Thats true

More of like “thank you for giving me the job” not because of martial arts.

❤

@@jrsanti remember Kelly was a highly accomplished martial artist and starred in a film as a martial arts instructor before he ever meet Bruce Lee. He was one of the worlds most decorated karate champions before his introduction to Bruce Lee

@adam tarver so Jim Kelly was a World Karate champion you say? Did he ever fight against Chuck Norris can you tell me please? Thanks.

100% agree

you see what i mean ? this is what jim kelly wanted 😂

Now Jim and Bruce are sparring in heaven!

@@wisemanpick6305 question who was the man in this interview with Jim Kelly thanks for the video

And John. All three of them have reunited

he sparred with him off set,he knew how fast he was,this will set you in line with your thinking,when you go up against someone with speed that defy's logic,this is what JIM WAS TRYING TO CONVEY,BRUCE LEE was the epitome of martial arts,he trained every HOUR of every DAY or thinking of it,hell he was doing it on set,HIS JOB RIP BRUCE AND JIM,LEGENDS DON'T DIE,THEY ENDURE

“One of the most decorated world karate champions”? LOL. Kelly was a last minute replacement in ENTER who was hired because several of the Hollywood crowd trained at his studio, plus he had a film credit. Kelly won the middleweight division at Ed Parker’s tournament and some lesser events in 1971, but he didn’t win the Grand Championship there. Nor was Parker’s “Internationals” EVER a legitimate world championship. It was one of numerous nationally rated events on the national tournament circuit. In Sport Karate in America, there was no legitimate world circuit like there is today such as WAKO, NASKA and the NBL. It was a national circuit, like golf or tennis, and the division winners would compete for the Grand Championship. The winner of the most Grands at the national events that year would be crowned the “National Champion.” Between the different weight classes and roughly dozen (varies depending on the year) national tour events that year, there were at least 36 guys in that achieved as much or more than Kelly did in 1971 alone. There were at least lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisional winners, plus the Grand Champions from each of the national tour championships. Guys like Norris and Lewis achieved the actual national title, Kelly wasn’t even close. Even I have won a Grand Championship at a national tour championship back when I was eighteen before fully switching to Kickboxing and later Submission Grappling/BJJ. I was barely a blip on the Sport Karate radar and I was more successful than Kelly, but never was an actor. In another part of this same interview, available on the Golden Bell Training Channel, Kelly admitted that he never met Lee until years later when they began filming ETD. So how did Kelly see Lee spar guys like Stone, Lewis and Norris? Use a Time Machine? Funny, according to everyone who was actually there, Lee only did prearranged drills with those guys and never sparred with them and that was confirmed by Dan Inosanto.

​@@DavidHughesKJN don't matter no how...they all trained with sports in mind Bruce trained combat arts. I would pay far more caution facing Bruce than Kelly, dillman, Norris, or lewis. Lewis and dillman (pre BS) get more of my respect bc they both served so at least they knew what a real fight is. Point 'full 'contact,' MMA.... still ain't true no holds everything or nothing.

Pls don't misunderstand me mentioning dillman....I hate they guy but before the magic show he was legit . I knew at 10yr pressure points don't work......how you think soldiers get shot and keep fighting....hit me with a pressure point.... I'll touch your brain through your 👀.

