Martial Arts Instructor Reacts: Game Of Death - Bruce Lee Vs Dan Inosanto (Full Version)

[@ZepG]

In the early 80's after watching all of the Bruce Lee movies I bought a pair of nunchucks and hit myself in the nuts so hard I was in tears.

[@haibolin2900]

lol

[@daskraut]

nuts don't hit back!

[@ZepG]

@@daskraut Tell that to my girlfriends chin😂😂!

[@freeions]

@@daskraut 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@terrius1432]

​@@daskrauthis nuts to him be like : You have offended my family!

[@edwardrader677]

I met Dan Inosanto 26 years ago at a seminar. He taught one of my instructors. Very cool man!!

[@BurridgeMartialArts604]

Man that is so cool!!!

[@samsingh3753]

Did you ask him what he did with the log fight footage ,afther he was given it afther the GOD flim as it was not used in the flim

[@TrueSighted]

I've had the opportunity to train with Sifu Dan a couple times. Hes a really nice guy, and incredibly knowledgeable. He taught my master who's a full instructor under him. They are times I look back on and remember quite fondly.

[@195511SM]

In '74, I was stationed at Camp Pendleton....when I saw 'Fists of Fury' for the first time. There was a little theater in the neighboring town of Oceanside, that used to run double-features all the time....of kung-fu movies. There was always at least one Bruce Lee film. The place was often packed with rowdy Marines. I had a couple of roommates at the time & one of them had a pair of nunchucks. Of course we were usually just cracking ourselves in the head with them.

[@Jess449]

I met Dan Inosanto at a tournament one time and asked for an autograph. He graciously agreed, but when I asked him to write "Take it easy on me next time", he just laughed and said "no way!". A cool dude, but that would have made a great keepsake. :)

[@JimReuterskiold]

When learning nunchucks a beginner should hold their weapon close to the chain until they become VERY comfortable with the motion and the various striking techniques. They're much easier to control that way, and the inevitable training accidents are somewhat less painful.

[@csgollum]

I wish someone had told me when I began teaching myself how to use the numchucks all those years ago! Could have avoided so many truly 'Ouch!' moments over the months! :))

[@seangilmore3901]

Yeah, but as a weapon you'll always be better off with a stick of the same length and thickness.

[@vladimir_nguyen]

If you hold the nunchaku close to the end it has more power and range. There are nunchaks with shorter chain or rope in between the two nunchakus sticks which enables you to make more tricks with the rope. With them there is a reason the hold it more near to the rope or chain, because it will make this fancy tricks possible: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mou6kJ5_qKqNpZI If you don't perform this tricks and your nunchaku rope is long, you don't need to hold it too close.

[@mwizzledub]

The Best Documentary Ever A Warrior's Journey! The Real Footage of "The Game Of Death" is so incredible!

[@clevelandantwine8985]

I though bolo Yueng was supposed to be in game of death I wonder what happened

[@dominiquepowell3158]

Ikr

[@samsingh3753]

I agree 👍

[@wajidhussain5305]

If Bruce had made Game of Death the way he originally envisioned it, 🤔 would have been one of the greatest Martial Arts movies of all time

[@csgollum]

For me, it still is!

[@johnafirth]

I get why Golden Harvest felt they had to change it for the eventual release, as so many people had ripped the story off, but it was dreadful.

[@lGNITED]

@@csgollum it's shit no offense

[@hughlamb1033]

Robert Clouse butchered the left over footage,to make that monstrosity in 1978 with stand in actor's,and specifically,a cardboard cutout. In my own humble opinion,it was terrible,until Bruce himself came into it. As more of Bruce's writings were found, they should remake it with today's technology. It would be a fantastic final tribute to the legend that is, Bruce Lee. Again,this is only my humble opinion.

