I have never seen anyone move like that. There are so many jealous people out there who want to say Bruce was just a movie star. Im going to take Jim Kelly's word for it. No one could beat Bruce Lee. Anyone looking at this film has to be astonished at that speed or they are just plain stupid.
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I'm 57 as well, and was only 5 years old when my parents took me to see Fist of Fury on the big screen in Hong Kong. Imagine the impression that film left on my young mind! It sparked a lifelong passion for martial arts and pride in being Chinese.
I loved the footage on the set from 'Enter The Dragon'..I've never seen this before,the cast looked like they loved working ont that film..priceless bit of footage.
Look, if the best chinese fighter was chosen to beat Bruce Lee and miserably failed in a single round, no one in the entire world could. In all his films, without special effects, we saw how speed destroyed all his opponents. No one to this day...ever could match his personal self-discipline alone. Bruce is someone in 1000 years.
I'm sure there would be someone out there in the world who would actually be able to keep up with Bruce's speed or have something to properly counter his speed in some way. As great and as legendary Bruce's physical prowess was, we ALL have to remember that he was still *mortal/human* at the end of the day before anything else (and yes, I'm a Bruce Lee fan as well btw).
Lee paved the way for future martial artists. He's the first one known world wide and inspired millions, myself included. Lee, the Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson of the martial arts world. A generational talent.
People don't realize Bruce's whole body was a weapon..!!! He truly was gifted beyond measure with the things he could do. And i think a lot of it had to do with how in tune he was with his inner strength. That inner strength was projected outwards. You couple that with outer physical strength and the two combined is awesome. He surely put this cocky guy in his place awfully fast. And i knew he would all along. Besides all of that he was a great guy and a visionary in terms of combining all styles of martial arts into one form. That's what made him "Taboo" back in the day. Is that he embraced it all instead of just focusing on one aspect. RIP Bruce you truly were something very special.
I was in a class with a 9th degree Korean who lined us up about 1 foot away from a wall, he did this and it felt like he hit you with a bat and then it hit my spine before I hit the wall. We all felt this way.
Its just incredible how fast he was. WOW! He also has the worlds fastest recorded punch. If were walking down a dark alley, I want to be walking with Bruce Lee without question.
I'm stunned that nobody is bringing mathematics into this. F = MA. Force equals mass times acceleration. Bruce Lee's acceleration was so fast, so even if the mass of his arm was low, his 1" inch punch was huge because of the force.
it is more than that. he understood that every physical action causes an opposite reaction. that means when trying to emit a force through the fist, the same force goes in the opposite direction. usually rooted into the ground or the inertia of the body. if you work with inertia, any part of the body can be the root or base. but the inertia is limited. more or less unlimited is the rooting in the ground. the body is usually aligned symmetrically where the left foot is grounded when the right hand is pushing. the movement starrts in the middle of the body (dantien) and goes in two opposite directions, the left foot and the right hand. everything more or less at the same time. the inertia and the rooting together with the right timing releases enormous power. if you look carefully at the slow motion video, you can see the expansion of his rear foot. he practically connects the fist with the ground and every body part including a turn of his hips, synchronous to his shoulders serves this expansion in a time synched manner. in tai chi - where he learned this - it is called 'fa jin', an explosive force.
I walked into 20 ton blast door. My internal organs carried on as my body came to an abrupt halt. That was extremely painful. I can now understand what being the recipient of a 1 inch punch would feel like!🤜🏼
Its quite simple. Bruce will never be replicated. People always talk the talk and that's all it fkn is. Bruce had heart, spirit. He had soul, character and incredible magnetism. There is not a man living today that can even come close to his natural ability. Bruce Lee was and always will be a force of nature and that happens only maybe once in a lifetime. We are pleased to have the memories, the movies and the wisdom he left behind. I know he will forever live on in the hearts that truly understood him. Bruce. We love you. Always and eternally.
“Why doesn’t someone take a .45 and BANG-settle wit?” (Bruce Lee-Enter the Dragon) I can recite the entire movie, all parts, with the volume off. I was 10 when Bruce died. Studied Wing Chun for years. What a lost legend. 🙏🏽
Bruce dedicated himself with tremendous dicipline rigorous training and meditation. Something lacking in society today . Bruce was just built differently.
Bruce Lee was amazing & I have been saddened my entire life over his passing. I'm a black belt in Jidokwan Tae Kwon Do. Not even close to Bruce's skill level on my best day. Bruce was a visionary, and true leader in the martial arts & theatrical martial art movies. His movies from the late 60's and early 70's have better fight scenes than we have today.
What people dont realize is Bruce didnt participate in organized Karate because he wanted to be in movies that would reach world wide audiences. Back then, Karate wasnt popular with people. Bruce knew what he was doing and hit the big screen. But his fighting skillset was REAL! Bruce was not a person you would want to tangle with.
Bruce's beleif was that the core was so important in every move and strike. He trained his core immensly, that's the source of his power for this punch. No one trained like him.
Nobody in the US trains people the way he trained growing up. Go over to South Korea or China or Japan and train then come back to the US and you'll see and feel a big difference, even Gracie's will train people differently.
4:24 You can see from the flashlights that the photographers all missed Bruce's punch. he was just too fast 😉 Btw. some rare shots of Bruce in this video that I didn't know about.. thanks for that.. 🙏
I liked that part of your film footage towards the end when it shows Bruce practicing both his back fist and side kick combination against that gent in the karate gi and on the set of Enter the Dragon. What dazzling speed Bruce had. Also, the footage of him practicing his side kick at home. And he only was trained in Wing Chun which was primarily only a striking martial art? Where did he learn that side kick? I think he internalized it on his own after arriving in the US and saw it used in the karate tournaments that he attended. Maybe the Jhoong Rhee or Ed Parker tournaments. He just went home and practiced and practiced it until he was able to perfect it.
