Joe Lewis beats by KO in the 2nd Franc Brodar/YU. Full-contact. PKA title. 14.09.1974. Los-Angeles 

Well yea he trained under him for sometime

@@joaquinflores3547 Joe Lewis qoutes: "On K1- The JKD guys would get SLAUGHTERED if they competed even on a lower K1 level, such as the elimination K1 fights. What the K1 fighters do, especially their 'cut kicking' skills, what you may call inside/outside leg kicks would totally dominate what is done in 'classical JKD'." Bruce Lee, by tradition, was taught not to divullge the secrets that he'd learned, especially to Caucasians, yet he made a point in teaching a whole bunch of 'white' celebrities, like James Coburn, Steve McQueen, Sterling Silliphant, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as well as Joe Lewis, of course. So much for Jun Fan Gung Fu and the "street-fighter" legend who never had a single pro fight, but managed to get his back badly messed up in the Wong Jack Man fight in San Francisco, late autumn of 1964. If we want to believe that Bruce Lee is indeed a kind of philosophical godfather of mixed martial arts competitions, then his fight with Wong Jack Man was a qualifying moment, a crucible that tested the validity of martial techniques much in the way that early UFC fights would in the late 90s, tear back the curtain to bluntly expose what was effective and what was mere hype. The only thing that makes one a fighter is fighting other professionals, and often. Jun-fan was too busy flexing & otherwise hiding his skinny legs.

@@TAROTAI I know what your talking about I have done Muay Thai before I just said he had influences from Bruce Lee, and obviously K1 has different rules plus the low kicks would make it difficult for this guys to adopt to the style

Man, so true!!!! I can see Joe Lewis thinking Bruce during this fight! Amazing!

I feel Bruce on video.You have right

Cmd Dowd he was a world champion kickboxer and trained at a Sugar Ray Robinson’s gym so....

He didn't spar, but they trained relentlessly for a couple of year. They did spar type technique drills. Joe said he never sparred but learned from Bruce's philosophical mind and willingness to experiment.

Tell that to Mr T.

You can with a serious Dry Fasting protocol

Say that to Cole Robinson, aka the 'Snake Diet' dude!

@@icanmanifest why dry fastingn over water fasting?

@@raymccollom3360 aggressive atophagy. Water fasting also flushes electrolytes too fast.

joe lewis is overrated

I would have said to Bruce Lee, prove it. I remember the master of Brazilian Ju Jitsu, Royce Gracie, getting his head pounded in by Matt Hughes....Until you do it, you never know, and it's just talk.

@@PoofOfLogic If you had said that to Bruce Lee's face, he would say, ok. Let's go. Right now, not in the ring. And he would say that to anyone who challenged him. What would you say?

@@sanekabc To me, an untrained fighter, he probably would say that. Then again, he might not....He's like water....Water in a Toilet Bowl. He's full of Sh*t.

@@sanekabc We can all see Joe here in a full contact fight. The evidence is undeniable. Can you tell me where I can see Bruce in a full contact fight ?

He developed that side kick while training with Gordon Doversola before he met Bruce Lee

@@Ta-Seti-Ra He always was good at it

@@DJK-cq2uy Perhaps but he definitely became better under the guidance of Gordon Doversola which is why Jim Kelly trained with Mr. Doversola as well... If you do some research you will hear Jim Kelly say that Bruce Lee took private lessons with Gordon Doversola @ComicCon2010

@@Ta-Seti-Ra can't just receive ir acknowledge the skill if another without one upping. Clown

@@DJK-cq2uy Learn correct English and spelling before you try to insult someone because that just shows your ignorance... I trained with Gordon Doversola so I'm sure that I have more information about the situation than you...

Kevin Burton he wasn’t trained by Bruce lee, Bruce lee begged to train with him, by the time he trained with Bruce he was already champion

@@sjnxsjxyn Lewis admitted he became a better fighter and Bruce was a great teacher.

LOL! EXACTLY!!

Complete & utter horseshit.

