HE WAS ABLE TO REP OUT 1500 PUSH-UPS?! First Time Reacting To Bruce Lee Was Superhuman!
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2024
- Welcome back, everyone! In today's video, we're diving into the extraordinary world of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Known for his incredible speed, strength, and agility, Bruce Lee has long been considered one of the most influential martial artists of all time. We've heard rumors about his superhuman abilities, and today, we're reacting for the first time to evidence that showcases just how remarkable he truly was. Join us as we explore the feats that make Bruce Lee a legendary figure in and out of the martial arts world.
⭐️ WHAT WE'RE ASTONISHED BY IN THIS VIDEO:
Reacting to the astounding physical feats and martial arts skills of Bruce Lee.
Discussing the evidence that supports claims of Lee's superhuman strength, including his ability to perform 1500 push-ups.
Reflecting on Bruce Lee's impact on martial arts, fitness, and his innovative approach to training.
Sharing our thoughts on the legacy of Bruce Lee and how his teachings continue to inspire athletes and martial artists around the globe.
🥋 ABOUT BRUCE LEE:
Bruce Lee was not only a world-renowned martial artist but also an actor, director, and philosopher who revolutionized the way martial arts were perceived and practiced worldwide. His philosophy of Jeet Kune Do emphasized adaptability, efficiency, and simplicity, and his life's work continues to influence countless individuals across various disciplines.
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Bruce Lee was 32 when he died and his son Brandon Lee was only 28 when he died.
RIP Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee.
bruce lee was the first person to invent the grip trainer that you can add more plates, video doesn't even state bruce lee deliberately started fights to gain fighting experience, thats not the same as doing something for years, doing karate for 10yrs doesn't dictate 10yrs of fighting experience, these two reacting bozo's called the biggest martial tournament a "fighting clinic" and the famous "one inch punch" that even non fighters know about omfg these two
"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." - Bruce Lee
God never said hed make everything better he always said hed give you the strength to overcome.
@phillipthornton8106 God will never give us more than we can handle... In my weakness, He becomes my strength.
I've been in the Martial Arts for 54 years and have had the opportunity to train with Dan Inosanto (who you see fighting Bruce Lee in Game of Death clip) Guro Inosanto (Bruce Lee's top student) told stories of Bruce Lee at a dinner. One was how at the dinner table Bruce Lee would have a sand bucket and pound it with his fist or curl a dumbbell or squeeze a hand grip while eating with his other hand. He never stopped working out. I thought Guro Inosanto was one of the fastest Martial Artist I had ever seen (Guro Inosanto had run a 9.3 100 yard dash in college and was already an established Black Belt under Legendary Sensei Ed Parker). Guro Dan had said he didn't ever remember scoring on Bruce Lee when they sparred. I thought if Guro Inosanto is as fast as I think how fast was Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee was the real deal, his Movie Martial Arts was for movies, his true Martial Arts (Jun Fan or Jeet Kune Do) was different and designed for the street.
Oh WOW!
Thank you so very much for this information.
Well said
thank you, i get infuriated when people doubt Bruce's abilities
The legend Bruce Lee will not be repeated in history
In 2004, UFC President Dana White called Lee the "father of mixed martial arts," stating: "If you look at the way Bruce Lee trained, the way he fought, and many of the things he wrote, he said the perfect style was no style. You take a little something from everything. It's been over 50 years, and people are still talking about him. That about says it all.
I pulled several muscles just WATCHING Bruce Lee's moves . . .
I'm 65 now but when I was 14 Bruce Lee was my Idol and took Taekwondo taught by an Japanese sensei and read many martial arts publications
Taekwondo taught by a Japanese sensei? Taekwondo isn't Japanese. It's Korean. Just saying. Odd.
@@PAT8888-is2pdmartial arts travel I guess? Like people used to think of Japanese jujitsu but these days i think people thing Brazilian. Not sure if that’s a good example
@@anthonydawson8080 very true. There are some differences between the Japanese and Brazilian but, the Brazilian has become more popular in the US. I like learning the history of the martial arts and the way that it has traveled worldwide. Until recently, I had a distinct problem with one that I have seen in my area. Mong Su Dom Tai Chinese Karate is on the sign. Karate is not even a Chinese word. When I looked into it, I found that it is a mix of several different styles from all over the world. I'm not sure why they even bothered to use the words Chinese or Karate. They should have said martial arts and left it at that.