[@postersandstuff]

@@hughlamb1033 the reason why Game '78 turned out like that is that foreign money people insisted the footage Lee filmed be incorporated into a movie , GH just catered to them , thats why

[@Cyber_PunkBJJ]

You should buy the Criterion Collection of the Bruce Lee Boxset. Fun fact : they remastered this version so now during the "missing dialogue" scene, he says "Do you understand, this bamboo becomes a sword." There are also other videos were there is additional scenes here on youtube before the remaster 👍

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

I'll do you one better two years later. The Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest collection by Arrow Films does a deep dive on the production process, Bruce's notes, and even readds some lost footage and missing dialogue into a reconstruction attempt in The Final Game of Death.

[@rainyfriday6175]

The look on Bruce’s face when Dan busted out the nunchucks is the same look I get when I’m playing a fighting game as my secondary character and the opponent thinks they can beat me by switching their character, not knowing they just picked my main.

[@amitmayanglambam]

Maximum range, maximum power and speed is what you get while holding it away from the chain end...but a the cost of more difficult handling and control. For using Nanchucks as a weapon during a fight, how will you like to use it? If just for show/ kata/ Taolu/ shadow boxing, holding near the chain end will have better control, less strain to the wrist. For a fight, what Bruce Lee is showing is what it should be.

[@florantegalvez8498]

There is a really cool fight between Dan Inosanto and one of Lee’s friends before the battle begins.

[@GungFuIsGungFu]

you are correct, they shot movies in Hong Kong at that time without sound. The dialog you hear is not by Bruce, as it was added much later and they did not have Bruce's recordings, mind you that he did not finish "Game of Death", except he did release a teaser trailer back when "The Way of the Dragon" was out in cinemas in Hong Kong... By the way, many thought it was Dan Inosanto who taught Bruce the nunchakus, but it was actually another Los Angeles students, Steve Golden (who is still alive by the way).

[@bkamara1]

Really love the commentary you're doing 👌🏿

[@darkgable85]

4:17 he was basically saying the bamboo stick becomes a sword

[@nikolakasherov1617]

I will tell you the most valuable technique of all martial arts - "missing dialogue..."

[@BurridgeMartialArts604]

Typical

[@tonyshad1239]

When I learned a little nunchucks all those years ago, I held them close to the chain too. Everything I can find suggests that a grip closer to the chain makes it a little easier to control and less likely to hit yourself, as often as I still did XD I guess holding them further down means you get more reach and power and stuff but hitting yourself hurts WAY more as a result XD

[@Sco3000]

You should watch the full 39 minute Pagoda clip. The 2nd fight with the Gold belt master is a great fight too when it's unedited.

[@maxacorn]

small note: the guy in the light blue shirt is not bruce's student in the real version of the movie. he and the other guy are both members of a gang that force bruce's character to climb this pagoda. bruce had written this character to be more antagonistic towards to him to make for a more interesting dynamic in the group. you can tell by his body language that the guy can't stand bruce but has to put up with him to get to the top. you can see more of this relationship in the fight after this one. no words are exchanged but you can see that they aren't friends. very good visual story telling from bruce.

[@djsonicc]

Dan the man. My old MMA/Kali instructor trained under Dan with Paul Vunak and Jeff Imada

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Glad you did this version and not the theatrical release fight. Also Bruce was a proponent of western fencing do it's smaller movements.

[@genevahunter994]

Some people are so willing to test another till their willing to lose it all to the game of death Bruce Lee was just fantastic

[@suburbiajones2268]

The storyline of The Game of Death had to do with Bruce Lee being in undefeated martial Arts champion, whose sister was kidnapped so that he would help gangsters get what was on top of the Pagoda. The two guys were sent along to help Bruce Lee as well as keep an eye on him, but Bruce Lee ended up using them as Crash Test Dummies.

[@68pointbreak]

I was taught a long time ago holding near it end you have more whipping power and u keep some distance away from your opponent. Things may have changed over the past 35 years when i started. FYI BL was trained in fencing too therefore the quick in and out movements

[@billywashere6965]

I noticed his parry and riposte positions and figured it looked like fencing. The in-and-out engagements really shined through and looked fantastic with the use of nun-chuks. Great observation!

