Stop worshipping Bruce

[Tant01]

Did y'all check out ^ that forum yet?

Are YOU KIDDING? Who the heck would bother with any forum moderated by YOU? And WHY hijack a years old thread about BL to "announce" YOUR stupid crap?

Start your own thread bonehead!

Back to the TOPIC!

Remember THIS?

Quote:
Originally posted by Thai Bri
Boxers were doing the first two. And many people boxed and wrestled. People were mixing martial arts decades before Bruce Lee also, like W.E. Fairbairn for example.

If Bruce Lee had not been such a big movie star he would not have acheived anything like the influence he has in Martial Arts. Most of us would read his name in the small print, along with the others.

True, Boxers were doing the impact and full contact training prior to Bruce Lee. Boxing is in fact where Bruce Lee found many of the things he incorporated into his training. However, prior to Bruce Lee most martial artists wouldn't have considered Boxing or Wrestling to be Martial Arts. Still today many people are confused by their classification as such.

In my research I found no one in the US prior to Bruce Lee incorprating western boxing or wrestling into their martial arts instruction. Certainly no one in kung fu, judo or karate was doing this prior to Lee.

Fairbairn may be the only exception to this. And in that case you are right. But, I don't recall Fairbairn having ever taught civilians. At least not in any organized class outside of the military.

So much for research skills? Never found KAJUKEMBO (Karate/Judo/Kempo/Boxing) I can recall reading about Kimura taking up boxing to compliment his Judo and a few Silat/kuntao guys that added some Judo and boxing too long before BL came onto the scene... Donn Draeger introduced some Judo techniques to more than one Pendakar of Pentjak Silat. back when BL was still beating up kids in school...

[mouseglove]

n00b to the forum, not to JKD

honestly, Lee's philosophy on martial arts, as a whole, makes the most sense for practitioners of any form of fighting. William Cheung has the Guiness World Record of over 8 punches per second; Lee is known for the base form he uses because of Cheung. IMO Lee is worthy of praise because of his roots... he may have been the strongest and fastest fighter ever within his class, but there will eventually be another that can best him, if there isn't someone out there already. I certainly wouldn't want to cross the man in his prime.

[Jiu-fu fighter]

lol.... I only read up to page 6, and let me tell you...

THIS THREAD WENT TO SHIT SO LONG AGO!!!!

but now for my 2 cents,

Bruce was not a god, bruce was a great fighter, a great pioneer, he has done so much for the martial arts and breaking tradition.
He trained hard, he obsessed over it, he was always learning more and looking for more to learn, he has brought so much to the martial arts

and no matter what you may so

the man....


DESERVES RESPECT

so give some...

[Tant01]

You can thank 7r14ngL3Ch0k3 (Premiere Member)

for resurecting the long dead thread...

His attempt at spam last year.

[Troll Virus]

You can thank 7r14ngL3Ch0k3 (Premiere Member)

for resurecting the long dead thread...

His attempt at spam last year.

So numbers is mouseglove?

[Tant01]

So numbers is mouseglove?

What? I said last year.

[Troll Virus]

What? I said last year.

Sorry Ray.
Not being a premiere member n all that maybe things look different to you exalted peeps.
mousegloves shows that as his numero uno post to me, dated today.

[Tant01]

Who exalted whats? Now I'm really confused TV...

We're all just "users" I don't expect much from first timers (like looking at the date of the last post )

Perhaps mousegloves will post again?