Bruce Lee is why I'm a black belt, and won many tournaments! LEGEND !!!
The nine punches was very nearly shown in enter the dragon. Early on the island, Bruce was working out, bob walls character walks in stating you must attend the morning ritual in uniform. He walks off Bruce Lee throws six punches in less than a second, you can count them if you slow the video down. Thank you for the video by the way.
Yeah I remember that part and it's hard to count how many punches he did but it was quite a few and it happened so fast that it looked like a blur.
It's a shame we didn't have cameras that could capture more frames back then.
He did not throw 9 punches in less than a second I have seen the movie so many times I use to own it and that is not even possible.
@shawnsmith2610 sure it is. Every see a professional boxer shadow box?
@@shawnsmith2610 He literally said it was ALMOST shown. It was 6.
@@shawnsmith2610dude said 6
I've seen a lot of bruce Lee videos and documentarys and was a fan of his back in the day.
This video was mostly fluff. There are many feats that weren't even mentioned in this video.
Joe Lewis was a heavy weight fighter who used to train with Bruce. He said Bruce hit harder than any heavyweight fighter that he ever fought. He could literally push or kick between frames of those old film cameras. There are some frame by frame slow motion video where you don't see Bruce move but you see the opponent go flying from his punch or kick.
There is a lot out there on Bruce Lee if you want to look for it. He was incredible.
A good place to start is a youtuber called Beerdy. He has a ton of historical video of Bruce, documentarys on Bruce, and interviews of people who knew and worked out with Bruce.
The white male with shoulder length blondish hair was world renowned actor and martial artist Chuck Norris (aka Walker: Texas Ranger). I believe those scenes were from Bruce's movie "Game of Death".
Yes, that was Chuck Norris. He and Bruce were friends. Chuck had done some acting, and Bruce asked him if he could "kill" him in a movie. The movie was "The Way of the Dragon." In "Game of Death," Bruce fought Kareem Abdul Jabar, who was a student of his.
Chuck Norris was also, at the time, the reigning World Karate Champion.
For something like seven years running, I believe.
Chuck was the world champion 8 times. He's truly the greatest of all time. Nobody could touch him in his prime. Nobody.
@@JB-xh5mc Eight. I stand corrected. 😎👍
@@JB-xh5mc i'll tell you what, if it was to be a throw between bruce and chuck, i would take Bruce anytime
B and B, I don't know If Muscle and Fitness magazine is still published, but a late 90's issue showed Bruce's weightlifting workout with photos...Egad, he was scary strong...225 lb. overhead lifts, 145 Lb bicep curls and 330 lb deadlifts, 8 to 10 reps., 3 or 4 sets of each.
His most famous punch is the "1 inch punch" that would send a person back over 6 feet. I think spent the majority of my life finding out if all of the supposed claims about Bruce were true and I have to admit that the majority are exactly that! TRUE! He was the most incredible, amazing and jawdropping person that has ever lived. Just proves that You can reach incredible heights if you dedicate enough time to it.
its a wing chun punch called iron finger, designed to counter iron armor....
Bruce even broke his back and spent years in a hospital bed in traction recuperating. When he recuperated, he was actually stronger than before.
He injured nerves in his back weight training. He did not actually break his back.
no he didnt. Movies arent real.
@@cuzz63 His wife told the story in the movie. She knows more than you.
He injured his back doing good morning exercises with a bar bell! It took about a year of doing rehab exercises to return to his normal fighting strength and speed. Though Dan Inosanto commented that the injury would bother him on occasion!
He did not break his beak he injured it doing a weightlifting exercise called good mornings.
Bruce Lee was so fast when he landed blows in films they would go back and watch in slow motion and usually find out he had struck two blows but you could only see one.