It's not surprising to me that since Bruce Lee demonstrated his 1 inch punch that no one else has been able to duplicate that style of punching he was a 1 of a kind martial arts icon he did alot of things no one could even other great martial artists couldn't duplicate what Bruce could do he was truly one of a kind
Elvis Presley requested several times to meet Bruce through mutual friends in the martial arts world, however, due to conflicts in their professional lives the meeting never happened as Bruce died.
Nice footage. Think I've seen some of these previously. Hopefully, Warner Bros. has higher quality definition prints from behind the scenes of "Enter the Dragon." in their vaults.
The one inch punch is actually a combination of several skills. The main skill that makes it work is not power, as your attention is drawn to, although it does feature lots of power. What surprises me is that he repeated the trick publicly so many times and it seems no one else sees it. And to answer your question, (2:17/min:sec) it IS practiced today, in dojos around the world. But the exercise goes by a different name and Bruce was probably the BEST EVER to demonstrate it. Hint, breathing, center of gravity, and TIMING are what make it work. And senseis LOVE to demonstrate it because it works well on black belts and even better on white belts. As always, liked, subscribed.(already)👍
I commend you for attempting to preserve this footage. It's deeply important to do so. When Bruce lived, digital video was very much in its infancy and was not really used, and it was nothing like it is today. But even AI with all it's amazing promises, has it's own limitations. Unfortunately, The AI colorization you used (early in your presentation) seemed to make it worse. 😔 This includes viewing it with a TH-cam player set to the 4k setting. 4K resolution for consumer media and television (including TH-cam) is 3840 x 2160 pixels, also known as 4K UHDTV or 2160p. This resolution has a 16:9 aspect ratio and more than 8 million pixels = 2160) May I ask what tool you used? AI comes down to what Model was used. Using a proper AI model that works on every frame of video, Uses pixel prediction and adding pixels produce the best results. May I ask what tool you used?
I’ve seen better fight footage from the 1930’s just Google a Joe Louis fight. Real Bruce Lee combat footage doesn’t exist, because he wasn’t a fighter. Beating up an extra on set, or One Inch Punch demonstrations isn’t real combat. I’ve heard the testimonials, but no footage to back it up. Bruce Lee is and always will be the most iconic martial artist in modern times,...but still not a fighter.
Please understand, the 1 inch punch is a theory put in motion. I learned and now teach it, but not as a fighting technique. 1 of my sifus who was 140 lbs, used it on my friend who was 6'7" and 325lbs. It blew him off his feet and into a wall 8ft away. He learned from Bruce and taught me. It jumped my hit power to a crazy level. Don't get stuck on what the video shows. Again, it's not a fighting technique, but a skill to better you.
I bugged Sensei John Carrigan to show me it 30 years ago. He had spent a long time perfecting it. He said "I will show you it half power because full power would seriously damage you". I thought, "How powerful can 1 inch be???" It blew me 20 feet across the room and was a total shock to the system. I had his knuckle print bruises on my chest for a month. i wouldn't ask to be shown it again, young and foolish.
I'm stunned that nobody is bringing mathematics into this. F = MA. Force equals mass times acceleration. Bruce Lee's acceleration was so fast, so even if the mass of his arm was low, his 1" inch punch was huge because of the force.
@@fred_2021 I agree. But we met on the set of a BBC TV series I featured in at the time, there wasn't any armor around. I bugged him for days, as I said, young & foolish.
That was a push and the way he was standing anyone could have knocked him over. In no way was he a grand master I knew Bruce Lee personally he was super talented but he was human
Considering Bruce Lee was officially 5'7", there is no way that person is anything more than 5'10" and 170 - 180 lbs. 6'4" person would dwarf a 5'7" guy.
This guy’s a grand master and was supposedly interviewed, in other words a person of interest and renown. If the claim is 6’4”, 220 lbs., I’m sure there’s a record and information somewhere. Anyone care to dig? Name, age, style, rank, height, weight.. ?,
Do you spend your entire life trying to discredit Bruce Lee or something? It’s like any info put out about the man attracts you Blattodeas and the next thing you know you’re leaving your droppings all over the comment section🤦♂️.
Bruce Lee was an artist, not a fighter. He would destroy an untrained opponent on the street. However, I don’t think he would’ve made it to the UFC if he were in his prime today.
@@deltabravo1969 You think like that because you have no clue as to what Bruce Lee was about. He wasn’t a UFC fighter, MMA fighter or Boxer. He was trained the way Monks trained and Ancient Martial Artist trained. He trained to use Kung Fu only in life or death situations and when there was no other option. UFC, MMA, Boxing etc etc are for sport. They’re for entertainment. They have rules. Bruce Lee wasn’t about fighting for entertainment and sport. To him Kung Fu wasn’t a game it’s a weapon. A weapon only to be used when you may have to try and kill someone. That’s something you new generation UFC fanboys don’t understand.
One troubling issue I have with anyone born after the boomer generation is that they view Bruce as a historical figure, a legend exaggerated beyond reality. To boomers like me, he was a real living being who I only saw once in person, but saw much of him on broadcast media and movies. 1971 just graduating high school, Gojyu Ryu since 6th grade and last two years of hs in Tokyo at Yamaguchi Gogen’s dojo in Ogikubo (5-7pm six days/ wk.,) early kung-fu movies started being released. 1973, his big movie came out and he died shortly afterwards. He was a real person with superhuman abilities like the people you see on Stan Lee’s program. And the Cat was real too. I did some interpreting for him when English-speaking guests came and once, of the only few things I remember from 52 years ago, he was asked about his experience as a pow in China and why he broke the wall and how he killed the tiger. He only came out to lead the class once in the two years I was there but I remember his clean bright white gi with a flaming red belt and his hair untied, gray streaks dry and thinning with age. I’m not giving details …yet.
