Debunking Bruce Lee Myths: Fake World Records

[@guardrailbiter]

Bruce Lee holds the world record for most exaggerated legendary abilities attributed to him.

[@steelmongoose4956]

As I wrote long ago: "If you laid all of the unsubstantiated articles about Bruce Lee end to end, the trail would lead from Seattle all the way to the conclusion that the martial arts community needs to pay more attention to fighters than actors."

[@SaltGod69]

Somebody is forgetting about Chuck Norris

[@seanseanston]

One thing that always gets me about Bruce Lee's alleged strength abilities is that IIRC I've never been able to find a single claim that originated from Bruce himself along these lines. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but it seems like a bunch of things made up, or perhaps misinterpreted, by other people after the fact. Not a shred of evidence of any of these feats, no recorded legitimate strength achievements, and meanwhile he famously broke his back doing Good Mornings with 135lbs; not exactly the actions of someone with superhuman strength and a great mastery of effective strength training.

[@christophervelez1561]

Idk I think Chuck Norris has that title of most world records.

[@steelmongoose4956]

@@christophervelez1561 The difference being that people making Chuck Norris jokes know that they're jokes. I think.

[@miguelwesten3408]

You mean to tell me Bruce Lee never beat up the whole American Kickboxing rolodex in 5 mins? I saw it in a movie tho...

[@rohanroy91]

It's a movie not ring

[@ProfesserLuigi]

He might've kicked the rolodex jtself.

[@miguelwesten3408]

@@ProfesserLuigi Lmao 🤣🤣

[@sv_sup6661]

@@rohanroy91 its a joke

[@checkitoutguys1]

not bruce lee but some legends in muay thai went against heavier opponents end actually did very well.

[@Robert.Deeeee]

Muhammad Ali never weighed any where near 260lbs during his fighting career. I think he was 216lb against Foremen.

[@KaptainCanuck]

Formen? How about Foreman. (note the spelling error irony)

[@enternal6962]

@Magistar M yep,I think that was at the fall of his career when he started facing medical problems

[@scaccu]

@@KaptainCanuck Formen

[@KaptainCanuck]

@@scaccu is that supposed to be a spelling error correction?

[@CTM_05]

Muhammad Ali was 6'2 and weighted 260lbs at old age, OML that's heavy. He's 6'3 and 215-230lbs in his prime. I say the best height for a fighter is 6'2 1/2 and weighted 195lbs, its what Bruce Lee say.

[@DjNikGnashers]

I heard the Bruce holds the world record for kicking a UFO back into space and out of our solar system. Could you find a world record for that please.

[@alantaylor6691]

lol

[@dankmark691]

Hhahahahahhaha

[@vampire923]

bruce lee is not 100 percent, no man is 100 percent, but he is 99 percent, which is enough, naysayers not exist yet

[@stevo62ful]

@@vampire923 A hardcore fanboy among many realistic people

[@Maidbots]

It's like reading Chuck Norris facts memes and assuming they actually happened

[@Moodymongul]

Chuck Norris did a film called ;the Octagon; long before UFC ..a coincidence? :)

[@scottphillips2870]

Whoa whoa, don't disparage Chuck Norris. Just kidding I love those goofy memes.

[@dinninfreeman2014]

Come on we all know Chuck Norris doesn't do push ups he pushes the Earth down, and it's common knowledge that Chuck Norris once ran around the world so fast he kicked himself in the head, creating a shock wave that resulted in the grand canyon. For Christ's sake it says right in the back of the Guinness book of world records that Chuck Norris holds all world records the people listed are just the people to get the closest to beating him (in their dreams!) what are they teaching you kids in school these days! What's next TMNT is just a cartoon for children and not a documentary on crime fighting turtles of New York.

[@dinninfreeman2014]

@marcus24000 it depends on which feats your talking about I've heard some rediculous myths about Bruce Lee. For example the claim that they had to slow Bruce Lee down twice for people to see him move on camera. Or when he beat a national champion of ping pong using numb chucks

[@thisismagacountry1318]

They're all true.

[@mordecaisymeski2]

Okay sure Ramsey. Next you'll tell me he didn't invent the car and travel back in time to free the slaves. Unsubbed.

[@thebrownbaldy]

Good God 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@itzbebop]

He also played guitar at a high school prom for his mom and dad. He kinda started fading away transparent like while playing Earth Angel.

[@gronkgrunk]

You forgot that during his time travels, he side-kicked all the dinosaurs into extinction too!

[@RexiousX]

GronkGrunk Wasn’t that Chuck Norris?

[@soldierx345]

@@thebrownbaldy dont bring me into this

[@makinamuerte7590]

I'm surprised this guy didn't say "Bruce Lee invented martial arts" lol.

[@florent3723]

He kinda said it with his 'pioneer of ufc'

[@almiser]

@@florent3723 like UFC created martial arts or was a martial art to begin with

[@florent3723]

@@almiser Some people say that. And with the content of 'World record' I think the writer believes in that.

[@bernardogomes7217]

Well he did invent jeet kun do .

[@davidortiz3094]

Jeet Kune Do is basically MMA. Back in those days people were stuck on a specific fighting style. Bruce was the one to add in all different fighting styles which was extremely rare back then. Take what works & discard what doesn't.

[@jessejordan8116]

Right now Bruce Lee, Elvis and Master Wong are meeting at their secret hideaway deciding the dire consequences that shall befall you for this!!!

[@nazgulbarakas5767]

Hold up! Elvis? Yo Elvis was a legit martial artist, his sensei was bill Wallace!

[@mr.freddie]

@@nazgulbarakas5767 ed parker

[@ghostofdeath663]

XD

[@japanesefacist2460]

@@nazgulbarakas5767 Elvis was a boxer Jerry Quarry trained him

[@TheLyingFigure]

Ramsey youre mistaken, when it says "kicking away a 200 pounds man about 20 meters" it means that the man is 20 meters tall and weighs 200 lbs. Which means Bruce Lee really didnt like the inflatable tube men you see at car dealerships.

[@RamseyDewey]

Hahahahaha!!! Mwahahahahaha!!!!!

[@a-blivvy-yus]

But how many Andre the Giants could he kick over the inflatable tube man with one side kick?

[@longusdickus4872]

@@RamseyDewey you should react to baki the grappler it follows the same logic as kicking someone 65 feet away

[@engineeredlifeform]

I'd like to have seen Bruce Lee kicking those inflatable tube men, 'cos I found them reallly creepy when I was a kid.

