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Golden bell I want to know where and how did you get that info on Bruce Lee transcript, because I want to know if it true, I am a fan of your channel but it amazes me that we have this info today if it was the 90's it be hard to find that info
Same with Muhammad Ali, two Icons and legends, which will live and remembered for ever. Imagine in 500 years they will still remember at Ali and Lee like Leonardo da Vinci, Christoph Columbus.
One thing I do admire about Bruce is he really was trying to be good at everything and especially learning many martial arts where at a time people would only master one thing and it was frowned upon to exchange techniques or train with other disciplines.
I don't really mind when Gene Labell claims he also taught Bruce, common our man is a LEGEND, that's why stories about him are sometimes romanized. When I was a kid I thought that those Bruce's immitators was him, what we worship about Sifu Lee Shao Long is his way and principles, even if he's long been gone he will always be Bruce Lee, The Legend... Forever.
@@davidstafford7465 no he wasn't. That's exactly what this video points out at the end. Many Kung-Fu guys were cross training even before Bruce was alive.
Aside from Judo Bruce also trained in Ju Jitsu with Master Wally Jay. Bruce truly was a great great Martial Artist and way ahead of his time in terms of his theories and his cross-training which many today would call "MMA" or "Mixed Martial Arts."
Funny you mentioned that. In contrast, and with ignorance and stupidity, UFC, MMA FANS don't like or don't respect Bruce Lee. They say things like "Bruce will be demolished in the Octagon" . Bruce is just an actor blah blah blah blah. No he was not. . . .
@@bechelerroseme6821 UFC is nothing more than a sport with fixed rules that favor grapplers. No poking eyes, no kicking groins, no kneeing head, blah blah blah.
@@trumplostlol3007 You forgot to mention number one factor, Bruce's speed, I watched MMA fights many times over, a lot of them have slow reflex and terrible boxers. But their ground games are notable.
@@bechelerroseme6821 BJJ doesn't stand a chance against Judo. Bruce Lee also had Judo background. He talked about the importance of Judo. But he wasn't spending too much time on it, probably because he believed no one could get close to him. Search for a youtube video that provides evidence that Bruce Lee had pretty good Judo background. BTW, Bruce Lee was a Judo black belt level 1.
@@trumplostlol3007 Don't get me wrong, I'm in no way doubting Lee's fighting ability. What I was trying to get at is MMA enthusiasts think Bruce can't match against MMA fighters, they want make themselves feel special, top tier fighting group that thinks they're above Bruce Lee when Bruce was the one made MMA sport more popular .
Interesting with regards to Nishioka saying Bruce was too fast for the point scoring champions of his day., Mike Stone described Bruce Lee as being far too quick for competition & Joe Lewis reiterated by saying Lee was the fastest man to have stood in front of him, so what Nishioka said regarding the speed of Bruce Lee being too fast for those point scoring champions reads true in every sense of the word.
I was always under the impression that Bruce was known for his speed, his relentlessness and pure determination. People may have been doing similar things as Bruce…however Bruce took it to the next level by training his body and his mind to be faster than anyone else.
@@quetzalcoatul1 you drop your hands if you are at a far range to rest your arms, if hitting a punching bag it is a good habit to keep the arms up to train the arms on being in upward position. You can know bruce lee does not know how to box because he pushes his punches when he should be snapping the punches. he lifts both his heels which removes his stability and power, he does not twist his hips properly , he crouches with his head forward which is a bad habbit. Bruce lee does not even know how to grapple just look at that arm in the thumbnail, no one will tap to that hahah
Very educational, excellent video. Thanks for giving truthful insight into Bruce Lee's grappling experience. Maybe you can do a video on the relationship between Bruce Lee and his karate students: Chuck Norris, Mike Stone and Joe Lewis. All 3 of them were point karate champions before they met Bruce. But only Joe Lewis out of the 3 will admit that he was a Bruce Lee student. Joe Lewis also went on into fight full contact Karate (kick boxing). Norris and Stone stayed with point fighting (which we all know is a game of tag). Norris and Stone never admitted they were taking JKD lessons from Bruce Lee.
I think I remember mike stone saying how good Bruce was and that hed be a top competitor if he was in competition....its Walker texas ranger that never seemed to admit that bruce was great
Stone did describe Lee as being pound for pound one of the strongest martial artists he encountered & would have been too quick for competition & Norris did admit that he could never defeat Lee in a real battle as he was simply too fast, but yes, Joe Lewis was the only one of the three who openly admitted to being a student of Bruce Lee.