bruce lee was nothing but an actor he never had a real fight in his life Yamaguchi on the other had was a real karate master lets not try and compare the two lol
jamesanagnos6123: I never heard of Gogen Yamaguchi’s actual fighting exploits and he was 61 when I was at his dojo. As the only English speaking student at the Suginami dojo, I did some translating when foreigners came to visit. That was 52 years ago and I remember very little about his conversations with visitors… just a little about his experiences as a pow in China. Although second hand, my Hong Kong friend, Raymond, who was about 7 when Bruce was involved in several street fights (Bruce must have been about 18,) heard of his superhuman fighting skills and witnessed the snatching a coin out of the palm stunt. It took me two years of training 6 days a week under the grueling regimen of a traditional Japanese dojo. Gogen’s son Gosei who was already in SF with his dojo was losing students until he changed his style of teaching and started pampering his students. I can’t fathom why you would disagree with Bruce’s contemporaries, champions and winners of tournaments who unanimously attest to Bruce’s speed and power. After I returned to Japan for my second year of college at Sophia University, I joined the karate club of the international division. There I met Bob. He was on his way back to CA after taking 2nd or 3rd at a Korean national championship- I tried looking it up but can only find records in English from Jhoon Rhee’s tournaments from the mid seventies on. I was a cocky first degree black belt and Bob was a stranger who came to class out of nowhere. I tapped on the shoulder and said “wanna spar?” He kicked the living hell out of me. Later sulking in the locker room, he came over and first of all admonished me for my arrogance and tried to console me for my feeble fighting skills. Bob was a 5 dan in Kyokushin and whatever rank in Taekwondo and third in Iaido. He was so fast that I couldn’t even see his yokogeri let alone punches. As fast as he was he said that he’d be lucky to get a punch in on Gosei Yamaguchi and Gosei in turn would be lucky to get one in one Bruce. Like the fast guns of the Wild West, reputations become widespread and guys like Bruce and Bob and Ed Parker get called out. Bruce, the likely father of MMA did get called out often in Hong Kong. Far more dangerous than MMA with rules and restrictions. While in Japan, Bob was involved in two street fights that I remember. The first was one on one and he handily won. The next I believe was revenge for the first against 11 guys. Bob broke his arm while sending 4 to the hospital. As I said it’s second hand but Bruce was involved in real fights. There are people who possess extraordinary abilities. I’m sure you’ve seen Stan Lee’s superhuman series. Bruce was superhuman in martial arts. Lewis, Norris, Kelly, Tyson, other luminaries and Bob say so. Why do you doubt them? To the other comment, right, Bruce died a month before the premiere.
@@jamestown4867 Gogen Yamaguchi not only trained in karate but fought in the russian japanese war from 1938/1945, he was sent to a prison in mongolia for 2 years , he did a lot of fighting during the war if it was not for his skill he would not have survived ,this is all facts but not only is it obvious he did a lot of real fighing , fighting for your life fighting there are also many rumers about him like the russians put him in a pit with wild dogs and he killed them all after that the russians gave him the nick name CAT because of how fast he moved, the man was a worrior thats why i said dont compare this master to bruce lee the actor
What made bruce lee so special was that he had extraordinary mental power tunnel vision along with unbelievable high discipline work out routine in witch he was able to master training his subconscious mind to do more than you think you can do witch is almost impossible to do witch set him apart from everybody else he was truly special a lightning bolt coming down to earth for a short period of time to mesmerize us all
The wold was lucky to have Bruce Lee for a short time and maybe that's all we could comprehend because it would have been hard to watch the fire slowly burn out
@@jamestown4867 Bruce never broke any bricks with his one inch punch , sure he broke boards and hit people who never hit back. He wasn't a Kung fu master. And Kung fu is not respected in mma.
I’m sure there are people who could perform that 1 inch blow, probably a shaolin monk because those guys devote most of their lives to master this stuff.
There are very few people who tap into an inner self realization of what they were meant to do in this short life , Many of us don't because of fear or discomfort . Bruce Lee was a man Who defied his own limits and said Yes I can And I will . and He did !
Wait a minute. I practiced the 1 inch punch so often, I got down to 1/4 inch. You want to know what the best martial art is? The one that is PRACTICED THE MOST. TOOK 1 YEAR OF PRACTICE TO GET THE INCH PUNCH and 2 years of refinement to get the 1/4 inch punch. Ooohh, yeaahhhh. Practice makes perfect. There's something else to this: I think you can explosive twitch any extremity to get a 1 inch punch or kick or palm ir elbow strike. I speculate. Took me 1 year to make serious progress on the 1 inch punch.
What everyone is missing on this post is that Lee's 1-inch punch was never a fighting application. Merely a demo on hip movement, weight shifting, and forward motion which Lee was indeed a master of and could apply to all his kicks and punches.
100% Joe Louis never fully grasped that. One can see he does not transfer the shift from the ball of his back foot up through the knees and into the hips before the energy moves through his torso and eventually into and through the shoulder down the arm into the wrist.
not to take anything away from Bruce Lee, I love him and he was a major influence in my interest in martial arts. Chinese martial arts and I'm sure other styles, include the technique of his one inch punch. People are doing it and have been doing it for a while, just not out there demonstrating it.
If you want to see someone using the 1 inch punch, and breaking multiple bricks, walnuts and many other objects. Then look up Chinese 1 inch punch videos. There are several guys that are so powerful and fast, it rivals Bruce.
The world suffered a great loss the day bruce died. Taken far too young he had so much more to learn to show to teach.. Forever Rest in Eternal Peace Bruce Lee The man The myth THE LEGEND..
It requires a tremendous amount of transfer of internal pressure,created by the core muscles, to the legs,then the punch itself. Ever try to imagine hold your ground while someone is slamming their entire body into you, and you only had less than a second to brace? That is what it is like,and very few humans, infact I doubt any ,have that core strength
Sifu Samuel Kwok demonstrates two types of one inch punch: the Bruce Lee's version; his own. I think you may find it on this platform. Note how much upper body movement Bruce Lee uses to deliver the one inch. Interesting.