[@sjdemar2]

It meant that lee has a 400 pound heavy bag that would swing loose from an l frame he could stop it with a side kick. The idea is that if he could stop the bag with a kick, that he could fight someone that big

[@duchi882]

The only truth we need about Bruce Lee is that he was a great Martial Artist and a great Martial Arts influence

[@xyon9090]

@Diarmid O'Connor, your sarcasm sounds like ignorance of Bruce's achievements

[@kellyritchie4256]

Diarmid O'Connor really don’t think that quote/philosophy was about hydration

[@ziel9474]

@Diarmid O'Connor You dont get the quote. It means you have to be formless,Example,Dont think about the technique of your kick,Think about where the kick would land. Also being water means you need to be calm and focused. Not about hydration.

[@adrianpedraza8612]

@Diarmid O'Connor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 be water my friend stay hydrated oooh no im weak man

[@vladivanov5500]

@Diarmid O'Connor I prefer "be like food, my friend."

[@punishedbearzerker5400]

Ramsey's Social Credit Score after posting this video: -1,000

[@douglasmacneil4474]

Lee was an American citizen from birth tho

[@marcopohl4875]

@@douglasmacneil4474 didn't he have dual-citizenship?

[@aluisiofsjr]

Paul Murrell , he still is a demigod in China.

[@miguelwesten3408]

Now this is a REAL legend 🤣🤣 This comment deserves every like it gets and more sir. Here's one on me 🏅🏆

[@trollking99]

Is Bruce Lee known in mainland China? Yes, he was born in the US to ethnic Chinese parents from Hong Kong. But Hong Kong was a British colony at that time so it didn't have any political ties to China. All his movies were done in Cantonese, and only later dubbed into Mandarin.

[@Panagiotis1709]

Bruce Lee has the world record for being the greatest fighter that has ever lived without actually having ever beaten any fighters.

[@dinninfreeman2014]

First off I know he wasn't "the greatest most powerful material artist to ever live" but give him some credit. He'd been in fights while he was alive he boxed in highschool (I wouldn't say he was the all time best boxer by any means, he was in highschool mind you) he also fought Wong Jack man and won, he wasn't happy with his victory and it inspired him to make Jeet kun do. Other than that he sparred with his students obviously not a "real fight" but it's still fighting experience. Your going a little too far the other way here. The truth lies somewhere in the middle, Bruce Lee wasn't super human but he wasn't garbage trash either.

[@AAblade7]

You do know that he grew up street fighting right?

[@aluisiofsjr]

Benjamin Upchurch , he is talking about professional fighters not other little chinese practicing Kung-Fu or other traditional martial art with little or no fighting experience.

[@Panagiotis1709]

Bruce Lee was truly a visionary. He realized what works and what doesn't and he began to train in the useful stuff (AKA boxing , wrestling etc). He was insanely athletic and I do believe that, had he lived a longer life , he could have become a great fighter in his weight class. That being said, he never fought any noteworthy opponent in his lifetime. That is just reality. Hearsay about streetfights means nothing. The fact that you beat up random people does not mean that you could defeat Tyson or any trained fighter for that matter. Lee should be remembered as a visionary. His philosophy is his contribution to the martial arts. I am making fun of the myth that he was some Uber megafighter str8 outta Mortal Kombat.

[@dinninfreeman2014]

@@Panagiotis1709 yeah I mostly agree I think Tyson would easily take the win against Bruce Lee in a boxing match and maybe even under any circumstances. He had more noteworthy fights and was in a completely different weight class. That being said I think Bruce would put up a decent fight, he had technical know how and demonstrated good reactions in the sparring much I saw. The fighters he trained with said he hit like a heavy weight (could be an exaggeration but I bet he hit pretty hard for his size) but either way it's not his fighting prowess or even his specific training methods that made him great it was his Philosophy and his mindset ( that and his unending charisma)

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

There's something called the Marvel Power Grid, listing character attributes. According to the myths, Bruce Lee would be equal to Captain America, maybe even stronger.

[@SkemeKOS]

Lol

[@harrisfrankou2368]

Cap would beat him senseless

[@harrisfrankou2368]

@muay thug If Bruce Lee had lived the Soviets would of fallen in 1978. We would have cold fusion and World Peace. MMA would not exist. It would be BMA. And there would be only one style JKD. Special OPS would be gun free and use JKD.

[@raphaellopez9290]

Another myth is Bruce Lee could beat Mike Tyson in a fight and the weight classes are significantly different. It does matter when they are both trained fighters.

[@bestboutgaming3212]

There's a lot of tall tales about Bruce, some people seem to miss what he was truly legendary for as a martial artist, form and philosophy.

[@impressivestory]

"Fear not the man who practices 335 different kicks - fear the man who practices one really tiny ineffective kick 335 times."

[@timothyfreeman97]

What was that tiny ineffective kick? Was it the movie flykick?

[@echelon2k8]

"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." That doesn't mean that he fears anyone who has practiced one effective or ineffective kick 10,000 times, it means that he fears someone who has trained to actually be effective with their kicks, whatever those kicks may be. This would obviously be more than just one kick for anyone who was dedicated enough to put in the equivalent of 10,000 kicks worth of training into single kicks.

[@impressivestory]

echelon2k8 Yeah, we know. Maybe watch the video and you'll get my joke.

[@echelon2k8]

@@impressivestory Yeah, I'm only 15 mins in to be honest.

[@impressivestory]

echelon2k8 No worries!

[@Isaac_the_Seeker_of_Truth]

From a physics guy who also loves martial arts: the force of your attack alone only tells you how much you changed the motion of your target in a given amount of time, so it doesn't tell you much about how effective a strike is, only how much you "pushed" your target. PSI is a measure of pressure, or force per area. The pressure of your attack tells you how much force you've packed into just the contact area between you and your target. Pressure is the quantity you want to measure if you want to know how much your attack "hurts".

[@lcyakko3237]

one time i saw bruce lee beated son goku in a fight , i was very impressed

[@ElyonGibbor]

And I saw him fighting dinosaurs, he killed them with his powerful Meteorite Kick.

[@TheSaint-g7t]

The whole Bruce Lee thing is getting out of hand, Bruce Lee was only an actor with zero fight wins.

[@chrislampkin7896]

The reasons I reverence Bruce Lee (Jun Fan) include his extraordinary work ethic, his drawing ability, his study of philosophy, his naming of Jeet Kune Do and organizing of it's principles, his ability to innovate simple machinery for fitness, and finally his passion for martial arts and bridging of racial, stylistic and cultural barriers.

