I know it's not boxing, but please just check out this handspeed!
click this shit: http://www.devilducky.com/media/37308/
I find it rather disturbing.
(no wonder Chris Eubank names Bruce Lee as one of his idols)
I saw that clip on a documentary about him on TLC. The narrator said that during the filming of "The Green Hornet", they asked Bruce to slow down coz his freakin' legs and arms disappeared from the frame. 24 frames per second and in some shots, his arm was just seen initiating the move and in the next frame, it was moving back. Completely missed the reach of his punch.
Director was concerned the viewers would think they sped up the camera.
Um...that's just crazy.
Also, one of the American actor in the set of "Enter the Dragon", said one of the Chinese extras said something to Bruce which pissed him off. He told the guy to come towards him. They were about to fight obviously. He said Bruce's punch was so fast, the fight was over with one punch.
Hey, that's what he said. Perhaps he was patronizing his idol. I dunno. Too many similar testimonies about Bruce's speed to just brush it off as just exagerating.
I heard that a guy was sitting on a wall during the filming of Enter the Dragon and calling Bruce a fraud etc, saying that Bruce had never been in a real fight and that he was over-rated, and how he'd whip Bruce's ass, and the guy went on and on apparently until Bruce could ignore him no more. Apparently Bruce politely told him to get down off the wall, then beat the living shit out of him.
You need to open up a book or do some research first faggot.
Gene Labelle never got Lee in a headlock. They were joking around but he picked him up and Lee said something along the lines of 'When you put me down, I'm going to kill you'. Gene said 'Hah thats why I'm not going to put you down'. I don't remember how it ended but those are the facts.
You're the 'owned' one bitch.
=======the guy was jui-jisu black belt. ==========
** I think you're referring to Gene LaBelle, Hollywood stunt guy, 'rassler, and juijitsu artist and legend. He's taken down a number of legends and tough guys, basically choking them out on the set when they got too big for their britches.
did u hear of that story of lee. its true. bruce lee for some reason was gona fight some guy, cany remmeber his name in his dojo. the guy was jui-jisu black belt. the guy went for a take down and lee had thrown a side kick which landed but the grappler grabbed lee in headlock and it was over, lee taped, from that day on, lee trained in grappling and he reached blue belt by the time he died
The amazing thing is his kick is faster than a lot of people's jabs. I think he could do very well in K1, pride, or UFC. Consider Kaoklai, a muay thai kickboxing champion weighing around 175 pounds, was able to defeat much bigger fighters. I think one was around 250 pounds (won by awesome flying round house to the head, KO), and another guy was over 300 pounds and 7 feet or something like that (won by split decision, close fight). When he was facing the 7 ft guy, he dodged a fast kick by doing a matrix-like move. In speed/reflexes vs. power, speed/reflexes usually wins.
I just dont think anyone can say one person could beat another until they actually fight.
And to say he was unbeatable is kinda ridiculous. Alot of people who knew him, and saw him fight say he was great, but i dont feel i could base an argument of how great he was on what somone else has said.
Its all hearsay. But he sure looked good.
Those scenes in Enter The Dragon are still fucking incredible, and make most movie fight scenes look shite.
A 120 pound bruce lee beating a prime tyson , lennox lewis, foreman or ali in a street fight is absurd . One punch from these guys and lee would be dead .
He knows just where to hit someone. With that kind of speed; its very simple for him. I can definitely see him defeating a heavyweight. I'm not sure how good his chin is since I've never seen him get hit. I wouldn't be surprised if that was something astounding too.
It wasn't sped up, it does look impressive, but it doesn't mean much. Those slaps and backhands are techniques tailored for speed. He is not throwing punches with full bodyweight behind them, just twisting a little at the waist.
The animal with the fastest strike in the animal kingdom is the mantis shrimp. At 6-12" these little beasties are so quick and powerful with their strikes that the ocean water boils around them when they attack. A mantis shrimp the size of a man would have the force of a battleship's main gun behind his punch. It would be like something out of DBZ. P4P, no other creature on this planet has that kind of speed and power.
Yet they are not the size of a human, and at 6" I can squash one beneath my foot with a good stomp. Just like Tyson, Ali, Dempsey, Louis etc. would obliterate Lee with one punch. If handspeed alone was enough to win fights, Manny Pacquaio could up to heavyweight and clean house. Lee was a little guy who looked soft at 150 lbs. His best weight was around 130-135. He's a lightweight, and I suspect not even as powerful as Roberto Duran. In fact, in a mythical streetfight between the two, I would put my money on Duran, who had many recorded fights in the ring and many bloody streetfights outside of it.
Lee would have his hands full with the great lightweights in history, let alone the heavyweights. He was an actor first, a martial artist second. He did change the way many martial artists thought about tradition and the concept of style, but that does not translate to him beating Mike Tyson.
If that was sped up the audio would be totally off track moron.
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I was not impressed by the video. I think pretty much anybody can move their hands that fast if they want to.
"You know the chinese, their sneaky" - bruce lee, was the best part.
And the suit, I will say that the man did have some style.
I've been a Bruce Lee fan for ages and truly believe there is/was/ever will be a person that could beat him.
Once you understand Jeet Kune Do then it's easy to understand why.