Martial Arts Instructor Reacts: Game Of Death - Bruce Lee Vs Ji Han Jae 

The Hapkido guy is one of the highest ranking hakido instructors in the world. He founded his own style and some people consider him the founder of hapkido.

It kills me this was his final work. Sure, he went out as a flame, but...it's just....so bittersweet. Seeing this. It's as if it's Bruce dealing with life in general. And there's one version of this with such beautiful music to it...I recommend it. It's heart wrenchingly touching.

Ji Han Jae represents the fact that Bruce Lee wanted to break up the fights with a more throw oriented opponent to increase the visual interest.

I actually got to meet Grandmaster Ji-Han Jae about 3 years ago at a Hapkido seminar in Sierra Vista, Az. The man is still amazing to watch and is a brilliant teacher of Hapkido!!

Kareem trained frequently at Bruce's house. Bruce refined his movements until he was satisfied enough to include them in the fight scene. It turned out pretty good.

I think I read some where that he was a 5 time Korean champion in Hopkido .

7:47 You are spot on when you say that your instructor is upset with you. OMG, it's so true.

Here is an insight for you: Bruce trained with Kareem. Bruce described how difficult it was to spar with Kareem because of his size...A challenge Bruce both relished AND dreaded.

Ji Han Jae was at my MA school for visit and gave us a quick class. in 2005

It seems that no one mentions the change of expression on Ji Han-jae's face as Bruce Lee walks on to the mat. The look of a serious and dangerous threat. This is my favorite fight scene from "The Game Of Death". Ji Han-jae knows what he is doing. So does Bruce Lee. Both men have years of experience in the martial arts. The Dan Inosanto scene is pretty good too.

these videos are great listening to you as what an expert would see.. Bruce was so ahead of his time in technique and thinking

Yea, blocking a kick with the arms is just dumb. My brother's Taekwondo instructor, who is now (I believe) an 8th Dan Grandmaster, went to train in Korea after getting his black belt here in the states. He was immediately dropped back to white belt and went to the hospital just about every day -- being black at that time in an Asian country did _not_ help him and he got his ass kicked every day for like a year. He perservered and climbed back up the ranks, and ended up fighting in brutal tournaments where the protective gear was a cup and a bamboo chest protector. Anyway, among the many people he pulverized in the ring was a fighter who had broken a few jaws. After deciding he didn't want a broken jaw, he went out, threw a roundkick, crushed the guys blocking arm and broke _his_ jaw, and knocked him unconscious. When someone throws a kick, get the hell out of the way.

Watching the full movie, knowing this was written and directed by Bruce lee, this felt like he was trying to go more into action comedy, with the little pauses of the fight where it shows Bruce lee and the other student making faces and these funny little gestures. Especially at 7:20 it felt straight out of a Jackie Chan flick. And with the other fight in this where Bruce lee fights with nunchucks against the other guy with the red head band, and the guy goes “how you like that-“ before Bruce lee just immediately hits him in the face, it felt like an early version of Jackie Chans comedy action movies. Really wish we could’ve seen more works of Bruce lee

Each of the different styles represented not a mindset of Bruce Lee personally but more a mindset of material arts. The first level was a basic style focused on kicking. The second was more advanced and focused on in or close quarters fighting. The third worked with weapons and a higher level of hand to hand. The fourth was focused on joint and wrist locking with a few higher elements. The fifth was similar to Bruce himself in that it didn't focus on one sole area but incorporated elements of fighting that fit that person best.

Miss you Bruce 🙏 👼

Hapikido expresses the breakfalls, rolls and throws of JKD!! which is not often express in all my jkd books ,but I did see it in one of Paul vunak book on the elements of jkd and it had monkey style , judo. It was 26 elements of jkd !! Where it describes the different styles that are incorporated IN JKD!! this is my take!!

I think this fight is tactical planning. Ji Han Jae's throws require him to keep a cool head and he started losing when he got emotional.

This set is obviously the inspiration for the atari and nes kung fu games

Some of the kicks in JKD come from Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. I think the main thing from Hapkido (besides some joint locks and throws) was circular motion in hands, arms, waist/hips, legs, and footwork.

One RU-vidr did the math and found that unless your feet either gain about 2ft² each or are anchored into the floor, it doesn't matter how strong your shoulders and grip are. There's no neck lifting someone off the ground.

The Golden Belt and Dobok signify the highest level in Hapkido which Ji Han Jae is the founder of. Only Certain 10th Dan Masters that have trained under Dojunim ( Ji Han Jae ) have been awarded the Golden Belt. Its not something you can buy or should be able to buy at least.