[@SkemeKOS]

Sounds like a great, ordinary human being.

[@iamalpharius9483]

Sounds great. It's really a respectful way to keep him as human as the rest of humanity while giving him the real credit for his real accomplishments. I remember watching Enter the Dragon on VHS when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s and it got me into Martial arts for life. I realized early on that Kung fu, aikido and other fancy stuff was worthless when I started wrestling in Jr high and all the Kung fu dudes would want to "spar" with the wrestlers because they watched too many movies. Takedown. Headlock. Done for. Repeat. BJJ and MMA sealed the death warrant on King fu. But Lee left an amazing legacy. But too many people made him onto the Kung Fu Jesus.

[@chrislampkin7896]

@@iamalpharius9483 most of Kung Fu cannot be practiced on another human being without going to jail or prison. Hung Gar five fist style Kung Fu for example. If you throw what is known in other arts as a reverse punch(straight left or right followed by two lepard fists and two tiger claws you can if any of them land you will knock somebody out damage their esophagus , and or tear out their eyes. You cannot practice that without jail or prison time ! Wing Chun style kicks are used regularly by Jon Bones Jones, at least that's what they were calling them years before he was born! People don't know how to train in Kung Fu, and it doesn't translate well into combat sports.

[@iamalpharius9483]

@@chrislampkin7896 I've been training for decades. And I've done 10 years for assault in Missouri. I know exactly what it takes to go to jail in a fight. Defending myself ruined my life 15 years ago. And yeah, aiming to damage someone is always an option ...if you are willing to pay the price. Problem is that a street fighter with no training but a lot of experience is one of the most dangerous fighters alive. And Kung fu "training" never can prepare someone for a real life or death situation unless that person has been there and knows how fast and violent things can get. In prison I saw a lot of guys talk about how many people they could fight.....until someone with nothing to lose gave them a trip to St. Luke's medical center with a full set of smashed facial bones. Kung fu is for kids who have never seen what the real world puts down. Its damn sad to say. But all those technical stunts dont work when you are in a headlock getting your neck cranked off your body and someone hammering your face in with very little regard for you getting home safely, petting your dog, kissing youroved ones and going to bed

[@chrislampkin7896]

@@iamalpharius9483 I have had huge guy punch and then mount and then give me six stitches worth of punches in the streets. I had to break his finger, gouge his eyes , tare at his nose,tare at his ears and when I jujitsu locked his right leg ( long after Wing Chun kicking his left leg) he was begging me to let him go. I know street fighters are nothing to be played with. But I know anything can work if you work it.

[@bigguy7353]

Careful Ramsey, there's a lot of people who get insane when you tell them things like this, Lol! Their egos can't handle that he was a human just like the rest of us, or that he couldn't do everything they saw him do in the movies. They also tend to believe whatever "behind the scenes" stories they hear, with no corroboration or proof. The same people that had a stroke about the scene in "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood". What Bruce taught me is perseverance and that you can always learn something new if you keep your mind open to it. His philosophy taught me more than his movies and martial arts ever did. Great vid, cheers from Chicago! 👍🏻

[@aluisiofsjr]

Brian m , the sad thing is that even the Bruce's nearest people (family, friends and students) keep feeding those lies to make him a demigod instead a human person with flaws.

[@deadmanmouse2463]

I have told people many times he was one of the greatest martial philosophers of all time not one of the greatest martial artists of all time.

[@bigguy7353]

@@aluisiofsjr It's like they think to admit he's a human is a bad thing. Seeing him as a man with red blood like you and I should be a good thing. It's not like he wasn't exceptional. He was. He was the first to do many things, my favorite being his exploration into bodybuilding and strength training as it related to martial arts as a science, not just basic calisthenics and stretching. Anyway, good point, God bless, stay healthy!

[@bigguy7353]

@@deadmanmouse2463 That's a great way of putting it. I'm sure he was a formidable dude (he sure was FAST!), and I think he was very brave to challenge his culture by teaching to westerners and actually having the guts to admit the limitations of Wing Chun in a time that people thought it was this ultimate, invincible, mysterious martial art. But not Superman, Lol! Stay healthy, brother!

[@deadmanmouse2463]

@@bigguy7353 thank you, I agree completely. The guy was lightning fast and I'm not saying I could take him lol, just that his real contribution to martial arts was a changing of ideas not a legacy of fights. Anyway, You stay safe and healthy as well man hope you can enjoy our little forced vacation.

[@vibhushukla8900]

I remember the kind of hate these videos had at first when you claimed that bruce lee was not some demi god but a human being glad to see it has changed And yes i used to get mad as well thank you for making me come to terms with reality

[@Garrett316]

Vibhu Shukla I’m with you. IMO, BL is the greatest Martial Artist of all time (pound for pound). But, that doesn’t me he’s a Demi-God or even the best fighter. His size, weight, one leg shorter than the other, a bad back and shitty eyesight puts even him at a huge disadvantage. Even BL knew size matters.

[@alantaylor6691]

@@Garrett316 At best it could be argued that, lb-for-lb, Bruce Lee was one of the better fighters among most traditional martial arts. However, in full-contact no-holds-barred scenarios he'd be out of his league with most high-level competitive AMATEUR combat sports fighters of his own weight division, let alone professionals of his own weight division, let alone the heavier divisions. What he WAS one of the very best at, was as a martial arts performance artist. There's no denying he was an excellent athlete.

[@TaylorMorgeson]

Another episode of chopping My Heroes off at the knees, how dare you...🤠

[@sheadoherty7434]

Can we just appreciate Bruce Lee for who he was? An open minded martial artist, a philosopher, a teacher, an actor and a family man. We don't need to say he was a superman or would destroy the UFC, just appreciate him for who he was, because who he was is pretty great.

[@ikmalhakimharun3823]

the thing is. the reason why they are things like this is bcs there are these fucking idiots who keep saying bruce cant even fight . that is the reason

[@grsimpson3957]

16:10 Precisely, bowling lanes are slippery, so Bruce Lee kicked a man down the bowling lane which was set up next to someone's pool, resulting in the kicked man sliding down the bowling lane into a pool.

[@mazisigmond7508]

Thank you. As a martial artist I'm getting really tired of people claiming that Bruce Lee was some type of God of martial arts that reached levels that were unattainable.

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

He injured his back while lifting a weight

[@emanuel6233]

KZbin removed the dislike button so their systems wouldn't be overloaded by bruce lee fanatics spamming dislikes

[@patrickshelley09]

That visual of a martial artist kicking a guy all the way down a bowling lane for a strike, has to happen. I'm thinking a martial arts remake of The Big Labowski. Get on it film makers!

