Gene LeBell - Archive Interview Part 7 of 7

Gene LeBell was interviewed for three-and-half hours in Sherman Oaks, CA. LeBell talked about his childhood where he developed an interest in judo and boxing that eventually led to his career as a stuntman in movies and television. He talked about his early work in television on such series as The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lassie (in which he fought a bear), and The Jack Benny Show. He also talked about his work on action series of the 1960s, 70s, and beyond including The Green Hornet, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Baretta , The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Dukes of Hazzard. LeBell discussed the craft of stunt work including descriptions of falls, fire stunts, and stunt driving. Among the television series LeBell discussed in the most detail were: The Adventures of Superman (in which he worked closely with George Reeves), Batman, and The Fall Guy. The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on September 10, 2003. For the full interview visit emmytvlegends.org

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[Katzenhase]

Seagal had never been choked out by gene LeBell. Go to "Asians on films.com-part 2-minute 1:50".

You can listen to Diana Lee Inosanto who is the daughter of Daniel Inosanto. She said there was only a verbal confrontation on the set of "Out for Justice" and no fight at all. She further said that people exaggerating things...

I knew it--only bullshit talk in order to make Seagal look bad!

[00Jackacid]

damn his nose has been broken so many times

[bluspidey]

Im doing AIKIDO for 3 years now and i can truly tell you that you have no idea aikido came from JUJUTSU not jujitsu Ueshiba developed aikido primarily during the late 1920s through the 1930s through the synthesis of the older martial arts that he had studied. The core martial art from which aikido derives is Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu, which Ueshiba studied directly with Takeda Sokaku,

[Shirebury]

Steven Seagal released his bowels after being choked unconscious by Gene Lebell.

Chuck Liddell also shit his pants after he was completely knocked out by Rashad Evans.

[peacewarrior]

If the best MMa fighter in the world ALLOWED you to choke him, you could easily choke them out, even a beginner could do it.

[GuardianAngel5150]

@wes1220

Agree. Seagal is an actor @ the end of the day, and I dont care what Degree black belt in "Aikido" he is. I'm sure that makes him nice and well rounded, but let's be realistic here.

Gene Lebell is a master grappler AAU Judo Champion and expert in the combative aspect of Judo. He's coached and tooled numerous "Martial Arts Experts" in his career and become coach to thousands for a reason.

Until Seagal shows he's coaching 1000 badasses? Then I'll buy into his "Aikido" shit.

[Katzenhase]

lukevacancy: LeBell didn´t speak about Seagal in the interview! But I know that they didn´t fight at all.

In all the videos Gene LeBell didn´t fight at all. He always has someone in a choke but we never see how he got there.....

[lukevacancy]

@Katzenhase hi just wondering where in the gene lebell interview does he speak about steven seagal

[Katzenhase]

Now I know what happened. Seagal allowed LeBell to perform a choke on him because he thought he could escape due to his training but apparently he couldn´t.

So Seagal was never beaten in a fight as a bunch of people claimed.

Seagal allowed LeBell the choke and that´s a big difference!!!!

[crazycasy]

i train jiu jitsu and now thinking about really working on my judo game , knowing what i allready know i have no doughts he could choke out about anyone he wanted too very fast , i have the upmost respect and admiration for this guy, im not the type to hero worship but this guy is a class act and one of the dearest souls ever! im gettin a pink gi!