as weapons though not intended to, because of their effectiveness they were optimized as anti armor weapons later though. But yes the base concept is the same, a mass at the end of a shaft using a ring/chain to increase the torque and thus multiply the velocity using centripetal force.
Always fanboys with little or no training!
There may not be a record of kicking one Andre the Giant over multiple other Andre the Gaints.....but by god there should be.
I’m sitting here imagining a buddy movie staring Bruce Lee and Andre the Giant. Instant classic.
Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Roger Holmes, Ali, George Foreman are some of the people who got me interested in learning to fight. I am 55 yrs old now and those were just some of the greats of the time when I was young. Everyone has their heroes, but these were some of mine. Giving them superpowers demeans them a bit in my opinion. The training these guys put in was what made them great. along with natural ability is what made them greats among the hundreds that came along in their time.
Ramsey thank You for all your hard work * * * * * 5 stars for YOU !
I remember seeing an live interview whith Bruce Lee in early 70's. The host asked Bruce if he was to fight World Boxing Champion @ 135 lbs (Roberto Duran) at the time, who would WIN? Bruce humbly said that Duran was a Great Champion, and that Lee (Himself) was a showman/actor ! = Enough Said.
I have the highest respect for Both Men * * * * *
True
Paul D'
Think he was nice 👍🏻 to a real Fighter.
I’m sure he wouldn’t damage the Ego of a champion ( Duran ) !
This Bruce Lee says to the son’s of Gene Tunney, by a Dinner 🍲 in Hong Kong:
( Bruce )
I would destroy your dad in his prime.
I have not only hands 🙌 I have my longest weapon, my Side kick.
Notice: !!!
He was a heavyweight Champion in Boxing 🥊 !
Think the main fact is in Boxing ring with boxing rules or a Street Fight without rules !!!
Later wrote M.Ali in his book or says to write ✍️!
( M.Ali )
In a Boxing Ring, I kill him. In the Street without rules he would kill me.
I will nothing take from Duran away: He is sure a good champ.
But Street Fighting is another Level.
Look former Boxing 🥊 Champions in UFC or mixed martial arts, F. Botha.
He was not interested to make enemies, think 🤔 he would let ways to put this like Norris in his films 🎥.
Seriously.
Bruce Lee was a great performer and educator and martial arts theorist.
He was way ahead of his time on training and nutrition.
But his time was FIFTY YEARS AGO. Just look at what the state of MMA was in the 90s, twenty years after he died. If he was teleported forward to today, he'd be nothing unique.
That's like saying if you teleported the Wright brothers forward to today, they wouldn't be anything unique. Well yea, if you look at it like that then nobody is unique, it's all been done before. But it ignores the pioneers and the contributions they left us that allows us to be where we are now. The fact is Bruce was mixing styles long before anyone else, and his philosophy inspired others to do the same.
@harjutapa
Bruce Lee died 48 years before your comment, not 50, dumbass!
Stoppp Ramsey, the distance comparison is making me crack the heck up whilst my gf is sleeping next to me 😂 I'm afraid to wake her up lmao!
You made my day sir 😆
To be fair, the cans Bruce used were steel soda cans
Kinda funny, I was watching Ip Man4 with my in-laws, and Bruce Lee was a character in that movie, they (not knowing about martial arts (or speaking great English)) they ask me "Bruce lee did Karate" so I get into the history and technicalities going "well he founded 'Jeet Kun Do' but described it as a 'fighting philosophy' rather than a 'martial art' and his actual fighting style was a combination of Wing Chung and Tang Soo Do, which is a predecessor to Tae Kwan Do and largely based in Shotokan..."
Best example of a fighter being a freak of nature is Mike Tyson, and even he wasn't untouchable. Some people just enjoy romanticizing things.
14:42 - "now that's an impressive FEET"
I see what you did there.
I train Muay thai and bjj and the amount discussions I've had with Bruce lee fanatics and his abilities is crazy, where they claim his abilities have near supernatural prowess,also these idiots tend to have never sparred or trained a day in their lives,
Bruce Lee is an example of the quote "any thing is possible"
Bruce Lee was a tormented soul seeking perfection. And when he found it, it killed him. We should all be so lucky having people talking about us 47 years later. Keep up the good work Ramsey and the world will remember you as well
I just side kicked the wall of my house. I'm pretty sure it weights more than 45kg. Can I officialy claim I would TOTALLY beat Bruce Lee in an MMA fight if he was alive?
Seeing is believing , and looking at the size of Bruce's Latts and the strength of his legs was how he could generate a punch the same as Ali's . As for coke cans we are not talking about modern day cans we are talking hardcore 70s cans, impossible to do unless you were Bruce. Having read his workout book verified by his coach, he managed to deadlift over 700Lbs and hold a 90Lb barbell for over 30 seconds in front of him. Try it you'll find it is very very difficult.
@@DylanFowler dude he was tiny he weighed 125 fucking lbs. His last only looked big because he was tiny.
@@DylanFowler like none of that is true and its obvious if you have ever deadlifted or fought
@@DylanFowler You forgot to add that he can fly and fire laser beams from his eyes
I love Bruce Lee, and I agree with this video. Well done Coach.
If Bruce Lee could kick that hard, he'd kill people instantly with that kind of force. 😅
No. He would buffer the other person in his chi to block the impact. It was actually more of a force push like in Star Wars.
@Diarmid O'Connor Also if their tongue is pressed against the top of their mouth.
@Diarmid O'Connor don't forget also having the tongue in the wrong position lol
@@masonlerner9342 that's what I were aiming to say, but looks like you beat me to the punch line lol
@@ImperatorZed more like this you mean? th-cam.com/video/CMqdGFiy-gg/w-d-xo.html lol 😂
I noticed instead of people studying Bruce Lee's work on his concepts and philosophy on the Martial Arts, they either exaggerate his feats or attempt to discredit him being a martial artist all together.