[@wushushorty1]

@@billywashere6965 Great eye.. He uses the step in-out with such mastery.. to draw in and also to quickly get out.. there is also the ol' Ali foot shuffling to keep Dan off balance

[@miguelmenendez3857]

Worth the view wish they would put the remastered version with all the extended scenes

[@josephmayeur1939]

i have been training in the art's for 52yrs. while this means by no means, that i am a master. i started training in ki-kaju-kenpo and from the beggining we were taught to hold them about an inch from the bottom. holding them near the rope or chain is for fancy tricks. most people i see now do really cool tricks with them and the nunchucku are very thin and light. not for combat but for entertainment...

[@gregorytyse9317]

love your observations! to answer your excellent nunchucku-question, when you "choke-up" on them is a recommended way to hold them for beginners. their easier to control i.e. less of a chance of bopping the rear of your head and/or elbows, lol!

[@suburbiajones2268]

Although Bruce Lee was working on this before he got the called to do Enter The Dragon, I’m pretty sure it’s not the finished product. I’m pretty sure it would’ve been another masterpiece from the martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

[@jakelam6647]

You are correct

[@sifudominiqueemond6292]

Grandmaster William Cheung, my teacher's teacher, told us once that Bruce Lee called him in Australia to ask him to appear in Game of Death as the last opponent on the top floor. But William couldn't make it back to Hong Kong to help Bruce because William couldn't leave his job at that time. So Bruce had to choose someone else. Bruce really respected Wong Shong Leung and William Cheung, and considered William Cheung to be the best street fighter he had ever met. Bruce mentioned this to his students in California; including Dan Inosanto. Dan Inosanto mentions this on the first few pages of William Cheungs book "Wing Chun Bil Jee: The Art of Thrusting Fingers". I show Inosanto's quote in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIucloVpftijnq8

[@sadstrangelittleman0]

holding them near the top is for flashy tricks, and easier control. holding them lower means more leverage and momentum.

[@Geek-LDS]

Loved the reaction! This was really a great fight! If you’re looking for some good fights to react to, here are a few I enjoyed: Popular choice, but still a good fight, but the hallway fight in the first season of Daredevil was excellent! Obscure choice, but there was an episode of a show called The Closer in season six titled Old Money that had a surprisingly good fight at the beginning of it. Surprising because the show didn’t normally do fights.

[@DozenMarks]

Hallway fight was very good. The hospital scene from season three was just as amazing with it all being in one continuous shot as well. I have no idea how they managed to pull that one off given it was like 12 minutes long or something.

[@billywashere6965]

@@DozenMarks The season 3 fight between Daredevil and Bullseye (well all three fights between them) were awesome as well.

[@donovanbradford8231]

Honestly the climax of this fight scene is almost like watching a boxer similar to Muhammad Ali just dance around his flat footed opponent while he just works the jab waiting for that big punch.

[@JimReuterskiold]

Mr. Lee acknowledged that he had borrowed Mr. Ali's footwork. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

[@epicsseven7686]

That's because Bruce got it from him and pointed out how impressive and elusive Ali was at his height and weight. He would watch footage of Ali and mirror his footwork and he's the reason why he'd implemented boxing into his martial arts. But it was Sugar Ray Robinson who invented that style. Ali talked about how took it from him.

[@c15page]

Wish they made a version of Game of Death based on Bruce's notes

[@Joy-br6zo]

A fun reaction in this series would be the Bruce Lee fight scenes in “Ip Man 4.” So many great little callbacks to his movies.

[@davadh]

The DBZ boxset in the background thou

[@BurridgeMartialArts604]

Finally someone noticed!!!!

[@allenemillerjr6304]

I was trained to hold them near the bottom, I was told holding them near the chain of cord is easier but not the proper way.

[@BBBHuey]

It's a real shame Bruce never got to film the first two fights before Dan. Would've been real testament to his last work and accomplishments.

[@richardb6260]

The fight with Kareem Abdul Jabar has some big differences.

