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I like how Bruce does all the right Tai Chi movements while saying he hates Tai Chi.

Younger Bruce Lee: I hate Tai Chi. Every single Water Bender: 😠😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Bruce Lee as he matured: I don't hate Tai Chi anymore. Every single Water Bender: 😀😃😄😁.

At what point in this interview did he say or indicate he hates tai chi? he never said anything like that at all he said that tai chi was practice more by the elderly not by the younge..thats it

What people don't understand, Tai Chi, practiced by old folk (and young folk) in the park and in many schools, is derived from an actual fighting style of Kung Fu, meaning Grand Ultimate Fist. Tai Chi Chuan has a lot of very interesting and effective fighting principals. People just don't know and understand.

This is some great information. But I felt Bruce Lee actually did like Tai Chi but ONLY for health and taoist theology. He seems like he really understood it in his Tao of Gung Fu notes when talking about duality.

In the Bruce Lee fighting book. In his notes on all the fighting styles he has used and Study. He gave Tai Chi the top 5.

Bruce Loves Tai Chi. He made chi and Wing Chun his own by combining what he learned and made it the “intercepting fist”. Yeah he joked about it but who doesn’t? Even Jackie laughs at Karate but he respects it.

I love chen tai chi. A very powerful martial indeed. Tai chi develops the body through stances and the forms. Once you develop the body you can use those principles of movement into any art that you study!

He spoke positively about tai chi in his book and his dad was a wu style teacher which is quite a practical style.

I think it was a different situation back then during bruce lee's era, especially in hk. Life was tough and being strong outwardly was probably a necessity back then. Plus, 90-95% of tai chi practitioners did not learn the art properly as well.

FUN FACT: He's friend BOLO YEUNG Martial arts preference is Tai Chi

Bruce Lee died at 32 years old - he was still in his physical 'Prime'. I think that had Bruce Lee lived into old age, he would have increasingly accepted and adapted Tai Chi principles and training into his own regimen. Gradually, as he aged, all that intense power and speed training would have gotten harder and harder to recover from, and nagging injuries would have become a more common situation - so Lee would have had to incorporate lower intensity 'Soft Training' in order to allow himself to heal from his usual Intensive Training. A Bruce Lee at 60 or 70 would have trained much differently than he did in his 20's and 30's.

@Goldenbell Training I love this channel!! I love learning the history, not just about Bruce Lee but also about his dad, instructor, friends and adversaries and their philosophies on martial arts..

I knew David Chin as he was the Kung fu brother to my teacher Marilyn Cooper who were both students of Gao Lin Ying and I had him at my school Shaolin Life before he passed. He confirmed this very story about pinning the fight letter. Also, David produced awesome students with scary fight skills and was rooted in internal martial arts. At my school, he taught a Sin Tien Wu Ji Qigong workshop but then went on to demo the fighting capabilities of his students.

Bruce Lee's dad Lee Hoi-Chuen was a Cantonese Opera actor who also practices Wu-Style Tai Chi Chuan.

Thank you so much, Sir. As a practitioner of both internal and external styles your expose clears up a lot of questions I have had concerning both Bruce Lee, his biography and his relation to the internal arts. Your scholarship is impeccable. Thanks again, John

So I guess we're Tai-Chi cousins. I spent 7 years (during the 1970's) with Prof. TR Chung, who (along with YC Chiang) learned Tai-Chi, Hsing-I, Pa-Kua, and Shaolin Boxing (Tan Tui) from Master Kuo in China. I was only interested in the Internal Arts, having already done a lot of Aikido in Florida, near Patrick Air Force Base. Yes, Kuo did trash Bruce Lee, effortlessly. Bruce Lee got his reputation mainly from picking fights with Karate practitioners. As Prof Chung told me, when I was new to the Bay Area and looking for a Martial Arts school (his school was in Berkeley) "The Japanese learned everything they know from the Chinese." The original Mr. Humble there ... I had asked him how he would compare Aikido with Tai-Chi. Actually, after many years of studying Pa-Kua (as well as Tai-Chi) I have examined the patterns of movement in these systems and concluded that Aikido is a straight up rip off of Pa-Kua, it's just practiced differently, as per the respective cultures.

