I just bought the 30th annv. edition of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon".
The movie is good, but I really enjoyed the extras in this dvd set.
It shows interviews of the many different people in Bruce's life.( Kareem Abdul Jabar, James Coburn, Chuck Norris and others).
Here are some facts from the video.
- He could do 2 finger(thumb and index finger) push ups.
- Extended "V sits"(put your palms on the ground, and lift your entire body off of the ground, now bring your legs straight up so that your body looks like a V. Now hold it for a period of time)
- The autopsy said that Bruce Lee died of an acute alergic reaction to Hashish(sp?).
- He trained many in Hollywood(the three mentioned above) as well as Steve McQueen.
- He was considered the greatest Material Artist in the world during the 20th centruy.
- In the movie about Bruce Lee, it showed that he was kicked in the back by his opponant, which broke his back. But this isn't true.
He was working out when he did some kind of nerve damage which left him bed ridden for 6 months. The doctors feared he wouldn't kick again, and possibly not walk again. They were wrong.
They named off Chuck Norris and two other material artist masters. Between these three, they won every major material artist competition in the world.
Even with all of that, they still went to Bruce Lee to be taught.
He was credited with changing the material arts as we know.
He was trained in Gung Fu in china, but he developed new styles because he felt that the old styles were bound by tradition.
He studied all styles and took what ever was good from each style, while throwing out anything that was not usefull.
He is known for developing "Jeet kun do"(sp?) which means something like "The intercepting fist".
Basicly it was a counter attack style.
But finally he developed a "no style" way of fighting. Meaning that you have to learn and adapt to the situation.
This guy was incredible to say the least. Many people hated him, especially those of the old traditions in asia.
People would walk up to him, cross thier arms, and tap thier feet. Which meant it was a challenge for a fight. Bruce would then wipe the floor with them, and go back to doing what it was he was doing, like nothing ever happened.
Bruce Lee grew up in a wealthy family, and he seemed spoiled. When he learned how to fight, he became a bully looking for fights. So his father sent him to the states.
I get the impression that Bruce never really learned humility, and that he was a bully/tyrant as an adult. He had a fun side they said, but he was never afraid to speak his mind, and he often had a hard time working with directors and others.
The day he died, he was with another women having an affair.
It seems that the good thing about his untimely death, was that we didn't see him go down the ugly road of sin, that we see so many other stars go through. Like Elvis, and others.
I don't see how someone so small could be so great. But whatever you think of him, there is one fact, he was one stick of dynomite not to be messed with.
The movie is good, but I really enjoyed the extras in this dvd set.
It shows interviews of the many different people in Bruce's life.( Kareem Abdul Jabar, James Coburn, Chuck Norris and others).
Here are some facts from the video.
- He could do 2 finger(thumb and index finger) push ups.
- Extended "V sits"(put your palms on the ground, and lift your entire body off of the ground, now bring your legs straight up so that your body looks like a V. Now hold it for a period of time)
- The autopsy said that Bruce Lee died of an acute alergic reaction to Hashish(sp?).
- He trained many in Hollywood(the three mentioned above) as well as Steve McQueen.
- He was considered the greatest Material Artist in the world during the 20th centruy.
- In the movie about Bruce Lee, it showed that he was kicked in the back by his opponant, which broke his back. But this isn't true.
He was working out when he did some kind of nerve damage which left him bed ridden for 6 months. The doctors feared he wouldn't kick again, and possibly not walk again. They were wrong.
They named off Chuck Norris and two other material artist masters. Between these three, they won every major material artist competition in the world.
Even with all of that, they still went to Bruce Lee to be taught.
He was credited with changing the material arts as we know.
He was trained in Gung Fu in china, but he developed new styles because he felt that the old styles were bound by tradition.
He studied all styles and took what ever was good from each style, while throwing out anything that was not usefull.
He is known for developing "Jeet kun do"(sp?) which means something like "The intercepting fist".
Basicly it was a counter attack style.
But finally he developed a "no style" way of fighting. Meaning that you have to learn and adapt to the situation.
This guy was incredible to say the least. Many people hated him, especially those of the old traditions in asia.
People would walk up to him, cross thier arms, and tap thier feet. Which meant it was a challenge for a fight. Bruce would then wipe the floor with them, and go back to doing what it was he was doing, like nothing ever happened.
Bruce Lee grew up in a wealthy family, and he seemed spoiled. When he learned how to fight, he became a bully looking for fights. So his father sent him to the states.
I get the impression that Bruce never really learned humility, and that he was a bully/tyrant as an adult. He had a fun side they said, but he was never afraid to speak his mind, and he often had a hard time working with directors and others.
The day he died, he was with another women having an affair.
It seems that the good thing about his untimely death, was that we didn't see him go down the ugly road of sin, that we see so many other stars go through. Like Elvis, and others.
I don't see how someone so small could be so great. But whatever you think of him, there is one fact, he was one stick of dynomite not to be messed with.