So had benny urquidez extensively. And Bill Wallace wrestled plus he was a brown belt in judo. Tho everyone swallows the myth that no one cross trained before Bruce.

Urquidez fought in some proto-MMA type events in Hawaii.

his family were wrestlers and his brother was a good kickboxer as well

yes thats right,think he did judo or wrestling

TheSilatiger Or Gene Lebell and all the other guys in the tough guy competitions in the 80s

"Struggle" also means "Fight" and not just "having a hard time"

Pvshka In point of fact, struggle means “to make strenuous or violent effort in the face of great difficulties”, “to proceed with great difficulty or effort”. It is not synonymous with the word FIGHT. It is clear from the above footage that Joe Lewis had NO difficulty with Brodar and dispatched him rather handily, never even breaking a sweat.

@@selfdefensept www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/struggle 1st definition: "To make strenuous or VIOLENT efforts..." See? It's synonymous with "Fight" not 100% synonymous, but practically applicable.

Pvshka I’m not going to argue semantics with you. To anyone with common sense, the title of the clip was obviously chosen to infer that Joe Lewis had difficulty with this opponent which quite obviously did not. He devastated this opponent. Unfortunately, common sense seems to have become increasingly uncommon.

@@selfdefensept doubt that was the uploader's intent, since the title says "fight" and the description says "struggle". Uploader just (correctly) believes that the terms are interchangeable. Also, there's no argument here, I know I'm right. And you know it, too.

Cuz he learned from Bruce Lee.

Testa Yes him and Chuck Norris and kareem and so many more

Him and Bruce was buddies

The fluidity too. I think mma fighters could benefit from some of the Kung fu training if they actually went over there and trained for a while, I think Mcgregor proved there’s more to the body then just throwing a kick or a punch Bruce’s dance back ground I find shows in his foot work too. Stylebenders evidence of that too haha and Silva

I think Joe, Bob Wall, James Coburn, Bolo, Jim Kelly, Steve McQueen, Kareem Jabbar, James Franciscus, Ed Parker, John Saxon, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung & others Gleaned way more from Bruce than Chuck Norris gleaned from his mentor Bruce Lee.

Bruce adored the amazing footwork of boxer Willie Pep, and constantly studied him - same with Ali too. Bruce taught Lewis, Stone, Norris, Wall, etc, the importance of distance and mobility in a fight - as we see Joe utilising here.

​@@db90990 Good Lawd...Joe Lewis, Bob Wall, Dan Inosanto and Jim Kelly trained with Gordon Doversola who knew Edmund Parker from Hawaii... Look up a Gordon Doversola and Jim Kelly on RU-vid

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The kick is different

he use a lot of JKD hook kick!!!

Also trained under Sugar Ray Robinson and other greats!

The foot work is all Muhammad Ali.

Bruce lee begged to train with him

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Hay a tracy brothers kenpo guy .... Oss i'm a Doversola Okinawa Te guy ahhh the good ol days

Me too at Tracy’s in Philadelphia

Zulu Dawn CottmanAve. Philadelphia for me

Feasterville PA. here

I started training with Jim Stewart and Tracy's in Indianapolis in 1970 :-) I'm not sure why people are giving Bruce Lee so much credit for what Lewis is doing here. He always had that great side kick, though he did add a back fist and some weapon first attacks after working with Lee. I like the movement he is showing. Never saw Lee move like that in any sparring video out there.

Imagine Bruce Lee fighting Joe and Bruce winning the the full contact fight 🤯 that would be an entertaining match

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He developed that sidekick while training with Gordon Doversola and Jim Kelly developed his back hand while training with Gordon Doversola as well

Actually, like Bruce AND Ali...because he was taught it BY BL.

@@raygsbrelcik5578 Un combat de merde. Il croit qu'il est dans un film de Bruce Lee. Ridicule

Street fight: Bruce 109% you can’t see what Bruce eye strike it’s over

Joe Lewis learned that sidekick from Gordon Doversola before he met Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly learned his backfist from Gordon Doversola as well... Look up Jim Kelly and Gordon Doversola on RU-vid... Jim is wearing a yellow shirt

@WarSawUprizing Talkative, aren't we..?