@@ddfftvjngj4565 This is one of the dumbest and most ignorant comments yet. Give yourself a pat on the back. Given your company of idiotic statements, that’s really saying something. Comments like this completely destroyed any credibility that you might have had with anyone with any real knowledge or experience whatsoever about this subject. “Bruce trained combat arts”. LOL! This type of idiotic statement is made by the idiots that don’t know how to fight who want to fantasize that they can use techniques aimed at vital targets and stop a better fighter with them. Something that they don’t practice in live training against fully resisting opponents and they would never gain the superior position to utilize and all of a sudden, a combat sport athlete is going to be helpless against them. Nice fantasy. Even Tier One and Tier Two Special Forces Operators will tell you that’s complete nonsense. Military Combatives can be a nice supplement, but those methods are very low percentage. In the realm of one out of one hundred. For example, Jocko Willink, Commander of Naval Special Warfare SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser has said that “If you want to learn how to fight, learn Jiu-Jitsu, then supplement that with Muay Thai, Boxing and Wrestling. Then go into bladed weapons and then as additional supplement the old school military combatives can be useful.” But he has said on his podcast that by themselves, they are a one in one hundred odds of beating a trained combat sport athlete in single, unarmed combat. Besides being a combat sports athlete, I was a bouncer and later a bodyguard for several years. For the past two decades, I have moonlighted as a licensed tactical trainer teaching both Tom Patire’s CDT/LRT systems and Frank Cucci’s LINXX system, which was the standard CQC system for Naval Special Warfare Operations (DevGru and SEALs) for many years. Those guys have training towards CQC, but it’s never focused on single, unarmed combat. If you’re even dealing with any CQC, you have already messed up beyond measure. This is never a major focus of even Special Forces Operators, let alone grunts or especially support personnel. So, your military comments about “they both served so at least they knew what a real fight is”, makes you sound about as credible as Frank Dux. Besides, what “combat arts” do you think Lee trained? Was that the Wing Chun, the Judo class he took with Fred Sato when he was going to school in Washington, the little bit of boxing he learned from Brother Edward at his private Catholic High School or the fencing that his older brother did? Oh, I almost forgot, Lee learned the Taekwondo side kick from Jhoon Rhee as well. Which of those, that he at least dabbled in, do you consider such a fearsome and effective combat art? His main training came from learning roughly half of the Wing Chun curriculum before moving to the USA. Outside of movies, does anyone consider that an effective “combat art”? Most consider it on the same level as Aikido regarding combat effectiveness.

RIP

here another one

What's up Malcolm X

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@@seanjohnson4475 trying to be good....what's up with you?

Cuz their not movie stars lol

@@n.b.l.5709 like you and your father🤣🤣🤣

yes it was same here

Facts

I'm Spanish but I loved Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon. He was obviously very good. John Saxon, on the other hand...

He was a bad dude. I wish more video games would emulate Jim Kelly. Only in Shaolin vs Wu-Tang have I seen a version of him

Jim Kelly was one hell of a man ! It’s nice to see him always speak very highly of Bruce. Bruce also respected and trained with Jim at his home in Hong Kong. They built a good friendly relationship and you can bet Jim and Bruce really dug each other. Now, in regards to who Bruce sparred and who he beat lol Jim wont tell you and the people who he beat wont tell you but I will tell you, Chuck Norris, Mike Stone and Joe Lewis. That’s a start …..

Bruce with that smile on his face.

Jim met Bruce at the start of filming enter the dragon, approximately six weeks before Bruce died. Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris were not involved with that movie and would not have been around the movie locations. So how could Jim have seen Bruce woop them ?? Jim would not have seen Joe and Bruce together or Chuck and Bruce together !

BRUCE LEE WAS ONLY AN ACTOR PRACTIONER WHO STUDIED MARTIAL ARTS, BUT NEVER FOUGHT AGAINST ANYONE, BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD LOOSE, HIS ACTING CAREER WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN THE DRAIN. ANYONE CAN LOOK GOOD IN FICTIONAL STAGED REHEARSED SCRIPTED KUNG-FU MOVIES. THE FACT IS BRUCE LEE REAL FIGHT RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, WINS ZERO ZERO ZERO.

SO TOTALLY TRUE!!!💯...

Not only black kids, I'm white and I loved him in my childhood. I never thought about him being black, he was just cool.

this was an era of these really cool characters within pop culture that couldn't be replaced. No one picked up the torch after these guys sat down resulting in today where you don't really have pop culture characters like this anymore. I don't know who kids look up to today.

@@blockmasterscott was about to say the same thing

@@blockmasterscott That's fair and a true testament to the character of Mr. Jim Kelly. But it's totally different when you were given very few black heros on screen that weren't caricatures to be made fun of versus revered.

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Yes, yes Carlito! BLACK BELT JONES! KZfaq the theme song. I'm an Old School beathead/DJ wannabe. I got mad crates of these joints!

@@lxolxo7 Bro I just got a copy of "3 the Hard Way". With Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Mr. Jim Kelly...Take care my friend.

Tattoo Connection!! Now that was a great movie!!!

