Also, Bruce Lee is a Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac. And this year, is also the Year of the Dragon. And I think that just makes today so much more meaningful. If you haven't guessed it yet, it's his birthday today.
You know why I think Bruce Lee is so awesome? It's because he passed away 40 years ago, yet he is still known worldwide and is considered a cultural icon today.
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
- Bruce Lee.
Many regard him as the founder of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). It is true to some extend, due to the fact that the martial art that he founded - Jeet Kune Do- consists of moves from various martial arts. While MMA has origins dated back till the Greco-Roman era, he isn't the founder, but more like the Father of MMA.
As Bruce Lee studies various martial arts, he realized that each style has their advantages and their weaknesses. To be the most versatile fighter, you need to have knowledge of all the styles, to be the jack of all trades, as adapting to a different martial art style while facing a different opponent will determine who wins or loses.
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
-Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee's is also notable for doing many awesome feats. He can punch and kick so fast that it's faster than the a 24 frames per second video recorder (the video recorder used to record his physical feats was this) could not even capture his punches and kicks in slow motion. Normally martial art films have to speed up the punches and kicks a bit to make it look intense. Bruce Lee's attacks have to be slowed down instead.
Oh, and Bruce Lee can kick Chuck Norris' ass. Don't believe me? Here's a video of it.
You might be thinking, 'Sun, this is a movie.' True, but this fight scene was real. Other than that scene, he defeated Chuck Norris three times.
Also, he can play ping pong/ table tennis with his trademark weapon, the nunchucks.
He can also do a 2 finger push-up. And snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind
"Don't think, feel....it is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!"
- Bruce Lee.
So, yeah. Bruce Lee's pretty awesome. Which is why after his death, actors have been trying to get Bruce Lee clones, or people who look like Bruce Lee to act in films to cash in on his success.
Needless to say, Bruce Lee clones are everywhere. Some notable ones that I know (most of them are from anime/manga and video games) include:
- Mighty Guy and Rock Lee from Naruto
- Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star
- Fei Long from Street Fighter
- Marshall and Forrest Law from Tekken
- Maxi from Soul Calibur
- Jacky Bryant from Virtua Fighter
- Jann Lee from Dead or Alive
- Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it."
- Bruce Lee.
So, that it I guess. Bruce Lee is a legend and he'll always be one. Also, he has one awesome statue in Hong Kong.
"There can never be another legend like the great one and his son."
- Fei Long in his ending in Super Street Fighter II
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