Best Martial Artist ever?

**Murder after Midnight** · 05-29-2009, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by SleeperC5

You beat him before right?

**!!!FAST!!!** · 05-29-2009, 05:36 PM

Eric Roberts.

**Spaz** · 05-29-2009, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by cammed goat

Bruce was very cunning. I remember when he was giving an interview, with whom, I cannot remember. But he said something about taking shape of an object. Like floating on air or becoming the water in the cup. Was really deep. It was like he could give analogies and not act like a billy bad@$$. To me, that's cool.

simplified he said "become water"... when you think of it it is brilliant... water forms to the shape of any container... that applies in many ways...

**Spaz** · 05-29-2009, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by totalkos

yep.

sorry... chuck got his faggot ass kicked by bruce lee...

any

@ any one who chooses some MMA "fighter" or the people that think bruce lee was only a hollywood actor...

**blackSS01** · 05-29-2009, 06:46 PM

I would say anyone that knows Ninjitsu (spell?) would be able to kill Bruce Lee in a fight (if he wasn't already dead) Google it, some crazy shit!!!!

**blackSS01** · 05-29-2009, 07:08 PM

I think Frank Dux would be Bruce Lee.

http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/frank-dux-2.htm

**Spaz** · 05-30-2009, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

I would say anyone that knows Ninjitsu (spell?) would be able to kill Bruce Lee in a fight (if he wasn't already dead) Google it, some crazy shit!!!!

i've taken ninjitsu and no... unless they kill him in his sleep...

**Spaz** · 05-30-2009, 07:52 AM

also... just to point out... there are more than likely monks that would destroy pretty much any one (hand to hand) that you could put them up against...

**blackSS01** · 05-30-2009, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

i've taken ninjitsu and no... unless they kill him in his sleep...

Frank Dux FTW, Ninjitsu at its best. Its not all silent assassin killing

**SiggyZ** · 05-30-2009, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

also... just to point out... there are more than likely monks that would destroy pretty much any one (hand to hand) that you could put them up against...

Aren't you a monk?

**cammed goat** · 05-30-2009, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Racer X Vpr Klr

i agree...a true martial artist never gets full of himself..humility is the key to becomming a top level martial artist...and a crap load of training

Originally Posted by Justin23454

any of you see that show on the history chan. about Bruce Lee. It was on maybe last sat/sunday I believe. But ya I to would say bruce lee. Its not just his skill in fighting that has made him what he is today, he was also a philosophy major in College. Oh, and the quote was

"Empty your mind, be formless, Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."And bruce lee was what got me into fighting. If you just watch things (or read things) on bruce lee you will see just HOW ahead of his time he was. He was doing things back then that people are just starting to do to this day. Without Bruce Lee, I believe the martial arts we see today would not exist.

Originally Posted by SiggyZ

Bruce Lee, hands down. The man developed his own style by integrating other styles together. A true legend, and, from what I've read, you'd never have met a more honest and down to earth human being. And I agree, without Lee's contributions, we probably wouldn't be seeing martial arts anywhere near how we see it in this country today.

That was the analogy I saw. After I watched that...I was speechless. I was in absolute awe and I developed a strong respect for that man. That is deep. I am happy there are others who feel the same degree of respect for that man as I do.

**SiggyZ** · 05-30-2009, 01:58 PM

I'm not sure if anyone here knows this. But Bruce Lee was done over wrong many times by Hollywood. One example? Remember the Kung Fu series? Bruce Lee was supposed to be in that, as he had a lot to do with its creation, but the powers that be pushed him out and gave the part to David Carradine.

Bruce Lee got his first shot at stardom here, when given the part of Kato on The Green Hornet series in the 60s.

**CJREX** · 05-30-2009, 02:26 PM

If you like Bruce Lee, this is a pretty good documentary/movie about his life. And Bruce Lee's wife was involved to make sure things were as accurate as possible. This details some of the wrongs mentioned above.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Love the fight in the ice factory

**cammed goat** · 05-30-2009, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by CJREX

If you like Bruce Lee, this is a pretty good documentary/movie about his life. And Bruce Lee's wife was involved to make sure things were as accurate as possible. This details some of the wrongs mentioned above.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Love the fight in the ice factory

EXCELLENT MOVIE.

**ibanez7** · 05-30-2009, 02:53 PM

BRUCE LEE...... bruce lee in his short time alive created a new martial arts style Jeet Kune Do. That is a feat that no-one has ever done, typically martial art styles take generations to create. His mix of the best from each fighting style and philosphy was amazing.

second would be:
Jet Li.... Jet Li holds many chanpionships and records in many martial arts styles including 15 gold metals in Wushu (chinesse combat fighting)

There are many great fighters out there, Frank Mir, GSP, etc.... however there are only a few masters. Bruce Lee and Jet Li are true masters.

**blackSS01** · 05-30-2009, 03:02 PM

Frank Dux didn't invent his own style but he did modifiy an exsisting one to a great degree. I would say he has to be above Jet Li. I have much respect for Bruce Lee, the move Dragon was awesome. If my memory serves me correctly, did one of the fight scenes in a Bruce Lee movie be a actual fight. I thought I had heard of that before.

**Justin23454** · 05-30-2009, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by SiggyZ

I'm not sure if anyone here knows this. But Bruce Lee was done over wrong many times by Hollywood. One example? Remember the Kung Fu series? Bruce Lee was supposed to be in that, as he had a lot to do with its creation, but the powers that be pushed him out and gave the part to David Carradine.

Bruce Lee got his first shot at stardom here, when given the part of Kato on The Green Hornet series in the 60s.

ya I know, I hate David carradine for it

**310stanger** · 05-30-2009, 04:54 PM

Bruce Lees son Brandon was on the verge of being the next great action star had he not been killed on the set of the Crow.

**cammed goat** · 05-30-2009, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

Bruce Lees son Brandon was on the verge of being the next great action star had he not been killed on the set of the Crow.

:i agree:

**CJREX** · 05-30-2009, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

If my memory serves me correctly, did one of the fight scenes in a Bruce Lee movie be a actual fight. I thought I had heard of that before.

He got into many fights on the sets of his movies, but I don't think he allowed any of them into the actual film.

Apparently at almost every movie set, someone would have to challenge him and say he was only a movie star and not a true fighter. It would also get a local a Big Rep if they could say they whipped Bruce Lee.

Copied from the web...

Lee's celebrity and martial arts prowess often put him on a collision course with a number of street thugs, stunt men and martial arts extras, all hoping to make a name for themselves. Lee typically defused such challenges without fighting, but felt forced to respond to several persistent individuals.

Bob Wall, USPK karate champion and co-star in Enter the Dragon, recalled a particularly serious encounter that transpired after a film extra kept taunting Lee. The extra yelled that Lee was "a movie star, not a martial artist," that he "wasn't much of a fighter." Lee answered his taunts by asking him to jump down from the wall he was sitting on. Bob Wall described Lee's opponent as "a gang-banger type of guy from Hong Kong," a "damned good martial artist," and observed that he was fast, strong, and bigger than Bruce.

Wall recalled the confrontation in detail:

"This kid was good. He was strong and fast, and he was really trying to punch Bruce's brains in. But Bruce just methodically took him apart.". "Bruce kept moving so well, this kid couldn't touch him...Then all of a sudden, Bruce got him and rammed his ass with the wall and swept him up, proceeding to drop him and plant his knee into his opponent's chest, locked his arm out straight, and nailed him in the face repeatedly." After his victory, Lee gave his opponent lessons on how to improve his fighting skills. His opponent, now impressed, would later say to Lee, "You really are a master of the martial arts.