The fact that 70 year old men are looking back and talking about how a 30 year old man impacted their lives just shows how special of a man Bruce Lee was.
@@christopheclugston Hi Chris. I meant "around 70" but didn't feel it necessary to type that because I knew most people aren't so dvmb or literal to believe that I believed they were ALL EXACTLY 70. Joe passed at 68, which is two years shy of 70, which is "around 70." Hope that helps. Now go rest yourself.
@@uncletony6210 I just don't understand to me I think living longer is the champion🏆🏆 I mean people are living to be a hundred years old women 80 years old or more and men too I consider them champions. Is like their engines still running or their heart still working, but then you get this guys that are big movie superstars, martial artist superstars, sports superstars, weightlifters champions, and they die early in the 50s before they reach their their mid 60s you call them champions well I do but the real champion are the ones that live to be 80 and above....🏆🏆🏆🏆..... I'm 68 and I hope God bless me too live to be a hundred I study martial arts too and I work 50 years of my life I'm doing pretty good....
Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc s ammer.
One of the cool things about this video is that even though these men are at the time of filming past their prime, Danny Inosanto had yet to get his black belt in BJJ, and today he is still training teaching and progressing. Joe Lewis R.I.P. continued teaching until he passed away, and I was happy tp have been to one of his seminars, so that torch was passed by both men and the flame of Jeet Kune Do keeps on burning.
I actually spoke to Joe over the phone in 1991,got his phone number out of Black Belt mag at the time.we talked for a good 7-8 maybe 10 minutes about his his exhibition fight with Bill Wallace,the first upcoming Tyson-Holyfield fight,& a bit of seminar talk.we didn't talk about Bruce Lee,he probably was so glad maybe.but to talk to him was a experience.super smart,highly knowlegeble.R.I.P Joe Lewis.
Mr. John Little who produced a biography (A Warriors Journey) about Bruce that included the complete footage of Bruce's unfinished Game Of Death mentioned that Mr. Herb Jackson who was one of Bruce's original students at his Chinatown school in Los Angeles was told by Bruce to go ahead and spar Joe Lewis who came to visit Bruce at his school. During the sparring session, Lewis was taking it pretty seriously and did an open clap hand technique on Jackson's ears that buckled him to his knee even though this was supposed to be a friendly sparring session. Herb Jackson mentioned after the fact that he thought that Lewis had popped his eardrums. Herb mentioned that Bruce was pissed at Lewis for doing this to one of his students and asked Jackson for the gloves so he (Bruce) could spar Lewis. Now over the years Joe Lewis claimed that he never sparred with Lee but Jackson said that he's a liar because he (Herb Jackson) and another one of Bruce's student's (Ted Wong) were both there and saw it stating that Joe Lewis could not touch Bruce at all, that Bruce was popping Lewis consistently while moving "in and out" during their sparring session. Afterwards Jackson stated that Bruce mentioned to him that he just wanted to make Lewis understand and realize that he (Lewis) did not have "all the answers" when it came to fighting/sparring.
@James Deen Well I'm not going to argue with you about this because apparently you don't have sense enough to do any RESEARCH first before making the asinine statement that Mr. .Lee never sparred or never had a school when all you have to do is GOOGLE it. You'll see photos of him "front and center" in photos that were taken at both his schools in Oakland and Los Angeles' s Chinatown District in California. On top of this, there are various videos here on UA-cam that clearly show Mr. Lee in his schools demonstrating "chi sao" (sticky hand) techniques as well as at home with a number of his students demonstrating various kicking techniques. . So I'm going to assume that your one of those ignorant Bruce Lee haters who definitely is "all mouth" with nothing to back it up, So maybe you, my friend should be the one to do exactly what you are expecting me to do which of course is to STFU and use what little intelligence God gave you to do as I made the suggestion of which is to RESEARCH first before anything else you care to comment on in a negative fashion about a man who will continue to be idolized, revered, and talked about long, long after you are gone from God's Green Earth, sir.
Thank you for this comment because there are BL NAYSAYERS like Steve Ferry, David Hughes, and others say that Lewis said ( and also Dan ), saying Bruce was no fighter. BS!!
This is absolutely amazing to sit and listen to Dan and Joe talk about Bruce when so many over the years have referred to Bruce as strictly an ACTOR and not having the ability to actually fight. I would like to thank you for uploading this incredible footage.
@@postersandstuff Lee was not good at sparring he was surrounded by cameras all his life yet no footage of any fights Lee concentrated on drills not contact he needed his looks for the TV
In the book "Bruce Lee: A Life" by Author Matthew Polly, Bruce stated that Norris wasn't what he consider to be a good fighter, that what he was doing was nothing more than a "game of tag" as far as in the way and manner that marital arts tournaments were conducted back in the 60's to mid 70's. He considered Lewis and Mike Stone as fighters.
There was actually a fight between Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis. It happened in a locker room. Joe came out of that locker room and told everyone listening that "He got me"!
Great interview…Joe Lewis as bad ass old school fighter as u can get and the father of professional American full contact karate- GironDam Inosanto-a literal encyclopedia of martial arts and history with the incredible speed and ability to demonstrate it even at his advanced age-two legends that I hope the new school can appreciate how great these two are and their contributions to the martial arts
It's interesting how Dan mentions both Scott Loring and Bob Bremer, yet doesn't tell the tale of their sparring match at Bruce Lee's Chinatown school. At the 1967 Long Beach Internationals, Bruce introduced full contact sparring gear to the martial arts world and that sparring gear was regularly used at the Chinatown school. Bruce recruited several of Ed Parker's students (e.g., Bob Bremer, Dan Lee, Steve Golden, Larry Hartsell) and Parker was not happy about it. Parker student Scott Loring probably took the most offense to these defections, so he visited the Chinatown school and asked if he could spar full contact with one of Lee's students. Dan considered Bob Bremer to be the best fighter of the Chinatown school, so he asked Bob if he would spar against Loring. Bob accepted the challenge and their brief sparring match ended with Bremer straight blasting Loring into a wall.
The reason is because Scott Loring schooled Lewis in sparring since Lewis himself is on record saying Loring was one of the toughest kids he fought, as you hear in this interview. I assume Inosanto didn't want to humiliate Lewis since Bremer pummeled Loring with ease. So imagine what Bremer would do to Lewis in a fight, let alone Bruce. Bruce would have destroyed Lewis and buried him in a real fight.
@@shamounian - perhaps - perhaps not - if A is better than B and is better than C it is assumed A is better than C - but sometimes real fights don't work out like that - I've seem many examples of this.
joe Lewis was a point fighter and point fighters doesn't understand the continuity in movement or fighting. they create bad habits in point fighting. teach them how to move, teach them the continuity in fighting and a tall fighter like joe Lewis becomes a different story, a different fighter.
@@shamounian Not to discredit any of your information or comments.but can the ability of one fighter be specifically judged by one fighter's success in beating another ? Let me give you an example of my reason for asking you this. Muhammad Ali had trouble whenever he fought Joe Frazier...but George Foreman dismantled Frazier...and Ali beat Foreman. I realize I am using Boxing compared to Martial Arts but I find it difficult to use that thinking as an actual mesurement for one person beating another when they are all highly trained ?
I also attended a Joe Lewis seminar. Maybe 81, 82. In Spring Lake ,NC at Johnsons school.i was from Sewells Chinese Kenpo in Goldsboro, NC. Joe was a great teacher and person. Thanks for your shared information Danny Insanto. Rip Joe Lewis , Bruce Lee, and George Sewell. Thanks to thier families for sharing thier knowledge and time to.
The core arts of JKD are Wing Chun, Boxing, and Fencing. The Seattle period was comprised of Bruce Lee's modified (e.g., Jun Fan Gung Fu) Wing Chun. The first year or so of the Oakland period maintained the JFGF structure, but after Lee's fight with Wong Jack Man, he began to incorporate Boxing techniques into his fighting method. Oakland student Leo Fong was an amateur boxing champion and after Bruce told him about the fight with Wong Jack Man, Fong encouraged Lee to incorporate boxing punches and angular attacks to his fighting method. A day after this discussion, Leo went to James Lee's home and found Bruce working on hook punches in James' garage. Six months later, Bruce called his "new" art Jeet Kune Do. Bruce then added Fencing (e.g., Lee's brother Peter was a Hong Kong fencing champion) to the JKD structure and his students from the L.A./Chinatown period reaped the rewards of this inclusion. The forward lunge, broken rhythm, steal a step, and the Hammer Principle became staples of Lee's fighting method.