Great to hear props to Fred Sato. He was my High School Judo teacher (and wrestling coach). I'm always rooting for Judokas because of him. Thanks for the vid.
Well done & explained video. You surely do your research on Lee's training. A lot of people need to view your video to clarify all the false rumors they hear about who actually first taught him Judo. I personally consider Fred Sato as Lee's actual Judo "Teacher" thanks to Jesse Glover who gave him a taste. Keep up the great work
12:55 Karate guys like Chojun Miyagi were also doing the same thing, traveling to China to learn other styles and working with Judoka to enhance their grappling
One point about Bruce's College Street school in Chinatown was it had a concrete floor and no mats and this is why groundwork was not practiced. Sigung Richard Bustillo told me that Bruce used to teach takedowns but ended there because of this.🙏
Oh man! I love this channel! 🫶🏽So concise and informative, but what strikes me is how the information you provide resonates with things my Wing Chun Sifu has been saying for years! Amazing! Keep up the good work Golden Bell! 🙌🏽🙏🏽💪🏽🔥
Love this channel, brings so much truth and things I didn't know about Bruce Lee. Bruce was born with this gift of martial arts on a heightened level plus he applied hard and rigorous work on a daily basis. I've said the same thing about people who was doing what Bruce lee accomplished in his short life, way before him, but Bruce was a strong influencer and popularized what he practiced. It's something how like, a sponge Bruce could spar with others that new more in their expertise of martial arts, learn it quickly and effectively, in so little time and then be proficient by mixing the martial arts together that worked best for him. Pure genius and Ingenius. Another thing I must say, is don't get caught up with martial arts belts, martial arts are a way of life not the way of belts. Knowing what works best for you, hard work, dedication and sparring are key, to being a good martial artist.
Brings to mind how Karate guys trained in the sixties in chicago. The YMCAs often had karate and judo classes on the same floor minutes apart so when the karate class was over, they would go right over to judo to learns sweeps, chokes, and throws. my instructor at the time incorporated punching and kicking as "entry" to sweeping , choking, and throws until there was a flow. The judo guys would do the same thing but karate did answer to judo providing he got his hands on you. Its definitely a cornerstone art other styles could build on. Hollywood certainly knew with their "judo chop" which later became the "Karate chop" and don't forget those techniques Spencer Tracy did in the 1955 movie "Bad Day at Black Rock" . It was definitely around then so it makes sense Lee trained in it.
So many Bruce Lee skeptics try to say Bruce never held any official rank in any style but is it just me or is he wearing a black belt in many of these photos? Thank you so much for the great videos and the amazing education and facts my friend it's definitely an enlightening treat to watch😊
I learned about 2 more Judo people he worked out with in Seattle while reading Jesse Glover's book this week. Maybe I'll make an update to this video soon
Thank you for your work. What we know from all the information since Bruce’s death to this day is that Bruce had only one thing on his mind and that was to become the best fighter in the world. So to me the drug letters and whatever else he did has nothing to do with diminishing the idea that he was a great fighter. So that’s saying to all of us to diminish any idea that you cannot achieve success in life because of what you intake, what your personality is, do you smoke or not smoke ect. If you wish to accomplish something no matter what it is just focus concentration and commitment. And you can eat and smoke whatever you want and it won’t matter. I’m not encouraging it but I’m encouraging belief in oneself no matter what.
Outstanding video!! Thanks for finally debunking that myth about Bruce and his judo training. You basically shut that down. Enjoyed it greatly can't wait for the next one!!
Wow! Now I’m VERY impressed!!! Almost no one knows about Fred Sato! My fellow JKD practitioner, who is also my BJJ teacher and a Gracie black belt and Judo black belt, got to train and interview Fred Sato many times before we sadly lost him.
The question is - would Bruce Lee have been able to defend against Royce Gracie’s takedowns? It seemed to me that the hardcore wrestlers could avoid getting taken down by Royce. The good wrestlers could take down Royce. When Severn and Kimo took down Royce, they tried to fight him on the ground and lost. There is no evidence that Bruce Lee trained in wrestling. When Remco Pardoel tried to throw Royce with his uchi-mata, Royce nullified it and ended up in a controlling position when they went to the ground. And Pardoel was a multiple time national judo champion. Hayward Nishioka said that Bruce would lose to a good groundfighter if the fight went to the ground. Shortly after UFC II when Royce was dominant, many people were saying, “What if Bruce Lee was still alive?” It is a hypothetical question that can never be answered.
