If you know more than someone then they're ignorant to the facts, they're not a moron. This is why you're wrong in calling any of us morons, it's another word for stupid. Ignorant is the word you were looking for, it means lacking knowledge which is all any of us were guilty of. All I said was that Bruce had a big impact, but I hyperbolized, clearly. You constantly hear that sortve **** being thrown around, I guess I fell victim too it. You know what they say, repeat a lie often enough...
Anyway, I can tell this sort of thing pisses you off. Clearly you're passionate about it. I can respect that. I am too.
nah that dude is some martial arts dork. probably suck off his escrima master between sessions.
ppl need to understand difference between a practictioner and fighter. if you study martial arts but don't fight YOU'RE NOT A FIGHTER.
i have boxing equipment, hit the bags, studied boxing. boxed with my friends. was i boxer? no i was a stupid kid working out.
if ppl are morons, then i'll call them that.
not too sure if bjj guys did kimura before. the teaching of judo to the gracies was a century ago. rules change. some say bjj is closer to early judo than current judo.
i'm not too sure about kimura being so much bigger than helio.
like bruce lee stories, gracie stories get twisted.
but for their exagerrations, the gracies were proven fighters.
big rickson fan. royce too even though he's not as good.
If you know more than someone then they're ignorant to the facts, they're not a moron. This is why you're wrong in calling any of us morons, it's another word for stupid. Ignorant is the word you were looking for, it means lacking knowledge which is all any of us were guilty of. All I said was that Bruce had a big impact, but I hyperbolized, clearly. You constantly hear that sortve **** being thrown around, I guess I fell victim too it. You know what they say, repeat a lie often enough...
Anyway, I can tell this sort of thing pisses you off. Clearly you're passionate about it. I can respect that. I am too.
so pac who is a professional fighter can't beat lee.
and gene lebell a 10th degree judo blsck belt and national judo champion couldn't out grapple lee?
got it.
you guys should be ashamed of yourself. really.
Exactly, there are truckloads of professional fighters who wouldn't beat Lee. Pac is just one of them. Don't pick on Pac though because of it and try belittling Pac.
Bruce Lee is an actor. He didn't has a single fight in his life.
Manny Pacquaio is not only a legend, he's an absolute beast of a man and a fighter.
To compare fighters to actors is silly, let alone legends like Pacquaio.
No one believes you think Pac would beat bruce lee. And don't get upset that no one thinks Pac would beat Bruce. People only say Pac would beat Bruce out of anger and spite, people understand that.
But the thread is asking the question who would win? To really attempt to answer that you have to take everything into consideration. And I mean everything, and if you aren't going to do that then you are just burying your head in the sand as the truth hurts. You have to understand how Bruce lee trained, how he thought. Bruce lee trained to beat guys like Pac, not to beat your average know nothing on the street mugger trying to get his wristwatch.
You have to take into consideration professional fighters were in awe when sparring with Bruce and knew bruce was better than them just like Pac knows. When people come to the conclusion Pac is no match for Bruce, they take this into consideration, they take everything into consideration. Take into consideration Pac is only a boxer and acknowledging Pac knows nothing other than boxing. Doesn't mean to say they dont respect Pac and what hes done in boxing. Don't play the it was only sparring game now. Pros know when someone is better, and its not for you to say and judge. You can delude yourself but the reality is most people privately whether they like it or not, know bruce would beat Pac, that's just the way it is, and no ones asking or expecting you to like that fact
Well most people who knew bruce ackowledge he was a fighting genius, so he obviously proved a lot. You dont prove things by being on film.
Lots of people ackowledge Lee beat them and what they did, so bruce obviously had more fights than youd like to admit to knowing about.
No one who seriously sparred with Lee can realy recall hitting Lee on the chin so that obviously needs to be taken into consideration. And the consideration is that Pac would land nothing on Lees chin.