You can see how fast he was in Way of the Dragon 1972. When fighting Chuck he accidentally breaks his arm for real. You can see when it happens but you have to use slow motion as the first incident has two parts, 1) Bruce grabs and twists chucks wrist. Without slow mo it just looks like a block. 2) the arm twist surprises both and it puts chuck out of position for Bruce’s next move which breaks the arm. Chuck being chuck was supposed to act like it was broke so he didn’t at first mention it was actually broke and kept filming.
Bruce Lee was that guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bruce was so fast he could hit water without making a ripple!
So defying the laws of physics was another weapon in Bruce's arsenal?
So can I. Some people say that I simply missed the water, but I choose to believe that I'm as fast as Bruce Lee.
@ramonacosta2647 maybe you are reincarnated Bruce Lee! Master Bruce teach the world!
Thanks for all your video reactions, Superb! Great video choice! My friend and martial arts instructor, Sam Tendencia (a legend himself) was a friend and occasional sparing partner of Bruce Lee. One day he took me out behind his house and said, "I show you something Bruce would do" Sam took a coke bottle and using a knife hand strike, cut the bottle in half. I was at Sam's house the night Bruce's wife Linda called and told us Bruce died.
I watched Bruce lee movie 🍿 since a kid best kungfu fighter of all time
Best Fighter in the world...Back and for ever...!!!😮😊
Another person that has told some of the amazing things that Bruce Lee did is Chong Li. He was a stunt man and in a few of Bruce's movies. He was the Chinese weightlifting champion and he remembers picking up another stuntman and putting him over his head and he mistakenly said "Can you do that!" And Bruce waover and picked up Chong who was probably twice the weight of the person that he had picked up and Bruce did not even make a single sound and acted as if he had just picked up a small piece of wood. Chong never questioned Bruce again during the filming that they were doing. He said that he has never seen anyone as strong as Bruce was. Even in his weightlifting days.
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I used to like the TV show The Green Hornet when I was a young lad of 10 yrs old... I thought he was amazing back then...good stuff, guys...Keep Being Awesome !!!...
The GOAT. Period.
....I really enjoy your reactions....alas though,,,I saw a 'bit' of red face when you were trying to 'explain' the relationship..... living together is one thing....making the 'commitment' to the one you love is quite another. when I first saw how beautiful my wife was , (in a classroom in college), and GEORGEOUS hazel/blue eyes...well, next Oct will be our 60 yr anniversary....I'm SO glad she said YES to that 1st on campus date!
R.I.P. Bruce and Brandon Lee 🙏
Bruce Lee interview with journalist Pierre Burton, is definitely the one you want to watch if you want to know the man and his philosophy, instead of just the actor. You will definitely enjoy that one.
A one of kind person that changed how the world looked at fitness and how he constantly promoted the mindset to challenge yourself and never underestimate the possibilities that no one has ever been done before.
Love the channel guys! Keep up the great work ❤
I loved the banter between you 2... funny. Bruce Lee was my hero... check out Enter the Dragon. Classic!
His strength and power was insane and angelic like 🏋️♂️
Any Bruce Lee fan should look up Bruce Lee the Lost Interview. Canadian journalist Pierre Burton interviews Bruce in 1971. You get to know Bruce the man and his philosophies.
Yes, Bruce Lee's son Brandon was killed while filming The Crow by a shot from a gun loaded with blanks. The wad from the shot is what hit him. What was most bizarre about it though is that one of his Dad's movies had a scene where Bruce's character is a famous actor filming a movie and is shot by another actor while filming.
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Theres video of him on YT playing ping pong and lighting matches mid air with nunchakus! Some of the coolest footage of him I'm surprised the compilation didn't mention. His level of concentration was for sure next level and after seeing that there's no doubt in my mind he could catch rice with chop sticks, especially considering using chopsticks is normal for the Chinese. 😁🥡🥢
Bruce Lee was one of my biggest inspirations to lose weight. His spirit definitely lives on. Thanks for another cool vid guys. 🙏🐉
Coming this summer...."Sam Lee as The Canadian Lantern"...watch in awe as she fights crime, and sheds light on various music arrangements ...."
