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By Brent Matteo Alderson - The legend of Bruce Lee has grown over the years and now it’s hard to separate myth from reality. People that grew up with Bruce Lee still perceive him as the ultimate martial artist, the master. The popularity of his films has transformed Lee into an icon to the degree that he has almost become a fictional entity, a figment of pop culture.
Even though serious martial artists respect Lee’s accomplishments as a martial artist and readily acknowledge his mastery, they don’t acknowledge some of the myths that have spawned from his cinematic performances and are more adapt at separating his fictional performances from reality and don’t equate beating Chuck Norris and twenty other warriors in a movie to actually defeating them in combat.
Yet with the distortion of factual history, almost everybody still agrees that Bruce Lee was a genuine bad ass. Even Lee has been quoted as saying he could beat any fighter in the world and some people still claim that he was the best fighter (not boxer) in the world, while others doubt if Lee could have competed with 200 pound-plus heavyweights. [details]
Even though serious martial artists respect Lee’s accomplishments as a martial artist and readily acknowledge his mastery, they don’t acknowledge some of the myths that have spawned from his cinematic performances and are more adapt at separating his fictional performances from reality and don’t equate beating Chuck Norris and twenty other warriors in a movie to actually defeating them in combat.
Yet with the distortion of factual history, almost everybody still agrees that Bruce Lee was a genuine bad ass. Even Lee has been quoted as saying he could beat any fighter in the world and some people still claim that he was the best fighter (not boxer) in the world, while others doubt if Lee could have competed with 200 pound-plus heavyweights. [details]
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