[@douglasmacneil4474]

This is why he died, to expose the fakes.... ALL HAIL MIGHTY BRUCE! I'm sorry. I had to

[@skaruts]

Exactly. If he was alive he'd most likely despise -many of- his -fans- fanatics.

[@KnightTemplar976]

Yea i agree

[@MrMan-ke9ph]

I feel like this was most probably written by some little kid years ago considering the font and “kicking a 45kg sandbag sideways” 😂

[@longusdickus4872]

They didn't even say what happened to the bag lol.

[@gantorisdurran710]

When Bruce Lee tells a joke about Will Smiths wife Will Smith gets up and slaps his wife.

[@wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg]

I can kick a 45 kg bag by side kicking. Although the bag won't move an inch and I'll break my femur.

[@skuo118]

There is a documentary coming out called "Closed Guard", apparently trying to find the truth behind the origins of BJJ.

[@OnyxXThePunch]

If it's realistic the Gracie's will hate it lol

[@smugduck6448]

I like how half the video was about how Bruce Lee be kicking people over stuff

[@harjutapa]

Seriously. Bruce Lee was a great performer and educator and martial arts theorist. He was way ahead of his time on training and nutrition. But his time was FIFTY YEARS AGO. Just look at what the state of MMA was in the 90s, twenty years after he died. If he was teleported forward to today, he'd be nothing unique.

[@pineapplepizza4016]

That's like saying if you teleported the Wright brothers forward to today, they wouldn't be anything unique. Well yea, if you look at it like that then nobody is unique, it's all been done before. But it ignores the pioneers and the contributions they left us that allows us to be where we are now. The fact is Bruce was mixing styles long before anyone else, and his philosophy inspired others to do the same.

[@GaryTongue-to3pw]

@harjutapa Bruce Lee died 48 years before your comment, not 50, dumbass!

[@PunchProfessor]

Ramsey thank You for all your hard work * * * * * 5 stars for YOU ! I remember seeing an live interview whith Bruce Lee in early 70's. The host asked Bruce if he was to fight World Boxing Champion @ 135 lbs (Roberto Duran) at the time, who would WIN? Bruce humbly said that Duran was a Great Champion, and that Lee (Himself) was a showman/actor ! = Enough Said. I have the highest respect for Both Men * * * * * True Paul D'

[@nostradamus522]

Think he was nice 👍🏻 to a real Fighter. I’m sure he wouldn’t damage the Ego of a champion ( Duran ) ! This Bruce Lee says to the son’s of Gene Tunney, by a Dinner 🍲 in Hong Kong: ( Bruce ) I would destroy your dad in his prime. I have not only hands 🙌 I have my longest weapon, my Side kick. Notice: !!! He was a heavyweight Champion in Boxing 🥊 ! Think the main fact is in Boxing ring with boxing rules or a Street Fight without rules !!! Later wrote M.Ali in his book or says to write ✍️! ( M.Ali ) In a Boxing Ring, I kill him. In the Street without rules he would kill me. I will nothing take from Duran away: He is sure a good champ. But Street Fighting is another Level. Look former Boxing 🥊 Champions in UFC or mixed martial arts, F. Botha. He was not interested to make enemies, think 🤔 he would let ways to put this like Norris in his films 🎥.

[@maomekat2369]

Next video idea: make Superman great again, the caped crusaders DEBUNKED

[@harjutapa]

14:42 - "now that's an impressive FEET" I see what you did there.

[@metalinside]

I just side kicked the wall of my house. I'm pretty sure it weights more than 45kg. Can I officialy claim I would TOTALLY beat Bruce Lee in an MMA fight if he was alive?

[@DylanFowler]

Seeing is believing , and looking at the size of Bruce's Latts and the strength of his legs was how he could generate a punch the same as Ali's . As for coke cans we are not talking about modern day cans we are talking hardcore 70s cans, impossible to do unless you were Bruce. Having read his workout book verified by his coach, he managed to deadlift over 700Lbs and hold a 90Lb barbell for over 30 seconds in front of him. Try it you'll find it is very very difficult.

[@warbon8853]

@@DylanFowler dude he was tiny he weighed 125 fucking lbs. His last only looked big because he was tiny.

[@dankmark691]

@@DylanFowler like none of that is true and its obvious if you have ever deadlifted or fought

[@stevo62ful]

@@DylanFowler You forgot to add that he can fly and fire laser beams from his eyes

[@joekoski1080]

The only thing I question is if bruce was really that confident, wouldn't he have wanted to get into a ring with someone?

[@michaelquebec6653]

Bruce wasn't the first Chinese instructor to teach non-Chinese students. T.Y. Wong's 1961 book has a photo of him instructing San Francisco police officer Erle Maddox sometime between 1959 and 1960 and there is a picture of Noel O'Brien, a then teenager, in 1961 studying at his San Francisco school. The myth that the 1964 challenge match by Wong Jack Man was predicated upon Bruce's supposed breaking of the "kung fu color line" was debunked by Charles Russo and also by Mathew Polly. (That fight was more about Bruce's on stage criticisms towards traditional training and teaching methods, rather than teaching white students.) Even before their books, however, Robert W. Smith had studied Chinese martial arts in Taiwan when he was stationed there in the 1950's, and William E. Fairburn had studied "Chinese boxing" (they didn't call it "kung fu" in Shanghai in the 1920's) from an instructor named Tsai Tai Tsung in the 1920's. It sounds better to say that "Bruce was challenged by Wong Jack Man, because he fought to teach anyone, regardless or race," rather than to say "Bruce was challenged because he got mad at some hecklers at a demo he did in 1964 during an off-night."

[@samoppedisano3994]

“Which begs the question, how long could Bruce Lee kick Andre the Giant?” 😂😂

[@alanguages]

I noticed instead of people studying Bruce Lee's work on his concepts and philosophy on the Martial Arts, they either exaggerate his feats or attempt to discredit him being a martial artist all together.

[@dojanglesclimb]

I remember reading on Wikipedia several years back that he could do 50 one arm chin ups in a row. The current record (with no rest) is 17. So...

[@i-evi-l]

The two main true ones: All the push-up ones. And Nunchuck ping-pong

[@aspockworkorange]

50k3r2 those aren’t true either lol

[@i-evi-l]

@@aspockworkorange Obviously you never seen the Nunchuck ping-pong footage. Lmao. There's plenty of video to show his push up prowess to the point it's believable.