In 32 years this man amassed the single most complete library concerning human physique. He was dedicated.
Maybe you guys could react to one of his movies. I would suggest one called "The Chinese Connection", or also called "Fist Of Fury". It is one of his first featured films, and I think, one of his best. I always recommend you watch it with the original Cantonese, with subtitles, to get the real emotion of the actors.
I Grew up watching Bruce Lee and to see the things he could do was truly inspirational. We followed everything he said and did. He was as fast and as strong as this video said he was.
I lost count how many times I went to see Enter The Dragon at the cinema. One unique human being, and I think I am right in saying he would be 84 this November 27th had he lived. 😞
In August of last year, I got see Enter The Dragon in theaters for the first time! It was the 40th anniversary of the movie
For the philosophical Bruce look up his interview at : Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview | Full Version. Yes, check out some of his movies, look for Enter the Dragon which was more of his work. It has Jackie Chan making an appearance (lol) as well as the room of mirrors.
Bruce Lee was a good fighter, idolized him as a kid even now, good review 🤜🤛👊
There is a series on HBO called "Warrior" the brainchild of Bruce Lee. One of the executive producers (of which there were many) was Shannon Lee Bruce's daughter. There are 3 seasons and was released 2019.
"Pumping Iron" the movie (1977 documentary) features the sport of body building, with eventually a focus on Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno and their competition for the professional Mr. Olympia title (which Arnold had already won 5 times). Lou Ferrigno would also parlay his successful body sculpting career into an acting career as "The Incredible Hulk" for 5 tv seasons in the late 1970's, and Arnold, of course, became the international movie star. A film good enough for your Saturday night if not your channel also.
I've watched you guys react to Dimash Kudaibergen. Dimash is to music as Bruce Lee is to martial arts. Bruces motto - using no way as way - having no limitation as limitation. I'm 68 and Bruce Lee has been my inspiration since my teens and inspired me to continue with martial arts. To me - Bruce Lee changed things for the Chinese people all around the world.
♥ Bruce Lee - there's a video of Brice playing ping pong with nunchucks! 😯
that, was fake.😅
Bruce was the real deal. In the movie The Big Boss, there is a fight scene in an ice factory. In real life, they were getting ready to film the scene, and a gang of dudes showed up to challenge Bruce to a fight, which was common. He kicked their asses, a gang of like 10 guys, and the director filmed the fight because it was so badass. After dispatching the gang, he ripped the film from the camera, because he didn't want to glorify the fight. So, the director rewrote the scene to match the fight as.close as possible.
Thankfully, Bruce Lee was able to actually sneak in a few movies at the very last 1.5 year of his life. Prior to that...there are ZERO movies, he was simply a veteran at live combat. In live situations he had fought; Black Belts, Pro Fighters, Ex military, Champions, 3rd degree Masters, Rival Martial Artists, and opponents that outweighed him by 100 pounds. His battle experience started in his teenhood as the leader of the Hong Kong gang known as the Tigers of Junction Street and the violence had lead all the way to adulthood. The few movies he DID get to make were only at the last 1.5 years of his life which was a brief opportunity for him to report his life experiences and share his insights into live combat. He only made 3 little movies plus One Hollywood film, a very short attempt at films but we're lucky he at least got to quickly make them right before he died to show us his insights on his life of hard combat.
Sports Illustrated has ranked BRUCE LEE in "The Top 50 Greatest Athletes of All Time", as he was able to raise unbelievable weights that pro weight lifters could not. "Enter the Dragon" was to be his film debut to the world but as he died before it's release he sadly never got to actually start an acting career, but the legacy he left was the life he lead and it took only one movie to get the world's attention for them to backtrack and see who this Man was and research the facts of his stunning life and super human abilities.
The 70s were an era of superhuman talent...It was an inspirational time to grow up in..
Great reaction. Most of the stuff in the video is 100% true, it’s just unfortunate the narrator wasn’t great, and they used a lot of clips that had nothing to do with Bruce. It definitely could’ve been edited better.
Bruce Lee was way ahead of his time. It wasn’t just his power and speed, but also his intelligence. When it came to martial arts, he was already training and adding graphing to his movies by 1972, well over 20 years before the UFC even was a thing.
