Why Ip Man stopped teaching Bruce Lee
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2021
- The movies always show a Bruce Lee coming to Ip Man as a kid to learn Wing Chun, but they never show how Ip Man stopped teaching Wing Chun to Bruce Lee, or how Bruce Lee had to stop taking lessons at Ip Man's school.
So let's take a dive into how Bruce started studying Wing Chun under Ip Man and what led to him being asked to leave the school.
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Looked up to Bruce best quote is “ don not pray for an easy life but pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
This is more prevalent for today's world with the woke and the machine taking us into uncharted waters!
@@truthseeker929 Hard times create the strong
Do not pray for easy life pray to be stronger men
Basically that one cod zombies quote from five
That quote came from Master ip originally if I’m not mistaken
48 years after, and we still excited hearing stories about bruce. 👍
Truth!
Yep
Most Definitely
ABSO FUKIN LUTELY ✊🏾
Yes
after so many years since his death, we are still obsessed with this guy. I don't know what more to say.
@Mindset Fitness I think he meant interested
No I am not obsessed by him, nor I care about him
It’s because Bruce Lee died owing me $50. A real untrustworthy cheapskate.
@@newagain9964 yes...I don't know why people worshiping bruce lee
@@dhammmaraja branding and marketing. The same with the Beatles or anyone/else that persists as some sort of demigod.
As a teacher it is a beautiful thing to see your student grow beyond your teaching. Sadder still is realizing you have nothing more to offer your student.
He was a bad boy but developed into a good man. People seem to slander him because of how he was before, but humans aren’t one or the other. He learned and became better, not just physically. Humans change, and are not just evil or just good.
Right on 👊 thanks for sharing 👍
Bro cheated on his wife when he died 💀
@@stev2170 once a thing is bad it will always be
I don't look on him as a saint. But tremendous respect for his focus and martial art.
He had much positives vs. his dark side. We can learn what to avoid and what to emulate.
no ying/yang,no zig/zag,what?
Very interesting! Nobody wants to say anything bad about Bruce, but I find it more inspiring that he started out as a bad kid who then made himself into a great man.
He was not a bad kid, he just believed in surviviving
@@mikelyles7330 That’s what bad kids usually do.
actually he was quite a teddy boy back then, fighting, dancing in the club, romancing the girls
I don’t think this makes Bruce bad it just makes him Human. I don’t get why people want to slander him now that he’s dead
@Benny who wants that ? He was just good at what he did . It seems haterish to try to dig up dirt !
I remember in 9th grade wrestling, there was a kid in my weight class that we all had a problem with. We would spar extra hard on him, and as a group wear him down and basically beat him up on the mat. It didn't last that long though. He got better at a rate much faster than the rest of us and by the end of the season he could consistently go match by match with each of us with no rest and he would beat us all. This story reminded me and think it is so interesting about Bruce Lees fast development.
Why did you have a problem with him?
You was bullying him. He wanted to beat your ass so bad.
@@BBWahoo Because he was better than them. LMAO
When bullying backfires. Good for your friend.
@@OptimusSatanas respect the dedication but not the character behind it. But you're right ngl
One thing that stood out to me and was relatable in this video about Bruce's youth is how confusing and difficult it is for a young man to grow up with a mixed background. Wherever that place is in the world and whatever the mixed race background is, it's a difficult environment to navigate for a young person. A lot of internal conflict as well as external.
And we all tell the same story.
Bob Marley was called „the german one“ because of his brown skin tone and he was always made fun of when he grew up.
Ain’t that crazy. I got a “white” Dad and a black Mom. You come into a world that has classifications, assumptions, ideals, and judgments about you (mind you ppl not as hugely “mixed do too) that aren’t even as well thought out, but can sting nonetheless. You have to be an individualist to some degree, and a self aware one at that. For me that’s why God is so important. You can’t put all your stock in your skin tone.
Even though most probably wouldn't be able to tell he wasn't 100% asian they still acted superior and racist towards him.
He was not mixed..
YEAH LIKE GROWING UP BLACK IN THE USA. FACING EVIL HATRED MURDER SLANDER LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE SOCIAL WARFARE DEMONIZED AND MORE. YEAH!
The “be water” philosophy comes from Chinese philosophy and Daoism, not Ip Man. Bruce was well read in Chinese philosophy. His major in university in US was philosophy.
Correct. Lao Tzu also taught the same philosophy.
Yes! So that's why Bruce Lee said Chinese Kungfu.
Taoism*
That's what he said.. pay attention, he said Ipman got him into daoism
He learned basics of daoism in China obviously, before learning about his own culture in American schools.
It is like saying Fifty cent learned the struggle of a gangster on his trip to Mexico when he met Mexican gangsters...
The mainstay of his Guru persona came from Krishnamurti.