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Black And Ricans same ish. Can’t be just one gotta have the twist of black.

good for you

Yes

Sorry he was not the godfather of MMA. The term "MMA" was not coinef until the 1990's by Rick Blume. Bruce Lee popularized the idea of hybrid or eclectic martial arts but he was far from being the only innovator. He is the most known due to his fame and celebrity. Just a few examples. Nippon Kempo was developed in the 1930's combining striking, throws and grappling. Ed Parker's Kempo combined many traditional Chinese and American Hawaiian street fighting concepts. A bunch of guys in Brazil called the Gracies, and Luiz Franca learned modified kodokan judo from Japanese judoka immigrants and modified it for the rough streets. Martial Arts has a rich history of people constantly innovating and evolving things. It said that the Shaolin monks took the basic exercises taught to them by Bodhidharma and added more movements to eventually develop Chuan fa. So with all due respect, to say Bruce Lee was the godfather of MMA is emotional hyperbole. Moreover it is incorrect and disrespectful to those who really developed what we now call MMA. No offence but many of you guys posting comments. Do you guys actually do martial arts? Do you guys read about the history of all the martial arts styles? MMA has many roots but it directly has lineage from vale Tudo and shooto.

@@assoverteakettle Bruce Lee was definitely a pioneer of MMA. He was the most polarizing advocate of breaking away from the formalism of traditional martial arts in favor of an approach based around philosophy of practicality and naturalism. No one is discrediting anyone from other fields who started to merge the styles, but what did they do to make their arts mainstream and popular to the world in their time? Bruce is more influential than anyone else at this time with merging of the styles. That's what his Jeet Kun Do style is. they say a mark of genius is the person that can take a complex subject and explain it in simple way so everyone can understand it, and this is what Bruce did for his time. A prominent Godfather of MMA

​@@assoverteakettlekeep hating it's why you were born, to hate everyone you could never be!

​​@@user-mw4qi1kx3o Sorry bro, but the person who previously responded to you is correct. You have to be ignorant of the entire martial arts world and history to give what you are preaching such credibility. Bruce was an actor and pop culture icon and it seems you drank a bit too much of the kool-aid.

​@@assoverteakettleyou're missing the forest for the trees.

100% agree.

"I imagine an alternate timeline of reality where Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly worked together again in a buddy cop style film" In America, Europe, Asia, Africa ?

@@dunbarf2413 that would’ve been awesome

Aw dam stop with all of the comparisons geesh

@Spodo bbb more like Lethal Weapon

Bullsh!t mr han man.😂

@@MTV-80s 🤣🤣🤣🤣 classic lol

I would like to eat if I could find something I could keep down classic lol

Classic geah!

Cus I'll be to busy looking good

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Jim was all class.

100% Spot on.

agree

So him and Bruce Lee were real friends wow that shit amazing That explains why they didn't fight in Enter the Dragon Even though that was a movie to me that shows the respect they had for each other

He could explain it. He just didn't because explaining his greatness would have revealed too much information. Jim has a alot of respect so as not to put his friends business out there like that.

Bruce Lee was great for movies and sparring not real fights!🤔

@@charmcompassion9199 if u could spar, u could fight. Bruce was not just sparring nobodies; many of his students were champs

I guess so I wish I could of have met this One of a kind Asian Bro to me he had Black Swag he is one of the Greatest

Why would you compare a karate expert to a basketball player? That makes no sense. 🤔

M J is and still the best Ball Player..

@C 1983 who is hulk Hogan.wrestling is fake

@C 1983 what about The Rock?

Yeah so powerfully, positively influencing.

I train with weapons / and I am good when it comes to all Martial Arts Weapons

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These guys are actors and soft points fighters only. Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali were real professional fighters who all won the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World in their times, taking real hits and punishment. Bruce Lee was only an actor with zero real fight wins, fictional Kung Fu movies and demonstrations is not real fights. If you want to prove me wrong post one video clip of Bruce Lee in a real fight with the referee holding Bruce Lee's hands and declaring Bruce Lee as the winner, this would also have to have been witnessed by 3 neutral judges. If you post me fictional Kung Fu movies, staged fighting scenes, demonstrations and hearsay talk they will be deleted. Post REAL fights for evidence.

@@carlossmall5517kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bM9xpNGAyqiafWg.html u were saying why would Mike Tyson call someone a legend who can't fight don't be ignorant

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who*

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you better believe that,he said it all when he talked of bruces speed,people just can't fathom how fast he was,speed kills

@Robert Anthony truly barring people who sparred with BRUCE,the only ones who truly know how fast he was are the ones he slapped around and set on their asses,BRUCE trained for a living,his body and his art was shown in movies and tournaments on display to entice people to go to the schools he offered,jeet kune do,is what got his break in movies,and he exploited it to his satisfaction and used the right actors,DUX was proven to be a phony,don't get your blood pressure up over a fraud,he was a known liar and liar,enough said

Very cool

Brad Pitt could beat him.