I love how cool and collected the Bruce Lee and the Hopkido guy was.

When he asked what philosophy Bruce Lee was following with his movements it was his philosophy of be like water poured into a container it becomes the container

RU-vidr: You can't stop kicks with your arms Golden Arm: Hold my Arms!

Taky Kimura was invited to be in the movie, but he never got around to go to Hong Kong and film. The gentleman with the black uniform is Chieh Yuan. The gold suit and belt might represent that Ji Han-jae was (in real) a founder of his system in Hapkido which emphasizes on "soft" and "hard"...

In Taekwon-Do, the white uniform gets black piping at the bottom part of the vest at black belt level. It harkens back to the traditional clothing of Korean nobility, signifying that the black belt has now achieved a higher level, no longer a beginner but a fullfledged adept. At 4th degree black belt, the adept now enters the realm of experts and masters, and is now competent enough to be an instructor of worldwide caliber. To express this, sleeves and pants get a black line symbolizing the universality and unifying force of sportsmanship. Officially, there is no other piping or decoration on a Taekwon-Do uniform, be it on the collar or anywhere else; although during the early '90's, colored shoulder patches were introduced to further distinguishes instructors, experts and masters, inspired by military ranking armpatches. But it never caught on much. Taekwondo, the Olympic sport, has a black collar ending in a small patch of the WT logo. It represents the medal of a winner to instill the will to achieve success and express the definitive orientation of Olympic Taekwondo as a sport. The gold-trimmed uniform of Ji Han Jae is purely cinematic. Hapkido has widely diverse types of uniforms depending on organizations and even schools. The black outfit of one of the Chinese guys is in fact itself worn by many Hapkido practitionners. Gold-trimmed ones however would look maybe too arrogant and pretentious for a true martial artist. In a movie or in sport, that's another matter.

James Tien's scream at the end was hilarious!

You might also know Kareem from the movie Airplane!

Uma Therman looks good in just about anything tho 😂😂

He was a 7th degree black belt.

I believe the first floor represented the rigidity of thought of martial arts, 2nd floor seemed more like a fight against tradition (Bruce Lee was untraditional in his thoughts and who he trained. That mentality was most likely because of his 1/4 English 1/8 Dutch-Jewish and 5/8 Chinese in a time when being mixed race was heavily looked down upon. I'm half Asian myself we tend to buck tradition). 3 floor I would agree is the striving of formless, instinctual, reflexive fighting.

I recall originally there were to be additional levels with a wing chun & praying mantis masters. But unfortunately Bruce got sidetracked with Enter the Dragon and then never had the chance to complete the sequence.

In the movie Dan was using Escrima-Filipipno Arts the next guy Hapkido and Kareem is using Jeet Kune Do that is the way Bruce had it set up.

Happy Easter my son is a huge fan of bruce lee thanks for your videos

Awesome, Bud! Keep um' coming! Best Wishes ✌😎

I think way of dragon/return of dragon is my favorite Bruce movie and NOT just because of chuck Norris! All the fight moments with Bruce in that one are so good

Speaking of Hopkido, you might want to check out the park fight in Billy Jack.

So hyped to see the KAJ fight! Loving these vids, man. Keep it up!

i am not an Aikido practitioner nor an Hapkido one, but i am pretty sure those people flying are just them doing their Ukemi and not the actual realistic result of the wrist manipulation itself.

Bruce Lee the legend😍🙏huge respect to him🙇

@2:16. Taky Kimura is not in this movie. Taky was one of Bruce Lee's best friends and his best man at his wedding. When Bruce left Seattle for California he asked Taky to continue to run his martial arts school (Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute of Seattle). Take continued to run the school all the way up until his death this year 2021. For decades Taky never advertised and ran the school as a private club meaning you had to be accepted into it. I was one of the last generation of private students to be accepted while it was still a private club and fees were only $10/month. Bruce asked Taky to be in this movie but Taky declined.

Scroll down through a few of the comments and I don't see anyone mention the fact that the reason Kareem can move so well is that he was a student of Bruce Lee back in the 60s!! Many Hollywood movie stars of the time were students of Bruce Lee including Steve McQueen and James Coburn to name a couple!!

bruce wrote this scene as a way to break up the fist to fist martial arts and freshening up things with joint locks and throws.

I think the Hapkido actor was Ji Han-jae . I've talked to Taky Kimura about his role in Game of Death. His scene was cut. He was supposed to be the mantis kungfu guy.