I was in hong kong during the 1960s and everyone knew that wong sheung leung was a great master and bruce owed so much to him too.
Yeah Wing Chun trapping is pretty useful when used as parries
@Charles Schwabb unless you run out of ammo then you are screwed 🤣🤣😂😂
@@desperado1265 How much Ammo do you need tho
@Charles Schwabb ... but you know that "gun" isn't an answer to everything? If that was true, military and police Special Units wouldn't train hand-to-hand combat.
They know it's important, even though they are almost never in need to fight someone without their ranged weapons. But the hand to hand combat skills are still useful for them (even though they don't *fight* with bare hands in a typical sense of fight).
Why?
Let me explain, using some different example, closer to a normal citizen:
The *reality* (the facts) is that if you just "have a gun" by yourself (as a normal citizen, let's take that example first) and don't train anything of hand to hand combat, you are still probably gonna be in as big danger as before. The gun will just give you the false feeling of safety.
Why?
Because *over 80% of assaults happens in the distance of 4 feet and less* .
This is the fact not everyone can or wants to think about.
So, the *reality* is that when you are ever even attacked on the street, the most probable situation is that the attacker will start attacking you physically *before* you get to pull out the gun.
They won't be showing that they're coming at you from 10-20 feet away, like in the movies. They will close up first and then *suddenly start attacking* , hitting, pulling, throwing you on the ground or whatever else. Maybe stabbing you with a knife.
4 feet and less is a distance where you just (most of the times) won't pull out the gun and effectively aim, no matter how "fast hand" you consider yourself. And that's even when you *know* they will attack you.
But when you don't? Try imagining your face being beaten to a pulp, whole body kicked and punched. And try to pull out a gun in that situation.
And even if you manage, they will probably see that. They're conscious, they hasn't been beaten like you, so they just see your hand coming out of the pants with a gun, and they just take it away from you.
Bravo, you just gave your attacker a reason to kill you and a tool for that, both at the same time. Good job.
This is the reality of having a gun for self protection and not knowing anything about hand to hand combat.
So, what does these facts tell us exactly?
They tell us that to be safe on the street, you *need* to know at least basics of hand to hand combat and train them. Even (or *especially* ) when you have a gun. Because you need, during the dangerous situation, to work out a position and an opportunity to use the tool. Just *having* the tool won't be useful in majority of situations. It can be quite the opposite: it can put you in even bigger danger than if you didn't have it.
That's why saying: "Evven if he pulls out a knife, I will just shoot him. I don't need to train hand to hand combat, because I always carry a gun" is a terrible, dangerous crap that will get you killed if you think like that. Good luck pulling out your gun while being stabbed already 3-6 times, because, like I said, an assault *starts at the distance of 4 feet and less* most of the times, so the attacker with a knife already stabbed you several times, but of course, you are John Wick and you will pull out the gun anyway and kill him like a real spec op. No, you ain't. People like that don't know anything about hand to hand combat, so how would they even know how to work out an opportunity to use a gun.
They don't.
Also: that's why most of medieval fighting systems, that were designed to work *on the battlefield where normally weapons were used* , consisted of training *without weapons* in a big part of them (mostly wrestling). Why? Because they *knew* that you need to have the ability of close quarter fighting, and if you don't, you will be dead, because on the battlefield people are just so close to each other, that using your spear or even your dagger won't succeed if you don't *get the opponent on the ground* with your hands first.
They knew the reality of using the weapon. Of what you need to do *first* to be able to use a weapon.
Why don't we?
Ask any Special Units' instructor, they will most likely tell you same thing I just did.
You *need* to know at least basics of hand to hand combat if you want to be able to protect yourself with a gun.
Otherwise, you will just have a false feeling of being more safe. While being even less safe.
Therefore: hand to hand combat skills are actually more useful than a gun. Not less ;)
Have a good day ;)
@Charles Schwabb you cant carry a gun everywhere you go thats why hand to hand has a place in this world.
I read years ago that William Cheung was given the task by Ip Man to help Bruce. Ip Man never taught any of his students directly but used his more accomplished practicioners to teach the others, as pointed out in the video. Apparently Ip Man did have a soft spot for Bruce because he knew having Bruce who was already famous as a child actor learn Wing Chun would be good PR for their art and good for Ip Man. I read that Bruce didn't know some of the upper levels of Wing Chun because those were closely guarded secrets by Ip Man's inner circle. I read Bruce would sometimes try to get William to divulge some of the moves to a level but instead William would help by getting Bruce to a certain point in a maneuver and then instead of showing him the rest of it, he would stop and try to get Bruce to use his brain(logic) and common sense to complete the rest. This over time frustrated Bruce but I think that situation is what gave rise to Bruce's Jeet Kune Do. I believe that JKD was Bruce's answer to not having access to some of those upper levels of WC that he so desperately wanted but could not have. Maybe in time he could've but knowing Bruce I wouldn't be surprised if he was in a race against time and so the thought of waiting years if not decades wasn't an option. I read that when he became famous in America he told William to get himself ready for a one on one at some point in the immediate future. That day never came because not long after Bruce died.