Next video idea: make Superman great again, the caped crusaders DEBUNKED
I don't understand why people make up such myths 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks it is such an entertaining video 💚
I remember reading on Wikipedia several years back that he could do 50 one arm chin ups in a row. The current record (with no rest) is 17. So...
The two main true ones: All the push-up ones. And Nunchuck ping-pong
50k3r2 those aren’t true either lol
@@aspockworkorange Obviously you never seen the Nunchuck ping-pong footage. Lmao. There's plenty of video to show his push up prowess to the point it's believable.
@@aspockworkorange lol thank you. I didn't want to be the one to break it to him
@@i-evi-l sorry to ruin your fantasy, but the nunchuck ping pong video is a digital creation for a Nokia commercial. It never actually happened, but is a cool video.
Thank you so much! For 3 days..I have been arguing with someone online about the credibility of these records..and the only ammo I had was COMMON SENSE..now I have the facts to back up what I already knew was true
Bruce wasn't the first Chinese instructor to teach non-Chinese students. T.Y. Wong's 1961 book has a photo of him instructing San Francisco police officer Erle Maddox sometime between 1959 and 1960 and there is a picture of Noel O'Brien, a then teenager, in 1961 studying at his San Francisco school. The myth that the 1964 challenge match by Wong Jack Man was predicated upon Bruce's supposed breaking of the "kung fu color line" was debunked by Charles Russo and also by Mathew Polly. (That fight was more about Bruce's on stage criticisms towards traditional training and teaching methods, rather than teaching white students.) Even before their books, however, Robert W. Smith had studied Chinese martial arts in Taiwan when he was stationed there in the 1950's, and William E. Fairburn had studied "Chinese boxing" (they didn't call it "kung fu" in Shanghai in the 1920's) from an instructor named Tsai Tai Tsung in the 1920's. It sounds better to say that "Bruce was challenged by Wong Jack Man, because he fought to teach anyone, regardless or race," rather than to say "Bruce was challenged because he got mad at some hecklers at a demo he did in 1964 during an off-night."
I agree in regards to the one inch punch that it's just an illusion. It's more like he's moving half a foot or even a foot at times as he uses the weight of his stance to push the guy back. The chair then allows for drama and nobody is going to allow you to push like that in a fight. A person fighting should naturally go into a defensive stance to make it hard for the person to knock him off balance.
13:10 "... kicking away a 200 pound man about 200 meters" lol
I laughed a good 5 min on that one
Bruce Lee records can't hold a candle to Frank Dux's because he didn't invent them himself as Frank did.
“Which begs the question, how long could Bruce Lee kick Andre the Giant?” 😂😂
Bruce was full of shit. They pumped him up to be a legend, when he never was.
This reminds me of an article I read on Rocky Marcianos punching power. They said he could generate enough power to knock a 200lbs fridge 6’ in the air 😂
I Love Bruce. He's up there with Seagal.
Only difference is that seagul claims are made by him not fanboys
_"I love Bruce Lee, but I think the hype around him is a bit too much."_
_"HATER!!!!!1!"_
_"No, I rly love the guy. I just think he's a bit overrated. And btw that video isn't a real fight, it's a demo."_
_"OMG YOU'RE SUCH A RACIST HATER!!!!!!1!!2!!!"_
That's how it always goes for me... My inspiration was always mostly Van Damme, though. :)
My MA hero will always be Jackie Chan. Donnie Yen is also way up there.
Curious which vid are you referring to that wasn't a fight?
@@matthewrodriguez257 over time I came across several videos claiming that (in the titles), but this one was just recently: th-cam.com/video/rPAoNPJ2Mas/w-d-xo.html
That was some MA convention or something of the sort, can't remember where, and he's just sort of sparring with some students, iirc.
Yeah, Van Damme is awesome 😎
Ah thank you, I made a comment and put down a link of this vid. It's just sparring which is different from a fight of course, but I think it shows a pretty good idea of his combat ability :) he shows great timing and speed, and it is clear that he is a counter fighter. His balance and overall technique especially with the kicks is very impressive.
OMG i literally just watched someone poke a soda can last evening. Haaaahahhaga
HA! That's nothing; I can do it with my erection!
@@varanid9 you should make a video. Bet it would go viral.
Harlii Q it would
@@Greg12839 what would help what,?
Ramsey, bravo for the part about "kick fools as high and over the top of telephone pools." In fact, that whole section I couldn't stop laughing. Point made friend, point made!
The only thing I question is if bruce was really that confident, wouldn't he have wanted to get into a ring with someone?
*grabs popcorn salted from the saltiness of Bruce Lee fanboys: Dis gon be gud!
P.s.: the guy was a legend for being a pioneer in Martial Arts films, inspiring many great athletes and breaking many barriers for generations to come. But his delusional die hard fans are really annoying.
Well yeah but it doesn’t really take away from the fact that he was a good martial artist but of course he wasn’t a god or something
What did you think of his portrayal in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood where he sparred with an experienced stunt man?
Max Kafka I loved that scene
The worst movie ever
@@Kannot2023 Great movie. I take it you are a Bruce fan ?
Bruce Lee actually did set one world record still unbroken, and that was being the world's best Bruce Lee
The fake nunchaku ping pong fake is really good though.
about 30 years when i am into my 80tis (if i survive world war 3) stories about Bruce goes that he kicked Andre the Giant to the moon and NASA invented the space shuttle to get him back.
Flailing arms doesn't indicate anything? Russian kungfu would disagree
I remember seeing something about Bruce Lee setting World Records and looked him up, his name was never listed with any world record. There are video's of a little girl punching faster than Bruce Lee.