@Robert Anthony Frank Dux was a fraud. The film Bloodsport showed him in such a positive light, but the truth is that this was a false impression.

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@@wisemanpick6305 I can't see any point in watching your link. How would Leonard be able to offer proof ? He never met Bruce, nor did he see footage of Bruce in a real fight.

Indeed, I have that feeling quite often. There is something intangibley different about Bruce. I always think of stories of David in the Bible and other's like Daniel and Joseph. Men who God favored, as is his God given right, and something like that speaks to me. Maybe God just really loved the dude and sent him with a message, and I whole lot of extra stuff to boot : )

So very true. I sensed it in the very first Bruce Lee movie I saw. An intensity, a confidence that the skinny teen I was back then wanted to have. I became a training fanatic, thanks to Bruce

Bruce lee was like some kind of god and its true his AURA was very special

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Coolest comment EVER!!

Well said

good one

Busting STEEL cans open with his fingers.In those days the cans were steel, not the wimpy aluminium cans of today. And thicker than the steel cans of today.Makes it so much more impressive.

i live in Bruce Lee era, softdrink can that time is made of steel, hard , not soft aluminium of today

Bs mr Han man

I don't know this to be factual but, personally, I think the original Mortal Kombat was inspired by and has huge similarities to Enter The Dragon.

you are absolutely right.

Such a beautiful way of putting it, and it's so true.

can't agree more

The greatest

Tne GOAT.

a legend

And yet, no evidence.

Jim was all class

very true.

My man you chose a great comparison in Michal Phelps, he truly is one of a kind, once in a generation athlete. Jim Kelly is telling this guy “ you truly don’t know how great Bruce Lee was”, I one hundred percent believe that considering that Jim Kelly is the source .

I met Jim at a Bruce convention in London many years ago, lovely guy, very open and friendly. Still got my signed pic he done for me.

@@simonlee7780 m

Bruce Lee was a Legend. Perfectly said. If he trained for an actual fight did he have the capability to adapt to an actual fight ? The answer is hell yes. Talent is talent

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That's the only reason for BL fans. Make Bruce Lee exremly better as he actually was, make also the BL fans extremely better than they are.

you are not alone.

he got me started in martial arts to spent years watching and learning big inspiration to me

The day is coming when black brown yellow and white unite as men, under a code. Blessing from Canada.

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Yes, they respected each other.

Bruce gave Jim the name Black Dragon. He told Jim that he could also be a martial arts film star in the movie industry. Jim said that Bruce was a mentor to him. They trained and workout together. Rest In Peace to 2 great men who were childhood heroes of mine'

2 great martial artist. They were friends too.

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No, "MMA" existed thousands of years before Bruce Lee was born.

​@@folksurvival it certainly did but at that point alot not all were more focused on one style

Carlos Noriega (chuck norris) Is a self loathing latino

Chuck respected Bruce, but believes in himself too.

Interviewer: who would win between you and Bruce? Chuck norris: I was a 3 time worls champion at the time and Bruce was a celebrity but he's good. We were just exchanging ideas and never really sparred. We didn't wanna go there.

@@1machoguerrereo508 Exactly correct. I don't understand why some people expect Chuck to act like he was Bruce's whipping boy or something, he wasn't. Bruce and Chuck respected each other and are both experts in their own fields. Why compare them? They're totally different, unique legends in their own right.

Everybody respected Bruce.

Only fools didn't respect his ability

Stop worshipping other men.

@@kingshabazz1310 I don't worship Bruce Lee I'm stating that his the greatest Martial Artist, I worship and pray to Yeshua.

Only I can compare to him(in my dreams)he he

Stop using asteroids, king of nothing, you worship the nedle

unfortunately there seems to be a campaign to besmirch Bruce Lees name today .like that pathetic Tarantino movie where they try to insinuate that Bruce was chinned by a hollywood stunt-performer in a back-alley ...-as if ...

Jim was all class. RIP

He would get beat by a lightning fast prime Pacquiao or Mayweather in boxing. Many Tae Kwon Do blackbelts have way more advanced and fast kicking. Many martial artist can match his skill; punching kicking, mma jui jitsu grappling. But Bruce Lee was a star, no doubt. The myth is just exaggerated like he was some kind of supernatural superhero that could beat anybody. Totally unrealistic. Todays worldchampions would beat him. Boxing, Mma, Kick boxing etc. Its o.k. he is still an icon.