William Chung trained under Sifu Wong and was Bruce's first training partner
Bruce was no longer allowed to train directly under Ip Man after finding out Bruce was not full-chinese blood (there are only 5 "closed door" students of Ip Man and Bruce is not one of them).
Ip Man got Bruce to train with Sifu Wong and this is where the street fights began that lead to Bruce eventually laving HK for USA.
The street fights came about by Bruce trying to test his skills while training under sifu Wong, not Ip Man (Wong was a street fighter himself, he learnt western boxing before he did Wing Chun). As David Peterson, another disciple of sifu Wong points out in at the end of IP man 1, HK was like a ghetto back then, this is also why HK wing Chun evolved differently to main land Yong Chuen.
By the time Bruce was in USA there was no Wing Chun, so it's no wonder he had to stop because there was no one to train with or learn from (Bruce only made it to Chum Kiu form in HK, he did not learn the pole, the dummy form or the knives)
We have Bruce to thank for bringing back starting to the martial arts, before then it was zero contact in competition and for bringing Wing Chun to the world. Wing Chun was closed to to non chinese before Bruce learnt and incorporated it into JKD (all of the moves begin with Wing chun to control the opponent then ends with flashy kicks).
This one is so inspiring i need more of it
Sifu William cheung here in Melbourne Australia ip didn't teach bruce all 10 levels only 7
I had the honour of training under grandmaster Cheung , can’t put a price on the things I learnt from that man I owe him much. Pure blessed to have his school in my city
In.australia ?
@@stevesalkas9128 yes, Lonsdale st Melbourne , I haven’t been in there for a few years now and not sure if grandmaster is still operating or not but I know his son Andrew has a school in Brunswick
Yes I haven't being there since 2014 did some muay Thai for while now getting on ...cheers
Ip man was one of Bruce Lee’s teachers not his only. Bruce understood that to be the best martial arts you needed to learn as many things as possible from as many sources as possible. Bruce is the innovator of Mixed Martial Arts.
True, he is like the father of MMA
I'm pretty sure Japanese jujitsu predates bruce lee
@@bruderschweigen6889 yea that's why they said mma did u read the comment? Japanese jujitsu isn't mixed martial arts...it's just a martial art
@@gabrielcurry457 dont you know?? everyone thinks ju jitsu is the end all be all now.
Bruce said he learned MORE from Wong Shun Leung than he did from Ip Man; Bruce probably learned some techniques from Gene Lebell & Ed Parker & no doubt others.
He added the fluidity of wing chun to the rigid styles that existed to create a better style that focused on ending conflict as soon as possible. His attacks were rigid and powerful while his defense and movement was fluid and hard to predict.
Nope.. he couldn't master Wing Chun by defeating IP man.. so he went off and developed his own version of it and called it Jeet Kune Do
the art of fighting without fighting.. it's a short range fighting style and turns opponents power back at them..
@@zsavage1820 flying side kicks are short range?
@@cruiser6260 flying side kicks are hollywood and video games bro... not actual fighting styles in most martial arts. there are NONE in Wing Tsun...
@@zsavage1820 he used a little win chun, his style was JKD. Even without flying as he did in movies, there's a full side kick taking a big step in. U can see numerous vids of him doing it to a big bag from 2 m awayp. That's not short range. We were doing it when I started jkd in 1982, only 2 yrs after he died. Jkd schools now are a joke from what I've seen.
As someone who was trained with Dan Inosanto and his students for over 20 years and also know many of SiGung’s original students, it’s rare to find someone who knows the truth about Bruce Lee!
What are you saying
What is the Truth please tell all of
us????
I know everything about him
I know how he moved
@@aquiredskill 🙄
Brag insert… then tries to tell others that many people didnt know the real Bruce Lee. 😱
I really enjoyed this my friend! Thank you for setting more of the record straight. Bruce is such an inspiration and it’s good to know there are people like you that care enough to put this really great truth out there!
Great information…I’m impressed with the historical data. For me, being a practitioner I admired how Bruce approach was deliberate and precise. It definitely makes an attacker think twice or stops them completely.
@James Alexander Come on dude, Lol…you went in hard…
@James Alexander be hard to say as a vegetable after you’re shown different
@@scottlaroc7396 lolol
@James Alexander the internet =convenient and relatively safe format for gutless pieces of shit who have no respect for other people, even dead legends.. And can easily slander them without the threat of reprisal..usually.
@James Alexander The people of Khmer can suffer.
