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In the tournament consisted of
twelve schools the three time champion British boxer Gary Elms was
defeated by Lee by way of knockout in the third round in the 1958
Hong Kong Inter-School amateur Boxing Championships by using Wing
Chun traps and high/low-level straight punches. Hawkings Cheung,
his fellow Wing Chun street fighter, witnessed the
event[63][64][65]. Before facing
Elms in the finals, Lee defeated Shen Yuen, Lieh Lo, and Yang
Huang, all by way of knock out in the first round[66].
In Oakland California in 1964 at China Town the Chinese community
issued an ultimatum to Bruce's dojo to stop teaching
non-chinese[67]. Refusing to be
told what to do or to discriminate who is allowed to learn Lee had
been challenged to a combat match with their top fighter Wong Jack
Man [68]. The formidable
Wong Jack Man had mastery of Xingyiquan, Northern Shaolin, and Tai
Chi Chuan while being a direct student of Grand Master Ma Kin
Fung[69]. The
arrangement was that if Bruce lost he would have to shut down his
school, if he won then Bruce would be free to teach Caucasians or
anyone else[70]. Wong stated
that he requested to fight Lee after Lee issued an open challenge
during one of Lee's demonstrations at a Chinatown
theater[71]. However,
contrary to this claimed motive is the signed formal letter
manifested by Dan Chan with signatures by the martial art
community, including Chan and Wong, as a petitioned document by the
community does not correspond to the motive of responding to an
open challenge. "That paper had all the names of the sifu from
Chinatown, but they don't scare me"[72] --Bruce Lee.
Wong and witness William Chen stated that the fight lasted an
unusually long 20-25 minutes[73]. Individuals
known to have witnessed the match included Cadwell, James Lee
(Bruce Lee's associate, no relation) and William Chen, a teacher of
Tai Chi Chuan. According to Bruce, Linda, and James Lee, the fight
lasted 3 minutes with a decisive victory for Bruce. "The fight
ensued, it was a no holds barred fight, it took three minutes.
Bruce got this guy down to the ground and said 'do you give up?'
and the man said he gave up."[74] --Linda Lee
Cadwell. Reportedly, Wong Jack Man published his own account of the
battle in the Chinese Pacific Weekly, a Chinese-language newspaper
in San Francisco, which contained another challenge to Lee for a
public rematch[75]. Lee had no
reciprocation to Wong's article nor were there any further public
announcements by either, but Lee had continued to teach
Caucasians.
Lee knocked out Uechi,a Japanese
black belt, in 11 seconds in a 1962 Full-Contact match in
Seattle[76]. It was
refereed by Jesse Glover[77]. The incident
took place in Seattle at a YMCA handball court[78]. Taki Kamura
says the battle lasted 10 seconds in contrary to Harts
statement[79]. Ed Hart states
"The karate man arrived in his gi (uniform), complete with black
belt, while Bruce showed up in his street clothes and simply took
off his shoes. The fight lasted exactly 11 seconds--I know because
I was the time keeper---and Bruce had hit the guy something like 15
times and kicked him once. I thought he'd killed him[80]." The fight
ended by Bruce knocking Uechi the length of the
gymnasium[81].
Lee knocked-out Pu Chung, a Choy
Li Fut fighter, in the roof tops of Hong Kong in a 1958
Full-Contact match. The match was refereed by Sheun-Leung
Wong[82][83][84].
