1956 Hong Kong Rooftop Fighting

An old clip of rooftop fighting in Hong Kong in 1956.

the title of the video says this is from bruce lee's home movie collection - but I cannot verify this. Obviously, I did not make or title this video.

In any case, this is an amazing glimpse into the fighting circumstances which gave wing chun its early reputation.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• kung fu
• rooftop fighting
• sparring
• fighting
• hong kong

[MrHoppers002]

shaolin monks destroy everybody. 

[swisskunk]

@MrHoppers002

being a warrior sucks, but the objective is become more like Monks... look at shaolin monks ;)

[PhillyPugilist]

which one is Bruce??

[Ljenkins9000]

@moominpic You're comparing this to amateur boxing? You fucking kidding me? This is basically people who do an art that is, well, basically worthless, and trying to fight with it. Shit training produces shit fighters, and these guys weren't amateurs, they're supposedly legendary masters of Wing Chun.

[moominpic]

I think if we saw a vid of a couple of toughs from an inner city boxing club in UK or USA, it wouldn't look that much different. We forget how much more sophisticated training methods are these days and yet it is still easy to make a good guy look bad.

[MrHoppers002]

the women part sounds nice. I think if you were one of the best fighters on the block and people challenged you for duels the guy wouldn't be too nervous since he is one of the best fighters on the block. no?

[Plato86]

It certainly sucked for the loser and perhaps for the modern soldier but in the ancient world the victorious warrior was rewarded with land, money, women and status. Then again if you became a warrior of repute you would have challengers who would demand duels etc. It was not an easy life at all.

[MrHoppers002]

being a warrior sucks.

[Plato86]

So you do not like realistic fighting? Do you think that in the ancient world that once warriors fell on the ground the fight was over? It certainly was not over, you would throw your opponent or he would tackle you and you would use your grappling to get a better position and break his neck, arm or stab him with a small danger. Grappling was designed to kill as much, if not more than striking. If you do not grapple you are an incomplete fighter.

[Zacharyfisk]

@dremorpl Yes and I landed on your mum's pussy.