The UFC yes but fighters were fighting with striking and grappling before Bruce ever left HK.
@@cuzz63 I didn’t say they weren’t, of course they were. I didn’t say he invented it. lol.
You should watch the video of Bruce hitting ping pong balls against a ping pong champion! It's nuts!! He does it with nunchucks!!
Believable - I've seen early newsreel footage of legendary Australian cricket batsman (Sir) Donald Bradman practicing hitting a cricket ball against the brick wall of his home with a cricket Stump.
Back in the day Bruce Lee wrote a couple of instruction books. *"The 1- and Three-Inch Power Punch"* and *"The Tao of Jeet Kune Do."* Think both are still available. Great reactions.
Died in 1973. Seems like yesterday! Still loving you Bruce!❤
Thanks for reacting to Bruce Lee. He was a real legend and he was the God father of mixed martial arts. All of the UFC claim, yeah, Bruce Lee started it all...
Darealdeal
Bruce amazing
Be like water my friend!
This guy was so deep, grew up with him, read lots of books on him, can't even begin to phantom how his mind worked, creating Jeet Kune Do.
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Dimash and Bruce Lee are both world wonders
Congrats guys 💖
If you watch him punch a bag 10:05, using power, he doesn't look unusually fast compared to boxers. Because that requires whole body movement.
The one inch punch requires them to stand feet together, otherwise they won't fly back. In the clip here it isn't even 1 inch away. He threw it from his waist. That's a full power, regular punch. 18:53
Yes he is very fast. But that's just a parlor trick which requires you to strike while planted. Not practical in a real fight. I used to do quick little roundhouses to impress my friends. But they had no power. I also did one hand push ups. I was super skinny.
I used to be a big lee fan. He had master offensive technique, but never showed his defense, and he was small. As a skinny twitchy boy myself, people also told me I was strong for my size. But that's the thing. Small is still small. I care more about lifting and getting big now.
I personally know "small" guys that hit like trucks. Technique and speed=power.
The slapping incident could easily have happened. If you watch Bruce fight, he often blocked attacks with an open hand allowing him to guide the direction of the blow, or turn it into a grab. Even in MMA, open hand techniques (I guess they could be considered "slaps") are common to turn, or reposition your opponent to optimize your next attack.
Watching his films convinced me. More than once you can see his upper body literally double in size.
I don't know why people make up myths and legends, it's simple, he drove his body to extremes, that which shines twice a bright lasts half as long...
I suspect the human body is capable of a lot they're saying he did. But at what price to the body?
William Cheung, who studied Wing Chun kung fu under the same teacher as Bruce Lee, held the world record for awhile with 25 punches per second.
He created a philosophy... the fact that Jeet Kune Do became a "set" style would have him spinning in his grave.
He prefered training/teaching people in small groups or one on one.
Because he knew that every person is different, and will be able to do different things(Well) based on their body types.
So he prefered to taylor the training based on the person.
He was SO FAST that when he was on the set of "Green Hornet", they asked him to slow down and exaggerate his movements... because they couldn't capture it on film. It was just a blur, as shown in the video.
He also played against pro pingpong players using nunchucks... and there is film on that.
I've been a Bruce Lee devotee since the 70s. We didn't have Cell phones, but we had magazines, books, newspapers, and documentaries and you learned from his contemporaries what Bruce could actually do. Like all legends of course there is hype but there is no doubt that Sigung was far more than exceptional.
James Coburn who was a famous actor (Paint Your Wagon), he trained with Bruce Lee and said it was true that he could send someone flying with a kick, because Bruce Lee did it to him.
I remember seeing a documentary where a professor of physics said after witnessing the "one inch punch," that it wasn't possible, but he saw it with his own eyes, which means that despite the laws of physics, it WAS possible.
Bruce Lee was an amazingly talented martial artist. I would take much of this being said with a grain of salt. 1500 push-ups ...... no way!
He wasn't a big heavy guy and the world record is apparently 3249 push-ups so I don't think that is impossible.
Dedication and discipline is key.
