MMA is a generic term. It's just a combination of styles to make someone a more well-rounded fighter. I love Bruce Lee and the philosophy of Jeet Kune Do is the essence of MMA. But in my opinion, weren't the ancient Greeks the real founders of MMA? During ancient times, the Greeks took Greco-Roman wrestling and added striking. This ancient sport was called PANKRATION.
Shout out to Bruce Lee. Although, I respect MMA the godfather of this art is Bruce Lee. When Bruce Lee was doing demostrations, I saw people of all arts sitting and learning. Where were all the MMA fighters then. Bruce Lee was MMA. Obviously, MMA is tops, but the true founder was Bruce Lee, and he should always get that respect. Just like a pioneer like Gracie should always get a shout out ju-jitsu. You cannot compare trancedent figures, pioneers, and founders. I salute all martial arts styles.
bruce lee...tha man that faced racist and heightism in usa...the man that was rejected n movies and they werent giving him the role of the star...2 good for us that china was amazed by their fellow countryman and they gave him the opportunity(green hornet was not oportunity)to film the big boss..and BOOM! usa and western world opened their eyes.its bad they created typos in societies and any kind of typo is not like what they want(height etc)is rejected instantly.BRUCE LEE=A.W.E.S.O.M.E
there are plenty of real fights on youtube, and just because its youtube doesnt make it fake. and if ground fighting didnt work in real life then i would of lost my last 2 fights. besides why would i avoid ground fighting when the other person doesnt know any. bruce himself used grappling in real fights and it was grappling that one him the right too teach martial arts. if u know somthing the other person doesnt then use it to your advantage. grappling is VERY practical and effective, trust me
@raysetiger285 i was in the streets when i won the fights. first fight i was walking past an arcade when someone called me a nigger then i laid down the law on his ass, used an armbar. second fight my favorite, this guy thought i was a push over and said "u dont mind if i call u a bitch right" i said "we need more room dont u think?" and he said "we got all the room in the world right here" i liked this fight because i got to use a crucifix on him, havnt even had the chance to use it in sparing
Everything you think that you know is a delusion no god, no devil, no start of the universe ,no end of the universe ,no up no down no birth no death no right no wrong no good no evil no space no time etc...(all 1)my idea for your life from non life. You are telling me from absolutely nothing came a thing called GOD,then he made the whole universe and everything in it,what would he made everything from himself... AM I WRONG...I THINK NOT
I love this video, everytime i watch it i learn something new. If you listen and understand what he is saying you will notice there is more meaning to what hes saying than it first seems.
Once again people, xxxstunner has taken what I said completely out of context. My daughter understood my point LONG BEFORE xxxstunner ever did. My daughter's a straight A student! Once again, I am going to break this down for the masses, ESPECIALLY xxxstunner: When I said he is the essence, I simply stated that the principles, the focus, the mindset, the training are the "building blocks" of the principles of MMA, not that Bruce directly intended that. We use these principles even OUTSIDE of MMA
I mean ppl in MMA/UFC or what not are like fags in a cage, wid tight pants on, all sweaty and nuts in the face when goin for submission. JKD is Martial Art. It's a style tht is bound by no styles. It's raw fighting skills. A mixture of power, precision, speed, flexibilty and passion. Bruce would certainly knck Kimbo slice the fuck out. Look at Bruce's body structure; scientists claimed he had the perfect body of a warrior. Common, guys, im 17, MMA is not comparable to JKD. Why? Cos it's a sport
I don't know what's going on but on the top comment it looks to me people are comparing Bruce and the MMA fighters
well don't forget "MMA" stands for "Mix Martial Arts" and Bruce Is already a mix martial artist, beside if his still alive he would improve and improve and improve himself, sure Bruce has a slim body and MMA fighters have big body but are they fast enough to catch or to see Bruce's punch?
If MMA enthusiasts can't take the time to learn about Bruce Lee's past, they should at least learn about MMA's past. The evolution of MMA, as we know it, was driven by one specific purpose - to win in a cage fight under the existing rules of the UFC. If you misunderstand that, and believe the myth that being good at MMA automatically translates to being good in actual hand-to-hand combat where your life is at stake, then you're bound to get a wake-up call.
really? compareing or useing as an example MMA/ruled governed fighting versus martial arts used in the real world?....there is a rather lengthy explanation of it all but for the sake of time=A warrior who trains to disable or merely cause injury to his opponent will lose to a warrior trained to kill or cripple his opponent OR evn more basic=Training to fight for your life and training to fight for points in a game--world of difference.
ok retards who had the most powerfull and fastest punch of all time that when they were filming they had to slow it down so the movement could be seen ? his technique was legendary know one can be as good as he was , he discovered many things that mma fail to understand he is and will always be the best fighter on the planet.
pourquoi voulez tjs tout comparé !! c lui le plus fort! non c moi! vous etes loin de l'espris martial! et bruce a ete et n'est plus! il a tout ammené ici et la! pourquoi vouloir faire de lui un gagnant ou un perdant face aux autres!!!!! ça me revolte
The thing is that Bruce Lee didnt train for mma he tryed to find the most effective techniques to protect himself and he tought others those techniques to protect themselves not to use in a match but to use in a situation were there are no rules techniques such as kicks to the groin or eye gouges teqniques that if you used in a mma match u would be disqualified.
What saddens me is that here we are 30 years later and the message from Bruce Lee and those who came before him is one of peace and only to fight when all other choices are gone, yet punk after misguided punk comes in here talking up "mma." I truly hope some of you kids will get a clue. Violence is stupid. Only the most well trained are there for a reason ...to protect...not to project. Shaolin out.
@MySmileToYou EXCELLENT comment. Intelligence trumps brawn. Only way to win a street fight is to not have one, but if you have no options: Stay alive; STOP him (note I didn't say "stomp')
@MySmileToYou MMA isn't just for punks, I have studied traditional martial arts (Goju-ryu Karate do, Japanese Jiu-jitsu, and a little bit of Wing Chun) and I am currently studying MMA. In the words of Bruce Lee himself "Discard that wich is useless, absorb that wich makes you stronger" I have become stronger through MMA, folowing Lee's philosophy, I have found many ways to mix my arts together. MMA practitioner and proud out.
@tywainwright1 Very well said n put. Exact quota from the Philosophies and thaughts of the Lil Dragon (Bruce Lee) himself... Bassically... Use 'Everything' you DO know, and use ALL knowledge of ones Martial-Arts, so your is combining Your very own potential and skill all round in ANY fight to bring out the best in all that one had learned through Martial Arts. Peace to all, and be true to oneself... ;)
I agree with all of you video gamers. Bruce Lee was garbage. Just like Mohammed Ali was garbage, and George Foreman was garbage, and Sugar Ray, and Boom Boom Mancini, and Larry Holmes was garbage, and heck, even Marciano was crap. Jeez when was the last time you saw any of them in a violent video game?! Man, they aint fighting in MMA they aint nothin right? I'm totally with you. Mike Tyson couldn't hold a candle to any of these GREAT mma phenoms! Let alone Bruce Lee/trained by Grandmastr
As a person who learned from his teacher, and his teachers teacher, i can tell you for sure even the lowest mma fighter, and even the lowest video game fighter, would destroy bruce lee, and kung fu is garbage. In fact, even though I was raised in a Shaolin Temple, I know for sure each of the kids killing us in video games is far superior. Let us not be fooled, any mma celebrity funded by corporate money is far superior than the actual arts. The fact it works in video games is proof.
To have the wholistic of life result in the appearance of violent movement by way of retrospective judgement must be lamented only of the lamentable and conceived of the all too conceivable.
People lost the essence of martial arts. Martial Arts is what defined all human capabilities. Martial Arts is obviously an "art". It involves ur mind, emotions everything. Back in those days was a tradition that was pure, unique and peaceful. Right, it was meant to be self defense. But also is a religion. Now is violent and mean. If Ip man or ng mui were alive I dont think they'll be happy.
Bruce Lee was martial arts pioneer, period. He was doing MMA before the term ever existed! Its funny how today people act as if its the newest and baddist martial art today. MMA has been around longer then that. You young people should study martial arts history before you make comments about a subject you don't throughly know about.
Bruce Lee took different styles of Martial Arts and incorporated them into his own style of fighting which was the inspiration for later disciplines such as MMA. He set standards instead of aspiring, and although he's no longer with us his legacy remains. Bruce put the "Art" into Martial Arts, he used speed & deception as much as strength. There's only one winner when Brute Force meets Bruce Force and it's Lee by a Knockout! R.I.P.