The power Lee caused the Grand Master’s spine to bow outward from the shockwave delivered to the sternum. Both clavicles were forced inward at center because the entire rib cage was severely compressed to take the blow. Any harder could have potentially caused an aortic tear of the heart muscle. As is, the man lost his wind and can be seen clutching at his chest, knees up in complete systemic shock. Even a police beanbag at point blank out of a shotgun would not produce such a wave of power through the upper body. Lee could have easily killed him but had such control at all times.
Before there was Bruce Lee there was Billy Jack. No disrespect intended. Bruce Lee was one of my role models growing up in the late 60s early 70s when he passed. Much respect for Tom Laughlin too. What a great time it was to be a kid having men like these as role models. These days we have drag queens influencing our kids and it’s a downright shame.
would love to have seen the sparring or workout or fight with Bolo, I've seen still pics of both going at it on the set of ETD I've heard myths but I think the nearest to the truth was Bolo simply asking Bruce about a certain hand move he wanted to try out with Bruce..
Shigeru Kimura, 8. Dan Tani Ha Shitoryu, Karateweltmeister, 4x Gewinner Japanisches All Style Turnier, Dr. Physik und Begründer des Kimura Shukokai Systems, hat diesen One Inch Punch auch gemacht. Sein Leitspruch war: one punch - one kill.
Im trying to think,2024 could there be a fighter as fast or sharp as bruce lee,could a fighter get a glove or foot on this guy,i really dont think so,he studied martial arts to the point it totally took him to a new level nobodys ever seen or will see again,guy was a class apart
I would today on double level of the system don't prevent me from my talent from the day I Born a takes all my opportunities,, But I never stop perfect myself, and I Will show you I Will reach the double level in some point.
The one inch punch isn't used today because it isn't practical in training nor a real life situation. It's a power demonstration between two willing participants, nothing more. Besides, Bruce mastered it, watching anyone else try is just embarrassing. Most "martial artists" i've saw doing it ALWAYS pull their hand back at least 4-5 inches. :)
One thing I can guarantee is Bruce Lee would not spend one minute in a You Tube comment section he would be training ...this is why it is so easy to say negative things about Bruce ( it is easier then training)of all yhe people I have seen fight Bruce scars me more than anyone!
The 1" is in reference to the distance of the fist from the opponent, not the follow-through. If it was only 1", he wouldn't be making anything but surface contact.
B.R.U.T.A.L SPEED!
I have never seen anyone move like that. There are so many jealous people out there who want to say Bruce was just a movie star. Im going to take Jim Kelly's word for it. No one could beat Bruce Lee. Anyone looking at this film has to be astonished at that speed or they are just plain stupid.
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Thanks for the work you do to preserve and honour Bruce's achievements and legacy.
Bruce was one of a kind. To achieve what he did with all the odds against him was truly extraordinary
when people hate on bruce its cause he breaks there fighting ego
Yes they think tournaments are the way . there's rules on those.chuck Carlos Norris found this out when Bruce l broke his arm
Bruce Was Simply the Best Ever a Complete Force of Nature not Seen Before or Since
Brother we don’t show it ,more importantly why 😂
What do you actually think of martial arts,what does it stand for,plan English what does it mean,the highest level of learning a martial art is witchcraft and a trained to be a master, and I went to Hong Kong, and that’s where I learned that you have to pay a price,it more than you think, it’s a contact for your soul, so understand people GOD is real, and it’s collection time,so let’s see what happens
A Legend only lives ONCE! And, Bruce Lee was a Super Legend!!!
Wow thank you so much to share those incredible footage of these so iconic and unique superhero BRUCE LEE THE ONE AND ONLY OF HIS KIND🙏
I’m 57 was very young my first time seeing a Bruce Lee Movie 🍿 Instant love more than iconic the footage & music 🎶 are perfect with all the evil events going on in the world 🌎 this help thank you this man is more than missed 🔥🔥🔥
Same age and I still collect Bruce Lee items
I'm 57 as well, and was only 5 years old when my parents took me to see Fist of Fury on the big screen in Hong Kong. Imagine the impression that film left on my young mind! It sparked a lifelong passion for martial arts and pride in being Chinese.
Bruce Lee , The Greatest of all Time !!! ❤ je sign of my left Arm ! ❤️
I loved the footage on the set from 'Enter The Dragon'..I've never seen this before,the cast looked like they loved working ont that film..priceless bit of footage.
Look, if the best chinese fighter was chosen to beat Bruce Lee and miserably failed in a single round, no one in the entire world could. In all his films, without special effects, we saw how speed destroyed all his opponents. No one to this day...ever could match his personal self-discipline alone. Bruce is someone in 1000 years.
I'm sure there would be someone out there in the world who would actually be able to keep up with Bruce's speed or have something to properly counter his speed in some way. As great and as legendary Bruce's physical prowess was, we ALL have to remember that he was still *mortal/human* at the end of the day before anything else (and yes, I'm a Bruce Lee fan as well btw).
@@alsimmons4504 Legends never dies
@@namelessonewanderland3428 True, but they only live on as long as humans are still alive though.
Sorry but this is like all those aikido stunts 😂
@@wukongsun6223 sorry. Sir, but It's science. Kinetic chains.
Lee paved the way for future martial artists. He's the first one known world wide and inspired millions, myself included.
Lee, the Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson of the martial arts world. A generational talent.
People don't realize Bruce's whole body was a weapon..!!! He truly was gifted beyond measure with the things he could do. And i think a lot of it had to do with how in tune he was with his inner strength. That inner strength was projected outwards. You couple that with outer physical strength and the two combined is awesome. He surely put this cocky guy in his place awfully fast. And i knew he would all along. Besides all of that he was a great guy and a visionary in terms of combining all styles of martial arts into one form. That's what made him "Taboo" back in the day. Is that he embraced it all instead of just focusing on one aspect. RIP Bruce you truly were something very special.