@@kamlam1283 Yup, and with no boxing experience, Bruce also won the Hong Kong High School boxing championship by defeating 3 time defending champion Gary Elms.
@@jerommelewis Nope, Bruce began to incorporate boxing techniques into his ever evolving art in January 1965, and he began to collect film of Ali's boxing matches in early 1968.
Joe speaks very respectful of Bruce Lee. This is interesting because most of the things I have heard on social media is that Joe never gave Bruce credit for his martial Arts ability....never pay attention to. b.s. unless you hear it for yourself !
I went to a seminar with Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis, I think it was ‘88 or ‘89. Joe taught a fast punch that he said Bruce taught him. He only spoke highly of Bruce in front of me at that seminar.
@@nphare And rightly so, but Did Joe say Bruce was a fighter ? If he did, he contradicts what he said in the divine wind interview. He said in that interview that Bruce was not a fighter, he was a great teacher, He also says he never sparred with Bruce or saw him spar.
Love ❤️ listening to those who train with Bruce like close friend Dan joe chuck bob bolo Nora all etc amazing memories thanks guys from AOTEAROA or new zealand
I believe there are more videos not released to the rest of us because of legal& personal reasons,so this video is a treat by 2 greats.i actually spoke to Joe over the phone in '91 for about 10 minutes.R.I.P. Joe Lewis.
Everybody like Bruce Lee back in the day he treated everybody with respect from a lot of his biographies and his wife and everyone said he was a young punk like everybody else yeah she was cocky until he settled down and started teaching schools he started teaching people and learning from them as well but he never treating people disrespectful at least all the stories I read about them
Create your own training target. I did created mine by upgrading free standing pull up bar and ceating double end speed bag like figurine and I will never ever regret it, I love it. It does not mattetr how much money you have or dont have, it is all about going for it.
@@concac314 You fanboys are divided on your opinions of Chuck. Half of the fanboys say "Chuck Norris will tell you Bruce was the real deal", and the other half say "Chuck is an asshole for not admitting Bruce was better than him". If you ever have a deluded fanboy convention, you will be fighting among yourselves.
Yeah,none of those guys never really gave Bruce his real due,they were envious of his ability,knowledge,build,his ability to convey knowledge to others& his charm.Chuck was very wayward about Bruce,but was very standoffish about Bruce's ability.i find it really fascinating that these guys still talk about Bruce,incredible.
Notice, Danny is doing most of the talking, because HE knew Bruce better then All the others. Joe didn't say much because he KNEW Dan would Counter-point him.
I still love this interview to this day. Joe Lewis: "You faded out of tournaments?" Dan Insanto: "I don't know if you should write this down" (even though everything is being recorded).
Imagine if there was more Bruce Lee footage and unreleased unseen videos of him training and maybe sparring that would be so amazing those videos would be like worth so much money
@@johnlee5423 show me a fight of Lee taking hits you can’t because Lee was an actor & martial artist he was never a fighter he never said he was nor was he considered a fighter when alive
What gets me bis that years gone by in interviews that both joe and chuck norris did alone they would both very much imply that they were better than bruce and on another level to bruce just because they competed, especially chuck who has claimed in the past that he and bruce had never soarred and didnt want to go there because hey i was the world champion, i was a professional. yet other people have said that Bruce habitually sparred with everybody he trained with because bruce absolutely loved sparring and knew it was extremely important part of training, it has been said by at least one person who was himself a former world karate champion that bruce sparred with all of us including chuck and joe, and we couldnt touch him, Bruce was too fast and too powerfull. and certain individuals are in denial especially since bruce isnt here to put them strait
UNFORTUNATELY MY FRIEND BRUCE LIKE EVERY OTHER CREATIVE INGENIOUS HUMAN BEING OUT THERE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A BAD MIRROR FOR THE SOCIETY OF MEDIOCRICY WE'RE LIVING IN WHICH IS THE 90.99999999% OF THE PEOPLE THE CLAN OF THE MASS PEOPLE THE CLONES, THE HYBRIDS ,THE XENOMORPHS.... THOUSANDS OF YEARS BACK SUCH PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE WERE THE ONES THAT GREEKS CALLED ARISTOI ... THOSE WHO ACHIEVED GREATNESS THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD, THROUGH LIFE CONSTANTLY KEEPING THEIR NATURE PURE ALONG WITH THEIR IDEALS ,BELIEVES AND THEIR SOUL AND THEIR INTEGRITY.... SUCH KIND OF HUMAN BEINGS WILL ALWAYS BE DEMONS FOR THE MASS PEOPLE.... DEMONS THAT MUST BE FUCKING EXORCISED FROM EXISTENCE BECAUSE THEY REMIND THE MASS WHAT THEY COULD NEVER BE AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHICH IS FOR MANY OF US TO BE ENCOURAGED AND LEARN FROM THE GREATNESS OF HUMAN EFFORT ACHIEVING OUR GOALS BY MOVING THROUGH FEAR , WORKING THROUGH PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND FORGING YOURSELF ALONG WITH YOUR TALENT AND CHARACTER..... BRUCE NEVER TREATED HIS TALENT AS DEUS EX MACHINA IN HIS LIFE.... THE SAME GOES WITH MANY OTHER GENIUSES LIKE MILES DAVIS , NICOLA TESLA , ETC LIKE MILES DAVIS DID WITH MUSIC BRUCE REDISCOVERED THE PATH OF MARTIAL ARTS FROM ZERO POINT LIKE MIYAMOTO MUSASHI DID LIKE.. HE WAS LIKE THE COLOMBUS OF A NEW WORLD OF EXPRESSION THROUGH THE HUMAN MOVEMENT ... HE WAS LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI , A RENAISSANCE MAN MOVING TOO FAST FOR THE CAMERA. ... WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME .... EVER OUR TIME ...HE WAS LIKE A COMET PASSING OUR INNER SOLAR SYSTEM BEFORE ENTERING INTERSTELLAR SPACE REALITY SUCH RARE UNIQUE HUMAN BEINGS ARE FORGED FROM SOME KIND OF A DREAM MATERIAL GIVEN FROM THE GODS LIKE A SACRED FIRE ... THEY ARE INDESTRUCTIBLE AND THAT GENERATES HATE FROM THE MEDIOCRITY CONSCIOUSLY AND UNCONSCIOUSLY CONCERNING THEIR AWARENESS OF BEING MEDIOCRITY....... MANY OF US NOWDAYS EITHER WE ARE ARTIST, MUSICIANS, WRITERS, CINEMATOGRAPHERS WE KEEP RECEIVING HATE FROM THE MASS HATE BECAUSE TRUTH ALWAYS BLEEDS AND LEAVES A SCAR IN THE SOFT TISSUE ... ITS A NEVERENDING BATTLEFIELD UNFORTUNATELY FOR MANY OF US ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY & RELATIVES THE REAL UFC CAGE BEFORE GET INJECTED TO THE XENOMORPH PLANET FOR YOUR RITE OF PASSAGE TO THE BRUTAL INHUMAN PSYCHOREALITY FIGHTING THROUGH BLOOD AND TERROR CREATING YOUR OWN MAGNETIC VACUUM
Chuck Norris wrote a book of essays about life lessons he learned from martial arts. In one of those essays, he said he was light-sparring Bruce Lee and Bruce was having a bad day where he could not score a hit.
I believe Joe Lewis has always praised Bruce, there's a video of him saying Bruce punched like a heavy weight. It was Chuck that claims Bruce can't fight because he never fought "professionally".
@@kedabro1957 That was from Chuck’s own claims - when it’s the truth, you don’t need to say it yourself - others say it for you and Bruce was the one whom MANY fighters back in the day said they couldn’t touch. Bruce never once spoke for himself on these matters - he didn’t need to.
