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Actually no one is waiting to hear anything from me except you. And as you can tell by most of the responses here, no one really cares one way or another who or if Bruce Lee fought anyone in the street. Its a totally inane discussion.
Fine, you're right. Bruce fought in the street because so and so told so and so who told so and so who told so and so who told so and so who told you. Yay! Domstarr wins! Go Domstarr! You rule! You know everything!
The fact is, as everyone will acknowledge, Bruce did get in a lot of fights in his youth. He did draw the attention of police because he was involved in so many fights. Just like I said. This is why he came back to the United States to go to college--his parents were, rightfully, worried he'd wind up in jail or dead as that was the route he was going. There is scant evidence that Bruce ever fought for real "on the streets" once returning to the US. That isn't the sort of thing that philosophy students do. This was before Fight Club, so it wouldn't exactly have been cool for Bruce to show up to his discussion sections bruised up. As a Chinese person trying to break into film in a racist era it also would not have done Bruce any good to get into fights on the street. Quite frankly I very much doubt he'd have gotten hired if he had a reputation for finding trouble (or for trouble fighting him). So far as I am aware there is claim, repeated by many sources, that Bruce was challenged ONCE at his school. There are reports that he MAY have whooped on Chuck Norris while sparing. Oh, but I forgot, Domstarr is always right. I'm just a wannabe who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Fine, you're right. Bruce fought in the street because so and so told so and so who told so and so who told so and so who told so and so who told you. Yay! Domstarr wins! Go Domstarr! You rule! You know everything!
The fact is, as everyone will acknowledge, Bruce did get in a lot of fights in his youth. He did draw the attention of police because he was involved in so many fights. Just like I said. This is why he came back to the United States to go to college--his parents were, rightfully, worried he'd wind up in jail or dead as that was the route he was going. There is scant evidence that Bruce ever fought for real "on the streets" once returning to the US. That isn't the sort of thing that philosophy students do. This was before Fight Club, so it wouldn't exactly have been cool for Bruce to show up to his discussion sections bruised up. As a Chinese person trying to break into film in a racist era it also would not have done Bruce any good to get into fights on the street. Quite frankly I very much doubt he'd have gotten hired if he had a reputation for finding trouble (or for trouble fighting him). So far as I am aware there is claim, repeated by many sources, that Bruce was challenged ONCE at his school. There are reports that he MAY have whooped on Chuck Norris while sparing. Oh, but I forgot, Domstarr is always right. I'm just a wannabe who doesn't know what he's talking about.
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