[ Poll ] Martial Arts Community Thread - actually active!(ish)

Hey look, a poll! How do you feel about Bruce Lee?

He gets me gold		10.0%	[ 1 ]
He's alright		20.0%	[ 2 ]
He's cool beans		20.0%	[ 2 ]
His yellow jumpsuit is the holy freakin grail		50.0%	[ 5 ]

Total Votes: 10

[Stratamagnus]

The Forbidden Kingdom was great! I was skeptical that a fight between Jet Li and Jackie Chan could live up to the potential hype, but it did. Oh man, that was great.

Taken was good too.

I've seen alot, but I think my favorites are Drunken Master, Enter the Dragon, The Last Dragon, and Red Belt.

[DeadlyKicksofRegal]

Power rangers is awesome. They all did martial arts. so did Darth Maul in the first episode of Star Wars

[goingd]

Forbidden Kingdom was a big piece of epicness! I love Drunken Master also, but I've seen A LOT of Jackie Chan's old movies, and a good handful of Jet Li's. The honest crazy truth is that I've never once seen a Bruce Lee movie, I just know a lot about him. I saw some of the stuff in Taken, and it was cool. Heh, I'm not sure if anyone remembers the original black power ranger inventing the syle HipHapkido.

[Stratamagnus]

Haha, speaking of Power Ranges, I watched Kamen Rider today and enjoyed that. Lots of suited up martial arts.

Man, you need to see Bruce in action. I'm sure everyone tells you that, but you really owe it to yourself. He's the Master.

[goingd]

Stratamagnus

Haha, speaking of Power Ranges, I watched Kamen Rider today and enjoyed that. Lots of suited up martial arts.

Man, you need to see Bruce in action. I'm sure everyone tells you that, but you really owe it to yourself. He's the Master.

I've seen plenty of clips of his action scenes, and a number of videos of him practicing or teaching. I'm well aware of how good he was, but he wasn't the first to understand the things he did, just the first of his time to be so open about it.

[Stratamagnus]

goingd

Stratamagnus

Haha, speaking of Power Ranges, I watched Kamen Rider today and enjoyed that. Lots of suited up martial arts.

Man, you need to see Bruce in action. I'm sure everyone tells you that, but you really owe it to yourself. He's the Master.

I've seen plenty of clips of his action scenes, and a number of videos of him practicing or teaching. I'm well aware of how good he was, but he wasn't the first to understand the things he did, just the first of his time to be so open about it.

Well its hard to be the first in martial arts when its been around for 700 years. However, Bruce went against the grain in his time where many martial artists believed in keeping things pure and not inter-mingling.

[goingd]

Stratamagnus

goingd

Stratamagnus

Haha, speaking of Power Ranges, I watched Kamen Rider today and enjoyed that. Lots of suited up martial arts.

Man, you need to see Bruce in action. I'm sure everyone tells you that, but you really owe it to yourself. He's the Master.

I've seen plenty of clips of his action scenes, and a number of videos of him practicing or teaching. I'm well aware of how good he was, but he wasn't the first to understand the things he did, just the first of his time to be so open about it.

Well its hard to be the first in martial arts when its been around for 700 years. However, Bruce went against the grain in his time where many martial artists believed in keeping things pure and not inter-mingling.

Yep. I just get a little concerned (maybe a little irritated too) when I see people revere him as the martial god of ages...

[Stratamagnus]

Heh, I kind of sensed that.

The real deal on Bruce is that he was brave enough to break away from the traditionalism that surrounded Chinese arts to begin with. Alot of Chinese martial artists take a vow to only keep their martial art amongst their own nation/race, so he got alot of flack for teaching other races.

Aside from that, alot of people thought he was just a loon and a tv star when he was talking about all this mixing of the arts.

Add to the fact that he was a superb martial arts practitioner and athlete.

Aside from all that, the biggest thing Bruce Lee ever did (to me) was lay down a bevy of quotes that I love. While I'm sure they aren't all his, and are things he was originally taught, he was able to spread an enlightenment that not many others have attempted or sought out to do.

I think he was an incredible man, but he was, just a man.

Edit: The other point was, that there are only a few people that have changed the face of martial arts. And he was one of them. I'd pair him with Royce Gracie.

I think I know what you're going to say, and obviously neither were the originators for what they did, but they were the first to do it on such a large stage.

Keeping in mind, the UFC was originally an infomercial for Gracie Jujitsu. And while we're being honest, even though I consider myself a Jujitsuka, I hate the name "Gracie Jujitsu". I obviously bow down to Helio, but I think its a little conceited.

[goingd]

Believe me, I'm aware of a lot of what Bruce Lee did, and I'm very appreciative of it. He indeed a great martial artist. I'm one myself to use his quotes, as they are part of the backbone of what I know. I may not have seen any of his movies, but I've read a good part of The Tao of Jeet Kun Do, and for years I've been hearing positive points left and right from my teachers and mentors. My issue isn't with him - it's with the people who worship him and see no light beyond his teachings, which they often don't understand.

[DeadlyKicksofRegal]

Did you know that Ji Han Jae, the Grandmaster of Hapkido, TRAINED Bruce Lee for one of his movies because he couldn't roll? He even got to be in one of Bruce's movies! Grandmaster said that Jeet Kun Do was a very sloppy style. I think he's right, it's more flash than it is self-defense

[Stratamagnus]

I wasn't lecturing friend, just voicing what I felt.

[goingd]

Stratamagnus

I wasn't lecturing friend, just voicing what I felt.

Oh, I know. Neither was I. I didn't mean to come off argumentative. No worries. ^_^

[goingd]

DeadlyKicksofRegal

Did you know that Ji Han Jae, the Grandmaster of Hapkido, TRAINED Bruce Lee for one of his movies because he couldn't roll? He even got to be in one of Bruce's movies! Grandmaster said that Jeet Kun Do was a very sloppy style. I think he's right, it's more flash than it is self-defense

Heh, I knew they did a movie together but I didn't know he taught Bruce how to roll - that is damn amusing!

[Stratamagnus]

goingd

Stratamagnus

I wasn't lecturing friend, just voicing what I felt.

Oh, I know. Neither was I. I didn't mean to come off argumentative. No worries. ^_^

*BIG THUMBS UPPPP* XD

[DeadlyKicksofRegal]

goingd

DeadlyKicksofRegal

Did you know that Ji Han Jae, the Grandmaster of Hapkido, TRAINED Bruce Lee for one of his movies because he couldn't roll? He even got to be in one of Bruce's movies! Grandmaster said that Jeet Kun Do was a very sloppy style. I think he's right, it's more flash than it is self-defense

Heh, I knew they did a movie together but I didn't know he taught Bruce how to roll - that is damn amusing!

I was surprised too. I can't remember exactly which movie, but it's a scene where Bruce gets thrown out of a house or something and he rolls on the ground. Your guess is a good as mine