Just looking at those last few kicks at the end of the video reminds me of what a special person Bruce Lee was. He will always be missed.
I was in a class with a 9th degree Korean who lined us up about 1 foot away from a wall, he did this and it felt like he hit you with a bat and then it hit my spine before I hit the wall. We all felt this way.
That was faster than the light years speed 😮 Bruce name will live forever in this world. RIP LEGEND 💪
Its just incredible how fast he was. WOW! He also has the worlds fastest recorded punch. If were walking down a dark alley, I want to be walking with Bruce Lee without question.
Perfection, his size shape name, cool as fck, nobody moves like him. The question if you could meet anyone from history, Bruce Lee would be my choice.
This is beautiful. What a treasure - a Gift - Bruce Lee was...Is?
That guys spine left his body for a moment
I love how this old footage is turning up
I'm stunned that nobody is bringing mathematics into this. F = MA. Force equals mass times acceleration. Bruce Lee's acceleration was so fast, so even if the mass of his arm was low, his 1" inch punch was huge because of the force.
it is more than that. he understood that every physical action causes an opposite reaction.
that means when trying to emit a force through the fist, the same force goes in the opposite direction. usually rooted into the ground or the inertia of the body. if you work with inertia, any part of the body can be the root or base. but the inertia is limited.
more or less unlimited is the rooting in the ground. the body is usually aligned symmetrically where the left foot is grounded when the right hand is pushing. the movement starrts in the middle of the body (dantien) and goes in two opposite directions, the left foot and the right hand. everything more or less at the same time. the inertia and the rooting together with the right timing releases enormous power. if you look carefully at the slow motion video, you can see the expansion of his rear foot.
he practically connects the fist with the ground and every body part including a turn of his hips, synchronous to his shoulders serves this expansion in a time synched manner. in tai chi - where he learned this - it is called 'fa jin', an explosive force.
exactly
I walked into 20 ton blast door. My internal organs carried on as my body came to an abrupt halt. That was extremely painful. I can now understand what being the recipient of a 1 inch punch would feel like!🤜🏼
Very true!
Its quite simple. Bruce will never be replicated. People always talk the talk and that's all it fkn is. Bruce had heart, spirit. He had soul, character and incredible magnetism. There is not a man living today that can even come close to his natural ability. Bruce Lee was and always will be a force of nature and that happens only maybe once in a lifetime. We are pleased to have the memories, the movies and the wisdom he left behind. I know he will forever live on in the hearts that truly understood him. Bruce. We love you. Always and eternally.
“Why doesn’t someone take a .45 and BANG-settle wit?” (Bruce Lee-Enter the Dragon) I can recite the entire movie, all parts, with the volume off. I was 10 when Bruce died. Studied Wing Chun for years. What a lost legend. 🙏🏽
I can't see Bruce Lee...oh, why you ask? cause I'll be too busy looking good 😊
'There was a girl at the feast, tonight.'
'Oh, which one?'
'The ownerr of this dart!'
Bruce dedicated himself with tremendous dicipline rigorous training and meditation. Something lacking in society today . Bruce was just built differently.
Dedication and practice does wonders...................................
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting....that cat was fast as lightning. We miss you Bruce. We still love you ❤
One of the Coolest Footage Ever! 😎😎😎👍👍
Bruce Lee was amazing & I have been saddened my entire life over his passing. I'm a black belt in Jidokwan Tae Kwon Do. Not even close to Bruce's skill level on my best day. Bruce was a visionary, and true leader in the martial arts & theatrical martial art movies. His movies from the late 60's and early 70's have better fight scenes than we have today.
What people dont realize is Bruce didnt participate in organized Karate because he wanted to be in movies that would reach world wide audiences. Back then, Karate wasnt popular with people. Bruce knew what he was doing and hit the big screen. But his fighting skillset was REAL! Bruce was not a person you would want to tangle with.
Bruce's beleif was that the core was so important in every move and strike. He trained his core immensly, that's the source of his power for this punch. No one trained like him.
Nobody in the US trains people the way he trained growing up. Go over to South Korea or China or Japan and train then come back to the US and you'll see and feel a big difference, even Gracie's will train people differently.
4:24 You can see from the flashlights that the photographers all missed Bruce's punch. he was just too fast 😉
Btw. some rare shots of Bruce in this video that I didn't know about.. thanks for that.. 🙏
呢個一代宗師，過咗一百年後，還有好多人懷念。
I liked that part of your film footage towards the end when it shows Bruce practicing both his back fist and side kick combination against that gent in the karate gi and on the set of Enter the Dragon. What dazzling speed Bruce had. Also, the footage of him practicing his side kick at home. And he only was trained in Wing Chun which was primarily only a striking martial art? Where did he learn that side kick? I think he internalized it on his own after arriving in the US and saw it used in the karate tournaments that he attended. Maybe the Jhoong Rhee or Ed Parker tournaments. He just went home and practiced and practiced it until he was able to perfect it.
Brother Beerdy, another great video to honor Master Lee... Thank you for all you do to keep Bruce Lee's memory and legacy alive :)
Thanks for the post.
You can see his spine bend at the moment of impact.😮
It is said that Ahna Capri from Enter The Dragon has footage of Bruce fighting a challenger, but she passed away. Where is it?
"The Most INSANE Piece Of Bruce Lee Footage" I ever saw was him playing real ping pong with nunchuks.
It's not surprising to me that since Bruce Lee demonstrated his 1 inch punch that no one else has been able to duplicate that style of punching he was a 1 of a kind martial arts icon he did alot of things no one could even other great martial artists couldn't duplicate what Bruce could do he was truly one of a kind
K.O. at 4:30?
