Great talk men. John has some interesting ideas about exercise. If you ever have him on again it would be fascinating to hear about the progression of his own theories and philosophies on the topic.
@12:20 "Taki was Lee's tightest friend through out a period of 28 years" Did I get that right?? Lee died at 32, so Taki and Lee knew each other at age 4??? That's not right, Lee came to the states at age 18. That's when he met Taki
Maybe interesting for some viewers here: Mr. Little is gonna publish a new book in September this year. "Wrath of the Dragon: The Real Fights of Bruce Lee". I posted it including a linke but some times if you post a link comments are invisible. This is the description: "Bruce Lee remains the gold standard that all martial artists are compared to. But could he actually fight? World Champions in karate competition have gone on record to point out that he never once competed in tournaments. Were his martial abilities merely a trick of the camera? For the first time ever, Bruce Lee authority and bestselling author John Little takes a hard look at Bruce Lee’s real-life fights to definitively answer these questions with over 30 years of research that took him thousands of miles. Little has tracked down over 30 witnesses to the real fights of Bruce Lee as well as those who were present at his many sparring sessions (in which he was never defeated) against the very best martial artists in the world. From the mean streets of Hong Kong, to challenge matches in Seattle and Oakland, to the sets of his iconic films where he was challenged repeatedly, this is the incredible real-life fighting record of the man known as the “Little Dragon,” who may well have been the greatest [street] fighter of the 20th century." Little said in an other podcast all his stuff he brought togehter after all these years, he ends up Bruce's street fight record was 36-0, and his sparring record was 27-0. Among the guys he sparred was Joe Lewis, but also the professional Heavyweight Boxer Joey Orbillo. Orbillo fought "Irish" Jerry Quarry in 1966. Quarrys credentials as pro Boxer: - 2 fights against Muhammad Ali, 2 losses - 2 fight agant Joe Frazier, 2 losses - 1 fight against Earnie Shavers, 1 win - 1 fight against Floyd Patterson, 1 win Quarry was able to KO Earnie Shavers, who is today the leading candidate for being the hardest puncher in Heavyweight History by certain Boxers and Boxing Historians (Ali, Larry Holmes, Hank Kaplan, Bert Randolph Sugar, etc.), in the opening round, but Obrillo was able to go the distnace with him.
Mr little mentions Bruce being 130lbs, that was at the end of his life., Bruce after he started weight training in the 60s only became progressively lighter after Fist of Fury , what we know now, a combination of cocaine abuse and overwork was responsible for Bruce's weight loss. Bruce's ideal fighting weight was between 145 to 140lbs.
@@johncarroll772 Yes i guess so too. But i think he was also very good at 135lbs, because thats the weight he had in 1959 when he met tough street guys like Jesse Glover, Ed Hart, James DeMile etc.. At least according to DeMile his weight was 135 during that time.
As Lee mentioned it is difficult to honestly express yourself ...so true in this world of transformation
Man I Just love Bruce lee man!⚡😔😌
Great interview! Thank you so much! John's brilliant pearl of Wisdom, at 1:23:31, is absolutely PRICELESS!
Thank you for the kind comment glad you enjoyed the episode. It was great having John on and definitely looking to have him on again.
Thank you for this!
Thankyou glad you enjoyed it
Awesome!!!
thankyou
Good Company. Thanks for the interview.
Excellent 👌👌
Great talk men. John has some interesting ideas about exercise. If you ever have him on again it would be fascinating to hear about the progression of his own theories and philosophies on the topic.
Bruce Lee Forever
Kung Fu monthly was the highlight of my teenage years in the 70s.
You-tuber who interview need to take a lesson from this guy. He asks questions and does not interrupt.
Great nuggets of wisdom in this video! And not from Bruce Lee either.
@12:20 "Taki was Lee's tightest friend through out a period of 28 years"
Did I get that right??
Lee died at 32, so Taki and Lee knew each other at age 4???
That's not right, Lee came to the states at age 18. That's when he met Taki
I think he misspoke.
Maybe interesting for some viewers here: Mr. Little is gonna publish a new book in September this year. "Wrath of the Dragon: The Real Fights of Bruce Lee". I posted it including a linke but some times if you post a link comments are invisible. This is the description:
"Bruce Lee remains the gold standard that all martial artists are compared to. But could he actually fight? World Champions in karate competition have gone on record to point out that he never once competed in tournaments. Were his martial abilities merely a trick of the camera?
For the first time ever, Bruce Lee authority and bestselling author John Little takes a hard look at Bruce Lee’s real-life fights to definitively answer these questions with over 30 years of research that took him thousands of miles. Little has tracked down over 30 witnesses to the real fights of Bruce Lee as well as those who were present at his many sparring sessions (in which he was never defeated) against the very best martial artists in the world.
From the mean streets of Hong Kong, to challenge matches in Seattle and Oakland, to the sets of his iconic films where he was challenged repeatedly, this is the incredible real-life fighting record of the man known as the “Little Dragon,” who may well have been the greatest [street] fighter of the 20th century."
Little said in an other podcast all his stuff he brought togehter after all these years, he ends up Bruce's street fight record was 36-0, and his sparring record was 27-0. Among the guys he sparred was Joe Lewis, but also the professional Heavyweight Boxer Joey Orbillo.
Orbillo fought "Irish" Jerry Quarry in 1966. Quarrys credentials as pro Boxer:
- 2 fights against Muhammad Ali, 2 losses
- 2 fight agant Joe Frazier, 2 losses
- 1 fight against Earnie Shavers, 1 win
- 1 fight against Floyd Patterson, 1 win
Quarry was able to KO Earnie Shavers, who is today the leading candidate for being the hardest puncher in Heavyweight History by certain Boxers and Boxing Historians (Ali, Larry Holmes, Hank Kaplan, Bert Randolph Sugar, etc.), in the opening round, but Obrillo was able to go the distnace with him.
Mr little mentions Bruce being 130lbs, that was at the end of his life., Bruce after he started weight training in the 60s only became progressively lighter after Fist of Fury , what we know now, a combination of cocaine abuse and overwork was responsible for Bruce's weight loss. Bruce's ideal fighting weight was between 145 to 140lbs.
@@johncarroll772 Yes i guess so too. But i think he was also very good at 135lbs, because thats the weight he had in 1959 when he met tough street guys like Jesse Glover, Ed Hart, James DeMile etc.. At least according to DeMile his weight was 135 during that time.
@@chrisbach1533 think John Little is going to reappear on KFG soon discussing Bruce Lee and his fights
@@johncarroll772 Yes he will be there again :), KFG already announced it.