@WarSawUprizing Pardon me but, are you trying to educate me on a subject I already knew?

@WarSawUprizing My bad! Ya' never know on RU-vid.

Yep, that's the way I saw it too, just under the ear. A good target if you want to drop somebody.

Yes true👍. I grew up on his movies and was an amazing actor! I too was excited to see him .. God bless his soul🙏

You are correct Master Ed Parker was against this type of competition for fear of quality of technique would suffer in the world of Martial Arts. But this led to kickboxing to today's MMA

Who said it was kickboxing?

It was a transition period, yes called full contact karate at the time, and in fact was transitioning from 'point karate' as it emerged in 73 with initially 'Pro Karate' point tournaments using the safety gear 'safe-T' brand name, shown here. The idea was to just make it continuous and use basically the same techniques. I could be wrong but it was only Joe here that had fought full contact before, had studied and trained boxing, and been in fights called 'kickboxing (that had very few rules and allowed knees etc) and was undefeated in those early kickboxing fights. After this, Smith, Wallace, and Duenas turned intensely to boxing training and techniques, mixed with their kicking, and once the safe_T gear was dropped, hooks not ridgehands were used. Boxing training for karate fighters in this new sport, became essential due to the continuous nature and use of boxing gloves, because otherwise mediocre boxers would win in 'full contact karate'. Little be little, the PKA, of which this world championship was the forerunner of, evolved in its rules, and ability of the fighters, esp an 'area' was replaced by a ring. Sweeps and throws became outlawed, a minimum kick requirement was founded, (again to stop just boxers dominating the new contact sport and also to encourage kicking). Eventually other organisations eg WKA became more international flavoured, allowing leg kicks though not full muay thai rules. Both types of bouts were televised, and WKA fights gradually became known as kickboxing, and full contact karate was a term last used in the 80s in PKA or ISKA events. More or less! The old PKA format gradually became known as 'above waist' kickboxing. Ultimately organisations fractured, international rules with leg kicks dominated , K1 emerged, the rest is history. (Myself, I always thought above waist fights more interesting, but the international spread and potency of leg kicks became more popular, mainly because by then few fighters with anywhere near the kicking capability of Bill Wallace were fighting or training in above waist rules. Also the money was in the international leg kicking bouts).

Same way Roy Jones "knocked down" Joe Calzaghe.

Lewis used to make contact in touch karate as well.

You look closely on the last one Brodar was moving in so of course it was partly a forearm strike. Another one previously Brodar was moving in. On another Brodar was moving away so Lewis was trying to compensate for that but as Lewis threw another Brodar stopped moving away.

I think both times he went down it was with the forearm. Was that legal?

I noticed that as well, the first ridge hand was his forearm.

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I was hoping Telly would do a tap dance at the end with that cheesy tune.

With kicks like Joe's, punches are secondary.

maybe overrated...but be aware he is skinny here. Joe was never a complete' fighter like benny he jet.

Joe always had better hands than feet.

Exactly, both oof thhem were telegraphinng everything.Back then, let's face it, hardlly anyone was training in martial arts at all, and especially karate.

@@Rowlph8888 Absolutely! As crazy, and arrogant as it may sound---The Me of today, could've beat the Joe Lewis of yesterday. I truly believe that! I don't know----Maybe that isn't saying much.

@@raygsbrelcik5578 😆😆😆

Keyboard warrior moments.

And when and where Bruce Lee say it??

@@Твой_Босс Why don't you do a google search for that quote, you'll find many articles. I second what Bruce said, I trained under Harrison for 6 years, the man was intimidating and trained many champions.

They both 'copied' from each other.

Q Perr yeah the double left hook is what lee taught joe Lewis ,Bruce drilled it into him to use it

He was a champion long before he worked out with Bruce Lee.

Wise Guy he was but joe improved as a fighter through lee

How so?

Wise Guy because he became unbeatable when he trained with Bruce joe said it himself