You can tell Bruce matured in ways over his life, even to the point he could actually laugh at himself some. I'm honestly more into how he thought and his work ethic than his fighting as I get older

I just want to say I appreciate a KZfaq channel that's actually interesting and informative about Bruce Lee. Most of the videos I would normally come across have been more interested in trashing him and his legacy.

Thanks for sharing this history. :) The examples from 1:43 and 9:00 are eye-opening. They show that Taiji masters actually stood up and performed very well against the precursors of MMA (i.e. that White Crane master and Bruce Lee). ( Sadly, I've seen haters nowadays take snips of the "Taiji vs White Crane" footage out of context to show how "silly" Chinese traditional martial arts look in a serious fight. ... as if people practice martial arts to look pretty. 🤷‍♂️ And of course, regarding the second example, the anti-Taiji/anti-TMA crowd would not even acknowledge examples like this, because it would break their worldview. 🤷‍♂️ )

Home, I love how you relate about Bruce with the unembellished truth. Other content creators seem to run the full spectrum from fan worship to out and out sycophantry! You are a breath of fresh air because you cast him as a flesh and blood man who had an amazing talent in Martial Arts and blinding reflexes. Even he met his match more than a couple of times. One of my old ssenseis and sifus had more or less told me the same thing. No matter how good or strong you become there's always someone ✨ better than you!

Well his father teach him Tai Chi set a the good foundation for him! Today almost all martial art school added Tai Chi in their program. If Bruce keep practice Tai Chi or Chi Gong he would have be alive today!

Great video, thank you. I knew Master Look and my first tai chi form is guangping yang which I learned from YC Chiang. I know there are not many videos of Master Kuo, but it was fascinating to see yours . Keep up the good work.

I followed Bruce Lees technict s he's my idol he was the best of the best I started kung fu when I was younger reached a brown belt still got thank you teacher Bruce Lee

Thanks 😀😀 Looking forward to your next episode regarding Bruce Lee

I truly enjoy your content. Keep up the great work!

Absolutely awesome information !! I am 54yrs and just love Bruce Lee used to watch all them old Spaghetti Chinese Sunday movies back in the 1970's

Cool that you mentioned David Chin, I never met the man, but have trained some Tai chi chuan which came from his lineage, we do lots of Zhang Zang, so more than just Tai chi in the park as you already know, but he definitely wasn't JUST a Tai chi man he passed along the Hop Gar which he even had a book on, and more. Anyway, interesting stuff as always thank you for doing your research and putting the time in to do justice to the martial arts. I enjoy your channel. Take care.

Thanks for sharing this. FWIW, Taky Kimura once encouraged Bruce Lee to add Tai Chi to the class schedule. He thought it was a good idea to diversify the student base.

I wonder when Bruce Lee realized that fighting styles does not matter as long as you learned, disciplined and discovered oneself to their own abilities, then that 'oneself' will understand the essence of the art. So it's understandable that if someone is not fitted to a particular martial art, try a different one as long as it fits right for you.

Cool video dude. I was studying wing chun in fay NC way way back, and spoke with Sifu Chin on the phone about training tai chi at his school. He was very nice, but had no love for WC hehe. He even told me that he wished he could have fought Bruce Lee. I was stoked that he took time to have a conversation about martial arts with me. Even though the story of his involvement with that fight varies, Sifu Chin is 100% legit, and was 100% there to witness that event.

Wow! Great video. So interesting and thank you for posting:)

I realize something, if you want to make a break through, is it easier to follow in someone else's steps in life or is it easier to be noticed making your own path. Think about it someone else steps can always be tracked and trace a certain path all which is preset action. For the streets anyone will tell you it is never the same in order to be affective you must take the lead in order to control the outcome, otherwise you will be waiting to see what happens next vs ending it for your safety!

Hey, thanks a lot for this video. I thought I know everything about Bruce Lee, but you giving me a lot of new information. Great work 😊✌

Steven Seagul brought me here. Been watching several of your vids over the last like two weeks, and just realized I've not even subscribed! I love the narration, well written and presented.

I love these! Keep em coming.