Bruce died when he was 32 it would take most people in the world 132 years or more to achieve half of what bruce achieved people who disrespect bruce dont understand the art of fighting he wasnt a champion he was a master and very very respected
CLUELESS ALERT: Bjergkamp2011 has just informed me, in ALL of his young, nieve wisdom, that If Bruce was alive, GSP would beat him. Is he F@#$%&! serious?!? Does ANYONE under the age of 35 actually READ and LEARN their history?? Wow. As much as I have talked about Bruce ALWAYS EVOLVING, never standing still, people still do not get it. Education is important people!
Bruce lee would not have participated in prize fighting. He mentions it in his interview. There is a huge difference between a sport and a real fight. His fighting system was combative. Geared for real life situations. Not a ring/cage with over 200 rules and a referee.
Damn all you people are hard headed. Think you're some hot MMA shit that can take on Bruce Lee. Please..... Bruce Lee is the "Father" of MMA. MMA just started a few years ago. Bruce however was in the 60' doing it. It shows in his movie "Enter The Dragon." Check your resources before talking. The real truth about Bruce and MMA now.... If he was alive no MMA would stand a chance, even all at once wouldn't. If any MMA can take on Chuck Norris then talk about taking out Bruce.
THANK YOU TO ALL THAT GAVE RESPECT! I tell you, even though Bruce has been gone for almost 40 years, his mindset, philosophy, and training is STILL ahead of it's time! That tells you how advanced his concepts were back then! I remember as a kid EVERYBODY wanted to be KATO! F--K the Green Hornet! Watching this gives me chills!
Let's get this straight. 99.9% of you don't know shit about MMA and/or Martial Arts. I do. All you prolly know is what happens on the UFC, not how to actually fight. He started MMA, everything started with HIM. Bruce Lee would never EVER lose a fight because 1. he's the fastest, trickiest son-of-a-bitch there was. 2. HE'S DEAD so how the fuck can youy compare him to others?! (R.I.P).
whats funny is, the people that dont know the past (bruce lee), will of course think they are better... if they have never been hit with a 1" punch & knocked the fk out, they can talk all the smack in the world... alot of MMA'ers get K.O'd from a puch or kick they didnt see coming, or expecting... they wouldnt know what to expect from bruce... a puch...? a kick...? & like all the PV's ive seen, once someone gets hits hella hard, their fight plan changes... bruce is best, admit it...
Ironically Xena expressed this same sort of philosophy to Gabrielle when she said, "Don't just listen to the sounds but what's behind the sounds," Someone was chanelling Bruce Lee
FODA-SE COM O PRECONCEITO NORTE-AMERICANO,MAS ESSE CARA TINHA QUE ESTRELAR TODAS AS PRODUÇÕES EM QUE ELE CRIOU E PODIA DAR...ERA UM MESTRE...HOJE TEM UM TAL DE JACKIE CHAN QUE É MUITO PIO9R E ESTÁ EM TUDO QUANTO É FILME...E O POBRE DO BRUCE LEE NÃO PÔDE ESTRELAR NEM SEQUER O SEU PRINCIPAL TRABALHO QUE FOI KUNG FU...DERAM O PAPEL PARA AQUELE AGUADO DO DAVID CARRADINE...ANTES TIVESSEM DADO PARA O CHUCK NORRIS O PAPEL,PELO AO MENOS TERIAMOS MAIS IMPOSIÇÃO E POSTURA....VIVA BRUCE LEE...GRANDE MESTRE
What is with all of you young people commenting here about how Bruce would lose in MMA?? Are you guys serious?? Bruce is the ESSENCE of MMA He was MMA before MMA was ever thought of. The things you MMA enthusiasts use today, I applied 30 years ago thanks to Bruce. I first was a WRESTLER, then i learned the basics of Kung Fu, Boxing, Kenpo, Judo, Thai Boxing, and now BJJ. Bruce ALWAYS evolved, always improved. Find the interview of him on TV in Hong Kong. Learn the man.
Once met Bruce Lee's 3rd student Skip Ellsworth in Cebu,asked him what the essence of JKD was..and he said focus on your weak points. IE..if you were 80% competent with your fists, groundwork 20%..bring the groundwork upto standard. As you said..the essence of MMA
@pointsur I know that Bruce Lee always evolved, but I don't believe that his JKD at that time would be the same today. Martial arts evolved and continue to evolve. As a example, his number one student, Dan Inosanto, is a black belt in BJJ under Rigan Machado. I think that tells you something. Just a thought.
@riodejaneir10 The point of JKD was to evolve. It wasn't a stationary style; that's exactly what Bruce was escaping from. JKD is the form of no form; it is outside of all patterns. It is about adapting.
@conquestvideos Form of no form? I'm sorry man, but i don't believe in this type of philosophy. I've been practicing and teaching Judo and BJJ for more than 30 yrs. and this type of thing trying to explaying whatever.... Idk. I'm sorry, but it's not my thing.
@riodejaneir10 I'll explain it to you in the simplest way I can: If you know Karate, you go in to a fight looking at it as a Karateman. You go in to it thinking about KArate techniques. If you know Tae Kwon Do, you go in to a fight as a Tae Kwon Do man, thinking about Tae Kwon Do Techniques. When Bruce Lee went in to a fight, he looked at it as a fighter. He saw the fight as himself against his opponent; no styles. JKD is about adapting to any situation.
@riodejaneir10 I think you need to re-read my comment friend. I am a LIFELONG martial artist. I am well aware of the progression of Martial Arts. Bruce was aware of that as well. You must remember that JKD is NOT a style, but a PHILOSOPHY. Calling it a "style" would have meant putting limits on it, something that Bruce was absolutely against. His teachings still hold merit even after almost 40 years. You basically REPEATED the point I was making. Just a thought...
@riodejaneir10 Tha's fact, not opinion. Now I KNOW you aren't a practitioner of JKD. You have heard nothing I said. If you choose to swim in the pool of ignorance, you can swim alone. I am done now.
@pointsur I never said I practice JKD! Pool of ignorance? i'd rather be ignorant, which means some lack of knowledge, than to be in a pool of rudeness! And if you don't know how to have a conversation, I'm sorry my friend, but that means that your JKD philosophy is empty and your JKD is bad! If you don't know how to have a conversation, please don't reply. I don't want to to argue with you on youtube in this immature level. And as a martial artist I DO NOT have to agree with everything you say!
@pointsur People think because you train to move your arms and legs in a certain manner that you are an excellent fighter or martial artist. But that's not true. You may be great at fighting, when you fight others of your skill level. Watch MMA closely you will see the majority of the fighters are often very off balance. They have to much a specific desire, to attack and win, they are absolutely nothing compared to Bruce Lee, they could not even touch him, they would not see his strikes coming.
bruce lee have say'' do not think empty your mind be formless'' hit as it never hit by you but hit by itseft. when you think it is slow in street fight it happen in just split of seconds you see when bruce intercetion the oppponent attack he did not predict what kind of attack his opponent going to attack him instead he predict when his opponent come forward and he kick. Why, because you won't know what kind of attack your opponent going to attack you, when he come forward.
@pointsur What all thess MMA guys are thinking is that Brue Lee doesn't have a complete game. LMAO, He does! In his Martial arts he incorporates every martial arts he knew. Every one just sees him kicking and punching on movies and assumes he did not know how to take some one down and he didn't know how to throw a person.
@hendersona49 I don't think any of us ever will know all Bruce knew. I know some things, he knew more.....I learned, studying karate, that whatever you learn, you take, and make your own. The katas, the techniques, the formal training, are only the beginning. Eventually it must become you, or you quit. It's unfortunate that we only have a small portion of his knowledge to study, but as I said before. You can make it yours. He did.
@pointsur Bruce Lee is without a doubt a true legend and was a fantastic fighter whom was ahead of his time but he would lose in MMA - to some of the best, his skills on the ground wasen't nowhere near the same level as top fighters today...
In a fight ex. vs Georges St-Pierre, I know who I would bet my money on 10/10
@pointsur sorry about commenting on a month old comment but i feel i must. I completely agree with you. I myself am an mma fighter. Not professional yet but i hope to one day get there. I incorporate bruce lee's philosophies and techniques when i fight. people say he would get beat in mma. OMG bruce lee vs brock lesnar BROCK WOULD LIKE TOTALLY DESTROY LEE... those people know nothing.
@pointsur amazing isn't it... this is unfortunately one of the results of a great mans untimely death. bruce lee was the lawrence taylor of fighting in america...but on a much much bigger field.