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The karate guy is standing feet together it would be easy to knock him back,if he was standing in a defensive position he would be going nowhere.
Yeah everyone was in on the fake 🤥
Elvis Presley requested several times to meet Bruce through mutual friends in the martial arts world, however, due to conflicts in their professional lives the meeting never happened as Bruce died.
Nice footage. Think I've seen some of these previously. Hopefully, Warner Bros. has higher quality definition prints from behind the scenes of "Enter the Dragon." in their vaults.
The one inch punch is actually a combination of several skills. The main skill that makes it work is not power, as your attention is drawn to, although it does feature lots of power. What surprises me is that he repeated the trick publicly so many times and it seems no one else sees it. And to answer your question, (2:17/min:sec) it IS practiced today, in dojos around the world. But the exercise goes by a different name and Bruce was probably the BEST EVER to demonstrate it. Hint, breathing, center of gravity, and TIMING are what make it work. And senseis LOVE to demonstrate it because it works well on black belts and even better on white belts.
As always, liked, subscribed.(already)👍
I commend you for attempting to preserve this footage. It's deeply important to do so. When Bruce lived, digital video was very much in its infancy and was not really used, and it was nothing like it is today. But even AI with all it's amazing promises, has it's own limitations. Unfortunately, The AI colorization you used (early in your presentation) seemed to make it worse. 😔 This includes viewing it with a TH-cam player set to the 4k setting. 4K resolution for consumer media and television (including TH-cam) is 3840 x 2160 pixels, also known as 4K UHDTV or 2160p. This resolution has a 16:9 aspect ratio and more than 8 million pixels = 2160) May I ask what tool you used? AI comes down to what Model was used. Using a proper AI model that works on every frame of video, Uses pixel prediction and adding pixels produce the best results. May I ask what tool you used?
I’ve seen better fight footage from the 1930’s just Google a Joe Louis fight. Real Bruce Lee combat footage doesn’t exist, because he wasn’t a fighter. Beating up an extra on set, or One Inch Punch demonstrations isn’t real combat. I’ve heard the testimonials, but no footage to back it up. Bruce Lee is and always will be the most iconic martial artist in modern times,...but still not a fighter.
Einstein: "Nothing is faster than the speed of light."
Beerdy:
Fist comes back 2 inches
Then PUSHED forward 16 to 17 inches.
"Red belt 4th dan grandmaster"? What are you talking about, "Beardy"?
I get the idea that "Beardy" knows nothing about Martial Arts.
Please understand, the 1 inch punch is a theory put in motion. I learned and now teach it, but not as a fighting technique. 1 of my sifus who was 140 lbs, used it on my friend who was 6'7" and 325lbs. It blew him off his feet and into a wall 8ft away. He learned from Bruce and taught me. It jumped my hit power to a crazy level.
Don't get stuck on what the video shows. Again, it's not a fighting technique, but a skill to better you.
I bugged Sensei John Carrigan to show me it 30 years ago. He had spent a long time perfecting it. He said "I will show you it half power because full power would seriously damage you". I thought, "How powerful can 1 inch be???" It blew me 20 feet across the room and was a total shock to the system. I had his knuckle print bruises on my chest for a month. i wouldn't ask to be shown it again, young and foolish.
I'm stunned that nobody is bringing mathematics into this. F = MA. Force equals mass times acceleration. Bruce Lee's acceleration was so fast, so even if the mass of his arm was low, his 1" inch punch was huge because of the force.
@@RebelDean1 He would have been wise to insist that you wore suitable body armor. You was fortunate to come away with just bruising.
@@fred_2021 I agree. But we met on the set of a BBC TV series I featured in at the time, there wasn't any armor around. I bugged him for days, as I said, young & foolish.
@@RebelDean1 Well, as they say 'we're only young once'. Seems that you made the most of it though :)
Lee was ahead of his time.....
The Red Belt in Karate depending on the system is for 10th Dan in some systems 9th & 10 Dan's.
That was a push and the way he was standing anyone could have knocked him over. In no way was he a grand master I knew Bruce Lee personally he was super talented but he was human
Considering Bruce Lee was officially 5'7", there is no way that person is anything more than 5'10" and 170 - 180 lbs. 6'4" person would dwarf a 5'7" guy.
This guy’s a grand master and was supposedly interviewed, in other words a person of interest and renown. If the claim is 6’4”, 220 lbs., I’m sure there’s a record and information somewhere.
Anyone care to dig?
Name, age, style, rank, height, weight.. ?,
😂😂😂😂nice joke
Do you spend your entire life trying to discredit Bruce Lee or something? It’s like any info put out about the man attracts you Blattodeas and the next thing you know you’re leaving your droppings all over the comment section🤦♂️.
Bruce Lee was an artist, not a fighter. He would destroy an untrained opponent on the street. However, I don’t think he would’ve made it to the UFC if he were in his prime today.
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You think like that because you have no clue as to what Bruce Lee was about. He wasn’t a UFC fighter, MMA fighter or Boxer. He was trained the way Monks trained and Ancient Martial Artist trained. He trained to use Kung Fu only in life or death situations and when there was no other option. UFC, MMA, Boxing etc etc are for sport. They’re for entertainment. They have rules. Bruce Lee wasn’t about fighting for entertainment and sport. To him Kung Fu wasn’t a game it’s a weapon. A weapon only to be used when you may have to try and kill someone. That’s something you new generation UFC fanboys don’t understand.
Chuck Norris @ 05:32 looking badass like a Beetle or Noel Gallagher. Frreakin' Rock Star.
No one is doing it because it was a one inch push not a punch.
Thanks Grasshopper .
That's a good point
One troubling issue I have with anyone born after the boomer generation is that they view Bruce as a historical figure, a legend exaggerated beyond reality.
