Bruce Lee

[WestyHeadbanger]

I was lucky enough to catch some Bruce Lee "rare" footage last night from a movie called The Dance of Death. He really had some beyond awesome strength, stamina and moves. I remember someone saying that he could bench press alot, how much was it? Did he train with free weights regularly? Any facts about the Bruce would be appreciated.

[GonePostal]

He never really had raw strength. He was very strong for his size but his emphasis was on technique rather then mass.

[McBain]

i only realised it was on today! why o why did i watch gone in 60 seconds?

sbs = ace

[Gyno Rhino]

I've always heard 300lbs from lots and lots of sources. Don't know if it's true, don't care.

Bottom line is that he could kill all of us. At once.

[Praetorian]

naaah i could take him out with a gun. but props to the guy for his martial arts skill, even though im lmfao on his whole "no-specific-art-way" philosphy

[Sayiajin Prince]

Originally posted by Gyno Rhino
I've always heard 300lbs from lots and lots of sources. Don't know if it's true, don't care.

Bottom line is that he could kill all of us. At once.

:withstupi

i think his max weight was like 145 at 5'7''
and i heard about 1 handed pull ups which i believe cuz if u ever seen his lat spread, its fookin huge

[Beast]

I have one of his books at home. He was NOT strong in a weight training sense, but he did a lot of other different exercises specifically to strengthen his martial arts techniques.

[Ironman8]

And did you guys hear of his one fingered push-ups?

[AdamGberg]

i saw enter the dragon or whatever it is called, the one that tells his story using one of his sons as him...he used that abb zapper thing (the one with electrical impulses) on his chest and abs...

don't know if that helped or him only eating rice and training his ass off...<--sarcasm by the bucket load

[howsertrading]

I saw enter the dragon or whatever it is called, the one that tells his story using one of his sons as him...he used that abb zapper thing

I think the film was called "Dragon(the bruce lee story)" but it was'nt his son,who played him.It was a guy called Jason scott Lee(not related to Bruce Lee as far as im aware)

Bruce was obsessive about weightlifting,to the point were he even had barbells in his office.I had a photocopy of one of his routines that he had written,but im not sure if i can find it now.

[Neil]

Originally posted by Centaurion
even though im lmfao on his whole "no-specific-art-way" philosphy

I'm by no means a martial arts expert, but isn't that the whole concept of mixed martial arts? Wouldn't that have put Bruce Lee way ahead of his time?

[JD77]

It's hard to imagine someone as little as him being very tough. I'm sure he could kick the holy crap outta most guys on the planet, but he was so damn skinny, my warped, "big-is-tough" mentality makes him seem like he wouldn't be much of a threat if you tackled him and took him down.

http://www.brucelee.com/images/New%20set/3.jpg



I'm stupid.

I'll shut up now.

[AdamGberg]

howser, Jason Scott Lee isn't related...my bad....and did u see the part with the little electrodes? just curious what the deal with that is...thanks

[Wu36]

I think I saw one of Bruce Lee's programs, looked very abbreviated, bench,squat,good mornings, stuff like that

[arjun]

Hah, i can pretty much claim to be a martial arts expert. Yes, bruce's style and philosophies were like those of MMA, but he was not the first. It wasnt called mma back then, it was only crosstraining. Training in specific parts of different styles. The chinese only did it within other chinese styles, but the japanese spent a lot of time learning chinese, western, and their own styles. He was ahead of his time, and even now his advice and thoughts are helpful, but to an experienced martial artist its nothing but common sense.

Bruce lee was amazingly strong for his size. He only weighed around 132 pounds, but it was pure muscle. His book, the art of expressing the human body, is the best bodybuilding and training manual for the martial artist.

He didnt want to get big, he didnt want to do exercises that would hinder his progress in martial arts. In fact, thats the type of body i am shooting for. Since im a martial artist i want to be small and compact, fast, but strong.

Bruce was human, but he did some freakin amazing things. Yes he did TWO finger pushups. Yes he did 1 handed pushups with a 175 pound man sitting on his back. Yes he was one of the best martial artists of all time (not THE best, im pretty sure most of the 200 pound towers of raw muscle that fight in the UFC would probably break him, but his ideas and thoughts on martial arts is the main thing he contributed to it).