All we are trying to assess is what would happen if Bruce and Pac fought in a bar room, nobody is going to go to jail or get hanged or die if we get the decision wrong. If we think Bruce would beat Pac in 30seconds and get it wrong and in reality it would only take Lee 20 seconds to beat him, no one was harmed in us getting our prediction wrong.
If only a quarter of what we read is to be believed, Bruce would beat Pac in any bar room in the world. I doubt Pac would argue that, so why guys like you or left hook tua try to is not hard to understand why. Jealousy.
Bruce Lee is an actor. He didn't has a single fight in his life.
Manny Pacquaio is not only a legend, he's an absolute beast of a man and a fighter.
To compare fighters to actors is silly, let alone legends like Pacquaio.
so pac who is a professional fighter can't beat lee.
and gene lebell a 10th degree judo blsck belt and national judo champion couldn't out grapple lee?
got it.
you guys should be ashamed of yourself. really.
No, Chuck norris said nobody could beat him and that Lee would kill im in a fight to the death.
Lebel said Lee was the best martial of his time. And he also takes posthumous cheapshots at Lee posthumously. Its not a coincidence he didnt say things like Rhonda Rousey would beat Lee when Lee was alive thats for sure, and make fun of Lee. If Gene did take the mickey out of bruce and treat bruce as a joke where is the evidence of that.? Youll find none, as he tip toed around Lee like they all did. THe mouthy actor bruce, and no karate person challenged him at all, even though Lee upset many people. Because they knew he could back up anything he said for sure.
so if no one challenged him, who did he fight?
if he didn't fight, how is he a fighter?
but what that is matter because so and so says bruce lee can fight even though they never fought him...
oh that's right they "sparred" and lee showed them moves.
exactly the same as pac going toe to toe with 60 pro fighters.
Well most people who knew bruce ackowledge he was a fighting genius, so he obviously proved a lot. You dont prove things by being on film.
Lots of people ackowledge Lee beat them and what they did, so bruce obviously had more fights than youd like to admit to knowing about.
No one who seriously sparred with Lee can realy recall hitting Lee on the chin so that obviously needs to be taken into consideration. And the consideration is that Pac would land nothing on Lees chin.
All we are trying to assess is what would happen if Bruce and Pac fought in a bar room, nobody is going to go to jail or get hanged or die if we get the decision wrong. If we think Bruce would beat Pac in 30seconds and get it wrong and in reality it would only take Lee 20 seconds to beat him, no one was harmed in us getting our prediction wrIong.
If only a quarter of what we read is to be believed, Bruce would beat Pac in any bar room in the world. I doubt Pac would argue that, so why guys like you or left hook tua try to is not hard to understand why. Jealousy.
Truth is that if anyone gets hit on the chin, they would be knocked out cold...not just bruce lee, and fact is that it actually wouldnt take much force to do it either.
chuck norris himself said bruce lee wasn't a fighter.
"HE WAS GOOD FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A FIGHTER." something like that. he got crap for it so he tries to be diplomatic.
gene lebell, judo champ (bruce lee friend) talked about how clueless lee was at grappling.
bruce lee fans bring up lebell when they want to talk about how lee STUDIED judo/wrestling but dismiss lebell when he says lee had limited knowledge about grappling.
if you guys want to worship lee that's fine but learn something about the dude.
No, Chuck norris said nobody could beat him and that Lee would kill im in a fight to the death.
Lebel said Lee was the best martial of his time. And he also takes posthumous cheapshots at Lee posthumously. Its not a coincidence he didnt say things like Rhonda Rousey would beat Lee when Lee was alive thats for sure, and make fun of Lee. If Gene did take the mickey out of bruce and treat bruce as a joke where is the evidence of that.? Youll find none, as he tip toed around Lee like they all did. THe mouthy actor bruce, and no karate person challenged him at all, even though Lee upset many people. Because they knew he could back up anything he said for sure.
To add to Left Hook Tua's comments;
Bruce Lee never had a fight in his life, Amateur or Professional, so how was he a fighter? He wasn't.
For all we know his chin is made of glass. He hasn't been punched so how can we know? Impossible to do so.