@@kedabro1957 Also, another piece of evidence that chuck lies - he claimed in interviews they never sparred, then in other interviews and his book he said they did. Liar
I have never heard or read an interview with the women that Bruce trained initially that Dan refers to. Such an interview would be very thought-provoking I wonder if anyone has ever thought to find these women were pressed down for more information after this
It's sad that the estate of Bruce Lee won't let Dan Inosanto use so much of the footage that he wants to use to honor Bruce Lee and promote JKD. Dan has carried the torch for Bruce.
Bob wall once stated that bruce pound for pound was unbeatable. Bob also went on to say that men have egos and imagine how hard it is to know someone who has never been in the ring can beat you all. You look and your trophy and realise am I really world champion... Chuck are you one of them.
Bob wall good dude. I recall in a interview on UA-cam Bob went after Steven seagal for talk shit about Bruce Lee it got taken down Bob call seagal something about having a gun duel 😂😂😂 wish could see it again man it was funny
You can hear Joe Lewis throwing shade and Dan, this not being the first time he heard Joe's thoughts on Bruce, totally ready to deflect. I think Joe Lewis eventually recognized Bruce, but it was much later in his life. Hope he and Bruce are having a good spar up there.
@DStraits Straits bruce was just as compettitive as joe lewis.. They all had big egos.. They all deserve respect and were equally stubborn.. Only bruce was smart enough to make his own movies..
Thank you for this upload. I have not seen this one before. I can say one thing, does anyone know anybody that would take the time, energy and expense to be taught by someone beneath them in their craft or skill no matter what that craft or skill is? I'm sure Bruce is sad that some that he taught don't want to give him credit for being the ultimate martial artist who ever lived and taught the best at that time but somehow these same people, after Bruce's death will come out to deny it. Jim Kelly, rest his sole, a champion says he knows who Bruce sparred with, he won't name names because he has the highest respect for them and Bruce was untouchable. It's not hard to guess who they were. Ask yourself, how many champions trained with Bruce. That's your answer. Dan is one of the inner circle with Bruce. He most likely knows as well but he won't say as well. What I learned from Dan in this interview is how Bruce viewed Norris as only a touch Karate guy and not someone like Lewis. Touch karate or pillow fighting is what it is. It's all BS. That's why Bruce's choice was Joe Lewis. The biggest mistake Joe Lewis ever made was to not accept the role Norris took in Return of the Dragon. Without that, Norris would only be a blip.
Norris may not have fought full contact but unlike Bruce he did fight and records seem to indicate that there was full contact involved with a fight being ended by a throw. He was also the first westerner to reach a certain rank in taekwondo, had a brown belt in judo and later went on to become a very advanced BJJ practitioner. Any of Norris' achievements alone places him well above Lee in terms of official qualifications. Bruce had no belts, no competition record and learned the largely ineffective wing chun for some time. He also supposedly tried to incorporate fencing strategy into unarmed fighting, which does not seem to have been supported by anyone before or after. Maybe Bruce was such a great athlete that he would beat Norris regardless but that would not be because of their skill because back in his prime Norris had more proof of his skill than Bruce and while Norris is an old man today he has easily surpassed Lee in grappling as well although we do not know if Bruce would have learned that as well.
@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 inosanto got 2nd place in his last point fighting tourney, which was also the first one that norris joined. Inosanto has said that lee was the fastest person hes ever met and the strongest for his size, and sparring him was like a bad dream. Lee constantly talked crap about point fighting yet point fighters like norris and lewis didnt challenge him but rather studied under him. It was only after lees death that they started to unashamedly say lee wasnt a fighter. Edit: regarding the fencing stance - i guess you mean it is not a good stance so lees style wasnt good? But he also used savate knee stomps which took mma 2 decades to mainstream, so does that mean lees style was good? Why discount lees private sparring and ability in striking but praise chucks private ability to grapple? Its lke saying that if lee could beat up pro fighters 20 to 50lbs bigger in his backyard, that is less significant than a 70 year old getting a bjj black belt without any serious competitive rolling. Self contradictory.
@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 of course Chuck is way ahead,Bruce died over 40 years ago. Bruce was just scratching the grappling surface. He only worked with Gene Labelle for a year. Had he lived he would have come back to the US to make movies and continue learning from Labelle. Dan has said Bruce realized his art was severely lacking a ground game.
Not true,Chuck is a heavyweight champion many times over.Look at the scares around his eyes. Brie had a deep respect for Chuck. Ask anybody who new Bruce.
@@rmlaporte57 yeah they get hit on accident in those glorified tag matches. Chuck has never been hit in the face with the full force of someone trying to hurt him. You're not supposed to make contact to the face and other vital areas. That is one reason Joe Lewis got disgusted with those tournaments and went to full contact.
6 times world champion in 5 weight classes,Benny "the jet" Urquidez,pity Bruce wasn't around longer to train with him.That would have been fascinating.
@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 - FUN FACT-he wanted to SPAR Bruce!! But his older brother or uncle, who trained Benny, told him that he didn’t have enough experience yet.
@@BaseBasvic i don't know about that but i know that he was awe of bruce. Benny was 12 years old witnessing the one inch punch at the LB. I don't think he wanted to spar but to be around BL bc knowing Benny saying spar and having that true essence of martial art with such humbleness and saying he wat to spar would be disrespectful. Benny was 21 when bruce died.
@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 - I saw him say it in an interview that he asked his uncle if he could spar him. He was a young confident kid, a lot of martial artist at that time weren’t learning boxing, sparring and getting ring experience like Benny was at his age. It’s not a disrespect thing, I’m sure he was still in awe and inspired by him. He was just confident enough to put the gloves on and spar with him.
So did I hear correctly that Dan has pics and footage of Bruce that he cant release because the BL Estate wont let him? Looks like this interview is about 20 years old as they said Taky was 71 at the time and he died when he was 90-91? Joe died in 2012. Wonder if the BL Estate has eased with restrictions in allowing others to publish and release pics and film of Bruce. It's not like Linda or Shannon need the money. They both are worth in the 10 million dollar range. Dan talks about this at the beginning of the interview.
ha the BL estate still making money from a dead man its outrageous that they of all people who like to espouse all the good things about Lee should restrict information about him that is totally relevant to martial artists now. Im guessing that the recent Bob Baker letters will cause Shannon apoplexy and that Linda Lee herself allegedly committed perjury over the life insurance case maybe the statute of limitations has a very long reach over such a serious crime?
@@michaelreynolds6543 Estate has the nerve to talk trash but they let that asshole David Tadman scam people , Linda *knows* whats up with DT but shuts her eyes cuz DT and Kerridge prints BL books and the estate wants that money
I think it’s John Little who’s the “official” biographer and custodian, and he decides what goes out and what doesn’t John Little is a talented writer, but his hagiography of Lee (and to his other idol, Mike Mentzer), borders on homoerotic worship at times For example. Mr. Little captions a picture of Mr. Mentzer reading a newspaper describing how Mr. Mentzer reads to stay informed about things outside of the gym! Further on, he talks about Mentzer reading Kant and Descartes. It’s the not-too-subtle implication was that the other elite bodybuilders of Mentzer's era were stupid. Also, Mr. Little gushes about Mentzer's good looks more than once episode and how that was a first for a professional bodybuilder. Serve Nubret was well known in his home country for his appearance, and Steve Reeves was regarded as extremely good-looking in his prime! The same with Bruce Lee-anything that doesn’t show Bruce as a superman won’t be published
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Chuck never did full contact kickboxing. These things came late in their career. Too much magic involved in the martial arts for early users to freely abandon. Royce Gracie destroyed all those illusions.
22:46 - 23: 37- If Dan was to classify Bruce in boxing terms, he would not be a stylish boxer/technician but a Joe Frazier and Roberto Duran, i.e. power power power. However, if Bruce played with Dan (and unlikely others) he could be stylish/finesse.
I dislike Chuck Norris for one very simple reason. Bruce gave Chuck his first opportunity to become an actor and there is not a single time that Chuck utters the name of Bruce Lee without mentioning that he - Chuck Norris was World Champion. Now I'm an old guy and I wasn't there but this is very indicative of Chuck having sparred with Bruce and having realised that he was not in the same class as Bruce, because why be so defensive when talking about Bruce?
