Remembering Bruce Lee

[HakkaThaileen]

Does anyone have a picture of the Mostar bronze statue showing the martial arts master in a typical fighting pose?

 

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November 28, 2005
The world's first statue of kung fu legend Bruce Lee was unveiled in Bosnia's southern town of Mostar , paying homage to a childhood hero of all its divided ethnic groups. The life-size 1.68-metre bronze statue is situated in Mostar's central park. The statue portrays the Chinese-American actor, who died 32 years ago, in a typical defensive fighting position.

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[Ramseth]

Bosnia also knows Bruce Lee enough to erect a statute for him!?

 

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Bruce Lee & Master Ip Man

Donnie Yen as Ip Man & the real Master Ip Man

 

[HakkaThaileen]

Thank you Sir, for the Mostar bronze statue of the martial arts master..

 

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Bosnia also knows Bruce Lee enough to erect a statute for him!?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3620752.stm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/09/13/1458745.htm?site=news

Bruce Lee a symbol of unity in divided Bosnia town
Posted Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:06am AEST


The ethnically-divided Bosnian city of Mostar has agreed to erect a new symbol of unity - a statue of kung fu legend Bruce Lee, worshipped by Muslims, Serbs and Croats.
A group of enthusiasts came up with the idea of honouring the childhood hero of the city's ethnic groups in 2003, on the 30th anniversary of his death.
They launched the project, found donors and waited a year for the city's approval.
"We plan to erect the statue in November in the centre of the city," Veselin Gatalo, a member of the Urban Movement organisation, told Reuters.
"This will be a monument to universal justice that Mostar needs more than any other city I know."
He said Mostar, scene of fighting between Muslims and Croats in 1993-1994, needed a symbol of justice, mastery and honesty - virtues upheld by the late Chinese-American actor.
Born in San Francisco, Lee starred in several kung fu movies, including 1973's Enter the Dragon. He died at the age of 32 from swelling on the brain.
A German organisation agreed last year to sponsor the project with a 5,000 euros grant.
The statue, cast in bronze and showing the martial arts master in a typical fighting pose, will be designed by a local sculptor and put up in central Mostar.
Lee's widow Linda will be invited to attend the ceremony.
For years, reconciliation in post-war Mostar was slower than anywhere else in Bosnia.
But the reconstruction of the city's Old Bridge last year has helped reunite Muslim and Croat communities separated by the river.

 

[HakkaThaileen]

Bosnia also knows Bruce Lee enough to erect a statute for him!?

The Bosnian city of Mostar is a scene of fighting between Muslims and Croats in 1993 - 1994. The city needed a symbol of justice, mastery and honesty - virtues upheld by the late actor.

The ethnically-divided Bosnian city of Mostar has therefore agreed to erect a new symbol of unity - a statue of gong fu legend Bruce Lee, worshipped by Muslims, Serbs and Croats.

Isn't he great?

 

[Ramseth]

He's a true legend with a true legacy.

 

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A Slower Legacy for Bruce Lee in Chinese Ancestral Town
2010-03-27

Bruce Lee is renowned as a martial arts legend with a slew of action flicks to his name.

A man looks at a poster featuring an illustration of Bruce Lee outside a "Bruce Lee Paradise" park in the township of Xiacun in China's southern Guangdong province March 18, 2010.
[Photo: Agencies]

In the sleepy town of Xiacun in southern China, elders doze and children play along "little dragon" alley, which winds its way to the ancestral home of kung fu star Bruce Lee.
The small, grey-brick courtyard house contains old photos of Lee on the walls, an altar, a musty bedroom and a wooden dummy used for martial arts training, but visitors are few and far between, and other efforts by the town's council to commemorate their most famous son are also off the tourist radar.
While Lee is renowned the world over as a martial arts legend with a slew of action flicks to his name, back in his father's Chinese hometown, where many share the Lee name, his legacy remains low-key, even in 2010, the 70th anniversary of his birth.
"We don't really think about it that much," said a young woman sitting on the threshold of a home next door.
Local officials, however, have been trying to change that.
Millions have been invested in a park filled with lakes and rare birds, and called Bruce Lee Paradise, that authorities in Shunde and nearby Foshan hope will become a major tourist draw.
"Lee's image and reputation are becoming more and more familiar now in Foshan," said Chen Xian, the administration manager of Bruce Lee Paradise. "The Bruce Lee brand is something we've been trying actively to promote ... he's someone the Chinese people should be proud of."
The motivation is part cultural, part commercial. But the park, nearly 90 minutes by car from Guangzhou along dusty highways, remains largely off the beaten tourist track.
During a recent visit, a 12-meter (39 ft 4.4 in) high bronze statue of Lee remained half-finished and under scaffolding. A museum filled with Lee's weapons, books, posters and other memorabilia was virtually deserted.
While Lee was been born and raised in San Francisco, later forging his movie career in Hong Kong, Lee's family originates from Shunde, one of several southern Chinese towns that were home to much of the Chinese diaspora that immigrated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
While popular overseas, restrictions on Western cultural imports during China's Cultural Revolution meant Lee was unknown inside China during his cinematic heyday in the late 60s and 70s.
Chairman Mao Zedong, is said to have been a fan, according to Chen of Bruce Lee paradise, who says Mao once requested a screen reel of Lee's hit film "Fist of Fury" for private viewing in Beijing.