[howsertrading]

Im going to stick my neck out and say that i believe that he was much heavier than many people think.In a 1996 issue of Iron Man they did a large suplement magazine in conjunction with Bruce Lee's estate,with original documentation of Bruce's hand written routines,and some memorabilia from his estate,it claimed that through the use of weight training he increased his weight from 135lbs to 165lbs which makes him just under twelve stone.

I will try and find the supplement,but it's a good few years old now and im not sure if im gonna find it.

[Wu36]

I remember seeing an article stating that he gained up to 160, but cut back down to the 130s because the extra mass slowed him down.

[Wu36]

found it.

http://www.mikementzer.com/blee.html

[Rock]

wu36, I read the samething, that I exchanged training tips with bodybuilders in the golden age, mentzer or Arnold I think, and said that he liked their dicipline.

Anyways, for everyone who thinks Bruce Lee would get wiped by 200lbs guys, I think that is wrong, there is a clip you can download called the "one inch punch" , imagine what he would do with a normal punch.

He used budhist methods to concentrate his energy , I find him amazing.

[arjun]

The one inch punch is not a fighting technique. The one inch power punch is a wing chun move, it uses pushing force, its more like a trick than a real attack. Im not saying his punches werent strong, but the one inch punch has almost no combat value at all. If you learn the technique anyone can do it to someone standing straight on, but what use would pushing someone like this be in a real fight? And, even more importantly, this is done to people standing in an unbalanced position, it does NOt work on someone standing in a guard or ready position.

He did not use buddhist methods to concentrate his energy. In fact he thought the buddhist's idea of chi was idiocy, and unscientific. He used Wing Chun kung fu to focus his energy. Wing Chun, the style he used before he made Jeet Kune Do, uses pushing force, or flowing force. It is based on very close combat and pushing power to deflect blows, but also speed and snapping to throw punches. Bruce lee used to train his flowing force with isometrics.

He is amazing, but not because all his movies are factual (hah, hell no), but because of all the information he provided to the martial arts society, and because the breakthroughs in his training, and making JKD and cross training (later to be named mma) popular.

[Rock]

you forgot that he is the best fighter of all times.

[Rock]

There is a legend about a viking warrior, 1200yeard ago who was the best fighter, hehe...probally bull****, but way cool to read.

[arjun]

He wasnt. Even if he was, there is no way to tell.

[Gyno Rhino]

Originally posted by arjun
Hah, i can pretty much claim to be a martial arts expert.

Any real martial arts expert would tell you that anyone that said this is most certainly NOT anything like a master, and would get their ass handed to them by a real one.

[Sayiajin Prince]

Originally posted by arjun
The one inch punch is not a fighting technique. The one inch power punch is a wing chun move, it uses pushing force, its more like a trick than a real attack. Im not saying his punches werent strong, but the one inch punch has almost no combat value at all. If you learn the technique anyone can do it to someone standing straight on, but what use would pushing someone like this be in a real fight? And, even more importantly, this is done to people standing in an unbalanced position, it does NOt work on someone standing in a guard or ready position.

*******the purpose of the one inch punch was showing that he can generate almost the same amount of energy that u would get from a normal punch at a shorter rom. the explosiveness of bruce allowed the one inch punch to be a hit rather than a push.

He did not use buddhist methods to concentrate his energy. In fact he thought the buddhist's idea of chi was idiocy, and unscientific. He used Wing Chun kung fu to focus his energy. Wing Chun, the style he used before he made Jeet Kune Do, uses pushing force, or flowing force. It is based on very close combat and pushing power to deflect blows, but also speed and snapping to throw punches. Bruce lee used to train his flowing force with isometrics.

*******wtf?!

He is amazing, but not because all his movies are factual (hah, hell no), but because of all the information he provided to the martial arts society, and because the breakthroughs in his training, and making JKD and cross training (later to be named mma) popular.

He wasnt. Even if he was, there is no way to tell.

*******i can put my money on it that he is the best.