@pointsur Well said my friend, people who say immature things like that are just ignorant, Bruce Lee is a legend and always will be, he was a trail blazer.
@pointsur It's true to say that bruce lee was a great martial artist and a pioneer of taking the most practical things of martial arts and combine them all in a combat, but it's not true that he is the "essence of MMA", because he always said of how sport combat and fights followed by rules and judges were not at all part of his ideals, because they didn't let the fighter to explore himself or to apply all his skill, wich was an essential matter on the jeet kune do.
@xXxstunner Once again, I am misunderstood in my statement. When I say "The essence of MMA", I use it in terms of being multi-faceted, never one-dimensional. Bruce constantly evolved, and you NEVER beat him with the same move twice. I know Bruce did not like or participate in organized fighting. I hope I have cleared this up.
@pointsur I also noticed that i'm not the first one who missunderstood you, that's because i get your idea, but you expressed it wrong, bruce lee is not the essence of mma or any other ruled sports just because he was against this kind of fight and i'm sure you know that.
@xXxstunner I am not going to go back and forth with you on this issue. Plus, you are in no position to tell me that I expressed my statement wrong. If you misinterpret the comment, that is on YOU. I have too many on Youtube, and in real life, agreeing with me on this topic, so I will not let one or two people effect that. My statement still stands: Bruce Lee is the ESSENCE of MMA. Period.
@pointsur That ppl aggree with you does not mean that they are true, obviously u have never read bruce lee, learn that bruce lee didn't even like ruled combat so how come that he is going to be the essence of mma, is just contradicory.
@xXxstunner No, I don't "got it". Agree to disagree and move on. I was around when he was alive, so I am well aware without a so-called armchair quaterback trying to tell me something when chances are, he wasn't there. I am done with this now.
@baskyn544 Bruce lee said to apply the most necessary things from all martial arts and put them together in to your own style of fighting and taking it to every circumstance in case of real combats. Most of the mma fights end up in a couple of guys on the ground for like 2 minutes straigh, in a real fight that could never happen, so i still say that bruce le is not the essence of mma.
@navyteccs Of course they could end up on the ground, but my point is that you will never see 2 guys on the ground for 2 minutes on a real fight, it is a matter of a few seconds before another guy comes from any direction and try to kick you in the head, that's why in real fights, ground fighting is only the last resource and it's always better to avoid it.
@xXxstunner um u can watch any fight on youtube and if it goes to the ground 80% of the people try and get mount pos. and then ground and pound, and as mma gets more popular more people are learning how to fight on the ground. so the duration and chance of a fight going to the ground increases everyday.
@navyteccs watch on youtube? mma fights? what are you talking about?, I'm talking about real fights man, you will never see 3 guys try to hit one on an mma fight and you will never see any weapons either, i'm concious that in mma ground fight works, but in real fights is always better to avoid it, trust me.
@xXxstunner No, man. Fights almost always end up on the ground. I'm not saying you're unexperienced or whatsoever, but if you had experience you would now that. Of course when it's a well trained guy against some noob it would be over fast, but the majority aren't well trained, and that's why the majority of fights are fought on the ground.
@IntaCrock I know what I'm talking about, ground fighting works really good against one guy, but not against a gang, but if you like ground fighting then go ahead, I hope u never get hurt, god bless you.
@IntaCrock I was always talking about real fights mma poped out because of a comment of another man, that's all, you never know how many ppl you will end up with in a real fight, thats my point. And when there are a lot of punks trying to take u down it's always better to hit them than to wrestle with them.
@xXxstunner in a real fight people end up on the ground, just like people end up on the ground in mma. you've probably never been in one is all. the goal of a fight is to compete to come out on top and therefore people fight around on the ground to come out the victor.
@QualityServiced Real fight has nothing to do with compete about anything, real fight are about to survive and nothing else matter, you are confusing a drunk dispute in bar with a real fight, i'm sure that you say that every fight ends on the ground just because you have never fought against an armed person, so don't be a smart ass and go back to your bar to pick up pointless drunk fights.
@xXxstunner YOU JUST SAID PEOPLE IN A FIGHT AREN'T COMPETING. I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU UNTIL YOU CAN COMPREHEND WHAT YOU SAID OR WHAT I SAID. ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST AN ARMED PERSON YOU ARE EVEN MORE LIKELY TO END UP ON THE GROUND YOU FOOL. DID YOU EVEN THINK BEFORE YOU TYPED THAT ABOUT THE "ARMED PERSON"? I'm done here. goodbye!
@QualityServiced The second you go to the ground the next person with the weapon will stab you, in real fights it's almost impossible that you will fight against just one person, but hey, if you want to go to the ground against a group of men with sticks and knifes go ahead and die. And the capital letters comments are so stupid.
@xXxstunner EVEN MORE COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE NOW SAYING IT IS UNLIKELY THERE ARE ONE ON ONE FIGHTS AND THAT IF THERE ARE, THEIR FRIEND IS GONNA STAB YOU. WAKE UP CUNT!!! YOU'RE DUMB!!
@QualityServiced Capital letters comments are so stupid, whatever. You obviously have no idea what a real fight is about, you have never seen real conflicts, when somebody is just trying to kill you, so don't fucking tell me what a real combat is.
@QualityServiced Look mr, I don't know where are you from and if that doesn't happen where you live then you should feel proud, but here ppl are stabbed every day and yes I've been attacked with knifes, it's nothing pretty but is something that you have to deal with when it happens, you told me kid maybe you are too old to understand but i'm 21.
@xXxstunner Bruce Lee invented the idea of MMA. People like you who lack to read philosophically and cared of being biased on MMA and don't want someone like Bruce Lee to get credited, by all means it's alright. The truth is there. You MMA fans can skip it. Bruce Lee is the creator of MMA ideas, whether you like it or not. If you "actually" read Tao of Jeet Kune Do you'll notice he incorporated grappling techniques also. Whether the sport is based on rules or not, you cannot forget the essence.
@PimpingRice Well read it again my friend because Bruce didn't enter tournaments because he hated rules in combat, rules are made to entertain, real combats end up quickly and with no restriction. Bruce Lee was a genius at fighting, not at sports, MMA is a sport, so stop saying that Bruce is the essence of MMA, he is not. How can a man be the essence of something that he was against of. Bruce always talked about real combats and refused the sports competitions.
@xXxstunner Like I said whether the sport is based on rules or not, your understanding is very little with your biased understanding with MMA. He is against "forms" <--- keyword. Forms was the main focus of what he is talking about, and MMA is a revolution with taking in other types of martial arts and incorporating it to a real fight, cage fights also hold the essence of a real fight as the opponent are actually hitting each other, therefore erasing forms! Bruce Lee IS the essence of MMA. Derp!
@PimpingRice MMa has nothing to do with real fights, in a real fight you will never see 2 guys on the ground for 2 minutes straight , you will never see multiple attackers nor any kind of weapon, so it's far away from a real fight.
@xXxstunner So your saying MMA is just staged, and so is other full contact Martial Arts like WWE... Wow, based on the circumstances, you don't know much of what your talking about. MMA is real, period. Your definition of "real" is that on the outside world they are "untrained" and therefore wouldn't last as long as trained fighters. Well yes that is true, because they aren't conditioned to do so. But that doesn't erase the fact that full contact Martial Arts such as MMA isn't real. Derpa Derp!
@PimpingRice No, I never said MMA was staged like WWE, I'm saying that MMA has nothing to do with real conflicts where you have to finish a fight as fast as you can and also you have to deal with knifes and stuff like that, so don't let your anger confuse you about what i'm saying, I was just replying to somebody who said that MMA is just like fighting in the streets, well it's not, it's a lot different.
@xXxstunner You never said it, but you implied it by saying "MMA has nothing to do with real fights" and now you say "MMA has nothing to do with real conflicts".... Contradiction much. Angry? Don't let your ignorance consume your ego. I have nothing to do with the other guy. Bruce Lee is the essence of MMA and MMA is a full contact sport which draw roots from JKD. Read his book and "absorb" it, don't just read it with barriers around you, that's where ignorance sparks.
@PimpingRice Bruce Lee was against rules, real conflicts don't have rules, it's as simple as that Bruce said that many times, there is no contradiction there, yes in MMA the punches are for real but still has nothing to do with real fights where you deal with weapons and several oponents, the phases of combat on 1 on 1 fights were described long before bruce and they were applied to sport combat by Mitsuyo maeda, talking about ignorance, please. Bruce was totally against ruled combats.