In a bout Lee had against a Taekwon do practitioner, martial artist
Steve Golden a Kenpo black belt for seven years at the time states
"It was frightening to see how easy it was for Bruce. The Tae Kwon
Do black belt mentioned that he knew Bruce had good hands, so Bruce
said he would only use his feet. They went pretty hard, and the guy
really tried to kick Bruce. Every time the guy kicked, Bruce got
just barely out of range, and just as the guy’s foot came down,
Bruce held his kick up to the guy’s face—a roundhouse kick right up
to the guy’s nose or a side kick up to the guy’s temple. This guy
was putting everything he had into getting Bruce, and Bruce was
barely putting out any effort. If it was for real, it would have
lasted until the first kick[85]." --Steve
Golden
Richard Bustillo is certified as a law enforcement defensive
tactics instructor and certified with the Olympic Training Center
as a coach and official with USA Boxing, and a Kru in Muay
Thai[86]. Bustillo, who
is professed in Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Karate, and his native
Hawaiian Kajukenpo systems, is an inductee into the ‘World Martial
Arts Hall of Fame’ and had eventually became a student of Lees and
describes the following incident while Lee was present at a
training session at I.M.B academy, Torrance,
California[87]- “While a
few of us were training, a guy asked Bruce if he actually thought
he could stop his attack if he were to charge at Bruce with his
knife. Well, Bruce told this guy to come at him with the blade, so
the guy did. It was so fast when Bruce kicked the knife right out
of the guys hand, before he could take more than two steps, that we
were all left amazed by it…but, perhaps not as much as the guy who
no longer held that knife.”[88]
Lees veteran experiences in real
combat dates back long before movies or the U.S. during his initial
training as a youth from the numerous gang street fights he was
involved with as a member of the Tigers of Junction Street. "In one
of his last encounters, while removing his jacket the fellow he was
squaring off against sucker punched him and blackened his eye.
Bruce flew into a rage and went after him, knocked the fellow out,
broke his tooth, broke his arm. The police were involved."
[89][90]
--John Little. The incident took place on a Hong Kong rooftop on
1959 April 29, Wednesday 10pm
1960 Seattle, Lee had back-fisted
and busted a mans nose after Lee saw him harassing a Chinese Girl.
Lee was taking a walk. This fight was witnessed by
JamesDeMile[91].
James W. DeMile was the "Duke" of the Capitol Hill gang in Seattle
and an undefeated heavyweight boxer in the Air Force.[92] DeMile states
"I wouldn't have put a dime on anyone to beat Bruce Lee in a real
confrontation. Bruce Lee was the best street fighter I ever saw,
even to this very day, and not just pound for pound — but against
anyone in a real fight[93]." --James
DeMile
Dan Inosanto stated, "there's no doubt in my mind that if Bruce Lee
had gone into pro boxing, he could easily have ranked in the top
three in the lightweight division or junior-welterweight
division[94]."
"In a dictionary, you say 'greatest', you say 'Bruce Lee', that´s
the way it is. He is second to no one."[95] --Sugar Ray
Leonard
Better than 90 percent of the martial artist author Steven Barnes
interviewed believe that Bruce Lee was the best fighter they have
ever seen.[96]
When I was having dinner with Chuck [Norris] I did ask him: "If you
and Bruce would be in a real fight to death, who would win?", and
he said without thinking: "Bruce of course. Nobody can beat
him".[97]
Lee's eventual celebrity put him
in the path of a number of men who sought to make a name for
themselves by causing a confrontation with Lee. A challenger had
invaded Lee's private home in Hong Kong by trespassing on the
backyard to incite battle against Lee in combat. Lee had finished
the challenger violently with a kick from feeling infuriated upon
the home invasion. Describing the incident, Herb Jackson states
"One time one fellow got over that wall, got into his yard and
challenged him and he says 'how good are you?'. And Bruce was
poppin mad. He[Bruce] says 'he gets the idea, this guy, to come and
invade my home, my own private home, invade it and challenge me'.
He said he got so mad that he gave the hardest kick he ever gave
anyone in his life."[98]
Bob Wall, USPK karate champion and co-star in Enter the
Dragon, recalled one encounter that transpired after a film
extra kept taunting Lee. The extra yelled that Lee was "a movie
star, not a martial artist," that he "wasn't much of a fighter."
Lee answered his taunts by asking him to jump down from the wall he
was sitting on. Wall described Lee's opponent as "a gang-banger
type of guy from Hong Kong," a "damned good martial artist," and
observed that he was fast, strong, and bigger than
Bruce.[99]
Frankly speaking after reading his fights I think his skills is
over rated. It seems that he is only capable of defeating americans
and japanese martial arts experts.
He did not challenge any chinese martial arts experts.
If he is really so good, why didn't he challenge his master who
teach him wing chun and defeat his master? I am sure he is not
capable enough of doing that.
If he is really so good he should also go to shaolin temple
which have all the kung fu experts staying there and challenge them
1 by 1 and defeat them all than he will really be considered as a
kung fu expert
dude, bruce lee wanted to promote kung fu to the world, not
being the best martial artist in the world . -.-