Taki kimura (RIP) was originally supposed to star in this film Bruce offered him the role but he respectfully declined at first..but I guess Bruce REALLY wanted him for the role so he did not take no for an answer!!!

Uma Thurman looked exceptional in her yellow tracksuit(Kill Bill, Vol. 1). She looked pretty damn good throughout the entire film😎

This opponent represents someone who is a master of one art and just shows how Bruce can adapt to this style by feinting and getting him to lead rather than counter like he did with the others. He would also set traps then come with something the guy didn't expect.

Kareem was Trained by Bruce. That's why he's in the movie.

That's not Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he's Roger Murdock. He's the co-pilot.

I don't think Bruce was their master. I believe he was blackmailed into helping some dudes fight up this building to some treasure at the top. That's why his body language is antagonistic to his team.

This is the intercepting fists technique and he also uses his foot too.

Epic film

I think it's a prison Shirt Kareem is wearing. They have those in Asia P.s. Is this the uncut Version ? I never saw that Version. Just the one without the students. And there wasn't any talking. Amazing you got this. But the other Version is with that great soundtrack

You can get gold designs on your black collar but you have to be a master in order to get your Sabom dokob

Okay the purpose of The Game Of Death was to teach people the different levels of Martial Arts.... From a beginning standpoint to EXTERT..... Kareem Abdul Jabber represents a Higher class of Martial Arts, which is unknown..... Martial Arts at it's core is expression.... And the best are those who can adapt to each fighter, and their techniques... Bruce Lee often speaks of 🌊 water when talking about how a Martial Artist should be.... Water is the softest substance in the world but yet it will change giving the situation.... If water is trapped in a vessel, it becomes the shape of that vessel. Water is so soft that it's impossible to physically hold it in your hands, but has the power to smash rocks and carve out canyons..... And that's what this movie tries to teach. A Martial Artist must learn to adapt to ANY given scenario.

Taki Kimura was supposed to be in this movie as the wing Chun master but apparently he refused.

Phenomenal show as alway my brotha!👍🏾👍🏾🌝

Wow, I've seen this movie many times over the years and have never seen Bruce Lee proceed up the tower with any companions! This must be some alternate directors cut?

U can find the Game of Death track suit at a martial arts store or search Amazon or Ebay for it. Martial Arts Unlimited also may it

Kareem Abdul Jabbar was one of Bruce's students.

In my system of Kung Fu there were four belts after brown - Black/Black fringe, Black/Gold fringe, Gold/Gold Fringe, Gold/Black Fringe. In general a black belt was probably equivalent lower stripe black belts in karate and Gold indicated a very high level black belt equivalent..

It’s a shame this movie was never completed as Bruce passed away before he was able to. If had completed it, it would of been a 100x better than the finished product. But it was the studio that decided to make some changes & used a double/stand in. This movie is what inspired Mortal Kombat & other Martial Arts games. As did Blood Sport

The Gold lining of the karate 🥋 is probably a rated level indicating the mastery of the art of the dolo he's from

No Music because it was not A completed work at The Time. This was from A Warriors Journey, Which is also why you hear Bruce's War Screams , The same ones over and over

thoses shorts are 70's basketball shorts lmao

"They don't go flying like these people do." < Wrist throw.. They yank their bodies with it to minimize stain on their wrists. You should know about going with the force. Lock your head up when someone punches you, you will know what I mean.. Not good on that neck to try to absorb it all.. < Didn't get to the part where he says roll with wrist attacks. Increase to the speed these people use for their attacks. You already knew why..

It's weird how this is one of the most influential and iconic movies(if you haven't seen it, chances are you've seen references of it), yet its incomplete.

Nut Jitsu!

I think the flipping/rolling off the wrist lock throws is deliberate so that you don't end up on the ground right next to the guy and get your head stomped in

Really enjoyed this. Your video channel is excellent! Looking forward to your reactions to the Bruce Lee vs. Kareem Abdul Jabbar fight. Please use the complete fight like the one you showed here. The Game Of Death 1978/1979 film really butchers Mr. Lee’s complete fight scenes. Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey documentary shows all the complete footage of all three fights. Also, can you please make a reaction video for the Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris fight in WAY OF THE DRSGON? Thank you!

7:55 true … I feared the looks of my master’s disappointment more than the enemy beating on me

How about Sonny Chiba in the original Street Fighter film his fights in Raging Fire he is the co-star and Shorinji Kempo He plays Sho Doshin in it many folks think it is one of the best martial arts movies made during that time due to not just the combat but the storyline as well.