I'm 63 now but when I was 21 and at my peak of my martial arts my kicks where timed at 3 kicks per second
😊 he is one of my favourite martial artists 😊
The narrator said, bruce didnt have the most muscular or toned physique.
His poster was on the wall of golds gym that arnold went to. He was so many body builders and athletes inspiration. The man had one of the greatest physiques ever lol
"top 10 CRAZY Flying submissions in MMA" insane vidéo !
My daughter has been training for almost 6 years (Okinawa Karate), and it is a lot of hard work. Bruce Lee was the Master of his Art.
Bruce Lee started in Wing Chun training with Ip Man, while there are weapons nunchucks are not one of them as were many of the weapons he learned to use. I too loved his spiritual side " If you tie 2 birds together though they have 4 wings they cannot fly" comes to mind, he also wrote the movie " circle of Iron" check out that movie to really get a feel for his philosophy.
Interesting. I think the quote about tying two birds together is from Rumi. When the actor James Coburn was filming in Morocco he was receiving both martial arts training from Lee and Sufi teaching from Ikbal Ali Shah, maybe that's where he heard it.
I was working on an office in Montreal and one person mentioned he brought his son to train Martial Arts with one of 3 students that trained with Bruce Lee. So obviously I went. The class was for young kids but at one point the student, of certain mature age, did the 4 punches in one second that Bruce does in the movie Enter the Dragon, when the scared guy comes to Bruce's room and tells him to wear the uniform for the next day. The guy leaves and Bruce does 4 or 5 punches in one second.
As a Bruce fan from those days, I can tell you it would "seem" he certainly was superhuman, but some of this was embellished. The 9 punches and 6 kicks in 1 second is clearly humanly impossible. But 99% of everything else in this video is pretty much common knowledge for those of us Bruce fans from back then. How devastated and baffled I was when he passed. At 64, I am SO GLAD his memory and legacy is still that of the "Superhuman martial artist".
As a life long martial artist. The six kicks in 1 second is just not possible. I could see 4 if you count fairly poor powered kicks where instead of switch kicks you throw them.
9 punches seems more reasonable to me, depending on the distance thrown. The 1500 pushups I can honestly see him doing. He had freakish muscle endurance and the world record is north of 3000.
Watch the three triple crown races in order from Secretariat 1973. Gorgeous/Powerful and Majestic!
Best believe Bruce was fast. He was extreamly light and he was extreamly mind set. People forget at one stage he was paralyzed. Doctors told him, he will never walk again.. that was his most depressing moment. His wife Lynda had to help write his book and the drawings in that book. That book also had his power of the brain stronger. He came out of hospital being paralyzed and he was on his feet the second he felt feeling he was even faster. Most of that documentary especially with the last movie made before his died. It's after his back injury
Superfoot Wallace was another crazy athlete. I forgot how many kicks he could do in a second. I know one of his kicks clocked in at 67 mph.
The slap you speak of is when a writer held a focus mitt for Bruce in the office of Black Belt magazine, in 1967. The writer's shoulder did indeed get dislocated, after what Bruce called a light slap to the mitt. This event has been well documented by Mito Uyehara, the man who witnessed it. The coin feat is authentic as well, and has been fully documented in books and interviews by many who seen it themselves. The 8 punches in a second and rice caught with chopsticks is probably bullshit though. It was actually Chuck Norris, who has told many whoppers about Bruce himself, started the rice-chopstick, fabricated rumor and printed it in one of his books.
Bruce became a legend because he made a name for himself in the martial arts world by challenging and beating all the best martial artists in his era behind closed doors. Hence alot if martial arts legends became his student. Bruce had to do that because he had no credentials, he had to show he was the real deal to convince People he was serious and not just an actor and to prove kung fu wasn't just for show. Thats how his legend grew. It wasn't just a rumour he was the deadliest man on the planet, the rumours was based on the fact he beat them all. Because why would any world champion receive lessons from just an actor otherwise.
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He also beat the crap out of Steve McQueen when he came at Bruce like a wildman, determined to knock him out. Bruce kicked him in the head twice, knocked him flat, and McQueen, who was a brawler, instantly became Bruce's student.