[@Rodshark75]

Bruce studied fencing, boxing, and wrestling as well as eastern martial arts

[@epandy8494]

Really love the Warriors Journey Footage

[@redfirekla]

There's another more complete version where on the missing dialog he tells Dan this Bamboo becomes a sword..

[@joesawyer3642]

Dan trained me from 1981 to 94, undefeated, than my health took a downfall, Massive stroke, with a brain bleed.. Dan was a very gental sweet person!! we trained hard!!

[@andre_ginoza]

Holding a nunchuck near the chain makes it easier to build momentum for it to spin. It’s also easier to control. But holding it at the end, at least in my experience makes the movement slower, but it feels a bit more practical since the speed is easier to gauge so you don’t hit yourself

[@dennisnelson8207]

I would imagine getting hit in the face with those nunchucks would probably break your cheekbone or jaw if you got hit in the face,not mention the probability of getting some teeth knocked out.

[@cathbad3337]

I might recommend a recent film called "Paper Tigers". I does focus on some real martial arts while being a touch humorous. Check the trailer first if you're interested.

[@michaelproctor8100]

In The Way of the Dragon, Bruce holds the chuks a little higher than in this scene, but in that movie he was using two at once.

[@CGcyclone141]

Not sure if this comment is too late, but holding near the top is faster and you have more control. Holding near the bottom provides more force if you have the ability to stabilize them. Longer distance to the end provides a greater moment and more force.

[@songolin4544]

If you like Bruce's fight scenes, I recommend reacting to HBO's "Warriors" with Ah Sahm's (Andrew Koji) fight scenes. He's not full Bruce in the show, but you can tell he drew a lot of inspiration from it.

[@clark7842]

Bruce Lee🙇huge respect🙏

[@SamKeepsitReal1]

how uncut version came about I have several HK BL magazines in English by HK & US journalist's 1 says his ex wife sold off box of BL's what she thought was junk notes & useless sketching's etc were original drafts of Game of Deaths movie script dialog notes & Fight choreography stick figures drawn by Bruce & I think guy who brought it had some film footage that matched those notes that was not used originally as sound & script for those scenes were thought lost 4-evea but luckily got Remastered into what we see just saw along with other footage studio did have but too incomplete to use. about 15 yrs ago while on holiday I meet up & briefly trained with an old friend of Brandon Lee & he had trained Shaolin (in China) & was one of toughest Martial artist I ever trained with = to most of my past Instructors (& few were actual-Champions) & said Brandon was cool fun guy to hang around town with & of course a great Martial-artist & spared hard-out but with good control & fluid but powerful kicks I think he was truthful as always brightened up talking about Brandon.

[@johnthomasjr.7748]

The footage you just showed between Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto, I believe that was from the warriors journey DVD. It is a good fight between the two of them.

[@PerunaMuayThai]

They might hold the Chucks on the low end so that they are forced to go slower for the cameras

[@evildoerhavoc]

You should type in the search Bruce Lee real fight, he was to do a demonstration at a martial arts tournament and ended up do some sparring with a karate champion.

[@jaimeflor4181]

I’m not professionally trained with the nunchaku, but my neighbor that got me into Taekwondo as a kid, he gave me a pair when I was 12-13 years old. He taught me the basics and the rest I just learned from mimicking Bruce Lee. For showing off, I choked up on them nearer to the chain. However, if I were to use them in a fight, I’d probably switch between the 2. Holding it near the bottom gives it more length & power. You also have to consider that Lee and Inosanto are using the Filipino version of a nunchaku (Tabak Toyok). The chain’s longer and the handles are typically shorter, so it feels different than the Okinawan type.

[@tao8365]

I've spent some time training full contact with weapons. Sticks, knives mainly altho we also had poles, ropes and nunchucks, anything goes pretty much. Honestly nunchucks would be the last weapon I would choose. It looks great. All flashy but the problem arises that the return on a strike is uncontrolled on the loose end which makes a follow up strike or recovery for defense difficult. I am not saying it's not possible I just think that its much easier to become proficient with a stick or knife much faster than nunchakus. If you want to see what full contact fighting with weapons actually looks like check out some Dog Brothers videos. You won't see too many nunchucks. Still a fun thing to play with tho.