A true mix martial Arts man when everyone was into one style he was already taking thing from different styles and taking what was useful ,he was ahead of his time,even by today's standards his skills are still great
In Addition to Bruce Lee learning Judo from his first American student Jesse Glover, Glover's sensei Fred Sato, Judo Gene LeBell and LeBell's top student Pan-Am gold medalist Hayward Nishioka (all mentioned in this video). He also learned Aikido from Black Belt magazine founder, Mito Ueahara who was a shodan in that art and Bill Ryusaki, a stuntman/actor who also held a black belt in that art. Another art that has grappling in it that Bruce Lee studied was Hapkido. He learned this martial art from both Wang Ing Sik, and the style's Grandmaster Ji Han Jae . Lastly Gene LeBell also taught Bruce Catch-Wrestling. And Wally Jay trained him in Jujuitsu
Correct Golden bell Training, Lee was not the first to mix grappling with Kung Fu or anything else, BUT he was the most popular person to do it due to his movie fame where it got seen by millions. He may also have been the first to really organize such a mixture and write it down, marking his principles about the topic. That is saying something and he was a pioneering figure in that respect. However, as Dan Inosanto told us in a class back in 1995 in Princeton New Jersey, " You might in your training mix this together with that and you'll think you are a genius and created something new. Well, you're not. Rest assured it has been done before a thousand times by people around the world long before you put them together. Maybe a hundred years ago, maybe a thousand, but it's not unique to you.". Among many things Inosanto taught over twenty seven years that I've learned from him, that stuck in my mind like a glowing ember. Humanity has done it before, for centuries.
King solomon said" there is nothing new under the sun" Everything has been done before. Every story has been told , every tactic been done. Even when you add modern technology like A.I or robots. The things we do with these new tools is still the same. Driverless cars replace the rich in ancient times having slaves carry them in carts. Robots will replace what workers do now with heavy labor. The internet contains sex. Viilence.myths. lies. Music .philosophy, religeon. The same things that were available in roman times just a different format.nothing is new its just new to you when you find it..
Nicely done! I like the way you layered the video chronologically and acknowledged all the different people Lee came into contact with and trained with. We would have to ask Bruce who influenced him the most in judo or jiu jitsu but I'm sure everyone gave him some interesting things to add to his knowledge or repertoire. It isn't some blank statement like LeBell taught Lee everything he knew about judo or such. it makes for great headlines and notoriety to say such which is why it is done just as Seagal falsely claimed Lee told him he was very impressed with his aikido. We know that never happened but it fed Seagal's ego to say so. Keep up the great work.
Another fantastic video my friend. Jesse Glover and Fred Sato are amazing martial artists in their own right, and they don't get a lot of attention since they (especially Jesse) were so low key and chill. Jesse was a gem of knowledge, and knew of Bruce's training with Fook Yeung and Sid Woodcock as well. A lot of the OG's of the Seattle crew were formidable fighters, James Demile, Leroy Garcia, Ed Hart, Jesse Glover and his brother, etc.
@@shengchenfanDamn, Mr. Sheng himself! Big fan of your Kungfu and overall martial arts work since back in the day good sir. I've also followed Mr. Steve Smith and Adam Chan's channel for a good while.
@@kathywiebusch3687 a variation of wing chun. Taught by the Red Boat opera. I don’t know the details, or what makes it different. It might just be a name. But seems that Bruce had a lot more training in wing chun then people think. More like 8 years or so if you couldn’t the 5 years he supposedly studied with fook yeung in Seattle, and the 3 or 4 years of whatever it was in Hong Kong
You're right there! Bruce Lee may not have been the Godfather Of Mixed Martial Arts, but he certainly popularized it. And though he wasn't exactly known for his skills in Judo and Jujitsu, it is what he used to finish off Samo Hung in Enter The Dragon. So he definitely had some grappling in his arsenal.
A lot of martial artists were cross trained. The founder of Kyokushin Karate, Mass Oyama was had a 4th Dan in Judo, trained in wester boxing, western wrestling and due to his Korean background, trained in traditional Korean martial arts before moving to Japan before WW2. I don’t know why Bruce Lee being trained in judo is such a stretch for people to believe. Judo was even known to the allied militaries before WW2
There's a fact few people know about. Bruce Lee learned Judo before he moved to the US. From whom? None other than the plump guy who played the dojo master in the movie Fist of Fury (Ching Wu Mun). I always suspect this was one reason he got the part in the movie. His real name was Fung Ngai, a 6-dan judo master.