You have a good heart. Bruce Lee´s family deserves the TRUTH. Keep this pedagogy (not demagogy..)

I love learning new things about one of my biggest heroes, Bruce Lee. Thank you!

I once went to look for Wong Jack Man. I was told he was at Fort Mason Park. I couldn't find him. Actually, my car got towed that day. My parents were mad. It was a beautiful park though.

I love your knowledge man! That's I subscribed ❤

I have done martial arts for 45 years and in my early days was eager to learn all if I could. I often heard about ‘internal energy’ or internal strength but no one to actually teach exactly how to achieve this - until i found it in the unlikeliest of places - a young irishman teaching tai chi. Was going to walk away from his class but he asked me to join and I said I would if I could see applications of this so called ‘ internal energy’. I experienced the 1 inch punch which threw me 10 feet into the wall behind me! I experienced sticky hands exercise. I experienced transfer of chi into your opponent to cause internal damage over a short time. Bruce May have dismissed tai chi but he certainly had grasp of its principles and practiced them e.g., you cannot be good at sticky hands unless you relax mind and body. His speed comes from stored internal energy as well as physical conditioning. Tai chi is moving meditation and Bruce’s philosophy embodied this (emptying your mind and becoming like water). Yes the principles of tai chi together with your preferred martial art will give you a great advantage over your opponent but finding a good teacher who is willing to demonstrate all this…….?

Thank you Prince. Very interesting

Great vid. Master Gou vid would be amazing. Love ur channel yo

Great video! Solid content and accurate and new information presented! Well done! I just subscribed! 😎

Dang I didn’t realize Sifu David Chin had passed 😔 last I saw him was maybe 10 years back. He had some very good students active in the local MMA scene (in Fayetteville, NC at the time). He and his students were always very gracious and humble about their skills back then. R.I.P.

This is nonsense. He did tai chi himself. His dad taught him. I don’t know how much tai chi Bruce actually did out of everything else he was practising but in terms of combat effectiveness he obviously didn’t think it was all that useful.

Thanks for your time... Good video...on the secret life of Bruce Lee...

HI @GoldenbellTraining greeting from Philippines

I had always heard that Bruce was becoming more interested in Tai Chi later in his life, beginning to understand the purpose and benefits of the Taoist art.

I tried to learn Tai -Chi , I couldn't fallow the progression ; I met Jeff Primac a Tai -chi practitioner but also Gi-gong master ( which turned out to be better for my temper and back pain ) , in another martial arts and JKD channel dude read the letter having experience with back pain I let it slide , he must've felt down on himself to end up in the same situation as his dad .

This channel is ruthless. I love it.

I love your channel. Such great content, thank you! I was wondering if you could suggest what you think the best book on Bruce Lee for me, i think you would know the best most honest book i could buy. Thanks again.

I believe you're making a mistake trying to put in a box the thoughts and mind set of Bruce Lee's love hate of anything! I say this due to his history of use of anything to help him reach a new level. In order to achieve any evaluation of self, you have to at some part learn to listen to your body. Doing this process a person can make connections with themselves that may reach a level of success thought to of been reached only by certain avenues, per say classes or teaching and teachers. But in fact a person can surpass any level of anyone who has a close mind. Food for thought, Bruce Lee was known for sounding off with energy that made others feel as if he was not " normal, " but I believe he was projecting his inner power, heart, spirit and his connections with his body's expression. Think about it most classical styles tell you what to yell ,how to yell and why your yelling. Martial Arts is like life a living evolution of experience, expression and enteractions. Each lesson can open the world 🌎with a newborn perspective of enlightenment and apprehensive views on different point of life. I would 1st place a good look within yourself, cause how much can you truly master if you have mastered what you can be tempted by!

Very cool Break Down

great video

That thumbnail tho... Perfect!

I like your videos, you have a great presentation style in that it is dry, just the facts, but you still convey your passion. That is not easy to do. Are you as good at martial arts (don't know your training) as you are an orator? I don't want to challenge you... this is just an honest question.

Dude! You are a very knowledgeable historian. Glad I found you and looking forward to more!

Awesome thank you

Hey prince! Just subscribed to your channel!

