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[marekny144]

I was wondering how good Bruce was with nunchaku. I remember the scene from Enter the Dragon that left me speechless. I'm still not over it. Anybody who practices the art could shed some light on how good he actually was? He seems unbelievable from some of the footage and movie scenes. I also cannot help but think he would be a force to be reckoned with in the lightweight division. His speed and the power he generated looks out of this world.


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[atj-lucko]

Rickson by Armbar

[big_juge]

Bruce was a bad bad man.

[jdwall]

good MOVIE magic

[Renny]

Originally Posted by atj-lucko

Rickson by Armbar

Bruce lee by 1 inch punch.....but that is a badass nunchucku scene from enter the dragon....

[Y2JUBAE]

Bruce was better than the movies made him look.
He was the first mixed martial artist.

[bobafett]

im sure he'd be a champion at lightweight , this guy ate , breath mma,
look what ultimate fighter did to all those nobodies , im sure when
u enclose yourself just on one thing ure going to become better than
90 percent of the population , bruce did that his whole life.

[Ramma]

I will now proceed to respond to every post in the thread (why not?)

Originally Posted by marekny144

I was wondering how good Bruce was with nunchaku. I remember the scene from Enter the Dragon that left me speechless. I'm still not over it. Anybody who practices the art could shed some light on how good he actually was? He seems unbelievable from some of the footage and movie scenes. I also cannot help but think he would be a force to be reckoned with in the lightweight division. His speed and the power he generated looks out of this world.

Bruce wouldn't have been a LW... maybe a FW if he added some weight... but Bruce Lee walked around at about 135. He was a BW. He'd be fighting guys like Miguel Torres. Some claim he was more like 145... but either way you look at it, the guy would fight at FW or BW, he might be a bit small for LW, unless he put on some heavy muscle and fat (3.5% fat is obviously too low)

As for his nunchaku abilities... I honestly don't know. He looked cool, and that is what counts for the movies.

Originally Posted by atj-lucko

Rickson by Armbar

I stand by my belief that Lee would knock Rickson unconcious before he even got near him. You have to be realistic, Lee would have studied the basics of BJJ and would have learned how to defend it. Lee already knew about defending takedowns in wrestling and judo. And let's face facts, takedowns are far from a BJJ practioneer's strong point.

I don't think Rickson would have lasted long against Lee if Bruce lived in today's world.

Originally Posted by big_juge

Bruce was a bad bad man.

Both in the bad ass sense and in terms of being a family man...

Originally Posted by jdwall

good MOVIE magic

Actually, no. Not really. Fact: Bruce Lee (as well as a few faster martial artists) needed to slow down because they were going to fast for the cameras. The technology wasn't good enough to capture. It was hard for them to keep up.

Most films were done at 24 frames per second. Certain guys were filmed at 32 frames per second to capture everything, and even then, it wasn't full speed movements.

No movie magic my friend.

Originally Posted by Renny

Bruce lee by 1 inch punch.....but that is a badass nunchucku scene from enter the dragon....

Enter the Dragon was an awesome movie from beginning to end lol

Originally Posted by Y2JUBAE

Bruce was better than the movies made him look.
He was the first mixed martial artist.

100% True. Bruce was an amazing martial artist and was all about bringing the arts together. It would have been amazing to see what Lee would have done if he ever had the time to take a closer look at BJJ.

[Renny]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Enter the Dragon was an awesome movie from beginning to end lol

I think i know every dialogue for that movie....hahaha....

[Y2JUBAE]

Bruce would be the #1 p4p mma fighter today based on 1 thing and 1 thing alone. Training. That guy had no reason to train the way he did AFTER becoming a huge movie star, but he continued to become better and better at martial arts. I don't know any fighter out there that trained like Bruce did.

Not only did he train hard, but he INVENTED new workouts and invented new "devises" to work out with, like the supersized heavybag he would kick to the ceiling. Do some googling on bruces workouts and workout devices, he would have schooled anyone today.

Now another reason is that he had speed like no one else. That speed generated enough power to ko anyone. The famous 1 and 3 in punch was no joke. Although he was small, he had "core" strength that could rival a bodybuilder. Try doing a pushup on one finger for example, ridiculous.

BUT, if you aren't convinced yet, just ask one guy. Chuck Norris. Chuck says Bruce is the greatest ever, if Chuck says it, that's all anyone needs to know.

Anderson Silva, I would assume is a fan also. His style seems to be VERY similar to Bruce Lee's. Bruce v. Anderson.... Dream fight.