I think Chuck knows more about Lee’s personal life than we think and chooses best to avoid subject as Baker did being a very trustworthy friend and confidant. Only now the “letters” have surfaced confirming what was long suspected. Same applies to Mr. Wall 😉
World Champion? That´s a joke anyway because only US fighters participated. The word "World Champion" is misleading because there were no fighters from Europe, Asia etc. at the time.
If Joe beat Bruce in a sparring match or fight you know dame well he would have been bragging about it until the cows come home. Bruce was like Ali in the sense that your not bragging if you can do it. You can hear it in their voices. Danny is honest and open and Joe seems to be holding back and his mind sounds a bit stagnate.
This is just my opinion, but it looks to me like Joe may not hold Bruce in the same regard as Dan did, and Joe just doesn't want to say it publicly. I think Dan may have gotten his butt whooped by Bruce a few times in sparring, and Dan was being very honest and open about it, where Joe might have taken his honest opinion about Bruce to his grave with him. I'm not saying that I think that Joe secretly whooped Bruce in a sparring session (although, MAYBE it could have happened). MAYBE they "lightly" sparred, and maybe they didn't, but I get the impression from Joe that MAYBE they did do some kind of "live" training together, and maybe Joe wasn't super impressed, and maybe out of respect to Bruce and his family, Joe just "bit his tounge" (he chose not to say anything publicly), and I really DOUBT that Joe would of "bragged till the cows came home" if he ever really did whoop Bruce in a sparring session, I think Joe was way too respectful to Bruce to ever do something like that.
@@ropongi1008 I heard that when bruce was alive Joe and other would walk on egg shells around Bruce. I heard a few storys that Bruce would spar Joe, Mike and Chuck and these guys couldn't touch Bruce. They would be read in the face from all of Bruce hits. Even one of chuck student said the same thing;. Also Bob Bremer woulds some time spar Joe and Bob would shot him down. Bob also said that when he would spar with Bruce as soon as he moved Bruce was all over him. So I disagree with all the comments above. Joe & chuck didn't want to give Bruce credit. Joe did change his ways before passing. He actually came out saying that he sparred bruce and could touch him and bruce would be able to play with him.
The fact that 70 year old men are looking back and talking about how a 30 year old man impacted their lives just shows how special of a man Bruce Lee was.
Well said brother; and still these morons dont get it! Well, we know and thats all that matters
They were all in their 20s when they met and trained with the legend.
Obviously you don't even know that Joe Lewis died before he reached 70 years old you need to do some more research there Junior
@@christopheclugston Hi Chris. I meant "around 70" but didn't feel it necessary to type that because I knew most people aren't so dvmb or literal to believe that I believed they were ALL EXACTLY 70. Joe passed at 68, which is two years shy of 70, which is "around 70." Hope that helps. Now go rest yourself.
@@uncletony6210 I just don't understand to me I think living longer is the champion🏆🏆 I mean people are living to be a hundred years old women 80 years old or more and men too I consider them champions. Is like their engines still running or their heart still working, but then you get this guys that are big movie superstars, martial artist superstars, sports superstars, weightlifters champions, and they die early in the 50s before they reach their their mid 60s you call them champions well I do but the real champion are the ones that live to be 80 and above....🏆🏆🏆🏆..... I'm 68 and I hope God bless me too live to be a hundred I study martial arts too and I work 50 years of my life I'm doing pretty good....
I like the way Dan Inosanto shares stories with such humility. He's sound like a very good teacher..
When you have his experience,ego is not in the equation. It's his history and he talks about it like he's talking about family memories. I love this.
He is the most humble and skilled martial artist in the world 🙏
Chuck Norris told Daniel Inosanto that his second place trophy (minute 14:48) is nothing because they didn´t make contact.
Bruce told him that , NOT Norris!
Yep, completely honest. What he said about only personally using 40% of what Bruce did and why not. No bullshit, the real thing.
It’s was an honor to be personally trained by Mr Insosanto
Wow that's awesome!
he says the same about being trained by bruce lee.
Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc s ammer.
@@dagaffer2269 true
"I am not here to live up to your expectations and you are not here to live up to mine." Sifu Bruce Lee.
I will sue you - Lees Estate
Good quote, but where did Bruce ever say that?
One of the cool things about this video is that even though these men are at the time of filming past their prime, Danny Inosanto had yet to get his black belt in BJJ, and today he is still training teaching and progressing. Joe Lewis R.I.P. continued teaching until he passed away, and I was happy tp have been to one of his seminars, so that torch was passed by both men and the flame of Jeet Kune Do keeps on burning.
Hey, would you post a video talking about your experience at that seminar?
The flame of JEET KUNE DO will always keep on burning through eternity.
Yeah Dan Inosanto is a total legend for continuing to cultivate a "beginner's mind". He also practices Systema under Martin Wheeler.
R.I. P. DAN ⚘📚⚘♥️🍷.....
I actually spoke to Joe over the phone in 1991,got his phone number out of Black Belt mag at the time.we talked for a good 7-8 maybe 10 minutes about his his exhibition fight with Bill Wallace,the first upcoming Tyson-Holyfield fight,& a bit of seminar talk.we didn't talk about Bruce Lee,he probably was so glad maybe.but to talk to him was a experience.super smart,highly knowlegeble.R.I.P Joe Lewis.
Bruce lee was a very special man you will never get another like it a legend the best xx
Mr. John Little who produced a biography (A Warriors Journey) about Bruce that included the complete footage of Bruce's unfinished Game Of Death mentioned that Mr. Herb Jackson who was one of Bruce's original students at his Chinatown school in Los Angeles was told by Bruce to go ahead and spar Joe Lewis who came to visit Bruce at his school. During the sparring session, Lewis was taking it pretty seriously and did an open clap hand technique on Jackson's ears that buckled him to his knee even though this was supposed to be a friendly sparring session. Herb Jackson mentioned after the fact that he thought that Lewis had popped his eardrums. Herb mentioned that Bruce was pissed at Lewis for doing this to one of his students and asked Jackson for the gloves so he (Bruce) could spar Lewis. Now over the years Joe Lewis claimed that he never sparred with Lee but Jackson said that he's a liar because he (Herb Jackson) and another one of Bruce's student's (Ted Wong) were both there and saw it stating that Joe Lewis could not touch Bruce at all, that Bruce was popping Lewis consistently while moving "in and out" during their sparring session. Afterwards Jackson stated that Bruce mentioned to him that he just wanted to make Lewis understand and realize that he (Lewis) did not have "all the answers" when it came to fighting/sparring.
@James Deen Well I'm not going to argue with you about this because apparently you don't have sense enough to do any RESEARCH first before making the asinine statement that Mr. .Lee never sparred or never had a school when all you have to do is GOOGLE it. You'll see photos of him "front and center" in photos that were taken at both his schools in Oakland and Los Angeles' s Chinatown District in California. On top of this, there are various videos here on UA-cam that clearly show Mr. Lee in his schools demonstrating "chi sao" (sticky hand) techniques as well as at home with a number of his students demonstrating various kicking techniques. . So I'm going to assume that your one of those ignorant Bruce Lee haters who definitely is "all mouth" with nothing to back it up, So maybe you, my friend should be the one to do exactly what you are expecting me to do which of course is to STFU and use what little intelligence God gave you to do as I made the suggestion of which is to RESEARCH first before anything else you care to comment on in a negative fashion about a man who will continue to be idolized, revered, and talked about long, long after you are gone from God's Green Earth, sir.
Thank you for this comment because there are BL NAYSAYERS like Steve Ferry, David Hughes, and others say that Lewis said ( and also Dan ), saying Bruce was no fighter. BS!!
I thought it was Chad Johnson who told on BRuce he was bullied by Joe
@nickecletico I was about to respond to your previous comment, go interview Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He till alive. He was there.
@nickecletico Yes, Joe has a big ego, and he had a fallout with Bruce, accused Bruce flirting with his wife. So, came the flip flopping from Lewis.