@xXxstunner Sigh, I already said it and I will say it again. Rules or no rules the sport still partaken it's roots from JKD. It really is time to get your head out of your ass. Now MMA is a real fight, just trained and conditioned. So please stop referring it to "real fights" what your talking about is "street fights" get your facts straight. 1 on 1? Where you get that from? True Mitsuyo invented the phases but his philosophy different, where as Bruce was mainly focused on forms, not rules.
@PimpingRice That's exactly what I'm telling you, Bruce Lee's philosophy has nothing to do with forms or sports, but whatever, I don't want to argue anymore so why don't we just say something that we can both agree, like the fact that Bruce Lee is a true legend and he's is totally awesome, is that ok for you? peace.
@xXxstunner LOL alright so we both agreed that he is the essence of MMA and that you've clearly have no idea of what you're talking about and that the fact that you have the bias love for MMA. Therefore referring to pointless points when I refuted you over and over. Yes Bruce Lee is a true legend and totally awesome. Good luck in life. I recommend you "actually" read his book Tao of Jeet Kune Do.
@PimpingRice No,I just agree that he is awesome, but I do know what i'm talking about and he is not the essence of MMA, I fucking hate MMA, that's why i Hate when ppl relate this great martial artist with a sport that is made for entertainment
@xXxstunner If you read his books and still think that he is the essence of something that he hated(martial arts converted into a sport) i recommend you to read those books again.
@xXxstunner I'm going to quote "not essence of MMA" "Bruce Lee's philosophy has nothing to do with forms" and "but I do know what i'm talking about". The first two quotes clearly tells me you haven't read Tao of Jeet Kune Do and study his philosophies. The last quote contradicts your value of truth. MMA take in what's useful and leave the bad from other other Art forms. Then uses it as their own style of fighting with no limitations, that's JKD. Bruce Lee is the essence go read the freakin book!
@PimpingRice Bruce was constantly evolving himself, in his last interview he clearly established that he didn't believe in forms or styles anymore, just like the jeet kune do is not a style like many ppl think, it's a philosophy of combat. check it out it was made for the Pierre Berton show.
@xXxstunner Oh trust me I've seen that interview over 50 times buddy. Your just stating what I've stated. So you've agreed upon my decision and don't know where to go next your logic. OK its settled.
@pointsur its kinda stupid, the guy was a genius, if he wanted he would have learned grapling in a very short time, and thats all he lacked for mma, i mean, i he wanted to learn a style he could have done it in no time so sayin bruce lee would lose in mma is like sayin pacquiao would lose in taekwondo, of course he would lose, diferent rules require different training, but with enough training he wouldnt lose.
@BluDavid100 Bas Rutten, the MMA legend, said the same thing that you did, if he enter an mma cage maybe he would lose at first, but bruce was a genius at fighting and eventually nobody would have stop him, this guy just like many other ppl started to do martial arts influenced by bruce lee.
So it was called Longstreet, huh?
DekaBlz 1 day ago
...Tao iz amozt Taoizt.
khuongla1960 4 days ago
The song is Thievery Corporation - Resolution. Thumbs Up so everyone can see!
solidsnake1447 5 days ago 2
@solidsnake1447 lol dude I was just about to post the exact same thing ^_^, found it just there while perusing their music hahahaha
VinceNoir11 16 hours ago
Someone PLEASE tell me the name of the song. Thanks
mangie22 1 week ago
MMA is a generic term. It's just a combination of styles to make someone a more well-rounded fighter. I love Bruce Lee and the philosophy of Jeet Kune Do is the essence of MMA. But in my opinion, weren't the ancient Greeks the real founders of MMA? During ancient times, the Greeks took Greco-Roman wrestling and added striking. This ancient sport was called PANKRATION.
hondaciviccoupe10 1 week ago
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MUSIC PLEASE TELL US ARROGANT GUY WHY THE HELL DONT U REPLY?
TheM0iz1 1 week ago
whats the name of the song in the intro?
mangie22 1 week ago in playlist Training
greatfull, great Bruce Lee!
khuongla1960 2 weeks ago
A loss of a great MAN WHO could teach the world many great things!
szewczukmm 2 weeks ago
I all my Bruce Lee followers! Great post my man.
Omrie69 1 month ago
cool music where's it from
kuma0070056 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
Shout out to Bruce Lee. Although, I respect MMA the godfather of this art is Bruce Lee. When Bruce Lee was doing demostrations, I saw people of all arts sitting and learning. Where were all the MMA fighters then. Bruce Lee was MMA. Obviously, MMA is tops, but the true founder was Bruce Lee, and he should always get that respect. Just like a pioneer like Gracie should always get a shout out ju-jitsu. You cannot compare trancedent figures, pioneers, and founders. I salute all martial arts styles.
davislotus52 2 months ago
IMMORTAL!
georgetheonlyporge 2 months ago
bruce lee...tha man that faced racist and heightism in usa...the man that was rejected n movies and they werent giving him the role of the star...2 good for us that china was amazed by their fellow countryman and they gave him the opportunity(green hornet was not oportunity)to film the big boss..and BOOM! usa and western world opened their eyes.its bad they created typos in societies and any kind of typo is not like what they want(height etc)is rejected instantly.BRUCE LEE=A.W.E.S.O.M.E
itachiitachi1946 2 months ago
Nice upload.
EricDraven8 2 months ago
SONG NAME???
vicebrutmeister 3 months ago
WHATS THE NAME OF THIS SONG????? PLEASE HELP ME!!!
vicebrutmeister 3 months ago
Royce Gracie -3 times UFC champion,Chuck Norris-USA middleweight karate champion,JKVD-europen karate champion,Bruce Lee-an actor and philosopher.
GodziraRules 3 months ago
there are plenty of real fights on youtube, and just because its youtube doesnt make it fake. and if ground fighting didnt work in real life then i would of lost my last 2 fights. besides why would i avoid ground fighting when the other person doesnt know any. bruce himself used grappling in real fights and it was grappling that one him the right too teach martial arts. if u know somthing the other person doesnt then use it to your advantage. grappling is VERY practical and effective, trust me
navyteccs 4 months ago
@navyteccs It would depend were you are. you wouldent grapple on a street or a beach for example, would you
raysetiger285 3 months ago
@raysetiger285 i was in the streets when i won the fights. first fight i was walking past an arcade when someone called me a nigger then i laid down the law on his ass, used an armbar. second fight my favorite, this guy thought i was a push over and said "u dont mind if i call u a bitch right" i said "we need more room dont u think?" and he said "we got all the room in the world right here" i liked this fight because i got to use a crucifix on him, havnt even had the chance to use it in sparing
navyteccs 3 months ago
Bruce Lee is ; BEST OF THE WORLD!
sozlukmailim 4 months ago
where can i download this movie?
KatsumotoYamada 4 months ago 7
@KatsumotoYamada I'm w/u on that 1.
DekaBlz 1 day ago
Really want to know the music that is playing at the beginning and end of this video
VinceNoir11 5 months ago
@VinceNoir11 really want to know as well...my shazam doesnt give me an artist just "eclectic dance mix" please let me know if you find out.
salrod1 5 months ago
@salrod1 Will Do :)
VinceNoir11 4 months ago
Bruce! Loved the Laundry Basket Carrying Mother! ;D
In Your Honour?
With Brandon on the right!
Thank You So Much! *cries*
JustSomeGuy741 5 months ago
Wataa!!!!!!!
IamStevenHaHaHa 5 months ago
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hxzxxl 5 months ago
@MySmileToYou I completly agree with you
TheOwnerofFightClub 5 months ago
Everything you think that you know is a delusion no god, no devil, no start of the universe ,no end of the universe ,no up no down no birth no death no right no wrong no good no evil no space no time etc...(all 1)my idea for your life from non life. You are telling me from absolutely nothing came a thing called GOD,then he made the whole universe and everything in it,what would he made everything from himself... AM I WRONG...I THINK NOT
IMINTHEMOMENTRU 5 months ago
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@IMINTHEMOMENTRU let me ask you, why do you talk about god as a third perspective?
FlatLeeo 4 months ago
I love this video, everytime i watch it i learn something new. If you listen and understand what he is saying you will notice there is more meaning to what hes saying than it first seems.