To boomers like me, he was a real living being who I only saw once in person, but saw much of him on broadcast media and movies. 1971 just graduating high school, Gojyu Ryu since 6th grade and last two years of hs in Tokyo at Yamaguchi Gogen’s dojo in Ogikubo (5-7pm six days/ wk.,) early kung-fu movies started being released.
1973, his big movie came out and he died shortly afterwards. He was a real person with superhuman abilities like the people you see on Stan Lee’s program.
And the Cat was real too. I did some interpreting for him when English-speaking guests came and once, of the only few things I remember from 52 years ago, he was asked about his experience as a pow in China and why he broke the wall and how he killed the tiger.
He only came out to lead the class once in the two years I was there but I remember his clean bright white gi with a flaming red belt and his hair untied, gray streaks dry and thinning with age. I’m not giving details …yet.
bruce lee was nothing but an actor he never had a real fight in his life Yamaguchi on the other had was a real karate master lets not try and compare the two lol
Didn't bruce Lee, die before enter the dragon was released in cinema's?
jamesanagnos6123:
I never heard of Gogen Yamaguchi’s actual fighting exploits and he was 61 when I was at his dojo. As the only English speaking student at the Suginami dojo, I did some translating when foreigners came to visit. That was 52 years ago and I remember very little about his conversations with visitors… just a little about his experiences as a pow in China.
Although second hand, my Hong Kong friend, Raymond, who was about 7 when Bruce was involved in several street fights (Bruce must have been about 18,) heard of his superhuman fighting skills and witnessed the snatching a coin out of the palm stunt.
It took me two years of training 6 days a week under the grueling regimen of a traditional Japanese dojo. Gogen’s son Gosei who was already in SF with his dojo was losing students until he changed his style of teaching and started pampering his students.
I can’t fathom why you would disagree with Bruce’s contemporaries, champions and winners of tournaments who unanimously attest to Bruce’s speed and power.
After I returned to Japan for my second year of college at Sophia University, I joined the karate club of the international division.
There I met Bob. He was on his way back to CA after taking 2nd or 3rd at a Korean national championship- I tried looking it up but can only find records in English from Jhoon Rhee’s tournaments from the mid seventies on.
I was a cocky first degree black belt and Bob was a stranger who came to class out of nowhere. I tapped on the shoulder and said “wanna spar?”
He kicked the living hell out of me. Later sulking in the locker room, he came over and first of all admonished me for my arrogance and tried to console me for my feeble fighting skills. Bob was a 5 dan in Kyokushin and whatever rank in Taekwondo and third in Iaido.
He was so fast that I couldn’t even see his yokogeri let alone punches. As fast as he was he said that he’d be lucky to get a punch in on Gosei Yamaguchi and Gosei in turn would be lucky to get one in one Bruce.
Like the fast guns of the Wild West, reputations become widespread and guys like Bruce and Bob and Ed Parker get called out. Bruce, the likely father of MMA did get called out often in Hong Kong. Far more dangerous than MMA with rules and restrictions.
While in Japan, Bob was involved in two street fights that I remember. The first was one on one and he handily won. The next I believe was revenge for the first against 11 guys. Bob broke his arm while sending 4 to the hospital. As I said it’s second hand but Bruce was involved in real fights.
There are people who possess extraordinary abilities. I’m sure you’ve seen Stan Lee’s superhuman series. Bruce was superhuman in martial arts. Lewis, Norris, Kelly, Tyson, other luminaries and Bob say so.
Why do you doubt them?
To the other comment,
right, Bruce died a month before the premiere.
@@jamestown4867 Gogen Yamaguchi not only trained in karate but fought in the russian japanese war from 1938/1945, he was sent to a prison in mongolia for 2 years , he did a lot of fighting during the war if it was not for his skill he would not have survived ,this is all facts but not only is it obvious he did a lot of real fighing , fighting for your life fighting there are also many rumers about him like the russians put him in a pit with wild dogs and he killed them all after that the russians gave him the nick name CAT because of how fast he moved, the man was a worrior thats why i said dont compare this master to bruce lee the actor
jamesanagnos6123:
Believe what you will.
“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.”~Mark Twain
What made bruce lee so special was that he had extraordinary mental power tunnel vision along with unbelievable high discipline work out routine in witch he was able to master training his subconscious mind to do more than you think you can do witch is almost impossible to do witch set him apart from everybody else he was truly special a lightning bolt coming down to earth for a short period of time to mesmerize us all
The wold was lucky to have Bruce Lee for a short time and maybe that's all we could comprehend because it would have been hard to watch the fire slowly burn out
Wide world of sports has the reel of Bruce and the tiger man,Linda said its only 17 seconds,tiger man tapped out
I HAVE! and the people were amazed at my power, one inch punished knocked people on their ass.
Never needed to win a tournament or title ...for he defeated his own limits and became the super version of himself.
How many bricks did bruce break with the one inch punch?
Bricks…
don’t hit back.
@@jamestown4867 yeah bricks don't hit back and neither did his opponents during his one inch punch bs
WTF does breaking bricks have to do with the one inch punch?
What is the “bs” you’re so offended by?
I’ve posted elsewhere under this video. RSVP.
@@jamestown4867 Bruce never broke any bricks with his one inch punch , sure he broke boards and hit people who never hit back. He wasn't a Kung fu master. And Kung fu is not respected in mma.
bricks hahaha he could not break ply wood bruce the flee was a joke a movie actor that was a tough guy wannabe
yes that was fast!!
I see Chuck Norris with Bruce Lee n 2 other men on the post. Do you have that footage?
Clickbait. I hate that. I don't care how good footage I will never ever hit for Beerdy.
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I’m sure there are people who could perform that 1 inch blow, probably a shaolin monk because those guys devote most of their lives to master this stuff.
There are very few people who tap into an inner self realization of what they were meant to do in this short life , Many of us don't because of fear or discomfort . Bruce Lee was a man Who defied his own limits and said Yes I can And I will . and He did !