[@markcox1263]

For those who don't know I can't remember where I learned this but when they first fought Danny isanto gave Bruce nunchuck to train with because Bruce wasn't very good he trained for a month then came back to set and was a expert with them like he had been training for years even Danny was amazed

[@andrewsawyer1375]

Just wait til you watch the full & original fights of Bruce on the next 2 levels from this movie.

[@DozenMarks]

Agreed. The final 3 levels of the Pagoda were the only parts of the true film actually shot before Bruce passed away, but the half hour that we got is absolutely incredible all the way through. I can only imagine how amazing the full film would have been.

[@alexyari6036]

This was the recovered footage of what Bruce had filmed before he passed. Before this version of Bruce's work (as he intended it) was released, you only had the edited version tacked on to the rest of the movie. The movie that was released was heavily edited and left the guys that came in with Bruce out. Then they filmed another guy in Bruce's role for like 3/4ths of the movie. You could call that the first Brucesploitation movie. It was a decent movie otherwise, but disappointing if you were expecting Bruce. The first time I saw it though, I got goosebumps when the real Bruce finally made it on screen.

[@genevahunter994]

Like your reaction

[@Ded9822]

Dan was my sifu in the mid 70’s.

[@southeastchristian713]

You should check out the Game of Death outtakes.

[@mahmoodareebrashidofficial2137]

You should be checking the way of the dragon fight scene with chuck norris.

[@shaolin1derpalm]

He did it already.

[@philamoureux675]

Hiting Myself with Nunchucks, is what Made Me switch to Escrama, and The QuaterStaff. Like You, Bruce Lee I wasn't.

[@jdjjdjd2667]

The difference between Bruce & Dan is while 1 is fluid & flexible while the other is Ridgid and more into the technique of the weapon

[@fredrickodero7703]

It's amazing

[@thecosmicsnail]

I saw a master once use nunchuku against three opponents coming at him katanas. The 80 year old never swung them but deflected and hit pressure point which dropped them immediately. This was an auditorium in North Dakota and it was Master Oyata...my Master's Master. He came to do a demonstration but half the people walked out when they saw how he turned studs half purple because of loss of blood flow. He knew how to kill with a flick of his will. He also knew how to heal them with strikes to pressure points that let the blood flow again. He was 10th degree from Okinawa in Gojo Ryu. He wore a denim GI and was old. Seriously, people were about to throw up because they didn't understand what they were seeing. He was the kindest and most humble man ever. When you see a true Master...you never forget. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKSclaCtYs5ng5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn-TpmBopbt8i5I

[@nightwolf4185]

Now you got it

[@brianng8350]

Bruce was borned in San Francisco. He only went to Hong Kong when he was older.

[@seantapper498]

Top and bottom it protect the entire body when fighting a group of fighter's

[@extremedrivr]

OK Instructor!! You forgot to point out the 3 other notable future martial artist/actor stars in the film. Sammo Hung, Bruce Li, and Bolo Yeung. I know this clip was to focus on Bruce Lee but I had to mention the other 3 noteworthy future stars.

[@Zelousfear]

Kempo taught us to hold at the base, it's a matter of leverage and trapping.