25WildCard 5 months ago 3
@25WildCard
I agree with your thoughts on this video, but more less with the idea that still waters run deep.
shadowknight14205 5 months ago
Once again people, xxxstunner has taken what I said completely out of context. My daughter understood my point LONG BEFORE xxxstunner ever did. My daughter's a straight A student! Once again, I am going to break this down for the masses, ESPECIALLY xxxstunner: When I said he is the essence, I simply stated that the principles, the focus, the mindset, the training are the "building blocks" of the principles of MMA, not that Bruce directly intended that. We use these principles even OUTSIDE of MMA
pointsur 5 months ago
I mean ppl in MMA/UFC or what not are like fags in a cage, wid tight pants on, all sweaty and nuts in the face when goin for submission. JKD is Martial Art. It's a style tht is bound by no styles. It's raw fighting skills. A mixture of power, precision, speed, flexibilty and passion. Bruce would certainly knck Kimbo slice the fuck out. Look at Bruce's body structure; scientists claimed he had the perfect body of a warrior. Common, guys, im 17, MMA is not comparable to JKD. Why? Cos it's a sport
JayDeeDogon 5 months ago
@JayDeeDogon I agree completely. everybody I try telling this to are ignorant and say "t3h MMA'z is da best Evuurrrrrr!!!"
baskyn544 5 months ago
ohhhhh this time i intercepted your emotional intensity, how much time was lost from your thoughts to your fists? brilliant
hoopdreams2g2btru 5 months ago
I don't know what's going on but on the top comment it looks to me people are comparing Bruce and the MMA fighters
well don't forget "MMA" stands for "Mix Martial Arts" and Bruce Is already a mix martial artist, beside if his still alive he would improve and improve and improve himself, sure Bruce has a slim body and MMA fighters have big body but are they fast enough to catch or to see Bruce's punch?
kadendiran 5 months ago
do any of u know the name of the music that is playing on this
coo54 6 months ago
If MMA enthusiasts can't take the time to learn about Bruce Lee's past, they should at least learn about MMA's past. The evolution of MMA, as we know it, was driven by one specific purpose - to win in a cage fight under the existing rules of the UFC. If you misunderstand that, and believe the myth that being good at MMA automatically translates to being good in actual hand-to-hand combat where your life is at stake, then you're bound to get a wake-up call.
empiricism 6 months ago
really? compareing or useing as an example MMA/ruled governed fighting versus martial arts used in the real world?....there is a rather lengthy explanation of it all but for the sake of time=A warrior who trains to disable or merely cause injury to his opponent will lose to a warrior trained to kill or cripple his opponent OR evn more basic=Training to fight for your life and training to fight for points in a game--world of difference.
draxpendragon 6 months ago
1:43 - ooooooHHHHhhhh!
thadea 6 months ago
Hey kids ask any MMA fighter who their hero is, and they will say Bruce Lee!
Survivingthedeep 6 months ago
ok retards who had the most powerfull and fastest punch of all time that when they were filming they had to slow it down so the movement could be seen ? his technique was legendary know one can be as good as he was , he discovered many things that mma fail to understand he is and will always be the best fighter on the planet.
frank6546 6 months ago
pourquoi voulez tjs tout comparé !! c lui le plus fort! non c moi! vous etes loin de l'espris martial! et bruce a ete et n'est plus! il a tout ammené ici et la! pourquoi vouloir faire de lui un gagnant ou un perdant face aux autres!!!!! ça me revolte
RVG51200 6 months ago
Me pica un guevo,..
agalambao 6 months ago
The thing is that Bruce Lee didnt train for mma he tryed to find the most effective techniques to protect himself and he tought others those techniques to protect themselves not to use in a match but to use in a situation were there are no rules techniques such as kicks to the groin or eye gouges teqniques that if you used in a mma match u would be disqualified.
joshrivera25 6 months ago
Bruce Lee the bast
girmace1 6 months ago
I'd give both nuts to train with him.....
Solara117 6 months ago
The strongest that has ever been born.
VinceNoir11 6 months ago
"In Cantonese.... JEET KUNE DO !! "
bigfatdick5000 6 months ago
Dana White CEO of UFC - " Bruce Lee is the founding father of Modern MMA. "
bigfatdick5000 6 months ago
WOW you got to be kidding me
ori2000 6 months ago
What saddens me is that here we are 30 years later and the message from Bruce Lee and those who came before him is one of peace and only to fight when all other choices are gone, yet punk after misguided punk comes in here talking up "mma." I truly hope some of you kids will get a clue. Violence is stupid. Only the most well trained are there for a reason ...to protect...not to project. Shaolin out.
MySmileToYou 6 months ago 62
@MySmileToYou EXCELLENT comment. Intelligence trumps brawn. Only way to win a street fight is to not have one, but if you have no options: Stay alive; STOP him (note I didn't say "stomp')
skaha77 5 months ago
@MySmileToYou MMA isn't just for punks, I have studied traditional martial arts (Goju-ryu Karate do, Japanese Jiu-jitsu, and a little bit of Wing Chun) and I am currently studying MMA. In the words of Bruce Lee himself "Discard that wich is useless, absorb that wich makes you stronger" I have become stronger through MMA, folowing Lee's philosophy, I have found many ways to mix my arts together. MMA practitioner and proud out.
tywainwright1 4 months ago
@tywainwright1 Very well said n put. Exact quota from the Philosophies and thaughts of the Lil Dragon (Bruce Lee) himself... Bassically... Use 'Everything' you DO know, and use ALL knowledge of ones Martial-Arts, so your is combining Your very own potential and skill all round in ANY fight to bring out the best in all that one had learned through Martial Arts. Peace to all, and be true to oneself... ;)
TheRabbidDOC 1 month ago
@MySmileToYou - mma is the world catching up with Bruce.
In Bruce's Fighting Method vol.3, it's all there:
finding your ranges
Intercepting - every strike a block, every block a strike / using the incoming energy against the opponent - STRIKE AS THE OPPONENT IS COMING IN
center line - non chambered / non telegraphic strikes down the middle
transitions
non linear angled retreats
MMA IS THE WORLD CATCHING UP WITH BRUCE
novanine9 3 months ago
I agree with all of you video gamers. Bruce Lee was garbage. Just like Mohammed Ali was garbage, and George Foreman was garbage, and Sugar Ray, and Boom Boom Mancini, and Larry Holmes was garbage, and heck, even Marciano was crap. Jeez when was the last time you saw any of them in a violent video game?! Man, they aint fighting in MMA they aint nothin right? I'm totally with you. Mike Tyson couldn't hold a candle to any of these GREAT mma phenoms! Let alone Bruce Lee/trained by Grandmastr
MySmileToYou 6 months ago
As a person who learned from his teacher, and his teachers teacher, i can tell you for sure even the lowest mma fighter, and even the lowest video game fighter, would destroy bruce lee, and kung fu is garbage. In fact, even though I was raised in a Shaolin Temple, I know for sure each of the kids killing us in video games is far superior. Let us not be fooled, any mma celebrity funded by corporate money is far superior than the actual arts. The fact it works in video games is proof.
MySmileToYou 6 months ago 2
bruce lee was and will always be the greatest martial artist of all time..
co0o0l1000 6 months ago 3
To have the wholistic of life result in the appearance of violent movement by way of retrospective judgement must be lamented only of the lamentable and conceived of the all too conceivable.
Lieu3C4 6 months ago
People lost the essence of martial arts. Martial Arts is what defined all human capabilities. Martial Arts is obviously an "art". It involves ur mind, emotions everything. Back in those days was a tradition that was pure, unique and peaceful. Right, it was meant to be self defense. But also is a religion. Now is violent and mean. If Ip man or ng mui were alive I dont think they'll be happy.
9kevin 6 months ago
@9kevin
../ and also is a discipline.
9kevin 6 months ago
Bruce Lee was martial arts pioneer, period. He was doing MMA before the term ever existed! Its funny how today people act as if its the newest and baddist martial art today. MMA has been around longer then that. You young people should study martial arts history before you make comments about a subject you don't throughly know about.
tamashii14 6 months ago
that guy @ 2:00 looks like he's blind, deaf and dumb trying to fight.
rakuencallisto 6 months ago
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TruthTellert63 6 months ago
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@rakuencallisto that guy @ 2:00 looks like he's blind, deaf and dumb trying to fight.
He was supposed to look blind. That's what the entire series was about--him losing his eyesight & then learning to function (and fight) again.
TruthTellert63 6 months ago
Bruce Lee took different styles of Martial Arts and incorporated them into his own style of fighting which was the inspiration for later disciplines such as MMA. He set standards instead of aspiring, and although he's no longer with us his legacy remains. Bruce put the "Art" into Martial Arts, he used speed & deception as much as strength. There's only one winner when Brute Force meets Bruce Force and it's Lee by a Knockout! R.I.P.
