Friend of Bruce lee says he copied Ali's Footwork.

You can also look at his remaining disciples, like Dan Inosanto... These guys are the Floyd Mayweather of JKD/MMA, uber skills in fighting techniques. Pick up what works, and use what's necessary to win (in a fight). Ted wong and dan inosanto never entered any formal competition so their actual level of talent is a mystery and all I have to judge them by is their knowledge. But as far as the likes of steve mcqueen they were beating far more talented and experienced fighters simply because of bruce lee's emphasis on conditioning.

But his students werent necessarily finding success because they were better skilled as they were still confined by the rules of contact karate. They were succeeding because they had ridiculous conditioning because bruce lee had state of the art training equipment and methods many of which were developed by him and custom built for him. You can also look at his remaining disciples, like Dan Inosanto... These guys are the Floyd Mayweather of JKD/MMA, uber skills in fighting techniques. Pick up what works, and use what's necessary to win (in a fight).

yes, and he also copied his stance and attack style from fencing as well. lee saw the bigger picture outside of traditional chinese martial arts. he took what his master ip man did in perfecting wing chun even further.

Quite a talkative guy is Leo. Im sure he has many interesting stories to tell.

All his students were winning all competitions back in the late 60s early 70s. But his students werent necessarily finding success because they were better skilled as they were still confined by the rules of contact karate. They were succeeding because they had ridiculous conditioning because bruce lee had state of the art training equipment and methods many of which were developed by him and custom built for him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BluUhcEvPtI&feature=related

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BluUhcEvPtI&feature=related

I got news for ye all: Ali copied many of his moves from Luis Manuel Rodriguez! If ya don't believe it, ask Angelo Dundee!

You can argue on how Lee himself would perform in either Boxing or MMA at the highest levels, but his ideas and teachings are solid. Self-evident actually. Boxers themselves don't owe much to Bruce, but MMA, all of MMA owes everything to Bruce Lee. Opening scene of 'Enter the Dragon' shows it all.

it would be interesting if bruce is still alive to see what he can contribute to mixed martial arts. i always wonder if bruce is really a master at what he does. All his students were winning all competitions back in the late 60s early 70s.

I always thought it was common knowledge that Lee incorperated boxing into his fighting style, and boxing does use excellent footwork.

Lee incorparated boxing techniques into his style. Ali did not invent footwork in boxing. Lee also boxed and fought some amateur fights. He KOed a 3 time British champ. Lee tried to learn from all combat disciplines, boxing was just one of them.

this is a BOXING RELATED THREAD, if someone thinks otherwise say so in this thread,