This is absolutely amazing to sit and listen to Dan and Joe talk about Bruce when so many over the years have referred to Bruce as strictly an ACTOR and not having the ability to actually fight. I would like to thank you for uploading this incredible footage.
He couldn’t fight he looked good in movies
@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS Michael Chan disagrees , he knew Lee was legit
@@postersandstuff Lee was not good at sparring he was surrounded by cameras all his life yet no footage of any fights Lee concentrated on drills not contact he needed his looks for the TV
Ignorance is bliss.
@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS Say that to Jon Jones dip shit. Ahh , but what does he know huh?
Bruce.Lee said Chuck.Norris was not a fighter, he saw Joe Lewis as a fighter.
😍как дела !! Я тоже изучал джит Кун до
In the book "Bruce Lee: A Life" by Author Matthew Polly, Bruce stated that Norris wasn't what he consider to be a good fighter, that what he was doing was nothing more than a "game of tag" as far as in the way and manner that marital arts tournaments were conducted back in the 60's to mid 70's. He considered Lewis and Mike Stone as fighters.
Chuck was a point fighter Joe was a full contact fighter
@@colejones212 Joe was a pioneer of full contact karate and what led up to the UFC .
There was actually a fight between Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis. It happened in a locker room. Joe came out of that locker room and told everyone listening that "He got me"!
There has never been and likely never will be another Bruce Lee.🔥
There cannot be another, he was a innovator, it’s already been done it can’t be done again the way Bruce did it, inspiring millions around the world
Great interview…Joe Lewis as bad ass old school fighter as u can get and the father of professional American full contact karate- GironDam Inosanto-a literal encyclopedia of martial arts and history with the incredible speed and ability to demonstrate it even at his advanced age-two legends that I hope the new school can appreciate how great these two are and their contributions to the martial arts
This is pure Gold !
Thank you for putting this out there. It's a great piece of history to save.
Just to let people know, this is from 1995. Thanks for uploading!
The good old days
Wow! I was born in 1994. Thanks for the info!
2 great martial artist Danny is one of a kind still goin strong
It's interesting how Dan mentions both Scott Loring and Bob Bremer, yet doesn't tell the tale of their sparring match at Bruce Lee's Chinatown school. At the 1967 Long Beach Internationals, Bruce introduced full contact sparring gear to the martial arts world and that sparring gear was regularly used at the Chinatown school. Bruce recruited several of Ed Parker's students (e.g., Bob Bremer, Dan Lee, Steve Golden, Larry Hartsell) and Parker was not happy about it. Parker student Scott Loring probably took the most offense to these defections, so he visited the Chinatown school and asked if he could spar full contact with one of Lee's students. Dan considered Bob Bremer to be the best fighter of the Chinatown school, so he asked Bob if he would spar against Loring. Bob accepted the challenge and their brief sparring match ended with Bremer straight blasting Loring into a wall.
The reason is because Scott Loring schooled Lewis in sparring since Lewis himself is on record saying Loring was one of the toughest kids he fought, as you hear in this interview. I assume Inosanto didn't want to humiliate Lewis since Bremer pummeled Loring with ease. So imagine what Bremer would do to Lewis in a fight, let alone Bruce. Bruce would have destroyed Lewis and buried him in a real fight.
@@shamounian - perhaps - perhaps not - if A is better than B and is better than C it is assumed A is better than C - but sometimes real fights don't work out like that - I've seem many examples of this.
@@gunnerhiro394 I agree with you. Yet there are enough credible people who testify Lee sparred and toyed with Lewis who wasn't even on Lee's level.
joe Lewis was a point fighter and point fighters doesn't understand the continuity in movement or fighting. they create bad habits in point fighting. teach them how to move, teach them the continuity in fighting and a tall fighter like joe Lewis becomes a different story, a different fighter.
@@shamounian Not to discredit any of your information or comments.but can the ability of one fighter be specifically judged by one fighter's success in beating another ? Let me give you an example of my reason for asking you this. Muhammad Ali had trouble whenever he fought Joe Frazier...but George Foreman dismantled Frazier...and Ali beat Foreman. I realize I am using Boxing compared to Martial Arts but I find it difficult to use that thinking as an actual mesurement for one person beating another when they are all highly trained ?
I also attended a Joe Lewis seminar. Maybe 81, 82. In Spring Lake ,NC at Johnsons school.i was from Sewells Chinese Kenpo in Goldsboro, NC. Joe was a great teacher and person. Thanks for your shared information Danny Insanto. Rip Joe Lewis , Bruce Lee, and George Sewell. Thanks to thier families for sharing thier knowledge and time to.
You all are legends. May God bless you all. 🙏
Really enjoyed listening to this
So much information
Blows my mind hearing him speak of his Army life also
I enjoyed that thoroughly. Very interesting and insightful. First hand accounts from a very close friend of the man the myth the legend. Bruce Lee
I love this man! I love Danny Inosanto and family.. keep training and inspiring.
The core arts of JKD are Wing Chun, Boxing, and Fencing. The Seattle period was comprised of Bruce Lee's modified (e.g., Jun Fan Gung Fu) Wing Chun. The first year or so of the Oakland period maintained the JFGF structure, but after Lee's fight with Wong Jack Man, he began to incorporate Boxing techniques into his fighting method. Oakland student Leo Fong was an amateur boxing champion and after Bruce told him about the fight with Wong Jack Man, Fong encouraged Lee to incorporate boxing punches and angular attacks to his fighting method. A day after this discussion, Leo went to James Lee's home and found Bruce working on hook punches in James' garage. Six months later, Bruce called his "new" art Jeet Kune Do. Bruce then added Fencing (e.g., Lee's brother Peter was a Hong Kong fencing champion) to the JKD structure and his students from the L.A./Chinatown period reaped the rewards of this inclusion. The forward lunge, broken rhythm, steal a step, and the Hammer Principle became staples of Lee's fighting method.
Bruce was also a champion of cha cha in Hong Kong.
@@kamlam1283 Yup, and with no boxing experience, Bruce also won the Hong Kong High School boxing championship by defeating 3 time defending champion Gary Elms.
Great historical account.
@@pjtheory he studied Muhammad Ali that’s how he learn boxing
@@jerommelewis Nope, Bruce began to incorporate boxing techniques into his ever evolving art in January 1965, and he began to collect film of Ali's boxing matches in early 1968.
Great interview! And I love the fact that both these men are being honest.
Joe speaks very respectful of Bruce Lee. This is interesting because most of the things I have heard on social media is that Joe never gave Bruce credit for his martial Arts ability....never pay attention to. b.s. unless you hear it for yourself !
Then you didn't saw the video where he was criticizing Lee with Bob Wall..
U right when Bruce gone most haters talk down on Bruce say he’s tiny he can’t fight bigger guys lol but when he was alive the bigger guys all quietly
@@itubecollection1623 Right on
I went to a seminar with Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis, I think it was ‘88 or ‘89. Joe taught a fast punch that he said Bruce taught him. He only spoke highly of Bruce in front of me at that seminar.
@@nphare And rightly so, but Did Joe say Bruce was a fighter ? If he did, he contradicts what he said in the divine wind interview. He said in that interview that Bruce was not a fighter, he was a great teacher, He also says he never sparred with Bruce or saw him spar.
This is great. I wish the tight shot on Dan would've been widened to see Joe Lewis when he's talking.
And I believe it's Mike Wall also asking questions
Facinating interview. Thank you
Love ❤️ listening to those who train with Bruce like close friend Dan joe chuck bob bolo Nora all etc amazing memories thanks guys from AOTEAROA or new zealand
this is GREAT - never saw this - thanx for sharing!!
I believe there are more videos not released to the rest of us because of legal& personal reasons,so this video is a treat by 2 greats.i actually spoke to Joe over the phone in '91 for about 10 minutes.R.I.P. Joe Lewis.
Thanks for sharing "Walk on"...
You're welcome!
As english isn't my mother tongue, I missed many things and I'm so sad for that. But this is a very precious interview. Thank you.
Dan does not talk like an old man . His fluency and description to the details are what amazes me
Everybody like Bruce Lee back in the day he treated everybody with respect from a lot of his biographies and his wife and everyone said he was a young punk like everybody else yeah she was cocky until he settled down and started teaching schools he started teaching people and learning from them as well but he never treating people disrespectful at least all the stories I read about them
14:00 What an interesting fact and at the same time I am not surprised.
