29 Jul 09
Originally posted by FMFBruce Lee
Whose untimely passing do you lament most?
What are your speculations about what might have been?
He was revolutionary w/his approach to martial arts. He changed the whole face of it and there is no telling where he could of went w/it had he lived to an old age.
29 Jul 09
>Mozart
>He was only 36 when he died. I would have liked to have heard what he would have written had he experienced the upheaval in Europe caused by French Revolution, as Beethoven had. The things Mozart wrote in his life, notably the last 10 years, especially the last 3 years, are amazing.
29 Jul 09
Originally posted by FMFLet me be more clear. As far as Lee's movies were concerned they were ground breaking at the time and increased the popularity of m.a. in the states.Paving the way for others like Chan.
Wasn't Bruce Lee superceded by Jackie Chan who injected a vein of humour that eluded Lee?
However,I am referring to what he did to revolutionalize m.a. outside of the movies.He thought totally outside of the box,so to speak.In a non-traditional sense.Opening the door to mixed martial arts.Lee was the first.If not for Lee we would be stuck in the boring,mechanical,outdated forms of traditional martial arts.
What he did on film was spectacular and for entertainment but , it was not his "style" and true philosophy towards m.a.
Jeet Kune Do ( the way of the intercepting fist or foot) was above and beyond anything of the time.It progressed m.a. lightyears like nothing else had before or since.
29 Jul 09
Originally posted by utherpendragonInteresting. I have a black belt in something or other too, so my antennae prick up at talk of the essence of these arts (as opposed to the films they adorn). The Chan gag earlier was made wondering if you would sense the tongue inserted in cheek. Not bashing me suggests a patience and true appreciation, and willingness to enlighten others, hallmarks of a genuine afficianado of martial arts.
Let me be more clear. As far as Lee's movies were concerned they were ground breaking at the time and increased the popularity of m.a. in the states.Paving the way for others like Chan.
However,I am referring to what he did to revolutionalize m.a. outside of the movies.He thought totally outside of the box,so to speak.In a non-traditional sense.Openi ...[text shortened]... ond anything of the time.It progressed m.a. lightyears like nothing else had before or since.
So. Go on. Speculate. Where do you think he might have taken it?
29 Jul 09
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Originally posted by FMFWhose untimely passing do you lament most?
Whose untimely passing do you lament most?
What are your speculations about what might have been?
john lennon's
What are your speculations about what might have been?
Im not sure, but I think he would have created some great music, his last album (before he was shot by a lunatic) was pretty good (if you ignore the yoko ono tracks).
who knows, maybe there could have even been a beatles reunion, it was a pity that a genius like him was killed for no reason.
29 Jul 09
Originally posted by FMFWho knows where he might have taken it? Theres no telling.He broke the seal on everything. He burst the bubble of the traditional stylist. He showed how they were outdated,too restricting. He showed how one must be fluid,able to flow from one technique to another. "be like water,formless".When asked about his style he replied "my style is no style" Thats the beauty of it. He took what techniques/moves worked for him from various styles and discarded from that style what did not.This was unheard of at the time.This made him a all around martial artist able to fight at any range.Feet,hands and grappling.This showed the world of martial arts not to be locked into one style.His training/sparring techniques were new to martial arts too.
Interesting. I have a black belt in something or other too, so my antennae prick up at talk of the essence of these arts (as opposed to the films they adorn). The Chan gag earlier was made wondering if you would sense the tongue inserted in cheek. Not bashing me suggests a patience and true appreciation, and willingness to enlighten others, hallmarks of a genuin ...[text shortened]... afficianado of martial arts.
So. Go on. Speculate. Where do you think he might have taken it?
Also,he made the martial arts truly multi racial on a world scale.
His book The Tao of Jeet Kune Do was a master piece for the world of martial arts.