As already stated by one individual on this forum today, Lee Jun Fan (Bruce Lee) passed away thirty-one years ago today! He was truly an incredible martial artist with a great mind for practical combative application of techniques and innovative training methods. His creativity and intensity have been greatly missed! It is up to us to continue the training and see to it that his incredible art of Jeet Kune Do survives from generation to generation, and to see that the memory of its founder is always fresh on the mind of those who were not here when he was still with us. I read recently where a female Chinese martial arts instructor asked the members of her children’s class how many of them knew who Bruce Lee was. No one raised their hand! That is a sad commentary indeed, and shows us that our work is truly cut out for us! Today please take a moment to say a prayer for the remaining members of the Lee family, that God will comfort them and help them to appreciate even more the memory of this lost loved one. Also, please put a little extra something in your training today in memory of the “Little Dragon”! I will be working out this afternoon and teaching a class tonight, and I know I plan to give it everything I’ve got in honor of the greatest martial artist that ever lived! Bruce Lee we salute you! May you rest in peace!
Originally posted by rubthebuddha looks like lamar stumbled upon yet another communist plot to stifle martial arts. lousy, no-good commie pinkos. :mad:
Originally posted by Serpent
[B]They forget Bruce Lee because his time has passed. I bet they all heard of Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Rogue, get over it dude. Bruce Lee was WAY over-rated. [/B]
How can you say that? I’d go as far as to say that the advancements of martial arts was set back about 20 years, until the Gracies showed up. :mad: Lee raised the bar of everything he was involved with, MA, movies, TV and training.
bruce lee set the action fight scene for hollywood for 30 years. it wasnt until jackie chan started making it in america and along with jet li that the action fight scenes sped up and became more unrealistic. note wire kung fu has existed since the early 80’s in HK and china, but not until crouching tiger and the matrix did it really take off in america.
where as bruce lee set the standard for action fight scenes in america for the next 30 years even today, crouching tiger and matrix will set it for years to come until the next cool thing comes along.
I had a buffalo head decomposing in the middle of my yard for the better part of a summer. Waiting for the maggots to clean it so that we could bleach the skull.
The sooner Bruce Lee falls into obscurity, the better. Then we can quit hearing, “Well, Bruce Lee did it like this.” “Bruce Lee says you should just move naturally and not worry about technique.” “Can you kick the ceiling like Bruce Lee did?” ( @ jw) “Bruce Lee studied for 45 minutes with our great-grandmaster, and that’s why my lineage is better than yours.”
From what I’ve heard, my father’s teacher taught non asian in Canada before Bruce Lee did. I’ve also heard that many teachers taught white folk before Bruce Lee in Lee’s city of San Francisco. My Sifu’s teacher taught nonasian before that time. There is a big misconception about Bruce Lee bringing Kung Fu to non asians. I do think the reason he was disliked was because of his approach and disregard for tradition.
@ jw) “Bruce Lee studied for 45 minutes with our great-grandmaster, and that’s why my lineage is better than yours.”