Draven9661 6 months ago 3
Bruce Lee was a Non-Believer in any God. Role Model for Atheists.
WhatGodNow 6 months ago 2
Bruce died when he was 32 it would take most people in the world 132 years or more to achieve half of what bruce achieved people who disrespect bruce dont understand the art of fighting he wasnt a champion he was a master and very very respected
BOBLFC1 6 months ago
CLUELESS ALERT: Bjergkamp2011 has just informed me, in ALL of his young, nieve wisdom, that If Bruce was alive, GSP would beat him. Is he F@#$%&! serious?!? Does ANYONE under the age of 35 actually READ and LEARN their history?? Wow. As much as I have talked about Bruce ALWAYS EVOLVING, never standing still, people still do not get it. Education is important people!
pointsur 7 months ago 3
ya shuld go ask ya mma fighter about Bruce Lee. Bet they kno alot about this Men right here. R.I.P. Bro.
DWUGD 7 months ago
Bruce lee would not have participated in prize fighting. He mentions it in his interview. There is a huge difference between a sport and a real fight. His fighting system was combative. Geared for real life situations. Not a ring/cage with over 200 rules and a referee.
tankshot009 7 months ago
@Grave264 do you exactly know what you are saying? Bruce lee's words are noble than yours
vicentebayagbagjr 7 months ago
"this time I intercepted your emotional .... you see, from your thought to your fist, how much time is lost"
incredible to see this
genkidamaaaa 7 months ago
Damn all you people are hard headed. Think you're some hot MMA shit that can take on Bruce Lee. Please..... Bruce Lee is the "Father" of MMA. MMA just started a few years ago. Bruce however was in the 60' doing it. It shows in his movie "Enter The Dragon." Check your resources before talking. The real truth about Bruce and MMA now.... If he was alive no MMA would stand a chance, even all at once wouldn't. If any MMA can take on Chuck Norris then talk about taking out Bruce.
KayTeamLegit 7 months ago
THANK YOU TO ALL THAT GAVE RESPECT! I tell you, even though Bruce has been gone for almost 40 years, his mindset, philosophy, and training is STILL ahead of it's time! That tells you how advanced his concepts were back then! I remember as a kid EVERYBODY wanted to be KATO! F--K the Green Hornet! Watching this gives me chills!
pointsur 7 months ago
And then the girl in the background is going to make them some damn good sandwichs after finishing the laundry.
Trexant911 7 months ago
Let's get this straight. 99.9% of you don't know shit about MMA and/or Martial Arts. I do. All you prolly know is what happens on the UFC, not how to actually fight. He started MMA, everything started with HIM. Bruce Lee would never EVER lose a fight because 1. he's the fastest, trickiest son-of-a-bitch there was. 2. HE'S DEAD so how the fuck can youy compare him to others?! (R.I.P).
sk8guy702 7 months ago
@sk8guy702 I agree with you. I am not a martial artist, but there is no one who trained his muscles and brain harder than Bruce Lee.
fourtrees44 7 months ago
Anyone has kept a video tape of "Longstreet" series?
StackAndQ 7 months ago
whats funny is, the people that dont know the past (bruce lee), will of course think they are better... if they have never been hit with a 1" punch & knocked the fk out, they can talk all the smack in the world... alot of MMA'ers get K.O'd from a puch or kick they didnt see coming, or expecting... they wouldnt know what to expect from bruce... a puch...? a kick...? & like all the PV's ive seen, once someone gets hits hella hard, their fight plan changes... bruce is best, admit it...
phatsam199 7 months ago
@phatsam199 THANK YOU FRIEND!
pointsur 7 months ago
Ironically Xena expressed this same sort of philosophy to Gabrielle when she said, "Don't just listen to the sounds but what's behind the sounds," Someone was chanelling Bruce Lee
isaiahangelo 8 months ago
Dude was the real-life yoda.
Trengo34 8 months ago
im with you pointsurj never put yourself in a box or you lose immediately
FirePoi87 8 months ago
LOL! That white guy has no rhythm.
MrRanran1226 8 months ago
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@MrRanran1226 LOL! That white guy has no rhythm.
This is an inane comment -- he's supposed to be blind.
TruthTellert63 6 months ago
FODA-SE COM O PRECONCEITO NORTE-AMERICANO,MAS ESSE CARA TINHA QUE ESTRELAR TODAS AS PRODUÇÕES EM QUE ELE CRIOU E PODIA DAR...ERA UM MESTRE...HOJE TEM UM TAL DE JACKIE CHAN QUE É MUITO PIO9R E ESTÁ EM TUDO QUANTO É FILME...E O POBRE DO BRUCE LEE NÃO PÔDE ESTRELAR NEM SEQUER O SEU PRINCIPAL TRABALHO QUE FOI KUNG FU...DERAM O PAPEL PARA AQUELE AGUADO DO DAVID CARRADINE...ANTES TIVESSEM DADO PARA O CHUCK NORRIS O PAPEL,PELO AO MENOS TERIAMOS MAIS IMPOSIÇÃO E POSTURA....VIVA BRUCE LEE...GRANDE MESTRE
gilmourledfloyd 8 months ago
i was waiting for bruce to kick that old lady's face
fyte4luv808 8 months ago
wish I could learn this stuff lol, jus know concepts of it
YaBoyYoungKraZ 8 months ago
What is with all of you young people commenting here about how Bruce would lose in MMA?? Are you guys serious?? Bruce is the ESSENCE of MMA He was MMA before MMA was ever thought of. The things you MMA enthusiasts use today, I applied 30 years ago thanks to Bruce. I first was a WRESTLER, then i learned the basics of Kung Fu, Boxing, Kenpo, Judo, Thai Boxing, and now BJJ. Bruce ALWAYS evolved, always improved. Find the interview of him on TV in Hong Kong. Learn the man.
pointsur 8 months ago 156
@pointsur Totally agree with you.
Once met Bruce Lee's 3rd student Skip Ellsworth in Cebu,asked him what the essence of JKD was..and he said focus on your weak points. IE..if you were 80% competent with your fists, groundwork 20%..bring the groundwork upto standard. As you said..the essence of MMA
banoffee2001 8 months ago
@pointsur Yep. You know the gloves that MMA practitioners use today? Do you know who invented them? That would be Bruce Lee.
ZhuangziZhou 8 months ago
@pointsur I know that Bruce Lee always evolved, but I don't believe that his JKD at that time would be the same today. Martial arts evolved and continue to evolve. As a example, his number one student, Dan Inosanto, is a black belt in BJJ under Rigan Machado. I think that tells you something. Just a thought.
riodejaneir10 8 months ago
@riodejaneir10 The point of JKD was to evolve. It wasn't a stationary style; that's exactly what Bruce was escaping from. JKD is the form of no form; it is outside of all patterns. It is about adapting.
conquestvideos 8 months ago
@conquestvideos Form of no form? I'm sorry man, but i don't believe in this type of philosophy. I've been practicing and teaching Judo and BJJ for more than 30 yrs. and this type of thing trying to explaying whatever.... Idk. I'm sorry, but it's not my thing.
riodejaneir10 8 months ago
@riodejaneir10 I'll explain it to you in the simplest way I can: If you know Karate, you go in to a fight looking at it as a Karateman. You go in to it thinking about KArate techniques. If you know Tae Kwon Do, you go in to a fight as a Tae Kwon Do man, thinking about Tae Kwon Do Techniques. When Bruce Lee went in to a fight, he looked at it as a fighter. He saw the fight as himself against his opponent; no styles. JKD is about adapting to any situation.
conquestvideos 8 months ago
@riodejaneir10 I think you need to re-read my comment friend. I am a LIFELONG martial artist. I am well aware of the progression of Martial Arts. Bruce was aware of that as well. You must remember that JKD is NOT a style, but a PHILOSOPHY. Calling it a "style" would have meant putting limits on it, something that Bruce was absolutely against. His teachings still hold merit even after almost 40 years. You basically REPEATED the point I was making. Just a thought...
pointsur 8 months ago 2
@pointsur That's your opinion, but like you said: Your thought. JKD is not a style? Come on!
riodejaneir10 8 months ago
@riodejaneir10 Tha's fact, not opinion. Now I KNOW you aren't a practitioner of JKD. You have heard nothing I said. If you choose to swim in the pool of ignorance, you can swim alone. I am done now.