@@MrStaano Well said. I was somewhat of an icon in my school (and beyond) because no one could get anywhere near my speed - ever (for decades). I jumped in and out of MA systems because I was a handful for people and so I preferred to learn by stealth, for a limited time. I was recommended to exploit my speed for money, but I wanted neither the money, the fame, or the recognition. Lee had a presence, and he is an icon. He also said, quote: ""I'm not fast. I just learned to be deceptive."

@@firstbornjordan People have this superhero fantasy of Bruce lee in their minds. Totally unrealistic views. Bruce Lee couldnt beat any fighter that ever lived. He is also restricted by his size and strength level. In fights size and power are very important. Fighting experience. Real professional training. Martial arts doesnt make anybody a superhero.

​@@MrStaano Just because you say that and you think that don't make it true, but whatever makes you feel good. I personally believe that Bruce would still be dominant even today because of how his mindset was when it came to fighting, and he would have just grown more wiser and more dangerous. And to even mention Pacquiao and Mayweather is very ignorant of Bruce Lee's capabilities. He would literally kill these men, are you serious with this statement?? The fact that you are still talking about him today shows that he wasn't just some fake fighter. It's not about being some superhero it's about his dedication to the art of fighting not to mention being the real deal and way ahead of his time. It's funny how only the most dangerous martial artists pay homage to him but guys who just fight a little try to downplay him, which is really just hate

@@jameelhambrick9041 How can you say Bruce Lee would kill 2 of the best boxers ever? Professional multi division world champions. Boxing is one of the most effective sets of techniques in real fighting. You are so unrealistic. I'm also a fan of Bruce Lee like most people. But i'm too educated to fall for the superhero fantasy, like Bruce could kick everybody ass regardless of expertise, size and weight. Thats so delusional. I'm guessing you never trained that much. Real fighters know a 140 pound martial artist cannot defeat everybody that ever lived. Bruce lee is still a legend and example. It doesnt matter somebody like Mike Tyson in his prime would run through him with ease. Thats just reality.

Jhoon Rhee admitted in an interview that Bruce Lee wanted to spar him but Jhoon wouldn't do it because he was afraid to spar Bruce Lee.

Jhoon Rhee was my sinsee wow what a coincidence I didn't know that when I was a kid

Also Jackie Chan said only Bruce was so fast it was like a cartoon.

@@efisgpr Bruce lee's speed was scary quick. I think most who knew him would admit that, more likely why many wouldn't seriously spar with him. I mean, if you can't see it coming until it's too late, how the heck you defend yourself?... you can't imo.

Well, don't worry. You are not alone.

this is the problem. Bruce was so cool and charismatic that fans desperately want to believe he was this superhuman in real life, even with lack of evidence. I don't know how good he was, but I am sure a lot of the myths are exaggerated.

@@stevo62ful Did you even listen to this man ?

@@biggusdickus5986 Yes but i must have missed the part where Jim gave details of a real fight of Bruce. At what point of the video, does Jim name a real fight opponent and gives details of what happened ?

The best, ever....

yes, indeed

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Rest in Peace.

I could've beat both of them... easy

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@@wisemanpick6305 How can SRL offer proof ? He hasn't seen Bruce fight outside a movie !!

Bullshit! There are 2 techniques,only one of which I will mention…that if you learn them diligently you will be unbeatable! Keiko Uchi Waza! ( Chicken beak ) if learned well will break an opponents collarbones, cheekbones, spine, arms and rip biceps apart! It is taught to attack the eyes! But a precisely delivered downward chicken beak strike to the collarbone will break it! A strike to the heart or solar plexus will kill a person! A strike to the back or top of the hand will disable your opponent instantly!

@@melvinfisher9227 Bro link your merch store. I'm sure you're tryna sell DVDs right?

@@melvinfisher9227 Dragon whips his Tail..Instant head twist, snappef off collarbone, 1st strike..the Lengedary Technique..Master Lee Forever.

@@melvinfisher9227 Dang bro, so what happens if two people know of this (chicken beak)? I’m sure glad you are the only one who knows about it!

We have modern weapons now. Things have changed. Martial arts is for hobbyists these days. Now men have no code. They are barely human anymore.

No doubt