As a kid I had his training book, and as I remember it was all about building strength using resistance, like trying to ripping out chain from the ground etc. Cool stuff. I like weights, but resistance/cardio training is something else. More organic I’d say, especially if you’re living in a city.
This was an interesting video about Bruce Lee and as you pointed out seemed to focus on the myth side. There are other videos out there that give a more realistic perspective of his life including the philisophical side of Bruce Lee.
As for his films which where in order Big Boss, Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury, Enter the Dragon and te film he was working on at the time of his Death Game of Death. There is very little of Bruce in the published movie but one particular scene was the pagoda which in it's entirety is arounf 20 minutes long. Again the full unedited scene is available on youtube. If you want a reccomendation as to which film to react to I would reccomend Way of the Dragon. The only reason being you get to witness more than the masrtial artist, he's also very funny throughout this film which is not explored in any of his other films. Just my opinion ofc.
And please please remember, apart from Enter the Dragon which was produced through an american studio his other films are dubbed for one, and not much of a storyline, your watching these primarly to witness the skills of Bruce as a mastial artist.
Good reaction as always as you guys are one of my favorite reactors. Few notes As you suspected there was some accuracy and embellishment but
Considering this was almost 50 years ago give or take we are getting further from the time of his day. One thing not mentioned was for his time he was doing things and saying things that were not only unheard of of but looked down on. Mixing martial arts in the day wasn’t even thought of as the Masters and styles were very possessive of their art, especially when you think of the history and countries he was mixing his material. Probably his biggest growth in knowledge and expertise probably was not an accident as at the time he was away from the conservative Chinese culture and now exposed to the melting pot environment of America and exposed himself to study philosophy in Seattle .
Now years Later with MMA being so popular, Dana white and many if not most credit him as being the father of MMA that is not by accident. He was truly skilled and his movies are still a standard for his fight scenes.
But his true gift to the Martial Arts community was his vision and his ability to inspire us to look inward with an open mind to
Challenge ourselves to excellence ❤🙏
The fly with chopsticks goes back , at least, to around 1600 with Miyamoto Musashi. The story is someone was going to challenge him but saw him sitting eating rice. The sounds of chopsticks clicking wasn't him eating but catching flies. The challenger left.
iv been looking for a good bruce lee poster to motivate me. cant find what i want.
You gotta do a Barry Sanders reaction!!!!!
as his wife Linda put it "Bruce was a very old soul, that came to visit us for a little while"
Talking about amazing physical feats, can you guys react to "Wilt Chamberlain - the most athletic giant ever"?
It's about a 7'1 demigod guy who had Michael Jordan athleticism mixed with powerlifter level strength and more.
Quite frankly seeing his footage together with the commentary from people who witnissed him is surreal.
Would be amazing to see your reaction to it, since you are avid weightlifters yourself and can better understand than others just how ridiculous his feats were
Most martial artists have to sacrifice speed for strength and vice versa. Bruce Lee didn't. He was a phenom.
even if some of his legend is just hype, it's based on the reality that he could actually do amazing things. he was such a small man, to have so much power; and his speed was worthy of the hype
A few more stories i have heard is bruce being able to strike anyone within 10 feet and sending a 200 lbs heavy bag flying with a sidekick. Also even in 1999 on lethal weapon 4 they had to slow down jet li to see his moves. I think they filmed at 32 fps and slowed to 24fps.
Thanks for another entertaining vid, guys. If you want to see Bruce Lee doing some almost superhuman feats on camera, look up him playing ping pong with nun chucks, and using nun chucks to light matches out of the air. The footage is on UA-cam. 🤘
The GOAT of kung fu . . .
--------- while bruce was the film star, a bit of a prima-donna show off, he was good at it, however Ed Parker really was one that I thought was better with his art of Kenpo. He was very scientific, philosophical, and his hands could move like a lightening bolt. Ed tailored his art to his heavy gravity centered body weight.
Many didn't know when Bruce & Chuck Norris did the movie together, that it was CHUCK not bruce who was world champ at that time.