It's inspiring every time I hear someone say they are on a journey to help people. Doesn't matter what capacity. Good on you mate.
Thank you for laying down No BS when it comes to Bruce Lee. You Seem to be a Honest Truthful Man. its a Pleasure to listen to you and makes me want to learn more from you.
Thanks for watching!👍
I've taken a break while I upgrade all of my gear, but I have a lot of cool stuff coming. Stay tuned! 🙂
I’ve been involved in the martial arts for fifty years or more, worked eight hours a day teaching…500 push-ups a day, 500 sit ups a day, and most important was running through Forested areas, where you run a path sort of like par core this day and age, sparing hours a day, and meditation…it’s so cool how training changes as we get older and wiser, I remember looking back to year five and wondering why I was so silly, then lookin back at year ten and same, again and again as long as you keep training doors open, and after forty years you look back and can see your achievements, and your failures…
I’ve watched Bruce lee at first five years, he was an inspiration, but I noticed that to many people had to always through Bruce lee in the mix..
Even myself I thought why put so much energy into some one else when you should be concentrating on yourself and what you need to be faster and stronger..
You can be the best in the world , but you have to look at what your body needs….my body is not like yours, yours is not like mine, we are all very different, the techniques that work for him, might not fit your body type…and so forth..you have to find what works for you….Find techniques in long length, short length, soft techniques, hard techniques, weapons training for your wrists and areas you can find without training a few weapons, again a long weapon, short weapon, double hand weapons…I taught a weapon form at a club little ways away, it was the first staff form from Tam Tiu. I found out later they are driving with the staff in backseat of car, if trouble they bring out their staff, I was furious….never taught weapons to another school ever again…you know it’s funny how much I hated tai chi also, but was made to train it or else…but I was more into Ba Gwa, Ying Yee, and Luk hup but fut, going on seventy, and you brought back a lot of memories, like running out of the theatre after watching Enter The Dragon, every one doing flying kicks play fights all down the street, and that week we hear on the news our hero was gone, I couldn’t understand finding something so precious, and loosing it as fast….
Thank you sir,
Really appreciate your honesty, boy oh boy did you bring back memories….
Thank you
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Mahalo for your video. My Sifu's are Jesse Glover and Taky Kimura. As we all know, James Lee was one of Sijo Bruce's friends. According to the story passed down from a friend of mine that is one of Jame's students, the reason Sijo was cut of from Si bak Ip Man's school was much more simple. It was more a matter of our Chinese culture and being humble. Sijo was still in touch with Wong Shun Leung, Leung Sheung, Hawkins Cheung a few others and of course, Si Bak Ip Man when he moved to the US and was constantly asking questions to continue developing his skills as he only knew the Sui lim tao and Bui gee forms when he left HK. He was still trying to master the Chum Kiu and Mook Yung Jong.
As Sijo became a rising star and started to make money, as what he thought would be a fitting honor, tribute and sign of respect, he bought Si bak a house. Si bak was actually taken aback as he was very humble and for Chinese culture, it's not how he wanted Sijo to revere and respect him. What he really wanted was for Sijo to simply spend time with him over dim sum meals! The house gift was too grandiose. So, Si bak informed all the students not to talk to Sijo anymore and discuss Wing Chun. Hence, Sijo started to create JKD to compensate for not having the Chum Kiu and Mook Yung Jong down. Of course, Si bak eventually forgave him.
You must be a special kind of asshole to be given a house as a present and consider it "too grandiose", that's chinese mental gymnastics at work there, you insult me by giving me house, you're not my friend anymore and I will make sure to tell everyone.
I’ve actually heard a similar story to this one. Thanks for sharing…
Yes, Bruce Lee learned kung fu from Ip Man, but they both had their own view/vision of kung fu.
And then they dueled each other over which way was correct destroying their bond in the process.
@@earthphoenix7068
No, they never dueled before.
Ip man never even tried to argue with Bruce about the correctness of his view/vision of Kung Fu, he let Bruce make his way peacefully.
@@lovematrixmore yeah. The other guy was probably joking and Bruce never had a sour relationship with Ip Man
@@earthphoenix7068 and where did you get this information from? Let me guess.. Fucking lame ass Hollywood?
He didn’t teach Bruce Lee Kung Fu he teached Wing Chun. Wing Chun and Kung Fu are completely different style of martial arts
Thanks for creating this channel. Much appreciated my man, Prince.
Dear Sir, many thanks for this video , adding to the evidence of higher-than-average motivation and dilligence of Bruce Lee when learning martial arts. Jip Mna´s contribution is without doubt and letting Bruce Lee go was just the way how to give more freedom to a a highly motivated an well trained young man further along the path of the modern-day warrior. All the best, and keep helping people, Paul, 67, retired instructor of Karate and fan of Bruce Lee and Jip Man as well.