He hasn't proven anything of his capabilities or limits.
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Well most people who knew bruce ackowledge he was a fighting genius, so he obviously proved a lot. You dont prove things by being on film.
Lots of people ackowledge Lee beat them and what they did, so bruce obviously had more fights than youd like to admit to knowing about.
No one who seriously sparred with Lee can realy recall hitting Lee on the chin so that obviously needs to be taken into consideration. And the consideration is that Pac would land nothing on Lees chin.
All we are trying to assess is what would happen if Bruce and Pac fought in a bar room, nobody is going to go to jail or get hanged or die if we get the decision wrong. If we think Bruce would beat Pac in 30seconds and get it wrong and in reality it would only take Lee 20 seconds to beat him, no one was harmed in us getting our prediction wrong.
If only a quarter of what we read is to be believed, Bruce would beat Pac in any bar room in the world. I doubt Pac would argue that, so why guys like you or left hook tua try to is not hard to understand why. Jealousy.
if ppl are morons, then i'll call them that.
not too sure if bjj guys did kimura before. the teaching of judo to the gracies was a century ago. rules change. some say bjj is closer to early judo than current judo.
i'm not too sure about kimura being so much bigger than helio.
like bruce lee stories, gracie stories get twisted.
but for their exagerrations, the gracies were proven fighters.
big rickson fan. royce too even though he's not as good.
i'll give you guys a little history lesson since you bruce lee fans don't know anything.
ever watch ufc and hear them refer to a KIMURA?
it's an armlock submission. do you know why it's called a kimura?
it's a brazilian jiu-jitsu term with a japanese name.
in 1940's helio gracie using bjj fought a jap judo champ in a mma fight. the judo guy broke his arm with a judo hold.
the brazilians adopted it, added it to bjj and named it after yhe judo guy, KIMURA.
american wrestlers called it CHICKEN WING. judo guys call it something else of course.
that's mixed martial arts. that's crosstraining styles.
not learning wing chun PARTIALLY and making up your own name for it.
I alredy know all of this, Helio beat the number 2 ranked Judo player from Japan after Kimura told him he'd fight if he did it, so Kimura had to fight him. Helio refused to tap and his corner threw in the towel.
Kimura also out weighed Helio by quite a large amount.
Anyway, sure Vale Tudo matches have been going on in Brazil since atleast the 20 s and I'm aware of where Sambo came from.
Mixed matches might have been happening all over the world for quite some time but they've always been completely obscure outside of places like Brazil or Japan etc, it's never been a recognized sport that is MMA which has only been the sport that we've come to know for a very short time. Before the UfC, Pride etc it was NHB or Vale Tudo.
And I'm actually pretty sure that the Gracie's already knew about the Kimura before then, BJJ does come from Judo, it's basically just a more developed version of Judos ground game. They just named it after him to honor him for beating Helio.
Edit:
Also, you need to calm the **** down. Theres no need to call people Morons. Maybe Bruce wasn't that big of an influence on MMA as a sport, but he did promote learning more than one type of fighting and not limiting yourself too one style and one style only. He's been an inspiration to countless martial artists(mixed included) you cant deny that.
To add to Left Hook Tua's comments;
Bruce Lee never had a fight in his life, Amateur or Professional, so how was he a fighter? He wasn't.
For all we know his chin is made of glass. He hasn't been punched so how can we know? Impossible to do so.
He hasn't proven anything of his capabilities or limits.
I've also seen the footage of him punching the boxing bag and it's absolutely pathetic.
chuck norris himself said bruce lee wasn't a fighter.
"HE WAS GOOD FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A FIGHTER." something like that. he got crap for it so he tries to be diplomatic.
gene lebell, judo champ (bruce lee friend) talked about how clueless lee was at grappling.
bruce lee fans bring up lebell when they want to talk about how lee STUDIED judo/wrestling but dismiss lebell when he says lee had limited knowledge about grappling.
if you guys want to worship lee that's fine but learn something about the dude.