Great video. Thanks for sharing !!!!
Good interview. Dan Insanato a true Bruce Lee student and Joe Lewis really a tough fighter.. . 🍏🍏🍏🍏
In school days learning how to give a shinner from bruces book. School days as a kid. Learning from older kids on fighting
Create your own training target. I did created mine by upgrading free standing pull up bar and ceating double end speed bag like figurine and I will never ever regret it, I love it. It does not mattetr how much money you have or dont have, it is all about going for it.
Insight with the Masters......This is Great.
Real dedicated martial artists,
RIP Joe!
Very very interesting stories as well as enlightening...
This is an "Old Video"; Joe Lewis passed away August 31, 2012, Coatesville, PA.
THANK, U , FOR THE MOMORRISS !!!!!! 😎👍🙏♥️📚....MAY [ BRUCE LEE ] , R.I.P.⚘⚘...& BRONDO LEE .!!!!
Dan Inosanto is your perfect martial arts historian. I would dedicate a martial arts museum to him
Dan was a true friend to Bruce , the rest of them were jealous back stabbers
Especially chuck chuck said Bruce was just good but I’m a professional fighter .. lol and chuck re Bruce lee student lol but he never admitted 😂
@@concac314 You fanboys are divided on your opinions of Chuck. Half of the fanboys say "Chuck Norris will tell you Bruce was the real deal", and the other half say "Chuck is an asshole for not admitting Bruce was better than him". If you ever have a deluded fanboy convention, you will be fighting among yourselves.
@@stevo62ful lol fanboy? No fangirl? Lmao u
Yeah,none of those guys never really gave Bruce his real due,they were envious of his ability,knowledge,build,his ability to convey knowledge to others& his charm.Chuck was very wayward about Bruce,but was very standoffish about Bruce's ability.i find it really fascinating that these guys still talk about Bruce,incredible.
Try actually knowing what you are talking about before speaking.
Thanks for uploading.
note to self - do NOT look at the comments section....stay with the ACTUAL warriors on the screen.
This is GOLD!!!!
this is a first and i enjoy old videos like this.
Thanks. I was proud to put it together and be there.
I saw this record back in 2021.year.
Good to see your both great grand master ☕️☕️☕️👍👍👍💪💪💪
Dan mentions about what happened in Seattle . He didn’t say glover , but it was that step it fetch it .
Maestro Inosanto! I am glad to see you are doing well;.
Wow Dan is awesome
This is gold! Cha cha trophy, haha!!
Notice, Danny is doing most of the talking, because HE knew
Bruce better then All the others. Joe didn't say much because
he KNEW Dan would Counter-point him.
Joe Lewis was obviously learning (gaining knowledge) from Dan Inosanto. That means a lot.
@@eduardoescoban7790 It's no secret---Joe downplayed Lee.
Like many others...just prideful jealousy, nothin' else.
@@eduardoescoban7790
You mean intercept.
@@raygsbrelcik5578 Joe wanted to act too. He could never be Bruce. Bruce exuded charisma just standing still.
@@teleguy5699 You got that right! Just standing there, Lee possessed
more sheer energy and PRESENCE than anyone I've ever seen.
Perhaps Joe Lewis, Steven Seagal, and Bob Wall will fight each other. That would be so comical!!!
21:20
Dan and Joe were both students of Bruce Lee. Mike Stone didn't think too much of Chuck Norris as a fighter. This upload is enlightening.
21:20? He talked about it at minute 13:53 and I think he meant Bruce Lee not Mike Stone. Bruce Lee thought that Norris was no fighter, not Mike Stone.
Mike Stone was also one of the pros that thought Bruce would have done really good in competition
@@Katzenhase It was Bruce Lee who made the statement about Chuck Norris ? Oh my bad.
If Bruce Lee made that statement then it's even more remarkable.
@@truthhitman7473 Bob Wall said in an interview (here on youtube) that Chuck Norris was Bruce Lee´s favorite fighter.
@@Katzenhase
Dan knew Bruce Lee far better than point champion Chuck Norris 🤣
I still love this interview to this day. Joe Lewis: "You faded out of tournaments?" Dan Insanto: "I don't know if you should write this down" (even though everything is being recorded).
Thing about Joe is he talks differently about Bruce depending on who he's talking with. He can't BS this great man though.
Guru Inosanto !!! 🙏🙏🙏
Wish I could have fought like the late great Bruce Lee.
met him in grants pass ore / years ago very nice person
Imagine if there was more Bruce Lee footage and unreleased unseen videos of him training and maybe sparring that would be so amazing those videos would be like worth so much money
Lee rarely sparred he concentrated on doing drills he was not a fighter
@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS
said the racist ?
@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS good try, mr nobody
@@truthhitman7473 Wow what an arsehole
@@johnlee5423 show me a fight of Lee taking hits you can’t because Lee was an actor & martial artist he was never a fighter he never said he was nor was he considered a fighter when alive
@13:52, interesting what he says that bruce said about chuck norris. i never thought that chuck was an honest person.
I don't think that fanboys are honest even to themselves. They will not admit that there is no solid evidence of Bruce beating any high evel fighter.
What gets me bis that years gone by in interviews that both joe and chuck norris did alone they would both very much imply that they were better than bruce and on another level to bruce just because they competed, especially chuck who has claimed in the past that he and bruce had never soarred and didnt want to go there because hey i was the world champion, i was a professional.
yet other people have said that Bruce habitually sparred with everybody he trained with because bruce absolutely loved sparring and knew it was extremely important part of training, it has been said by at least one person who was himself a former world karate champion that bruce sparred with all of us including chuck and joe, and we couldnt touch him, Bruce was too fast and too powerfull. and certain individuals are in denial especially since bruce isnt here to put them strait
UNFORTUNATELY MY FRIEND BRUCE LIKE EVERY OTHER CREATIVE INGENIOUS HUMAN BEING OUT THERE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A BAD MIRROR FOR THE SOCIETY OF MEDIOCRICY WE'RE LIVING IN WHICH IS THE 90.99999999% OF THE PEOPLE THE CLAN OF THE MASS PEOPLE THE CLONES, THE HYBRIDS ,THE XENOMORPHS....
THOUSANDS OF YEARS BACK SUCH PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE WERE THE ONES THAT GREEKS CALLED ARISTOI ...
THOSE WHO ACHIEVED GREATNESS THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD, THROUGH LIFE CONSTANTLY KEEPING THEIR NATURE PURE ALONG WITH THEIR IDEALS ,BELIEVES AND THEIR SOUL AND THEIR INTEGRITY....
SUCH KIND OF HUMAN BEINGS WILL ALWAYS BE DEMONS FOR THE MASS PEOPLE....
DEMONS THAT MUST BE FUCKING EXORCISED FROM EXISTENCE BECAUSE THEY REMIND THE MASS WHAT THEY COULD NEVER BE AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHICH IS FOR MANY OF US TO BE ENCOURAGED AND LEARN FROM THE GREATNESS OF HUMAN EFFORT ACHIEVING OUR GOALS BY MOVING THROUGH FEAR , WORKING THROUGH PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND FORGING YOURSELF ALONG WITH YOUR TALENT AND CHARACTER.....
BRUCE NEVER TREATED HIS TALENT AS DEUS EX MACHINA IN HIS LIFE....
THE SAME GOES WITH MANY OTHER GENIUSES LIKE MILES DAVIS , NICOLA TESLA , ETC
LIKE MILES DAVIS DID WITH MUSIC BRUCE REDISCOVERED THE PATH OF MARTIAL ARTS FROM ZERO POINT LIKE MIYAMOTO MUSASHI DID LIKE.. HE WAS LIKE THE COLOMBUS OF A NEW WORLD OF EXPRESSION THROUGH THE HUMAN MOVEMENT ... HE WAS LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI , A RENAISSANCE MAN MOVING TOO FAST FOR THE CAMERA. ... WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME .... EVER OUR TIME ...HE WAS LIKE A COMET PASSING OUR INNER SOLAR SYSTEM BEFORE ENTERING INTERSTELLAR SPACE REALITY
SUCH RARE UNIQUE HUMAN BEINGS ARE FORGED FROM SOME KIND OF A DREAM MATERIAL GIVEN FROM THE GODS LIKE A SACRED FIRE ...