I met Wong Shun Leung a few times when he came to London and in his stay and seminars I learned a few new techniques from him. I also had the honour one evening to have dinner with him, together with sifu Nino Bernardo, C. Potter and sifu Victor Kahn, in a Soho restaurant, and we had interesting talks about wing chun. Thanks sifu Wong Shun Leung; you were a great master and we lament your death.
Thanks so much for this video! I was formerly a student of Traditional Wing Chun and really love hearing stories like this. Very much appreciated!
The idea of being like water comes from Chapter 8 of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching." No doubt Ip Man would have taught Bruce Lee this not only as a life philosophy as mentioned below, but as a way of using his body when studying and practicing Wing Chun. Watching Bruce Lee, his body does flow like water.
Only one of the dozen or so translations I have actually uses the words "be like water." Most are closer to the translation by John C. H. Wu (Shambhala Press):
The highest form of goodness is like water.
Water knows how to benefit all things without
striving with them.
It stays in places loathed by all men.
Therefore, it comes near to the Tao
One of my favorite translations of Chapter 8 is from Professor Gu Zhenhkun (Beijing University):
The perfect goodness is like water.
Water approaches all things
instead of contending with them.
It prefers to dwell where no one
would like to stay;
Hence it comes close to the Tao.
A man of perfect goodness
chooses a low place to dwell as water,
He has a heart as deep as water,
He offers friendship as tender as water,Hw speaks as sincerely as water,
He rules a state as orderly as water,
He does a thing as properly as water,
He takes action as timely as water.
Like water, he never contends with others,
So he never commits a mistake.
I'm no martial-artist, but you've got me on a combo-watch of all your vids. Fascinating subject matter.
I also dig that you indulge in some memery in the edit, but your narration stays measured and you're still respectful while being critical. Subbed, bruh.
I'm totally confused why there are so many dislikes on this video. The channel host is all about positive energy & mindfulness. He's extremely well spoken & knowledgeable about martial arts history. Praise Buddha 🙏🏼👊🏽🦋
One of the best video of Bruce Lee i've seen. No bullshit, straight to the fact and not trying to make him a God. Great job. 👍
I'd say you got it completely backwards. If anything, this only makes Bruce Lee more legendary. It shows he wasn't some saintly child-prodigy and that he came from a place with a lot of personal struggle. He bettered himself through martial arts until he became the man that everyone loved. The entire portion of the video harping on the fact that "everything came from IP Man" seems too much like Goldenbell is trying to discredit Bruce Lee. Every person alive that betters themselves through any form of art, takes something passed down to them from a teacher or inspiring figure. And the reasons for Bruce's original interest in martial arts are irrelevant, because he went on to create his own school and clearly demonstrated a passion for what he did.
Bottom line is, he is a god. Or a legend at the very least. At the end of the day, it's about how far he came and what he accomplished, and no amount of focus on his young and foolish years, when he was growing as a man and discovering who he is, is going to do anything but polish his tale. All due credit to IP Man for being a monumental figure in Lee's life, but also, all due credit to Lee for defining himself and his own art before the end.
I find ip man much more interesting than lee. Also wing chun❤
@@Warrior_Culture God doesn't die!!!
Bruce lee was a human being and had many flaws like every human being does. He could not defy death! He died because he was overworked and over trained causing his brain to swell up, he suffered severe headaches and seizures months leading up to his death. Stop making him out to be a God and stop idolising and glorifying mere mortals.
@@Warrior_Culture
You lost any credibility in your argument the moment you resorted to Ad hominems and strawman fallacies but anyway I'll keep it short and to the point!
You wrote, " Bottom line is,he is a god. Or a legend at the very least. You clearly missed my point and instead went off on an anti religious rant!
Celebrity status is a social construct, and the more its enforced, the more famous people who have narcissistic traits are treated like a God rather than people and that's very toxic and your incoherent comment proves it. There is a distinct divide between appreciation and over-idolisation and it is important to acknowledge and honor that boundary. Such celebrities should not be looked at as role models or idolised in any other context besides appreciation for the art they create or participate in. There is no need to put them on a higher pedestal as they are just human beings like the rest of us!
@@AJ-il1lm8ph7z Wow, you ACTUALLY deleted your original comment and still want to argue. That's some next level low and pathetic even for YT. I'm heading out of this waste of time. Grow a spine.
Very good video series man. It takes some seriousness and maturity to do what you do. Thanks
Great vid, very informative. Well done & ty for sharing.
I would definitely say he was one of IP man's prized students. You can tell he definitely had respect for his master he even quoted one of his Masters famous quotes "be water my friend" I think once Bruce got away from the violence side of martial arts and into the more spiritual side of it he became not only a better man but he became a better martial artist because of it! That just shows his development from a young teen when he first started training with ip man through his filmmaking and later in his own memoirs! Bruce Lee finally became one with his own martial arts!