[@dojanglesclimb]

@@aspockworkorange lol thank you. I didn't want to be the one to break it to him

[@dojanglesclimb]

@@i-evi-l sorry to ruin your fantasy, but the nunchuck ping pong video is a digital creation for a Nokia commercial. It never actually happened, but is a cool video.

[@blue_belt_blues9554]

I train Muay thai and bjj and the amount discussions I've had with Bruce lee fanatics and his abilities is crazy, where they claim his abilities have near supernatural prowess,also these idiots tend to have never sparred or trained a day in their lives,

[@JosephKerr27]

Bruce Lee's greatest strength was his mind. His philosophy means so much more to me than some physical feat.

[@salehsankar9012]

I don't understand why people make up such myths 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks it is such an entertaining video 💚

[@gustavotriqui]

Bruce Lee records can't hold a candle to Frank Dux's because he didn't invent them himself as Frank did.

[@joelkelly169]

Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Roger Holmes, Ali, George Foreman are some of the people who got me interested in learning to fight. I am 55 yrs old now and those were just some of the greats of the time when I was young. Everyone has their heroes, but these were some of mine. Giving them superpowers demeans them a bit in my opinion. The training these guys put in was what made them great. along with natural ability is what made them greats among the hundreds that came along in their time.

[@TheRobreed3]

Going by Hulk Hogan math, Bruce Lee could kick Andre the Giant to the moon, brother.

[@DensityDennis]

Stoppp Ramsey, the distance comparison is making me crack the heck up whilst my gf is sleeping next to me 😂 I'm afraid to wake her up lmao! You made my day sir 😆

[@Jamesfckoffscammers]

If Bruce Lee could kick that hard, he'd kill people instantly with that kind of force. 😅

[@ImperatorZed]

No. He would buffer the other person in his chi to block the impact. It was actually more of a force push like in Star Wars.

[@masonlerner9342]

@Diarmid O'Connor Also if their tongue is pressed against the top of their mouth.

[@Jamesfckoffscammers]

@Diarmid O'Connor don't forget also having the tongue in the wrong position lol

[@Jamesfckoffscammers]

@@masonlerner9342 that's what I were aiming to say, but looks like you beat me to the punch line lol

[@Jamesfckoffscammers]

@@ImperatorZed more like this you mean? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX7UlXp8nt5gnck lol 😂

[@glennnolasco2475]

So you're telling me, he really didn't killed Chuck Norris? Who was the most badass man to have ever walked the Earth?

[@matthewstowers1906]

Thank you so much! For 3 days..I have been arguing with someone online about the credibility of these records..and the only ammo I had was COMMON SENSE..now I have the facts to back up what I already knew was true

[@korinavirurz6605]

@Ramsey Dewey - you neeeeeed to start doing interviews with people. That subtle humour, the voice, the raising of the eyebrow (and not forgetting your MA knowledge) . . . now that's a combo for a very watchable channel.

[@RamseyDewey]

I have a whole playlist of longform interviews with other people. Check it out: kzbin.info/aero/PLx78ZkEKSXzBNwwfbLKeXMJNx69fp1iGY

[@korinavirurz6605]

@@RamseyDewey- Thanks, I most certainly will. 👊

[@felipefasanella7764]

Bruce Lee is just the Chuck Norris jokes in human form at this point.

[@knightskull1032]

"History became legend, legend became myth"

[@simonmorris4226]

Always fanboys with little or no training!

[@scottbauer71]

Flailing arms doesn't indicate anything? Russian kungfu would disagree

[@HaiderAli-tt4hh]

Bless you, Ramsey. Bruce, alongside Ali, are my idols. Thank you for sticking to the truthful philosophies of Bruce by making this video as Bruce said it best, "It is easy for me to go out and put on a show and be phony and all sorts. But to truly express oneself. That is very hard to do my friend. However, the danger with this video is that it can hurt people's egos as they might not like what they hear and second, those who believe this truth will now dismiss Bruce Lee's other achievements. But... those who can differentiate between "myth" and "reality" and still appreciate what Bruce stood for, and who he is/was, are the Ramsey Deweys in the world.

[@menorak]

Fact or myth? You decide: Bruce Lee could defeat Frank Dux in a fight. Yes, THE real-life Frank Dux.

[@maxwellkafka]

What did you think of his portrayal in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood where he sparred with an experienced stunt man?

[@RexiousX]

Max Kafka I loved that scene

[@Kannot2023]

The worst movie ever

[@stevo62ful]

@@Kannot2023 Great movie. I take it you are a Bruce fan ?

[@harliiquinnstarlight]

OMG i literally just watched someone poke a soda can last evening. Haaaahahhaga

[@varanid9]

HA! That's nothing; I can do it with my erection!

[@harliiquinnstarlight]

@@varanid9 you should make a video. Bet it would go viral.

[@Greg12839]

Harlii Q it would

[@harliiquinnstarlight]

@@Greg12839 what would help what,?

[@michaelterrell5061]

Well yeah but it doesn’t really take away from the fact that he was a good martial artist but of course he wasn’t a god or something

[@comet206]

screw Enter The Dragon. Enter The Croctagon!

[@MortonGoldthwait]

10,507 pushups!?! Man, Yoshida must have REALLY pissed off Coach Carter.

[@FILIPFIXTIGER]

I Love Bruce. He's up there with Seagal.

[@MrChelseaboy78]

Only difference is that seagul claims are made by him not fanboys

[@AGNOSTIC_incomprehensibleXIV]

As bad as some of Bruce Lee's fanatics are, in my experience *Bruce Lee's haters are far worst.* I used to respect BL haters more but after talking with some of them it seems all they do is tell lies about what you actually say in an attempt to produce straw-men and make it seem like you're the one that's irrational. I once told a hater that Lee had trained grappling and he magically morphed my statement into a claim that he was a better wrestler than Nurmagomedov AND repeatedly insisted I lived up to this imaginary straw-man! I told another hater that Bruce Lee competed in an amateur highschool boxing match and even though I'd successfully debunked his implication that this was untrue, instead of respectfully conceding, this goalpost moving fool started complaining about Bruce Lee not competing in kickboxing and then morphed my simple factual amateur boxing statement into a false implication about Lee being an invincible "fighting icon". At least the Bruce Lee fanatics are typically just mislead or just get a little carried away. I don't think they're generally intentionally deceitful. The Bruce Lee haters seem to just be mostly chronic, butthurt, intentionally deceitful liars. It's like they accidentally walked in on their mothers fapping to old Bruce Lee footage or something and have held a grudge ever since. SMH. They need to get a life instead of obsessing over dead people that haven't done anything to them.