Great statement!
i did it@ the YMCA 30 YEARS AGO after ju jitzo class with another student . dID NOT KNOCK HIM DOWN BUT HE WENT BACK 4 FEET
Kinetic chain.
Wait a minute. I practiced the 1 inch punch so often, I got down to 1/4 inch. You want to know what the best martial art is? The one that is PRACTICED THE MOST.
TOOK 1 YEAR OF PRACTICE TO GET THE INCH PUNCH and 2 years of refinement to get the 1/4 inch punch.
Ooohh, yeaahhhh. Practice makes perfect.
There's something else to this: I think you can explosive twitch any extremity to get a 1 inch punch or kick or palm ir elbow strike.
I speculate. Took me 1 year to make serious progress on the 1 inch punch.
Before Bruce started calling it, "the one inch punch" it was called ," short bridge power"...
Thanks didn't know that
Check out the no inch punch of Kurodaiya performed by Krishna Gopal
It's amazing how Bruce Lee can portray many looks of a ghetto China man to a more westernized China man. Now that's a real artist. 💯
Bruce was a big fan of Elvis Presley and the king of Lee.
What everyone is missing on this post is that Lee's 1-inch punch was never a fighting application. Merely a demo on hip movement, weight shifting, and forward motion which Lee was indeed a master of and could apply to all his kicks and punches.
100% Joe Louis never fully grasped that. One can see he does not transfer the shift from the ball of his back foot up through the knees and into the hips before the energy moves through his torso and eventually into and through the shoulder down the arm into the wrist.
not to take anything away from Bruce Lee, I love him and he was a major influence in my interest in martial arts. Chinese martial arts and I'm sure other styles, include the technique of his one inch punch. People are doing it and have been doing it for a while, just not out there demonstrating it.
My Sifu Robert Smith can and has. He put multi-color black and blue on my chest never had that before
Unblemished
If you want to see someone using the 1 inch punch, and breaking multiple bricks, walnuts and many other objects. Then look up Chinese 1 inch punch videos. There are several guys that are so powerful and fast, it rivals Bruce.
The world suffered a great loss the day bruce died. Taken far too young he had so much more to learn to show to teach.. Forever Rest in Eternal Peace Bruce Lee The man The myth THE LEGEND..
Would Bruce himself have allowed some else to strike him like that? I don’t think so.
I could be wrong.
It requires a tremendous amount of transfer of internal pressure,created by the core muscles, to the legs,then the punch itself. Ever try to imagine hold your ground while someone is slamming their entire body into you, and you only had less than a second to brace? That is what it is like,and very few humans, infact I doubt any ,have that core strength
Sifu Samuel Kwok demonstrates two types of one inch punch: the Bruce Lee's version; his own. I think you may find it on this platform. Note how much upper body movement Bruce Lee uses to deliver the one inch. Interesting.
Watch the videos of Master Tu Tengyao. Not Bruce Lee-level, but amazing force on the order of Bruce Lee.
Is the One Inch Punch, effective in real combat?
Yes. Bruce used it against a Judo world champion and won the fight.
He was special that’s for sure.
The power Lee caused the Grand Master’s spine to bow outward from the shockwave delivered to the sternum. Both clavicles were forced inward at center because the entire rib cage was severely compressed to take the blow. Any harder could have potentially caused an aortic tear of the heart muscle. As is, the man lost his wind and can be seen clutching at his chest, knees up in complete systemic shock. Even a police beanbag at point blank out of a shotgun would not produce such a wave of power through the upper body. Lee could have easily killed him but had such control at all times.
Before there was Bruce Lee there was Billy Jack. No disrespect intended. Bruce Lee was one of my role models growing up in the late 60s early 70s when he passed. Much respect for Tom Laughlin too. What a great time it was to be a kid having men like these as role models. These days we have drag queens influencing our kids and it’s a downright shame.
would love to have seen the sparring or workout or fight with Bolo, I've seen still pics of both going at it on the set of ETD I've heard myths but I think the nearest to the truth was Bolo simply asking Bruce about a certain hand move he wanted to try out with Bruce..
Shigeru Kimura, 8. Dan Tani Ha Shitoryu, Karateweltmeister, 4x Gewinner Japanisches All Style Turnier, Dr. Physik und Begründer des Kimura Shukokai Systems, hat diesen One Inch Punch auch gemacht. Sein Leitspruch war: one punch - one kill.
Im trying to think,2024 could there be a fighter as fast or sharp as bruce lee,could a fighter get a glove or foot on this guy,i really dont think so,he studied martial arts to the point it totally took him to a new level nobodys ever seen or will see again,guy was a class apart
YIP MAN
I would today on double level of the system don't prevent me from my talent from the day I Born a takes all my opportunities,, But I never stop perfect myself, and I Will show you I Will reach the double level in some point.
The one inch punch isn't used today because it isn't practical in training nor a real life situation. It's a power demonstration between two willing participants, nothing more. Besides, Bruce mastered it, watching anyone else try is just embarrassing. Most "martial artists" i've saw doing it ALWAYS pull their hand back at least 4-5 inches. :)
One thing I can guarantee is Bruce Lee would not spend one minute in a You Tube comment section he would be training ...this is why it is so easy to say negative things about Bruce ( it is easier then training)of all yhe people I have seen fight Bruce scars me more than anyone!
lol, and professional wrestling is real too!!!
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1” punch followed by 6” push.
The 1" is in reference to the distance of the fist from the opponent, not the follow-through. If it was only 1", he wouldn't be making anything but surface contact.
Neither of you know anything 😂 the power is generated in the upward wrist motion sending the energy churning in your guts, not just passing through!!
I've demonstrated it to a couple supposedly tough guys, they whined about a stomach ache after 🤣
Take it easy, don't stretch your mind after it's pointed out how wrong you are! You noticed he didn't stop moving beyond one inch! 🤣
its theater kids its been here for thousands of years