Yup. Once Bruce became famous around the world, he suddenly became one of Ip Man's prize students.
Except that by tradition a grand master would never teach a new student, that task was left for one of the other top students, ie, Wong Shoung Leung doing the practical teaching with Bruce.
Completely untrue. Yip Man was very unhappy with Bruce Lee's success and his offer of financial gain for learning VTK's 'secrets'. In fact, he eventually said something along the lines of never mentioning Bruce Lee's name in his presence, and forbid teaching him. Only WSL sort of tried to.
Tell me about legit fighters defeated by Bruce in ranked, recorded full contact fight.
@@thevingtsunclinic6531 my uncle was a student when Bruce went back to HK and visited Ip Man. Bruce asked Ip Man to spar with his student. Ip Man won and asked him to never come back (as per my uncle).
Thank you prince for speaking upon such a grateful person 🙏🏼 definitely will be watching your next videos !
Excellent, well explained history of an aspect of Bruce Lee's life that I was not aware of. I assumed it was a rumor style piece but it's a well-researched and well-explained insightful production. Thank you.
Ip Man rarely taught Bruce. It was William Chueng and other senior studdnts who did because Ip had little patience for beginning students.
If you dont mind me asking you grandmaster... do you have any books, or sources that would speak legitimately and true to the old way of this particular martial arts?
I would like to learn very genuinely :)
Outstanding presentation and very revealing history. Thank you! 🙏🏽
Thank you, that was great, and I did not know any of that until you informed. Wow, to You and Bruce.
Loved the video. Thanks for the history. Riveted.
Just discovered your channel and subscribed based on the high level of research and your straight forward presentation style. I’m 66 and was inspired by Bruce Lee’s struggle to make it in Hollywood … eventually doing so by way of becoming a big star in Asia. Thanks to you, I have a better understanding of all he went through early on in his life. Thanks again!
PS 1 million views in 6 months! Wow! 🙏🏻😊
Thank You 🙏
Yes, I'm pretty amazed by the views on this video.
Thanks for sharing an interesting aspect of Bruce's life... It's deeply insightful for those trying to learn and practice The Way. strength and peace 👍🏼👊🏼
First time seeing one of your videos pop up in my feed. Had to subscribe. Love this content and love how you present it.
Prince. I enjoy your objective and honest discussions on marital artists. Thanks for sharing.
Finally, someone that really knows Bruce Lee’s history.
BWAHAHAHA oh wait.... BWahahahahahahaha
Finally someone who knows why Bruce Lee wanted to learn Wing Chun.
This is a stupid comment
Another fine tale about the dragon.......
@@r3kk3n54 😂😂😂😂😅😅👍👍👍
Someone told me to watch your video. I’ve been in Wing Chun since 1970 and studied with 8 different Sifu during that time. Im not saying this to say that I know it all but I do know a lot about the history. I was skeptical at first but
I must say that you did your research. Kudos 🙏🏾
Thanks, I have many more Bruce Lee videos to come.
You learn wing chun but needed 8 teachers? Something wrong.
@Karl Peterson learning wing chun with 8 teachers means you are not satisfied with your one main teacher as is considered a disgrace to your first teacher.
@@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate
Not when it comes to Wing Chun.
In Wing Chun there is a saying 一门无二師.
Means within the same school/art/technique, one student does not baishi to a second shifu.
What this also clearly implies (practically in our face) is that Wing Chun has no problem with students baishi in other systems and learn multiple arts at the same time.
Also consider even “within Wing Chun”, you would have one shifu, but that doesn’t mean you have only one teacher.
As this video already showed: Bruce Lee also learned from a separate teacher than Ip Man himself.
Also if you take a look at Ip Man’s own history, he was learning more from his sihing‘s than his original shifu. (His original shifu having passed away when Ip Man was still relatively “young” in the school/system).
@@reallifeengineer7214 dont need 8 teachers to learn wing chun.
thank you for your research and work. your energy is appreciated.
Very Very well done video!! I am impressed and I am definitely subscribing!
FINALLY someone who is able to take Bruce out of the “godlike “category and present him as a FLAWED HUMAN BEING
Bravo to you sir
You took the words right out of my mouth... in a figure of speech.
You where waiting all your life for this? Uh?
@@Cris5598 Maybe. At my age age I sometimes forget things. I might have happened before. But I still appreciate your candour.
@@joejacquesschulz8514 Tbh this is his training arc to Godhood.
@@ethanneal9903 I am not sure I get it but I am sure you mean well, so thank you.