[@stevo62ful]

Are you saying that anyone who doesn't say Bruce is a great fighter must hate him ?

[@AGNOSTIC_incomprehensibleXIV]

@stevo62ful This question must some kind of ironic joke. You really should've waited until the first of next month though.

[@bradbuckinghamhandsomeprin6027]

I am 47, in my 20's I did TKD, kickboxing and boxing. I enjoy hitting and kicking the heavybag, but when I do try to it beats my body up so much that I have a hard time healing up from it (doing my daily activities) and fear injuring myself. At 35 years old I started shoeing horses, which is very demanding on my body especially legs, back, and wrists. At about 40 years old I had to cut back on my horse shoeing cause the amount of work I was doing was going to lead to injuries if kept up (I am a part time horse short, also work full time as a meter reader for gas company). I can generally lift a few weights once a week without fear of injuries taking a week off when I have a big week of horse shoeing and taking time off of lifting weights when short of people at work causing an increase in work load. I have quit hitting the heavy bag because I have told myself that it's just not something my body can handle anymore at my age with my physical work load. The question I have though, is my thought correct or do I need to work up to a good heavybag routine differently? If I were to approach starting a heavy bag routine differently is this something I can do without injuries, and how would you recommend going about that?

[@mhorram]

This problem is prevalent. Sammo Hung (Hung Kam Bo) was a perpetrator of this type of mythinformation. He claimed in an interview, I saw, that Bruce Lee kicked him so hard once that he (Sammo) hit the ceiling of the room. Not bloody likely! Such a kick would have ruptured all of Hung's organs. He would have died on the spot; but, more to the point, no one's kick would have raised someone as overweight as Sammo Hung was (even that early in his career) even half that distance. Good vid. Ramsey!

[@echelon2k8]

13:10 "... kicking away a 200 pound man about 200 meters" lol

[@longusdickus4872]

I laughed a good 5 min on that one

[@makingmoneywithmj7752]

Sylvester Stallone is the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time & Tom Cruise is the greatest secret agent of all time. 😂

[@RamseyDewey]

Hahahaha!

[@martialartness]

Bruce Lee is to MMA as what Dwane The Rock Johnson is to wrestling. They're both entertaining actors who can inspire a crowd with their words and possess descent skills in some form of martial arts, but they're in no way masters of their craft. Do not mistaken an entertainer for a professional athlete or "record holder".

[@aluisiofsjr]

A P , Bruce Lee had not anything to do with MMA. Actually he is into fighting movies.

[@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969]

@@aluisiofsjr "fighting movie"??? Tf are you talking about. Bruce lee was into real fighting and real martial art that will work in real fight. That why bruce lee abandoned is own chinese martial art because it doesn't work in real combat.

[@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969]

@@aluisiofsjr and bruce lee does have to do with mma. He the founding father of mma. He was the first person to popularize mixing other art together since bruce lee believe one art is not better than other arts.

[@aluisiofsjr]

@@justsomeguywithoutamustach8969 , dude, Bruce Lee is 2000 years late. People was combining different martials arts on Pankration and many other martial arts.

[@aluisiofsjr]

Iron fist , dude, Bruce Lee is just an actor, not even a fighter. He never fought professionally.

[@testudinebobby8532]

Thank you for making this. It needed to be called out

[@kirksnelson6487]

Also, the soda cans in Lees day were made of tin.

[@learnpianofastonline]

Strength training has helped my boxing tremendously. When I started boxing I had been doing strength training for many years. My lack of skill at boxing at that time was due to a lack of experience, rather than because I did strength training.

[@christophervelez1561]

The biggest lie is that Bruce lee was a fighter. Haha

[@billfromEtown]

he was a fighter but not in the traditional competition. people challenged him all the time. unfortunately smart phones werent around back then cause there's no actual film of him really fighting. i like his quote: asked if he was any good, he said..."if i say yes youll think im boasting but if i say no youll know im lying.

[@geraldochi7945]

BL wasn't camera shy, if he was a good fighter he would have filmed it. He didn't. The End.

[@billfromEtown]

@@geraldochi7945 lol...he cant be lugging around those huge cameras back then when people challenge him on the fly. i think the fact that he never boasted while many artists at the time respected the shit out of him speaks volumes about his ability

[@n.b.l.5709]

@@geraldochi7945 exactly, he was no fighter, but he wa a rich boy child actor non mastery nor belt attainment so did a little kung fu cha cha champion

[@stevo62ful]

@@billfromEtown The usual "there was no cell phones back then" get out clause.

[@daysofgrace7818]

The most idolised people, that are put on a absurdly high pedestal by fanatical fans include .. -Bruce Lee -Tupac -John Lennon -Che Guevara -Muhammad Ali -Drake

[@itsupportpropertymasters1679]

Add Michael Jakson and Eminen

[@pafoneto1275]

Ad Albert Einstein too.

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

Heath Ledger and Michael Jordan

[@Bakanga]

Che shouldn't be on this list

[@daysofgrace7818]

@@Bakanga yeah, so your basically one of the very fanatical fans I was referring too lol! Che should absolutely be on the list! He was a mass murderer, set up concentration camps, and looked down on indigenous people throughout Latin America, and said they were inferior to the European conquerers/ settlers! Just because he stood up to the US, doesn’t make him an icon and morally superior!

[@cuzz63]

I remember seeing something about Bruce Lee setting World Records and looked him up, his name was never listed with any world record. There are video's of a little girl punching faster than Bruce Lee.

[@itzbebop]

As one of my life heroes, few things bother me more when people peddle Bruce Lee myths. So disrespectful to a legend. Btw did you know Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door?

[@TAROTAI]

not without losing his wig . . .

[@acimvideos2259]

children need a real life superhero

[@Lamont24012]

William Cheung held the record for 9 punches in one secound at Oxford University or Yale one of those colleges . And not under Genius .

[@harrisfrankou2368]

I think in line with Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth, he sums up our idolatry by some people, towards Media Celebrities.

[@Tondor50]

To your point about how Buce Lee did not want his celebrity to eclipse his message (paraphrasing) just look at why he closed his schools at the height of his popularity when he really could have cashed in on the Brice Lee brand,

[@misterwalrus4139]

Fun fact that somebody already probably commented. The Coke can "world record" that is not a world record is still more impressive than it first sounds. Back in the 60s and 70s, Coke cans were actually made out of steel. Not aluminum. It was a lot more difficult to crush an empty can of Coca Cola with your bare hands back then than it is today. Not impossible, but hard.