Akito is a an art a Jeet Kune Do practitioner can add to his Arsenal. If Bruce was still alive, he might had implicated the Japanese art into JKD just as he implied jiu-jitsu another Japanese martial art that's part of Jeet Kune Do

blocking kicks is kind of insane, but stuffing them before they develop could make some sense. they would have to be like, stepping inside to disrupt them, but you are so totally right, you can just replace your face with your forearm and not take any damage. I would PREFER to get kicked in the hand, or wrist or forearm rather than my skull, but if you do it in a movie it should come at a huge cost to your arms durability, or at least HURT LIKE A MFER. blocking is not a zero cost maneuver, its way less expensive to parry, deflect or even betttterrrrr dodge!

Awsome reaction man it’s been a long time, and how’s your day hope you’re martial arts class is going well and as always stay safe🔥💪

Taki Kimura was suppose to be in this movie, he was to be the first floor…the actor you were referring actually died a few years later, at the same age as Bruce, and of the same cause

Obviously there are some legit martial arts but it's steeped in "movie" fighting which we all know, produces effects that real fighting (by all rights) would not. And movie fighting just doesn't cut it in real open combat. Bruce was trying to get it as close to real as he could because true expression was his thing.Obviously there is some legit martial arts but it's steeped in "movie" fighting which we all know, produces effects that real fighting (by all rights) would not. And movie fighting just doesn't cut it in real open combat. Bruce was trying to get it as close to real as he could because true expression was his thing.

You absolutely go flying through the air in a wristlock, if you're taught to jump into it, like I was when I was a kid learning aikido. I assume it's a safe way to fall without the chance of breaking your wrist and such, it's harder for the thrower to mess up that way too.

Check out the way of the dragon, bruce lee vs chuck norris scene

It's like a video game u hv to fight different opponents before u get to the boss

I will note on picking someone up like Kareem was simulated to do... I am 6'10" 310 lbs former college basketball/football player former soldier and I can pick up someone by the neck. You can't do it at arms length like that. I can't pick them up off the ground exactly, but you can grab the with arm bent about 90 degrees, I would actually pick them by the armpit as a joke. I am pretty sure picking someone up that would run a risk of killing them though. If you've ever grabbed someone by the neck, well I would say for average sized folks, imagine grabbing like a 10 or 12 year old kid in terms of size difference and that my hands are huge... It feels like a risky thing to do...

I think he is supposed to represent more defensive fighting. Forcing the opponent to make the first move.

1st level: Whong Ig Sik 2nd level: Taky Kimura 3rd level: Dan Inosanto 4th level: Ji Han Jae 5th level: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Those aren't tighty whities Kareem is wearing, they're UCLA gym shorts from his era.

Should do scenes from Warrior

Hapkido relies on brealing the opponents Stance before he can attack you, can profit from it. Jeet Kun Do is the promise to attack from every Position and do not rely on Stances. This means "Formless". Hapkido is great, but it needs, as Boxing, a firm Stance, a Position to ferform from. Here, Jeet Kun Do is in Advantage because it does not suffer from the inability of taking "a Proper Stance" while also beeing able to attack even when the opponent "does his Attack". All it needs now is to be faster, and as you are not bound to certain Stances to first get into before Acting, you have advantage as you keep the Initiative. Also, as you do not use Stances, your Attacks are way harder to read - and thus you also oppose disadvantage on the Opponent as Hapkido relies on adapting to the Enemys moves. This also is the Reason why Jeet Kun Do devestates most Kung Fu-Styles. This also is a Play in this Scene - not to be bound to the "Formal Rules", to be Formless but yet paying respect to it as you come from it.

He was already a 7th degree in hapkido in this movie

He was a 7th degree grandmaster, Ji Han Jae

Ji Han Jae has the golden dobach because he is a Grand Master in Hapkido and the creator of Sin Moo Hapkido he was also Bruce lees master as well

I think they sell those yellow suits on aliexpress.

No, Taky Kimura was not in the movie.

Research Wilt Chamberlain's athleticism. Beast.

7:57 ...influenced one of Law from tekkens throws

I believe gold means grand Master

Check out Falcon Rising last fight scene

You can block A kick with great bone mass density!!!!!!

Kareem was Bruce’s student

this scene and the other scenes is showing that you shouldnt be stuck in a style cuz at the end you then be stuck in the mud. Its about his philosophy to be an allround fighter meaning knowing what to do standing or grapplin. Formless, shapeless like water....

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This film personified JKD.. such a vastly different story to what sifu Lee wanted