I was bullied badly as a young kid and started training Martial Arts when I was 11. Of course I always knew who Bruce Lee was but it wasn't till I was about 17 and got my first BB that I really started studying him. There's so much people don't know. No matter how much times passes I can't imagine Lee ever not being relevant.
In the line of battle you will never learn complete Martial arts is a sea and your Black belt is only a drop
wow cool! what did you get a BB in when you were 17?
Great video, so much depth and knowledge. I don't know much about Bruce Lee and the legend of Ip Man apart from many happy hours absorbed in their films but now I know more. Thanks for the video.
Very informative. Thanks for the great vid.
Thank you for this precious video. I'd say that training properly and having a pure heart makes you stronger than anyone or anything.
It was said that Bruce never completed his training with Wong Sheung Leung, and he was never taught directly by Ip Man. His basic understanding of Wing Chun also led him down a very external approach to martial arts, where he used more ‘Li’ (brute force) than ‘Jing’ (refined force). Unsurprisingly, Linda Lee said Bruce often broke his Wooden Dummies, a telltale sign of his over reliance on brute strength. The man was cocky as hell too, but the moment he got famous, everyone seemed to want to be his friends or share some of his fame. He was a prodigy though, and his life was cut too short. I’d imagine he would eventually complete the circle and gain enough wisdom in his old age, had he lived.
Or he would have unlocked new knowledge in harvesting efficient power output. That would have been very interesting to see play out.
LOL "at the emphasis of Li/strength" this is just not true, he had very explosive "ging/jin" or whatever you want to label it and I would say, had the perfect balance of athletic attributes.
You know what you are talking about! I agree, in the 80s I bought a great little self published book by Jesse Glover and it was his opinion that Bruce was always a Wing Chun man and that he was coming back to the art near the end.
When I read his writings now I see so much of what my Chinese teachers have taught me in the more esoteric things he said and I realise that Bruce must've really listened. When he was in America studying philosophy I think he was really trying to work out the nature of the Tao etc. I agree with you that his art was mostly external but he indicated that he used some soft ideas and I remember in some book ( of the too many I have read 😀) that he said 'The way I fight on Film and the way I fight in reality are two very different things'
Of course it's the fashion now so many years later for people to have strong opinions about Bruce without being over anywhere near him. I've been a fan since 1967 but in the end all I know is what everyone else knows from movies and books and Doco's and I've had the luck to know a few Wing Chun elders who actually knew him.
There is a picture of Lee doing Chi Sau with Yip Man. Sources I've read had him training with Yip Man... But Yip was an opium smoker, so ...
I'm still tryna figure out why everyone is always up his ass when he wasn't even a master just a movie guy
Oh! You're a brotha who loves Martial Arts? FOLLOWED!!!!
GLAD TO BE HERE!
Fantastic video, my thanks!
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It would be amazing if Hong Kong produces a Wong Sheung Leung movie, and a part 2 of him teaching Bruce. That'd be dope! Good job making this video!!! It's quite accurate! It's what my Wing Chun Sifu taught me too!
Supposedly, Wong Sheung Leung was in a cut scene in Game of Death.
I've been thinking exactly about this 100%. With the popularity of the ip man movies and the legend of Bruce Lee TV show in China I could def see an interest in The King of Talking Hands, the guy was a literal walking kung fu movie script. There are stories about him going literal "dojo busting" and defeating a lot of fighters from schools outside wing chun, would watch and love every minute of it.
@@AE86Trueno701 The Ip Man movies were a joke. It was all fictional bs.
@@mrt445 of course u netflix..
Where can someone go to learn Wing Chun?
This was on point and definitely one of the few historical facts on Bruce Lee’s early days. 👍🏾
Thank you so much, this is amazing and honorable work!!
Sir, you’re very close to getting that UA-cam button plaque! SUBSCRIBED! I enjoyed this video on Bruce immensely. Thank you…!
Excellent video. Bruce Lee was a young person who had a massive ego but no direction and Ip Man is who helped him become more than what he was going towards.
I wonder what Ip Man was like in his prime. Bruce Lee is amazing but knowing more about his master is even more amazing to me imo
I read a story about lp Man and he was very talented early on. This was several years ago.
Wow, very interesting! I really enjoy the way you present this information, definitely checking out your other videos. You've a new subscriber!
Very informative video. Thank you !
🙏🏽 thank you sir for this video.
Very informative, I'm always intrigued about new information and facts on Bruce Lee's life. I think the thing that made Bruce Lee stand out amoung his counterparts was that he was never content in one stlye of martial arts but his ability to incorporate the different styles of martial arts that could be applied in different scenarios. Great video👍
My friend you are Beyond awesome with this video I just started following you because of it... to tell you a little about myself I started out Taekwondo and boxing and wrestling... I was finally able to get my hands on the Bruce Lee's fighting method... it's really awesome the way Bruce Lee could tie one art into the other and his Jeet Kune Do... I look forward to more of your videos and looking into the ones that you've already made... keep up the good work this is good stuff
Thank you man. The most definitive true account of the great mans life I've seen to date, so much rare footage I've never seen. Thank you and keep up da good work.