A gardener walks near the legs of a twelve-metre high bronze statue of Bruce Lee under scaffolding at a "Bruce Lee Paradise" park in the township of Xiacun in China's southern Guangdong province March 18, 2010.

A placard is seen outside the ancestor's house of Bruce Lee in the township of Xiacun in China's southern Guangdong province March 18, 2010.

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A visitor walks past a memorial hall for Bruce Lee inside a museum at "Bruce Lee Paradise" park in the township of Xiacun in China's southern Guangdong province March 18, 2010. In the sleepy town of Xiacun, elders doze and children play along "little dragon" alley, which winds its way to the ancestral home of kung fu star Bruce Lee. The small, grey-brick courtyard house contains old photos of Lee on the walls, an altar, a musty bedroom and a wooden dummy used for martial arts training, but visitors are few and far between, and other efforts by the town's council to commemorate their most famous son are also off the tourist radar. Chinese characters on the wall read "Using no way as way" (L) and "Having no limitation as limitation". Picture taken March 18, 2010.​

 

[blueblobster]

Legend has it that one day, Bruce Lee approached Chuck Norris (Karate world champion and Hollywood star)...

BL : Hey Chuck, I'm working on a new movie. I'm planning a good fight scene at the Roman Colosseum. Can you be my co-star?

CN : Come on Bruce. You know I've never worked in Chinese movies before. And presumably, you're the star in the movie and you want to beat me in the scene.

BL : Actually, in the scene, I'm supposed to kill you, bare handed.

CN : Hahaha!!! Let's say, if you can beat me in a gentleman's sparring match, I'll consider taking a look at your script.

BL : OK, done.

As they said, the rest is history. Chuck Norris took up the role Bruce Lee offered in The Way Of The Dragon and that fight scene became and remains the greatest one-to-one fight scene in the history of movies, worldwide.

Bruce Lee's inch strike without special effect is still unmatched by any martial artisits or movie stars till today in terms of lightning speed and awesome spectacle. In fist fighting, a swinging of the arm is required gather momentum and strength. Bruce Lee didn't need that swing; his was sudden but power loaded strike within an inch.

In martial legworks, Jet Li's Huang Feihong Wuying Jiao is crap special effect compared to Bruce Lee's Flying 3 Kicks. He could leap high enough and kick fast enough to deliver 3 kicks midair before he landed. I don't think anyone ever since have achieved that. Jackie Chan's action stunts look comical compared to him.

Not only as creme de la creme pugilist, Bruce Lee was also par excellence as an actor. His facial expressions, diction and intonation in dialogies, body language gestures are all immortally remembered, studied and imitated by top actors since.

It's ok to idolize Bruce Lee. I personally think he was fantastic and had done the Chinese proud. But perhaps you should do some serious research before passing off your opinion as facts. Many people will be misled by you and continue to spread what you wrote as the truth.

No one can do his flying 3 kicks? Try to watch more TKD demos. I've even seen flying 4 kicks. By the way, triple flying kicks has ZERO relevance in real fighting.

Your description of Muay Thai is all wrong. I doubt you are familiar with it at all. Out of the thousands of websites, you picked one that supported your view that Muay Thai kicks are inspired by Bruce Lee. Watch all of his movies and then go watch Muay Thai. You will NOT see a single kick from his movies used.

There may or may not be actual fights involving Bruce Lee. This is still being disputed today. As far as I know, most of his documented fights are sparring rather than street fights. I find it funny that many people doubt that Oyama fought bulls because there is no video available yet will readily believe that Bruce Lee fought all comers on the street when there is the same lack of evidence.

