Comments on: Bruce Lee Mythology

By: Connor

Connor — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:44:45 +0000

sorry this is two years late.

But, i do think that many of the feats of Buce Lee weren’t true. there are also many sources and quotes from people he trained with and his friends that say how he was always training and was obsessed with getting to physical perfection. I do not think that Bruce Lee was the best martial artist of all time, but i do think that he was certainly one of the best, if not the best to be publicly recognized.

I feel that this article is completely accurate and there is certainly too much talk of Bruce Lee’s mythical acts, but that it is not giving enough credit to the feats that Lee did accomplish that have evidence to back him up.

Bruce Lee was one of the most influential martial artists of all time.

By: tandao

tandao — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:03:20 +0000

Your comment is as real as you can get.

By: karate gi

karate gi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:07:26 +0000

RE: “is Bruce Lee, as some claim, the greatest martial artist ever? ”

It’s hard to say, you need to define what a “martial artist” is.

If you mean the greatest fighter ever, then I would have to say no.

However, I would have to say he is one of the most recognizable and influential figure in martial arts to both the lay person and martial artists.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:51:56 +0000

Arnuld, thank you for your thoughtful questions and observations. Please see the 3/30/09 No Style post in answer to you question.

By: arnuld

arnuld — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:51:17 +0000

I agree with you on this, mostly but not all. Yes, Bruce Lee couldn’t catach grains with chopsticks. I only remember his kick on the shoot of Game of Death. He practiced this kick 300 times before shooting it. I think this is true because me and you can do that too. There is nothing extra human about it, just dedication, which 95% of the population lacks.

2nd, I agree that Chinese Martial-Arts tradition is much more dense and older that Bruce Lee himself. I, myself found people which are as good (or may be better) than Bruce Lee but they never came to light. Just read about Huo Yuanjia, the Mizongyi master. He was a patient of Asthama since his birth but he mastered Mizong Luohan, or read about Gama, an Indian wrestler who kept an opponent (two times bigger than his size) beneath himself on ground for straight 2.5 hours and the opponent whould hardly move. Gama was the most amazing thing I have seen. He died in 1910.

We never hear about these people. Also we never hear about the hashish Bruce Lee took sometimes. Even after all this, I still say he was a great Martial-Artist.

I want to ask you a question. Was Bruce Lee the first one who invented the idea of having no style but being practical to the current fighting situation. Was he the first and ony one who created the core of JKD, being shapless and styleless, that man as a human being is more important than any established Martial Art ?

I am seeking the answer to this question from a much longer time.