pointsur 8 months ago
@pointsur I never said I practice JKD! Pool of ignorance? i'd rather be ignorant, which means some lack of knowledge, than to be in a pool of rudeness! And if you don't know how to have a conversation, I'm sorry my friend, but that means that your JKD philosophy is empty and your JKD is bad! If you don't know how to have a conversation, please don't reply. I don't want to to argue with you on youtube in this immature level. And as a martial artist I DO NOT have to agree with everything you say!
riodejaneir10 8 months ago
@pointsur People think because you train to move your arms and legs in a certain manner that you are an excellent fighter or martial artist. But that's not true. You may be great at fighting, when you fight others of your skill level. Watch MMA closely you will see the majority of the fighters are often very off balance. They have to much a specific desire, to attack and win, they are absolutely nothing compared to Bruce Lee, they could not even touch him, they would not see his strikes coming.
itsjustmechristoph 8 months ago
@itsjustmechristoph Exactly.
pointsur 7 months ago
bruce lee have say'' do not think empty your mind be formless'' hit as it never hit by you but hit by itseft. when you think it is slow in street fight it happen in just split of seconds you see when bruce intercetion the oppponent attack he did not predict what kind of attack his opponent going to attack him instead he predict when his opponent come forward and he kick. Why, because you won't know what kind of attack your opponent going to attack you, when he come forward.
vincent7125 7 months ago
@pointsur: You are right. I have been a Jeet Kune Do practitioner for twenty six years and I am not bias when I say no other system compares.
4chango 7 months ago
@pointsur link please
bigbigbigmic 7 months ago
@pointsur What all thess MMA guys are thinking is that Brue Lee doesn't have a complete game. LMAO, He does! In his Martial arts he incorporates every martial arts he knew. Every one just sees him kicking and punching on movies and assumes he did not know how to take some one down and he didn't know how to throw a person.
hendersona49 7 months ago
@hendersona49 I don't think any of us ever will know all Bruce knew. I know some things, he knew more.....I learned, studying karate, that whatever you learn, you take, and make your own. The katas, the techniques, the formal training, are only the beginning. Eventually it must become you, or you quit. It's unfortunate that we only have a small portion of his knowledge to study, but as I said before. You can make it yours. He did.
SeanaLPurvis 7 months ago
@pointsur well said
TheBenji2k10 7 months ago
@pointsur Bruce Lee is without a doubt a true legend and was a fantastic fighter whom was ahead of his time but he would lose in MMA - to some of the best, his skills on the ground wasen't nowhere near the same level as top fighters today...
In a fight ex. vs Georges St-Pierre, I know who I would bet my money on 10/10
BjergKamp2011 7 months ago
@pointsur sorry about commenting on a month old comment but i feel i must. I completely agree with you. I myself am an mma fighter. Not professional yet but i hope to one day get there. I incorporate bruce lee's philosophies and techniques when i fight. people say he would get beat in mma. OMG bruce lee vs brock lesnar BROCK WOULD LIKE TOTALLY DESTROY LEE... those people know nothing.
gam3rgodproductionz 6 months ago
@pointsur amazing isn't it... this is unfortunately one of the results of a great mans untimely death. bruce lee was the lawrence taylor of fighting in america...but on a much much bigger field.
xxdjcharlierockxx 6 months ago
@pointsur Well said my friend, people who say immature things like that are just ignorant, Bruce Lee is a legend and always will be, he was a trail blazer.
chrissup19 6 months ago
@pointsur It's true to say that bruce lee was a great martial artist and a pioneer of taking the most practical things of martial arts and combine them all in a combat, but it's not true that he is the "essence of MMA", because he always said of how sport combat and fights followed by rules and judges were not at all part of his ideals, because they didn't let the fighter to explore himself or to apply all his skill, wich was an essential matter on the jeet kune do.
xXxstunner 6 months ago 2
@xXxstunner Once again, I am misunderstood in my statement. When I say "The essence of MMA", I use it in terms of being multi-faceted, never one-dimensional. Bruce constantly evolved, and you NEVER beat him with the same move twice. I know Bruce did not like or participate in organized fighting. I hope I have cleared this up.
pointsur 6 months ago
@pointsur I also noticed that i'm not the first one who missunderstood you, that's because i get your idea, but you expressed it wrong, bruce lee is not the essence of mma or any other ruled sports just because he was against this kind of fight and i'm sure you know that.
xXxstunner 6 months ago
@xXxstunner I am not going to go back and forth with you on this issue. Plus, you are in no position to tell me that I expressed my statement wrong. If you misinterpret the comment, that is on YOU. I have too many on Youtube, and in real life, agreeing with me on this topic, so I will not let one or two people effect that. My statement still stands: Bruce Lee is the ESSENCE of MMA. Period.
pointsur 6 months ago
@pointsur That ppl aggree with you does not mean that they are true, obviously u have never read bruce lee, learn that bruce lee didn't even like ruled combat so how come that he is going to be the essence of mma, is just contradicory.
xXxstunner 6 months ago
@pointsur MMA is a ruled combat mixture of martial arts,Bruce didn't like ruled combats, got it?
xXxstunner 6 months ago
@xXxstunner No, I don't "got it". Agree to disagree and move on. I was around when he was alive, so I am well aware without a so-called armchair quaterback trying to tell me something when chances are, he wasn't there. I am done with this now.
pointsur 6 months ago
@pointsur just think how contradictoyry sounds that how a man would be the essence of something that he was totally against for ... think about that.
xXxstunner 6 months ago
@xXxstunner he was the essence of it because a bunch of meatheads took his idea of mixing martial arts and used it for sport. they are a shame.
baskyn544 5 months ago
@baskyn544 Bruce lee said to apply the most necessary things from all martial arts and put them together in to your own style of fighting and taking it to every circumstance in case of real combats. Most of the mma fights end up in a couple of guys on the ground for like 2 minutes straigh, in a real fight that could never happen, so i still say that bruce le is not the essence of mma.
xXxstunner 5 months ago 17
@xXxstunner are u saying that fights dont end up on the ground? cuz if so u are sadly mistaken.
navyteccs 4 months ago
@navyteccs Of course they could end up on the ground, but my point is that you will never see 2 guys on the ground for 2 minutes on a real fight, it is a matter of a few seconds before another guy comes from any direction and try to kick you in the head, that's why in real fights, ground fighting is only the last resource and it's always better to avoid it.
xXxstunner 4 months ago
@xXxstunner um u can watch any fight on youtube and if it goes to the ground 80% of the people try and get mount pos. and then ground and pound, and as mma gets more popular more people are learning how to fight on the ground. so the duration and chance of a fight going to the ground increases everyday.
navyteccs 4 months ago
@navyteccs watch on youtube? mma fights? what are you talking about?, I'm talking about real fights man, you will never see 3 guys try to hit one on an mma fight and you will never see any weapons either, i'm concious that in mma ground fight works, but in real fights is always better to avoid it, trust me.
xXxstunner 4 months ago
@xXxstunner No, man. Fights almost always end up on the ground. I'm not saying you're unexperienced or whatsoever, but if you had experience you would now that. Of course when it's a well trained guy against some noob it would be over fast, but the majority aren't well trained, and that's why the majority of fights are fought on the ground.
IntaCrock 3 months ago
@IntaCrock I know what I'm talking about, ground fighting works really good against one guy, but not against a gang, but if you like ground fighting then go ahead, I hope u never get hurt, god bless you.
xXxstunner 3 months ago
@xXxstunner You talked about MMA fights and that two guys can't fight for over 2 minutes straight on the ground, not about fighting with a gang xD
By the way thanks for the sarcasm, just what I needed.
IntaCrock 3 months ago
@IntaCrock I was always talking about real fights mma poped out because of a comment of another man, that's all, you never know how many ppl you will end up with in a real fight, thats my point. And when there are a lot of punks trying to take u down it's always better to hit them than to wrestle with them.
xXxstunner 3 months ago
@xXxstunner I don't know much about fighting to be honest, but that sounds correct :P
IntaCrock 3 months ago
@xXxstunner in a real fight people end up on the ground, just like people end up on the ground in mma. you've probably never been in one is all. the goal of a fight is to compete to come out on top and therefore people fight around on the ground to come out the victor.