[@jopalo31675]

There are so many myths with Bruce... and his students. The 100s of street fight stories. All we know is Bruce was in a boxing club and he won one tournament. This was in High School in Hong Kong. Bruce also studied Judo... but , he didn’t like grappling. He said he was to small to go to the ground with western Judokas. Bruce loves boxing and fencing... hmmm. Bruce had a movie where there was shoot fighting... this is where the fighting myths come from.

[@GaryTongue-to3pw]

Speak for yourself, dumbass. I and many others know way more than that, and I am not including the made up bullshit, but actual facts about him.

[@andreainzaghi7373]

Bruce Lee was an outstanding athlete, not a professional fighter but he never claimed to be a professional fighter. I do not understand why so many critics. Speaking of "finger poking" and stuff like that, it is stupid to say "many people can do that" because it was not common, very few people know how to condition and stuff like that. Bruce Lee was the first one who DEBUNKED MARTIAL ARTS MYTHS so I do not agree with your criticism.

[@drewbrantley83]

I agree with most of your assessments. Just a couple notes, in 1960 they started measuring striking force (punch, kick, elbow, knee) based on known pressures needed to break certain types of concrete and other materials. So it could be possible to guess Lee's hitting power based on what he could break (thoughno known video or other has shown it). Also nunchucks have been measured to hit at 800kg of force moving at roughly 160kph at the tip. Lee seems to have the power and speed to hit at that or maybe even higher. You could also make the leap that Lee could easily "punch" far more than 9 times a second considering how fast he has been shown to be. Rest of the myths are hilarious though. Nice video mate!

[@RexiousX]

Bruce Lee fans were getting triggered 40 years before millennials. He’s the original ‘trigger man’.

[@lolitaras22]

Here is all you ever wanted to know about Nunchaku physics. It's elastic collision, the lightest type. Physics Deflection happens when an object hits a plane surface. If the kinetic energy after impact is the same as before impact, it is an elastic collision. If kinetic energy is lost, it is an inelastic collision. Collision is short-duration interaction between two bodies or more than two bodies simultaneously causing change in motion of bodies involved due to internal forces acted between them during this. Collisions involve forces (there is a change in velocity). The magnitude of the velocity difference just before impact is called the closing speed. All collisions conserve momentum. What distinguishes different types of collisions is whether they also conserve kinetic energy. The line of impact is the line that is collinear to the common normal of the surfaces that are closest or in contact during impact. This is the line along which internal force of collision acts during impact, and Newton's coefficient of restitution is defined only along this line. Collisions are of three types: perfectly elastic collision inelastic collision perfectly inelastic collision. Specifically, collisions can either be elastic, meaning they conserve both momentum and kinetic energy, or inelastic, meaning they conserve momentum but not kinetic energy. An inelastic collision is sometimes also called a plastic collision. A “perfectly inelastic” collision (also called a "perfectly plastic" collision) is a limiting case of inelastic collision in which the two bodies coalesce after impact. The degree to which a collision is elastic or inelastic is quantified by the coefficient of restitution, a value that generally ranges between zero and one. A perfectly elastic collision has a coefficient of restitution of one; a perfectly inelastic collision has a coefficient of restitution of zero. Types of collisions There are two types of collisions between two bodies - 1) Head-on collisions or one-dimensional collisions - where the velocity of each body just before impact is along the line of impact, and 2) Non-head-on collisions, oblique collisions or two-dimensional collisions - where the velocity of each body just before impact is not along the line of impact. According to the coefficient of restitution, there are two special cases of any collision as written below: A perfectly elastic collision is defined as one in which there is no loss of kinetic energy in the collision. In reality, any macroscopic collision between objects will convert some kinetic energy to internal energy and other forms of energy, so no large-scale impacts are perfectly elastic. However, some problems are sufficiently close to perfectly elastic that they can be approximated as such. In this case, the coefficient of restitution equals one. An inelastic collision is one in which part of the kinetic energy is changed to some other form of energy in the collision. Momentum is conserved in inelastic collisions (as it is for elastic collisions), but one cannot track the kinetic energy through the collision since some of it is converted to other forms of energy. In this case, coefficient of restitution does not equal one. In any type of collision there is a phase when for a moment colliding bodies have the same velocity along the line of impact.Then the kinetic energy of bodies reduces to its minimum during this phase and may be called a maximum deformation phase for which momentarily the coefficient of restitution becomes one. Collisions in ideal gases approach perfectly elastic collisions, as do scattering interactions of sub-atomic particles which are deflected by the electromagnetic force. Some large-scale interactions like the slingshot type gravitational interactions between satellites and planets are perfectly elastic. Collisions between hard spheres may be nearly elastic, so it is useful to calculate the limiting case of an elastic collision. The assumption of conservation of momentum as well as the conservation of kinetic energy makes possible the calculation of the final velocities in two-body collisions.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