As historians you have to have an opinion on what you believe to be true. Whether you believe people take joy in losing to actors. As a historian i believe all the things people say Lee did to them and what they saw Lee do, why would they lie about being inferior to an actor?
So when baseing whether you think Lee can beat Pac in a bar room. Everyone thinks Lee would beat Pac real bad. Anyone who dont thing that im not sure anyone really would believe them. Especially when they sound so angry when talking about Lee, like left hook tua. Now would anyone believe a word of him? Not likely.
yeah i'm angry because i post facts and ppl that don't know want to argue.
argument is fine but it has to be informed argument.
i'm informed. i was a bruce lee fan and a big martial arts fan.
all you have to do is research FACTS i have posted. none of it is false.
btw ppl have said stuff about lee. but they got crap for it so they learned to bite their tongue.
i cant believe u cant see the difference between lee and hagler not admitting he lost to leonard. heres the difference: the fight actually happened, people can watch it and make their minds up based on the evidence.
no appeal to anecdotes necessary
As historians you have to have an opinion on what you believe to be true. Whether you believe people take joy in losing to actors. As a historian i believe all the things people say Lee did to them and what they saw Lee do, why would they lie about being inferior to an actor?
So when baseing whether you think Lee can beat Pac in a bar room. Everyone thinks Lee would beat Pac real bad. Anyone who dont thing that im not sure anyone really would believe them. Especially when they sound so angry when talking about Lee, like left hook tua. Now would anyone believe a word of him? Not likely.
do you agree jackie chan is much superior than bruce lee?
better actor and better movies.
bruce lee beat him up though.
when jackie chan was an extra, bruce lee accidentally hit him with a bo staff.
the martial arts LEGEND didn't even know how to pretend fight.
greatest martial artist didn't know how to control a simple stick.
masahiko kimura
born 1917
famous japanese judo champion
also student of the founder of shotokan karate
also studied other japanese martial art
fought exhibition fights in europe against boxers, wrestlers and savate (french kickboxing)
broke helio gracie's (one of thw founders of brazilian jiu-jitsu) arm in a fight in brazil when bruce lee was an infant.
but bruce lee invented mma and mixing styles right?
i'll give you guys a little history lesson since you bruce lee fans don't know anything.
ever watch ufc and hear them refer to a KIMURA?
it's an armlock submission. do you know why it's called a kimura?
it's a brazilian jiu-jitsu term with a japanese name.
in 1940's helio gracie using bjj fought a jap judo champ in a mma fight. the judo guy broke his arm with a judo hold.
the brazilians adopted it, added it to bjj and named it after yhe judo guy, KIMURA.
american wrestlers called it CHICKEN WING. judo guys call it something else of course.
that's mixed martial arts. that's crosstraining styles.
not learning wing chun PARTIALLY and making up your own name for it.
boxers and wrestlers were fighting each other in america/europe late 1800's.
jap judo guys were going to us/eur military academies demonstrading judo to western wrestlers.
gracies in brazil were fighting boxers, wrestlers, capoeiera guys in matches 1920's-1930's.
russians mixed jap judo, western wrestling, asian wrestling to create sambo 1930's.
but a 60's B movie actor influenced mma and mixing styles?
MORON.
i know wtf i'm talking about do you?
they were doing mma in brazil before bruce lee was born.
the jap who thought the gracies judo, was having fights with wrestlers and other martial arts as exhibition.
you don't think those boxers, wrestlers, capoeiera fighting bjj guys started adding other styles stuff?
these guys were challenging and fighting each other. that's not crosstraining.
but actor bruce not fighting, making up/copying **** and quoting common chinese phrases is a creator of mma?
you're a moron.
some of bruce lee's students know more and more influential than bruce. they just use bruce name for marketing.
dan inosanto has forgotten more than bruce lee ever knew.
how much of bruce lee's crap do you think inosanto even teaches now?
inosanto trained/studied wrestling, jiu-jitsu, muay thai, escrima, silat, etc.
some very effective real martial arts. not just some crap lee made up/copied.