Really well done,my brother Prince! Thank you.
Thanks love how you broke it all down I learned something new today I'm very impressed by this story
This content is dope! Looking forward to watching all the older videos and new ones coming out soon.
Glad you like them!
Thank you for the information and bgm
UA-cam channel of 2022, hands down. Blesssings come in iconic videos as such.
When you can, I’d love to see a deep dive into his personal philosophy. 🙏
What the spoke man has said, is consistent with what I read in magazine and news articles years before and years after his death.
Thanks for Sharing Prince
I’ve never come across this channel until a couple of weeks ago I’m a life long martial artist and Bruce Lee fan and am now happily subscribed to this channel but wanted to say I get a really good vibe from the guy who presents this he’s good in many ways and cares about what he is saying and seems very sincere good luck to you now and in the future
I appreciate the effort, research behind this. I knew this already from many sources so far.
This is the best compilation.
Adjust the colour n background, 😂😂😍😍😍👍👍👍
Keep doing stuffs like this.
I am so glad I found this channel! 🙌🏾 this Bruce Lee stuff is great!!!🎉
Really great inforative video, thank you so much
Thanks for watching 👍
Great information Prince. Thank you
Great content man and train on! Blessings and mad props for the video.
I enjoy well-thought-out opinions, so I subscribed for more videos.
Remarkable. I just discovered your channel. I’ll keep watching because I’m fascinated by martial arts👍
Thanks for sharing, I truly enjoyed your storytelling style. Fast and quick information so we better pay attention.
This was a great breakdown, happy to hear its a series.
This is one of the coolest videos ever!
Thanks for sharing this content! I like your mission statement at the beginning. I’ve studied for 34 years and appreciate all martial arts.
Thank you, well done video!
Hey man, this is compelling content.
I'm learning stuff I never knew about Bruce Lee.
This was a great and informative show. Keep them coming
Nice voice and vibe thanks for your work
Great post brother, this gives great perspective
Thanks for watching 👍
Great video. Very informative. Keep up the good work!!
This is very accurate. Studied under grand master Moy Yat and had the pleasure of meeting Wong Shun Leung in 1996 as a 12 year old boy. He was so kind and playful with me. Rest In Peace to all the all time great and to Sifu for taking in this Latino boy from a dysfunctional family as one of his own. Love you sifu!
Just found you. Wonderful presentation. Thank you 🙏🏽
I was fortunate enough to find a student of Dan Inasanto's in my state that opened their own school here. He showed me that I actually self taught,practically on my own kickboxing, wing chun and kali for about as long as I can remember and I naturally applied JKD concepts from other martial arts instructors most of my life,not even realizing thats what I was doing! I mostly just followed (Bruce's) notes in tao of jkd and ignored the hollywood drama. It would be such an honor to train with Dan himself one day if I had the money. Anyway, I appreciate the video you put together it verifies much of what I always knew and explained his personal life in China in a way most documentaries and movies failed to touch on! Well done sir! I will be following.
Well said! I will be retiring in the Philippines in a few years at a ripe old age. I can't wait to learn Dan's form of stick fighting and Filipino martial arts. I'm too old to be any good, but old enough to know they will do me good. Goju ryu, jujitsu, aikido, and judo background. I'm old and out of practice but I know how and where to punch, kick, lock, and punish. I'm just old and would love to have some exercise with my walking stick. I hope my stick just walks and walks and walks with smiling faces my walking stick passes. Peace.
I've read or heard a lot about Bruce Lee. I was pleasantly surprised by your knowledge of his history. What you had to say made a lot of logical sense, something that is rare when the topic of Bruce Lee comes up. Thank you!
bruce lee was not a martial artist..he try but never gets that level
@@abrahamgonzalez4690 Why would you say that? What level do you need to reach to be a martial artist? Are you referring to rank?
@@Docinaplane don’t spend your time on these trolls. Literally almost no one agrees with them. They are in the minority
@@Monkforilla Thanks for saying that, friend!
@@Docinaplane take care my friend !
Thank you. I really enjoyed watching this video.
I started learning the Korean martial arts to combat bullying, in my adolescents I met a kid who's dad was into karate and was from Okinawa..mixed martial arts is very prominent in Kansas..I still use multiple forms when I meditate..I just stumbled on your channel, good content. 👍
Great video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching 👍
I was fortunate enough to meet Sifu Wong at a seminar in the early nineties. During practice I pretended not to understand a technique so I could practice it with him. Was just a few seconds though but I will never forget it.