THEY ARE INDESTRUCTIBLE AND THAT GENERATES HATE FROM THE MEDIOCRITY CONSCIOUSLY AND UNCONSCIOUSLY CONCERNING THEIR AWARENESS OF BEING MEDIOCRITY.......
MANY OF US NOWDAYS EITHER WE ARE ARTIST, MUSICIANS, WRITERS, CINEMATOGRAPHERS WE KEEP RECEIVING HATE FROM THE MASS
HATE BECAUSE TRUTH ALWAYS BLEEDS AND LEAVES A SCAR IN THE SOFT TISSUE ... ITS A NEVERENDING BATTLEFIELD UNFORTUNATELY FOR MANY OF US ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY & RELATIVES THE REAL UFC CAGE BEFORE GET INJECTED TO THE XENOMORPH PLANET FOR YOUR RITE OF PASSAGE TO THE BRUTAL INHUMAN PSYCHOREALITY FIGHTING THROUGH BLOOD AND TERROR CREATING YOUR OWN MAGNETIC VACUUM
Chuck Norris wrote a book of essays about life lessons he learned from martial arts. In one of those essays, he said he was light-sparring Bruce Lee and Bruce was having a bad day where he could not score a hit.
I believe Joe Lewis has always praised Bruce, there's a video of him saying Bruce punched like a heavy weight. It was Chuck that claims Bruce can't fight because he never fought "professionally".
@@kedabro1957 That was from Chuck’s own claims - when it’s the truth, you don’t need to say it yourself - others say it for you and Bruce was the one whom MANY fighters back in the day said they couldn’t touch. Bruce never once spoke for himself on these matters - he didn’t need to.
@@kedabro1957 Also, another piece of evidence that chuck lies - he claimed in interviews they never sparred, then in other interviews and his book he said they did. Liar
I have never heard or read an interview with the women that Bruce trained initially that Dan refers to. Such an interview would be very thought-provoking I wonder if anyone has ever thought to find these women were pressed down for more information after this
i never heard that either. odd, especially considering that he didn't think women had a very good chance against a male attacker.
Great Fighter
It's sad that the estate of Bruce Lee won't let Dan Inosanto use so much of the footage that he wants to use to honor Bruce Lee and promote JKD. Dan has carried the torch for Bruce.
There’s gotta be a way to clean up the sound. What a shame. Two legends talking about a legend.
Free program called "Audacity". If I had my computer up and running, I'd already be on it. Watching this on my phone.
What year did this interview take place? Very insightful.
is this a new video? I've never watched this one before
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Dees ees gold
Funny how Joe Lewis won't talk shit about Bruce Lee to Dan Inosanto but he'll have a gossip session with Bob 'red useless' Wall
Wall is as fake as his hairpiece
Bob wall once stated that bruce pound for pound was unbeatable.
Bob also went on to say that men have egos and imagine how hard it is to know someone who has never been in the ring can beat you all.
You look and your trophy and realise am I really world champion... Chuck are you one of them.
Bob wall good dude. I recall in a interview on UA-cam Bob went after Steven seagal for talk shit about Bruce Lee it got taken down Bob call seagal something about having a gun duel 😂😂😂 wish could see it again man it was funny
@@ianrobinson5057 Bob Wall never said that....he said Bruce didnt compete because his ego couldnt take losing.
You can hear Joe Lewis throwing shade and Dan, this not being the first time he heard Joe's thoughts on Bruce, totally ready to deflect. I think Joe Lewis eventually recognized Bruce, but it was much later in his life. Hope he and Bruce are having a good spar up there.
Exactly! I thought it was just me but I always felt that Joe Lewis was jealous of Bruce Lee and sent out mixed messages in his interviews.
I hope Bruce is kicking his ass all over up there!!
@@kelvendyson1508 Joe if fifty pounds heavier. Bruce never competed in full contact kickboxing.
@@boshirahmed Doesn’t mean squat.
@DStraits Straits bruce was just as compettitive as joe lewis.. They all had big egos.. They all deserve respect and were equally stubborn.. Only bruce was smart enough to make his own movies..
Thank you for this upload. I have not seen this one before. I can say one thing, does anyone know anybody that would take the time, energy and expense to be taught by someone beneath them in their craft or skill no matter what that craft or skill is? I'm sure Bruce is sad that some that he taught don't want to give him credit for being the ultimate martial artist who ever lived and taught the best at that time but somehow these same people, after Bruce's death will come out to deny it. Jim Kelly, rest his sole, a champion says he knows who Bruce sparred with, he won't name names because he has the highest respect for them and Bruce was untouchable. It's not hard to guess who they were. Ask yourself, how many champions trained with Bruce. That's your answer. Dan is one of the inner circle with Bruce. He most likely knows as well but he won't say as well. What I learned from Dan in this interview is how Bruce viewed Norris as only a touch Karate guy and not someone like Lewis. Touch karate or pillow fighting is what it is. It's all BS. That's why Bruce's choice was Joe Lewis. The biggest mistake Joe Lewis ever made was to not accept the role Norris took in Return of the Dragon. Without that, Norris would only be a blip.
Norris may not have fought full contact but unlike Bruce he did fight and records seem to indicate that there was full contact involved with a fight being ended by a throw. He was also the first westerner to reach a certain rank in taekwondo, had a brown belt in judo and later went on to become a very advanced BJJ practitioner. Any of Norris' achievements alone places him well above Lee in terms of official qualifications. Bruce had no belts, no competition record and learned the largely ineffective wing chun for some time. He also supposedly tried to incorporate fencing strategy into unarmed fighting, which does not seem to have been supported by anyone before or after.
Maybe Bruce was such a great athlete that he would beat Norris regardless but that would not be because of their skill because back in his prime Norris had more proof of his skill than Bruce and while Norris is an old man today he has easily surpassed Lee in grappling as well although we do not know if Bruce would have learned that as well.
@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 inosanto got 2nd place in his last point fighting tourney, which was also the first one that norris joined. Inosanto has said that lee was the fastest person hes ever met and the strongest for his size, and sparring him was like a bad dream. Lee constantly talked crap about point fighting yet point fighters like norris and lewis didnt challenge him but rather studied under him. It was only after lees death that they started to unashamedly say lee wasnt a fighter.
Edit: regarding the fencing stance - i guess you mean it is not a good stance so lees style wasnt good? But he also used savate knee stomps which took mma 2 decades to mainstream, so does that mean lees style was good?
Why discount lees private sparring and ability in striking but praise chucks private ability to grapple? Its lke saying that if lee could beat up pro fighters 20 to 50lbs bigger in his backyard, that is less significant than a 70 year old getting a bjj black belt without any serious competitive rolling. Self contradictory.
@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 of course Chuck is way ahead,Bruce died over 40 years ago. Bruce was just scratching the grappling surface. He only worked with Gene Labelle for a year. Had he lived he would have come back to the US to make movies and continue learning from Labelle. Dan has said Bruce realized his art was severely lacking a ground game.
Not true,Chuck is a heavyweight champion many times over.Look at the scares around his eyes. Brie had a deep respect for Chuck. Ask anybody who new Bruce.
@@rmlaporte57 yeah they get hit on accident in those glorified tag matches. Chuck has never been hit in the face with the full force of someone trying to hurt him. You're not supposed to make contact to the face and other vital areas. That is one reason Joe Lewis got disgusted with those tournaments and went to full contact.
I’m amazed Joe Rogan hasn’t had him on his podcast yet … Dan Inosanto I mean
Seria muito bom que tivesse legendas em português. Cadê aquele pessoal que põe legendas em português aqui? Igual no Kuro Obi World.
I can’t find any
Fight footage of Mike Stone. That’s odd , is
It?
Think of all the footage of Bruce if they had cell phones then!
They all seemed to have served in the military back in those days...!!!
There was a mandatory draft back then
Even during peace time
lovely,,!