[@npcimknot958]

Fun fact, asian parents. Used bamboo feather dusters to beat their kids LOL. Bruce is right.. bamboo hurts like hell

[@UncagedSavage]

This scene was really the best fight scene.. in my opinion. The film was never finished so Bruce might have put more fights in the poguhta..or tower

[@sunshindo3726]

Chucks I hold near the chain. It's for recoil

[@evildoerhavoc]

It was back in the 60s. The video is in black and white

[@samsingh3753]

He did flinch ,,in the uncut version dan head went up ,after bruce hit him with the bamboo stick

[@Solarmass7-7]

Use nunchucks like a jab bro. Actually perfected effectively striking with them watching Bruce. Period 😤😂

[@kelvendyson1508]

Hello!! Love your channel and reacts!! You analysis is on point as Game of Death was to showcase Bruce's philosophy on adaptation to your opponent!! There a clip of Bruce Lee doing full contact sparring in 1967. It's pretty damn good. As you are a Martial Arts instructor I would really love to hear your analysis of him sparring and your opinion of his fighting skills!! Looking forward to it!! Cheers mate🍺🍺!

[@davidhandson2429]

Have you scene the KZbin footage of Bruce playing table tennis with nunchucks?

[@GoldenDemon-kp6vn]

I transition from both high and low with nunchucks

[@camiloiribarren1450]

A fight to the death! Bruce Lee: groovy! Everyone: now those are the words of a master

[@lukehunter8523]

Bruce Lee licks his nunchuks the way I slap a tri-tip before grilling it

[@aelere7702]

I think it's easier to change it from hand to hand when you grab the nunchuks by the ends, at least it's easier for me, but not sure if there is any real reason, I guess it depends from people's preference

[@craigcatlett1900]

Their different styles were qoriagraghed Danny was supposed to have trained bruce on the chucks.iv always been an big Inisonto fan growing up. Never met him he lived in Los Angeles but he was one of my dads best friends when they wete young i have highschool pictures of him back when he was a standout football,baseball, and basketball player in the mean streets of Stockton California

[@jdjjdjd2667]

A moving target is much harder to get focus on & launch an offense on.

[@SteveRogers461]

I find it mind blowing any serious martial artist hasn't seen all of Bruce Lees movies ...

[@epicsseven7686]

You still didn't play that scene in it's entirety. It starts off with the other two fighting Dan and getting beat. Playing it, is also part and point of his philosophy, because the other two, like Dan, came in with a style that limited them. The only person who didn't come in with a style was Kareem Abdul Jabar

[@winkywinkypm]

Seeing that you enjoy Bruce Lee using num-chuks, you should watch him playing ping pong using the num-chuks as his paddles. It's quite the show.

[@epicsseven7686]

Yeah. But that wasn't Bruce Lee. And it was all cgi.

[@shadow_crne1030]

I hold my nunchuck with my thumb and index finger at the chain .......... better control.

[@awjelfs5034]

The crazy part is they don't kill each other accidently.

[@jeremyjohnson7676]

Of course Bruce isn't afraid much. It's a MOVIE! xD

[@infamouslyfamous2134]

why not mention....and i always see this in these types of movies, that noone bruises right after theyre hit. id imagine it takes at least 5 to 10 minutes to show

[@bugynites09]

I found out that all the yelling Bruce did was dubbed in, he did t really yell like that.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Yeah, little known fact, Bruce grew up in San Francisco and graduated from University of Washington. His younger brother Robert Lee's English is arguably better.

[@maurcurry]

Slow down the footage you will be able to see how the nunchaku bends that they are foam.

[@npcimknot958]

Bruce was born in San Francisco, fun fact:) THATS hwy his English is good

[@pirobot668beta]

I had limited 'chuck training, and every move defensive! No striking, just locks, blocks and 'area denial'; swing it around like mad, the other guy stays back! Then again, Tae Kwon Do isn't big on weapons.

[@pustomkumar8165]

Very difficult to fight with nunchaku with one people also.nunchaku have no block as stick fight.just move from hitting and should quick hitting then other opponent

[@calvinbufano.6330]

So hold the nunchucks at the top

[@davidhandson2429]

You often hear MMA fighters claiming that Bruce Lee was a fake martial Artist or just a movie Martial Artist and that he wouldn't be able to compete against a real martial Artist meaning an MMA fighter. I was wondering what you're opinion is.

[@barrettokarate]

4:52 I'm sure the questioned have been answered already, but here's quick explanation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpvNZ4R3o5J8nNk