 

[blueblobster]

i had always wondering if bruce lee fought all out with oyama who would have won.

honestly although i did wing chun 5 years myself and know how fast its hand is....

..... but seriously oyama is on a totally different level. he can take real damage and he can deliver real damage. imagine he can kill a bull bare hand.

besides, its only towards the end of bruce lee life he started going into ground fight after being choked out by a judoka. oyama learn judo under kano. my bet is on oyama

In the good old days, Kyokushin allowed face punches. Oyama in his prime would be formidable. From the same era, I would also rate Morio Higaonna (once described as "the most dangerous man in Japan in a REAL fight.") and Steve Morris. The last 2 are still alive.

 

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Linda Cadwell (L), widow of the late Hong Kong kung fu superstar Bruce Lee, and their daughter Shannon pose with a book on Lee during the opening of a Bruce Lee exhibition as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival March 30, 2010.​

 

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Linda Cadwell, widow of the late kung fu star Bruce Lee, left, Lee's daughter Shannon Lee, right and Shannon's daughter Wren Keasler attend opening ceremony for Bruce Lee's exhibition as part of the event at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Bruce Lee's wife and daughter on Tuesday unveiled an exhibition of the late kung fu star's personal items, photos and movie posters in Hong Kong to mark what would have been his 70th birthday this November. The exhibit, which includes a boxing head guard and a pair of sunglasses used by Lee, is part of a tribute to the late actor at the 34th Hong Kong.

A visitor looks at photographs during the opening of a Bruce Lee exhibition as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival March 30, 2010.

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Shannon Lee, daughter of the late martial arts actor Bruce Lee, poses with a new lifelike wax statue of her father at its unveiling at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum on February 11, 2010 in Hollywood, California.​

 

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A driving licence used by late actor Bruce Lee is displayed in an exhibition celebrating the works of the martial arts legend at a shopping mall in Hong Kong July 20, 2009. The Hong Kong government has launched a competition where the public has been invited to submit ideas and concepts for restoring the former home of Lee in Kowloon.​

 

[vamjok]

It's ok to idolize Bruce Lee. I personally think he was fantastic and had done the Chinese proud. But perhaps you should do some serious research before passing off your opinion as facts. Many people will be misled by you and continue to spread what you wrote as the truth.



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No one can do his flying 3 kicks? Try to watch more TKD demos. I've even seen flying 4 kicks. By the way, triple flying kicks has ZERO relevance in real fighting.

Your description of Muay Thai is all wrong. I doubt you are familiar with it at all. Out of the thousands of websites, you picked one that supported your view that Muay Thai kicks are inspired by Bruce Lee. Watch all of his movies and then go watch Muay Thai. You will NOT see a single kick from his movies used.

There may or may not be actual fights involving Bruce Lee. This is still being disputed today. As far as I know, most of his documented fights are sparring rather than street fights. I find it funny that many people doubt that Oyama fought bulls because there is no video available yet will readily believe that Bruce Lee fought all comers on the street when there is the same lack of evidence.

oyama fought bull was documented in video. its on youtube, but its edited to show him chop off the horn before killing the bull. the real story behind it was he killed it first before using his bare hands to knock off the horn.

but on a side note, i do not think bruce lee will do well against modern days MMA, which is a mixture of ground and standup. Its not that he was not good or what, it was his limited exposure, most of his exposure was on stand-up style till towards the later stage of his life few months i believe, then he started exploring on judo. if any of the gracies were in the area bruce lee was in, i would have no doubt bruce would be beaten by them for once. but given bruce character, he would learn from them and end up becomes better than them. LOL. Just look at dan inosantoes, he too now focus very heavily on groundwork.

Nevertheless i would say bruce lee is a forefather of modern MMA. He is the first that mix martial art he was exposed to, his idea of flowing with style, to make one fluid.
this kind of thoughts is totally new in those days where most martial artist are very narrowminded. his contribution to martial art is to Einstein promoting spacetime as a single entitle in physics.

 

[vamjok]

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at 3 mins plus, you can get to see one of the rare footage of bruce taking part in a karate competition.

i believe this was in the early stage of his idea of jeet kune do. i still see very heavy wing chun influence and only taekwondo style of kicking (he was interacting with a korean that time i believe).

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Bosnia also knows Bruce Lee enough to erect a statute for him!?

just to add if bruce lee was an indian all the indians would be head over heels boasting on how well liked all indians are simply cos a statue of 1 indian is over there.

I know chinese ppl are not like this.

 

[wrcboi]

becoz of this man...white boys show a little respect to yellow peeps if not its total 100% nothing