QualityServiced 3 months ago
@QualityServiced Real fight has nothing to do with compete about anything, real fight are about to survive and nothing else matter, you are confusing a drunk dispute in bar with a real fight, i'm sure that you say that every fight ends on the ground just because you have never fought against an armed person, so don't be a smart ass and go back to your bar to pick up pointless drunk fights.
xXxstunner 3 months ago
@xXxstunner YOU JUST SAID PEOPLE IN A FIGHT AREN'T COMPETING. I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU UNTIL YOU CAN COMPREHEND WHAT YOU SAID OR WHAT I SAID. ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST AN ARMED PERSON YOU ARE EVEN MORE LIKELY TO END UP ON THE GROUND YOU FOOL. DID YOU EVEN THINK BEFORE YOU TYPED THAT ABOUT THE "ARMED PERSON"? I'm done here. goodbye!
QualityServiced 3 months ago
@QualityServiced The second you go to the ground the next person with the weapon will stab you, in real fights it's almost impossible that you will fight against just one person, but hey, if you want to go to the ground against a group of men with sticks and knifes go ahead and die. And the capital letters comments are so stupid.
xXxstunner 3 months ago
@xXxstunner EVEN MORE COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE NOW SAYING IT IS UNLIKELY THERE ARE ONE ON ONE FIGHTS AND THAT IF THERE ARE, THEIR FRIEND IS GONNA STAB YOU. WAKE UP CUNT!!! YOU'RE DUMB!!
QualityServiced 2 months ago
@QualityServiced Capital letters comments are so stupid, whatever. You obviously have no idea what a real fight is about, you have never seen real conflicts, when somebody is just trying to kill you, so don't fucking tell me what a real combat is.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner LOLOLOLOLOL SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL... YOU? YOU'VE HAD SOMEONE TRY TO KILL YOU? LOLOLOLOL YOU ARE SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT KID.
QualityServiced 2 months ago
@QualityServiced Look mr, I don't know where are you from and if that doesn't happen where you live then you should feel proud, but here ppl are stabbed every day and yes I've been attacked with knifes, it's nothing pretty but is something that you have to deal with when it happens, you told me kid maybe you are too old to understand but i'm 21.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner yep, you're a young.
QualityServiced 2 months ago
@xXxstunner Bruce Lee invented the idea of MMA. People like you who lack to read philosophically and cared of being biased on MMA and don't want someone like Bruce Lee to get credited, by all means it's alright. The truth is there. You MMA fans can skip it. Bruce Lee is the creator of MMA ideas, whether you like it or not. If you "actually" read Tao of Jeet Kune Do you'll notice he incorporated grappling techniques also. Whether the sport is based on rules or not, you cannot forget the essence.
PimpingRice 3 months ago
@PimpingRice Well read it again my friend because Bruce didn't enter tournaments because he hated rules in combat, rules are made to entertain, real combats end up quickly and with no restriction. Bruce Lee was a genius at fighting, not at sports, MMA is a sport, so stop saying that Bruce is the essence of MMA, he is not. How can a man be the essence of something that he was against of. Bruce always talked about real combats and refused the sports competitions.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner Like I said whether the sport is based on rules or not, your understanding is very little with your biased understanding with MMA. He is against "forms" <--- keyword. Forms was the main focus of what he is talking about, and MMA is a revolution with taking in other types of martial arts and incorporating it to a real fight, cage fights also hold the essence of a real fight as the opponent are actually hitting each other, therefore erasing forms! Bruce Lee IS the essence of MMA. Derp!
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice MMa has nothing to do with real fights, in a real fight you will never see 2 guys on the ground for 2 minutes straight , you will never see multiple attackers nor any kind of weapon, so it's far away from a real fight.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner So your saying MMA is just staged, and so is other full contact Martial Arts like WWE... Wow, based on the circumstances, you don't know much of what your talking about. MMA is real, period. Your definition of "real" is that on the outside world they are "untrained" and therefore wouldn't last as long as trained fighters. Well yes that is true, because they aren't conditioned to do so. But that doesn't erase the fact that full contact Martial Arts such as MMA isn't real. Derpa Derp!
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice No, I never said MMA was staged like WWE, I'm saying that MMA has nothing to do with real conflicts where you have to finish a fight as fast as you can and also you have to deal with knifes and stuff like that, so don't let your anger confuse you about what i'm saying, I was just replying to somebody who said that MMA is just like fighting in the streets, well it's not, it's a lot different.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner You never said it, but you implied it by saying "MMA has nothing to do with real fights" and now you say "MMA has nothing to do with real conflicts".... Contradiction much. Angry? Don't let your ignorance consume your ego. I have nothing to do with the other guy. Bruce Lee is the essence of MMA and MMA is a full contact sport which draw roots from JKD. Read his book and "absorb" it, don't just read it with barriers around you, that's where ignorance sparks.
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice Bruce Lee was against rules, real conflicts don't have rules, it's as simple as that Bruce said that many times, there is no contradiction there, yes in MMA the punches are for real but still has nothing to do with real fights where you deal with weapons and several oponents, the phases of combat on 1 on 1 fights were described long before bruce and they were applied to sport combat by Mitsuyo maeda, talking about ignorance, please. Bruce was totally against ruled combats.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner Sigh, I already said it and I will say it again. Rules or no rules the sport still partaken it's roots from JKD. It really is time to get your head out of your ass. Now MMA is a real fight, just trained and conditioned. So please stop referring it to "real fights" what your talking about is "street fights" get your facts straight. 1 on 1? Where you get that from? True Mitsuyo invented the phases but his philosophy different, where as Bruce was mainly focused on forms, not rules.
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice That's exactly what I'm telling you, Bruce Lee's philosophy has nothing to do with forms or sports, but whatever, I don't want to argue anymore so why don't we just say something that we can both agree, like the fact that Bruce Lee is a true legend and he's is totally awesome, is that ok for you? peace.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner LOL alright so we both agreed that he is the essence of MMA and that you've clearly have no idea of what you're talking about and that the fact that you have the bias love for MMA. Therefore referring to pointless points when I refuted you over and over. Yes Bruce Lee is a true legend and totally awesome. Good luck in life. I recommend you "actually" read his book Tao of Jeet Kune Do.
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice No,I just agree that he is awesome, but I do know what i'm talking about and he is not the essence of MMA, I fucking hate MMA, that's why i Hate when ppl relate this great martial artist with a sport that is made for entertainment
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner If you read his books and still think that he is the essence of something that he hated(martial arts converted into a sport) i recommend you to read those books again.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner I'm going to quote "not essence of MMA" "Bruce Lee's philosophy has nothing to do with forms" and "but I do know what i'm talking about". The first two quotes clearly tells me you haven't read Tao of Jeet Kune Do and study his philosophies. The last quote contradicts your value of truth. MMA take in what's useful and leave the bad from other other Art forms. Then uses it as their own style of fighting with no limitations, that's JKD. Bruce Lee is the essence go read the freakin book!
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice Bruce was constantly evolving himself, in his last interview he clearly established that he didn't believe in forms or styles anymore, just like the jeet kune do is not a style like many ppl think, it's a philosophy of combat. check it out it was made for the Pierre Berton show.
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner Oh trust me I've seen that interview over 50 times buddy. Your just stating what I've stated. So you've agreed upon my decision and don't know where to go next your logic. OK its settled.
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@PimpingRice So how come u still don't get it MMA has nothing to do with Bruce Lee
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner How?
PimpingRice 2 months ago
@xXxstunner I agree 100% man thats what I sometimes have to tell people and unfortunately some hate 2 hear the truth
KingStackhouse 2 months ago
@xXxstunner shut the fuck up
Judo2333 2 months ago
@xXxstunner
not only is he not the essence of mma
but his idea was against the mma philosophy
Adaptive over style
In reality preparation is not realistic
everyone is not going to give you the
chance.
cipher10000 2 months ago
@cipher10000 That's exactly what I said
xXxstunner 2 months ago
@xXxstunner
Right so sub to me and lets call bygones bygones
cipher10000 2 months ago
@pointsur THANK YOU!!!
UrbanTiger74 6 months ago
@pointsur its kinda stupid, the guy was a genius, if he wanted he would have learned grapling in a very short time, and thats all he lacked for mma, i mean, i he wanted to learn a style he could have done it in no time so sayin bruce lee would lose in mma is like sayin pacquiao would lose in taekwondo, of course he would lose, diferent rules require different training, but with enough training he wouldnt lose.
BluDavid100 5 months ago
@BluDavid100 Bas Rutten, the MMA legend, said the same thing that you did, if he enter an mma cage maybe he would lose at first, but bruce was a genius at fighting and eventually nobody would have stop him, this guy just like many other ppl started to do martial arts influenced by bruce lee.
xXxstunner 5 months ago 9