He may not have been "ahead of his time" as the first to mix Martial Arts disciplines, but where Bruce Lee was clearly ahead of his peers was in the area of sports nutrition, and weight training specific to the development of "functional muscle" or rather weight/ resistance training that target the muscles conducive to betterment in one's sport of choice.
Can you really be "ahead of your time" if other people are doing the same stuff? Bruce reads a book on Isometrics, and he starts to do the exercises. Is Bruce "ahead of his time," or was it the guy who wrote the book?
Don't get me wrong, I understand where you're coming from. But, how many people do you know or heard of actually READ and USED anything from the book? Was the book even a bestseller? Did the writer "invent" isometrics, or did he learn about it from someone else and THEN write a book about it? Did the writer actually practice any isometric exercises? "Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Willing Is Not Enough; We Must Do." ~Tao Of Jeet Kune Do See where I'm coming from?
Seeing Bruce in pictures for a first in a white Gi with a colored belt for Judo practice. So unusual because I 've always read that Bruce didn't believe in belts indicating how advanced one becomes. It's amazing after all this time how there are still facts coming out of the woodwork concerning Bruce. His mind couldn't be quenched so he always sought after what could be useful to him no matter what style or origin
A very balanced account of a very controversial topic. Had Bruce lived on, there's no way he _wouldn't_ have developed a legitimate ground game to complement the stand-up grappling he'd learned in judo. In an alternative universe, shortly after the release of Enter The Dragon, Bruce hears about a mysterious fighting family called the Gracies, whose expertise is in groundfighting. Intrigued, he travels to Brazil, spars with Master Helio Gracie in order to test his skills, and promptly wakes up disoriented from a choke he never even knew existed. Immediately, he begins training in BJJ and combines his newfound ground techniques with his stand-up fighting to become the most accomplished martial artist to have ever lived.
I am willing to imagine that, because Bruce would not have resisted, in order to learn the techniques… Otherwise, who knows if he gets taken to the ground and put to sleep or Gracie ends up like Dan Inosanto on his birthday… 😅
Great video man. Brought up all the names that a lot of people seem to overlook, Wally Jay and Nishioka for example. Most of the Bruce Lee detractors don’t know who the hell they are. Good stuff man.
Hey Prince, I'm 54 and I'm not proud of what I'm about to say but I studied martial arts from the ages of 9 to 18. I was brought up in a violent environment and between the ages of 12 and 40 I must have been in approximately 30 or more street fights, yes it's a lot. Of all those fights I must have won possibly half maybe 60% but I doubt it. What I can tell you is that every fight that I won I did it without going to the ground. I even once took on 4 guys on a bus and I hit the first guy when he started to move toward me and must've broken his nose, then the other three busted me up pretty badly. I'm a guitarist and a teacher and have been for 36 years. Today I feel ashamed of so much of that but I was foolish. This is just to say that in most fights when you know how to hit and hit hard, the fight is over quickly.
That was amazing information my friend, and the pictures of Bruce in a gi and a belt, wow. Thanks for bringing this to light and not making anything up like someone we know (Beerdy) AWESOME!!!
What Gene LeBell taught Bruce Lee was a combination of Catch Wrestling and Judo. Actually the Machado brothers black belts in Brazilian Jui-Jitsu said Gene LeBell already knew BJJ before he trained with them for 12 years.
Gene has gotten way to much credit over the years for his involvement in Bruce’s grappling, Bruce was already well versed in it long before he came along.
So why does bruce lee does not show the proper grappling techniques in his movies. He does not know how to arm bar, guillotine choke or control his opponenets using his lega on the ground game
His arm bar against sammu hung is improperly held. The standing guillotine on chuck norris has no hip control. And even his bulldog choke is ridiculously wrong. So where is this skilled grappler you are referring to because all i see is a bruce lee ignorant of proper grappling holds and position.
@@JL-tm3rc it’s a film. Not a demonstration of technique you idiot. Perhaps he didn’t want to actually hurt him. And this was made almost 50 years ago. I’m pretty sure Bruce Lee knew and could do a hell of a lot more than you and many others
It is awesome because Gene Lebell who taught Bruce Lee many grappling techniques had trained many successful MMA fighters of the 21st century, particularly Ronda Rousey.