You're getting that second one all wrong. He didn't hit with nunchaku with that amount of force. He *KNOCKED OUT* that much force with them. He caused a mathematical abstraction of physical reality to lose consciousness by hitting it with a stick on a chain. That's quite the record to set and definitely impossible to beat. And I'm pretty sure record number 6 is claiming that Bruce Lee is a spider with 6 legs and is able to kick with each of them once during a single second (the other 2 limbs to make the 8 a spider needs are his arms, obviously). More seriously, though... A few things worth mentioning here: Punching and blunt weapon striking force *IS* typically measured in pounds, not pounds per square inch as was done in that NatGeo test. Pressure in PSI has been shown not to correlate as accurately to the damage dealt as the raw force of a punch in pounds does. That unit is actually better than the one you were using. That said, there are karate black belts less fit than Bruce Lee who can throw punches with over 400 pounds of force behind them, and a significant number of heavyweight boxers have had measured punching forces over 1300 pounds with a few peaking above 1400. Claiming that Bruce Lee or Mohammed Ali only managed 350 and that this was some kind of acheivement is an insult to martial artists the world over. Claiming that Bruce Lee was only able to beat the impact force of a heavyweight punch by less than 15% when using nunchaku is not exactly plausible either. On the rapid punching and kicking topic, Bruce Lee's speed was, like many other capable martial artists in his era, too fast for cameras of the time to pick up properly during strikes. He wasn't alone in this, and when filming, was among the many fighters who had to learn to slow their movements down in order for their actions to be captured on film. There is no video evidence of these kinds of records for *ANYONE* within Bruce Lee's lifetime because fast punches simply didn't show up on video. There's a video of an interview with Bruce Lee where he throws a punch at the air in front of the interviewer but all the camera picks up is his arm disappearing in one frame then reappearing in the next. There is anecdotal evidence that during filming - at 24fps - he had times where he and an opponent would perform 2 or 3 strikes *IN BETWEEN FRAMES.* This would necessitate the ability to perform at least 48 and likely more than 50 strikes in a second. Also the Guinness World Record for rapid sequential punches is timed over a minute and even when punching for 60 seconds straight the record holder has an *AVERAGE* above 9 per second. Similarly, that kicking record you provided an average kicks per second value for, it is highly probable that multiple individual seconds during that minute would have recorded more than 6 kicks, and someone aiming for a second long burst of kicks would land even more than someone going for endurance over a full minute of rapid kicking. And in the final, and most important part: Andre the Giant was reportedly 520 pounds and 2.24m tall. If Bruce Lee could kick a 200 pound man with enough force to ALMOST clear 9 (not 10) Andre the Giants laid out head to foot on one another, he could kick Andre the Giant hard enough to clear 3 Andre the Giants and land about a third of the way over a fourth. That said, kicking someone across a flat distance is *VERY* different from launching them vertically, and is much more difficult a feat to perform. being able to kick a 200 pound man so he ends up 20m away from you is very different from kicking him over 3 giraffes stacked onto one another's heads (also how would they balance?). This makes the claim that Lee could only kick the 135kg (very nearly 300 pound) bag only 5m into the air make a lot more sense when compared with the horizontal 20m on a 200 pound target. To finish this ridiculous comment, however... I'm glad when you said "the man, the myth, the legend" you only followed with "lay off the myth part" because the ends of Bruce Lee's legs are rather famous and definitely not worth forgetting.

[@tarrantcountykid]

Maybe the person was thinking Bruce Lee was in the “real life documentary” (wink wink) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[@googleuser2609]

The one inch punch is like a party trick.

[@PaschanTOPs]

25:02 My brother Ramsey forgot we're in a global quarantine.

[@RamseyDewey]

There is wherever you are. Stop giving yourself excuses and drop and give me 50 pushups!

[@michaelguth4007]

Bruce Lee kicked the stone blocks for the pyramids into place. That's how they did this back then...

[@RamseyDewey]

Mystery Solved!!!

[@Darac2]

Great video man, but I am more excited for the comment section 😃

[@i-evi-l]

You showed up too early, but I , the comment section, have arrived.

[@GeorgeOu]

Dana White still says "Enter the Dragon Island" is real and that they're still working on it. Stephen Bonnar used to tell the story about the time he fought on an island. He was coming in on a little boat and he sees some dude in a Karate outfit doing traditional forms. He thinks "hey I'm in Enter the Dragon"! Then he finds out he's fighting the dude in the Karate outfit whose name was Lyoto Machida. When he started getting his ass kicked, Bonnar started laughing and thinks to himself "Oh so he's Bruce Lee and I'm the dumb fool that's getting his ass kicked". Speaking of lbs of force, it's a useless measurement for "punching power". You can drop a 1 lb metal ball onto a concrete floor from 5 feet and generate a few thousand pounds of peak force, though only for a split second. If a weak puncher slammed his fist into concrete, he can probably generate 3000 lbs of peak force for a split second. This is why he will shatter his hands because he hit a hard and immovable object. The TV series fight science had every subsequent show with fighters generating more and more force because the target kept getting heavier and more fixed in weight. Randy Couture generated the most force because he hit a hard plastic head on the ground which had nowhere to go. The correct way to measure punches is energy and not force just like you measure bullets for muzzle kinetic energy. Rocky Marciano was measured on a military ballistic pendulum and had a punch KE of 1254 joules or enough to lift a 25 lb pendulum and have it swing so that it's 37 foot higher. In other words, it's like getting hit by Marciano's punch is like a 25 lb ball falling 37 feet onto your head! So what we should really be mesuring is Punch Energy, though it doesn't have the same ring as "Power Levels" like we expect from scouter readings. As for the "1 inch punch", you can see Bruce Lee doing a 12 inch punch-push. Is it really that dangerous if someone would just stand there and be hit and not get hurt? Who wants to volunteer for a normal right cross from a pro boxer like that? Bruce Lee fanbois go crazy nuts if you dare debunk this stuff. That said, Bruce Lee is one of the fastest punchers I've ever seen. In his screen test for American TV, he was demonstrating his punches to a producer. He stood really far away and his hands was really far away from the producer's head. He threw a pulled punch to within an inch of the producer's head in 4 picture frames (30 per second) or 0.133 seconds! A fast punching pro fighter like Vitor Belfort takes around 5 frames to land a rear cross punch at the same range. That's fast enough to land a rear cross power shot without any setup because the typical fighter takes just over 5 frames to react. Manny Pacquiao landed several short range leading left crosses on Oscar De La Hoya in 4 frames. Watching the frame-by-frame I can see Oscar see the punch coming but it was too late to evade so he ate the punch in the face. Bruce Lee was snapping a low lead hand to the face from a long distance in the same 4 frames! Does that prove Bruce could have been a world champion? Of course not since he never fought professionally and fighting is more than just speed and strength, and we don't know if he is stronger than other fighters. All we know is that Bruce is very strong, very fast, one of the first to adopt mix martial arts so he probably would have been at least a very good pro fighter. But it's not fair to crown him the king over other fighters who earned their titles much less someone like Chuck Norris who is several weight classes higher.

[@stephenphilbin3919]

Just did a very rough highschool physics calculation on how fast the _"volunteer"_ in that 20 metre sidekick would have to be traveling through the air, for him to be able to travel 20 metres before he hit the ground and, unless there's something I've forgotten to account for, he'd have to be flying through the air at about two thirds the speed of sound. Adding in things like air resistance and acceleration due to gravity and my guess is that, at the start of his flight, our _"volunteer"_ would be comfortably breaking the sound barrier (or uncomfortably as the case would probably be) to get that far before hitting the ground.

[@skaruts]

Sometimes I get a feeling Chuck Norris jokes should've been about Bruce Lee all along. Not to satirize the man, but the fanatics.

[@bolieve603]

Unlike Bruce Lee, there is a lot of video footage of Chuck Norris actually fighting in tournaments

[@nagyzoli]

upjoke.com/bruce-lee-jokes Ask and you shall receive :D

[@szolanek]

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[@ReggieCelestin]

The only people on the planet who know about Bruce lee is the people he was actually close to