6 times world champion in 5 weight classes,Benny "the jet" Urquidez,pity Bruce wasn't around longer to train with him.That would have been fascinating.
Benny was a little kid that wanted to train with Bruce. He was there at the Long Beach showcase and was awe of Bruce.
@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 - FUN FACT-he wanted to SPAR Bruce!! But his older brother or uncle, who trained Benny, told him that he didn’t have enough experience yet.
@@BaseBasvic i don't know about that but i know that he was awe of bruce. Benny was 12 years old witnessing the one inch punch at the LB. I don't think he wanted to spar but to be around BL bc knowing Benny saying spar and having that true essence of martial art with such humbleness and saying he wat to spar would be disrespectful. Benny was 21 when bruce died.
@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 - I saw him say it in an interview that he asked his uncle if he could spar him. He was a young confident kid, a lot of martial artist at that time weren’t learning boxing, sparring and getting ring experience like Benny was at his age.
It’s not a disrespect thing, I’m sure he was still in awe and inspired by him. He was just confident enough to put the gloves on and spar with him.
Benny was the fighter Bruce fans wish Bruce was.
So did I hear correctly that Dan has pics and footage of Bruce that he cant release because the BL Estate wont let him? Looks like this interview is about 20 years old as they said Taky was 71 at the time and he died when he was 90-91? Joe died in 2012. Wonder if the BL Estate has eased with restrictions in allowing others to publish and release pics and film of Bruce. It's not like Linda or Shannon need the money. They both are worth in the 10 million dollar range. Dan talks about this at the beginning of the interview.
Taky Kimura was 96, almost 97!
It's called GREED!!
ha the BL estate still making money from a dead man its outrageous that they of all people who like to espouse all the good things about Lee should restrict information about him that is totally relevant to martial artists now.
Im guessing that the recent Bob Baker letters will cause Shannon apoplexy and that Linda Lee herself allegedly committed perjury over the life insurance case maybe the statute of limitations has a very long reach over such a serious crime?
@@michaelreynolds6543 Estate has the nerve to talk trash but they let that asshole David Tadman scam people , Linda *knows* whats up with DT but shuts her eyes cuz DT and Kerridge prints BL books and the estate wants that money
I think it’s John Little who’s the “official” biographer and custodian, and he decides what goes out and what doesn’t
John Little is a talented writer, but his hagiography of Lee (and to his other idol, Mike Mentzer), borders on homoerotic worship at times
For example. Mr. Little captions a picture of Mr. Mentzer reading a newspaper describing how Mr. Mentzer reads to stay informed about things outside of the gym!
Further on, he talks about Mentzer reading Kant and Descartes. It’s the not-too-subtle implication was that the other elite bodybuilders of Mentzer's era were stupid.
Also, Mr. Little gushes about Mentzer's good looks more than once episode and how that was a first for a professional bodybuilder.
Serve Nubret was well known in his home country for his appearance, and Steve Reeves was regarded as extremely good-looking in his prime!
The same with Bruce Lee-anything that doesn’t show Bruce as a superman won’t be published
TODAY , IS , ( BRUCE LEE ☯️ ] , ANNVERSITY , OF , DEATH 💀 .MAY , HE AND , ( BRANDON LEE ) . ☠️ , R.I.P. .... 😢💔😢.....MISS , THEM , BOTH .😢💔💔😢.!!!!!! ......THANK U , MR , INOSANTO 🙏🏾.!!!!! FOR , REMEMBERING 💔......
This is beautiful. When was this recorded?
Someone in the comments said 1995.
Great interview, just that video focus was predominantly on Inosanto even though Joe Lewis was part or the discussion
Is there a full version of this interview??
Forever ..master bruce.lee....🤜👊🐉🐉🐲🐲✌✌🇨🇱🇨🇱😊
Did I hear that correctly that Bruce Lee thought that Chuck Norris wasn´t a fighter?(minute 14)
Chuck was cabbage, Mike Stone and Joe Lewis are fighters
Chuck never did full contact kickboxing. These things came late in their career. Too much magic involved in the martial arts for early users to freely abandon. Royce Gracie destroyed all those illusions.
he didn’t say he wasn’t real fighter. But chuck was karate champion . But to most people that isn’t translatable to real world situations
@@Monkforilla Chuck Norris is a 3rd degree black belt in Brasilian Jiu Jitsu. He´s doing it since 1988 when he met the Gracie´s in Brazil.
@@fletmok3548 Are you drunk or under drugs? Chuck Norris beat Joe Lewis 3times.
22:46 - 23: 37- If Dan was to classify Bruce in boxing terms, he would not be a stylish boxer/technician but a Joe Frazier and Roberto Duran, i.e. power power power. However, if Bruce played with Dan (and unlikely others) he could be stylish/finesse.
Yes BL often liked to be a technician but if he got pissed off he became a slugger.
Bro couldn't you have chosen a better day to do the interview because clearly on this day, they do dishes.
What happenend to remainder of interview?
I dislike Chuck Norris for one very simple reason. Bruce gave Chuck his first opportunity to become an actor and there is not a single time that Chuck utters the name of Bruce Lee without mentioning that he - Chuck Norris was World Champion. Now I'm an old guy and I wasn't there but this is very indicative of Chuck having sparred with Bruce and having realised that he was not in the same class as Bruce, because why be so defensive when talking about Bruce?
Its not just him jealous : Wall , Ing Sik , Ji Han Jae.....these all seem jealous of Lee
I think Chuck knows more about Lee’s personal life than we think and chooses best to avoid subject as Baker did being a very trustworthy friend and confidant. Only now the “letters” have surfaced confirming what was long suspected. Same applies to Mr. Wall 😉
@@Castro62
Hah. What secret were they hiding ?
That even crackhead could defeat them ?
How humiliatin' ! 😄
World Champion? That´s a joke anyway because only US fighters participated. The word "World Champion" is misleading because there were no fighters from Europe, Asia etc. at the time.
That's a helluva leap.
Wonder why they took the camera off of Joe .
Is there a part 2 coming?
Does anyone have footage of scott Rowling fighting the late great joe Lewis.
If Joe beat Bruce in a sparring match or fight you know dame well he would have been bragging about it until the cows come home. Bruce was like Ali in the sense that your not bragging if you can do it. You can hear it in their voices. Danny is honest and open and Joe seems to be holding back and his mind sounds a bit stagnate.
I think Joe has a different opinion of Bruce than he's willing to discuss
@@larrylozier3254 totally agree
This is just my opinion, but it looks to me like Joe may not hold Bruce in the same regard as Dan did, and Joe just doesn't want to say it publicly. I think Dan may have gotten his butt whooped by Bruce a few times in sparring, and Dan was being very honest and open about it, where Joe might have taken his honest opinion about Bruce to his grave with him. I'm not saying that I think that Joe secretly whooped Bruce in a sparring session (although, MAYBE it could have happened). MAYBE they "lightly" sparred, and maybe they didn't, but I get the impression from Joe that MAYBE they did do some kind of "live" training together, and maybe Joe wasn't super impressed, and maybe out of respect to Bruce and his family, Joe just "bit his tounge" (he chose not to say anything publicly), and I really DOUBT that Joe would of "bragged till the cows came home" if he ever really did whoop Bruce in a sparring session, I think Joe was way too respectful to Bruce to ever do something like that.
@@ropongi1008 I heard that when bruce was alive Joe and other would walk on egg shells around Bruce. I heard a few storys that Bruce would spar Joe, Mike and Chuck and these guys couldn't touch Bruce. They would be read in the face from all of Bruce hits. Even one of chuck student said the same thing;. Also Bob Bremer woulds some time spar Joe and Bob would shot him down. Bob also said that when he would spar with Bruce as soon as he moved Bruce was all over him. So I disagree with all the comments above. Joe & chuck didn't want to give Bruce credit. Joe did change his ways before passing. He actually came out saying that he sparred bruce and could touch him and bruce would be able to play with him.
Meant to say couldn't touch him
Lmao how rude " do you want tea or coffee" the dude was like ignore it and then just looked and said What???
what are they cooking in the background?
I think what are you talking in the youtube must be in writing at bottom .Thanks!