Very interesting. I read Jessie Glover's book that he put out in 1976 (or'77). He talked about "stalking" Lee, and getting in front of Bruce walking down the street and striking out at phone poles trying to elicit a response from Bruce as an introduction. Lots of cool stories from the Seattle days. I agree, Jessie Glover should rate a stand alone video.
I met that actor who played the husky Samurai in Fist of Fury/Chinese Connection on a subway train in New York, he said "My name is Fong, I taught Bruce Lee Judo!" When we got off the train and I threw a couple of kicks, he chuckled a little like in the movie haha. Anyway, I knew about Judo Gene Labell from seeing him on Pro Wrestling back in the late 60's. Even today there is a move in Wrestling called the Labell-Lock.
That was a good interview. I read an article alleging that Bruce was too fast for Hayward. I can’t remember the context exactly, but sounded like a sparring session as opposed to grappling only. Any thoughts on that?
I could just imagine that had Bruce Lee lived, he would have eventually ran into the Gracies in the 1970s. That would have helped him with his ground game.
Gene lebell taught Bruce Lee how to sell to the camera... Bruce Lee disagreed... Bruce Lee wanted to be more authentic... Bruce Lee stated and you will see the difference!
Yes one of Bruce Lee's grappling teachers was Gene Lebell more were Wally Jay,Larry Hartsell and most of the arts he studied had grappling and alot of his students knew martial arts.
Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Not too many people talk about Jesse Glover one of Bruce Lee's close friends did you know at Bruce Lee's grave site when ever was gone and the grave diggers was putting dirt on Bruce Jesse wouldn't let them he went crazy!!! He took a shovel and was swinging it at the grave diggers!! That's how tight him and Bruce was.I think he just died last year. God bless them both. Peace and love
It's a damn shame people today don't understand how skilled Jesse really was. He would mop the floor with a lot of pro fighters, even in his older years he was dangerous, but he and Ed Hart were always very low key and didn't really openly promote or market their training.
@@AztecUnshaven Jesse has been gone over 5 years or longer. I visited Bruce and Brandon's graves in 2017 and jesse and ed hart were both buried next to each other. I paid respects to them too. I don't think many people know they're buried in the same cemetery. Their graves are down and over to the right of Bruce and Brandon's graves.
@@MrDravenLee That's very cool man. It's interesting that a lot of people through the years have claimed to be Bruce's best friend, but it seems like Jesse was truly very close to Bruce for a long time, up until the late 60s when they went their separate ways. Both Jesse and Mr. Hart were a treasure trove of skill and knowledge. RIP to both of them.
He looked at savate, western boxing, judo, circle jiu jitsu, muay thai, wrestling, japanese shoot wrestling, fencing, kenpo, various kung fu, tkd, philipino style etc
From the 1940s - 1970s Hollywood action movies from gangster to cowboys used judo and wrestling to display hand to hand combat. Most modern stage combat was judo. Bruce knew he had to join in to get work.
I agree Judo is really good to know learning how to defend yourself in any situation Jiu Jitsu was the thing I learned very similar to judo I started at age 10 until 13-14 then a couple years of wing Chun and boxing I think everyone should study if not for fighting which anyone who's studied knows it's not about so much fighting but knowing how to protect yourself and disciplined And fitness, no one knows I even study accept people closest to me not something I like to brag about.
Exactly, been telling people for years, soft styles like tai chi are grappling arts. People tend to forget jiu-jitsu means soft art. Tai chi focuses more on throwing and clinch boxing (da shou), a full force ward off to the throat will do some serious damage. Connor used a kao jin or shoulder strike in a few of his fights.
Seems like this Bruce Lee guy’s approach was simply taking whatever worked quickest and most effective for the individual and the individual’s body type. Always looking for the best techniques to train and just rejecting the rest. It’s cutting edge, really. Seems like the same base from which MMA has grown.
And yet idiots say Bruce wouldn’t last in mma. I said ok, what moves they going to unleash on Bruce that Bruce has already seen. Plus can they deal with Bruce’s blinding speed? Answer, no, they can’t.
I mean if you watch his movies you see a double leg takedown, arm bar and rear naked choke (Fist), guillotine (Way), crucifix arm bar (Enter) arm triangle (Game), and Judo stuff with Gene.