Cool! A new video! By the way, how do you spell the style of taiji that you study? I'm trying to learn all I can about the Chinese internal styles.

Isn't Mr Lee a cacophony of fact and fiction strangely mixed... Love how your untangling and separating the mythos from the man...that man was never complicated all the tounge wagging was the problem..just took time to look into the back stories... Excellent reporting... Thank you...

This was an amazing video

Absolutely fascinating and your research is exemplary. A veritable treasure trove for posterity! My first martial art I studied for around six weeks was what I understood to be called Tai Chi Chuan, back in the 1980's; I was 19. I loved my first lesson, and we learned this long (kata?) and I loved the fluid and graceful motion which would later endear me to dancing. In addition, in that first lesson, perhaps 2nd, I got to see TCC in extremely fast motion, and it was incredible. Sadly, I moved state, so had to say goodbye to TCC. Fast forward 6 years, I was attacked outside a pub in another state, Brisbane, and I reverted to a part of the Tai Chi form I learned and could not believe what I saw. I turned side on to my attacker, dropped to one knee (not part of the kata, but somehow, I knew it was right) and "wheeled" my attacked through the air and he literally was propelled from left to right mid air, and I don't believe to this day that I actually made physical contact with him. How I was able to do this with no follow up practice in those years defies logic. But I will say this: after my first week, the instructor asked on Week 2 - Can anyone remember the kata from the week before? I was a bit shy so stayed silent. But no one could recall. So, I said yes, and was asked to demonstrate and the instructor said that he never saw anyone able to reproduce that after one week (turns out years later I have a near photograph memory for movement, born out of a childhood experience). The duration of the kata was around 90 seconds (although I did practice at home a few times that week, but that's it). I went on to spend relatively small amounts of time in other MA but I got enough mastery to fulfil me in very short spans of time. Now at 60 years old I like to do very fast punching and boxing training, as well as middle distance running and resistance work. I wished I'd pursued the MA because that was not the only isolated example. From that day on however, I always knew there was something unique and powerful about TCC, but just couldn't put my finger on it. Looking at Bruce, it seems to me that he hoarded a lot of MA information and reconstructed / claimed it as his own. I would say he is a gifted athlete and exhibitionist, but if he had given credit where credit was due, he would have been quintessential, not just phenomenal, and lived longer. I partly understand the arrogance, but the lack of humility I don't, given what has to be imparted for one to become great. Some of us have the ability to learn at astonishingly accelerated rates, but this should be appreciated as an absolute God given gift, for the glory of the One and Only. Putting together a portrait of Bruce Lee is complex, but you are doing a sterling job Goldenbell Training Man. Keep at it please and thank you for getting to the truth of it - your painstaking work is being done with modesty and in the process, you are bringing to light many people who have not received due credit for their contribution to the MA and combat systems.

Very misleading title. Bruce Lee practiced Taiji to complement his training, and was taught initially by his father.

It's hard to imagine Bruce Lee hating a fighting style.

Great Vid. Really enjoyed it. I knew that Bruce did practice Wu style Tai Chi Chuan from his dad, I also knew he had a sort of trouble making streak, but I've always been a fan of his too. But I would like to know more of this guy Kuo Lien Ying. Do you have a vid of him yet? Once again great video. Heck I just found out that I have one of his books: The T'ai Chi Boxing Chronicle by Kuo Lien-Ying. Have to start re reading it. LOL.

I just watched the Viking Samurai video where they discuss Rokas !Martial Arts Journey) and the same argument applies here. What qualifications did Lee have, it's not like he learned a full system. And how you train/were taught, has an impact on the person.

Taratino needs to do EDUCATION on Bruce lee before talking crap

Bruce Lee's dad sounds like my dad minus the opium, my dad's vice was gambling.

Prince you Are the Man. Love your Shows

I luv these. Can’t get enough. Prince, you Da Man!!!

Tai Chi is said to literally translate as 'shadow boxing'; btw.

Tai chi is as useless as aikido. Both arts have been proven to not work for actual combat/self defense

Can you please send me sources I want to see the results and beardy channel made a good point, I really like your channel it just that there so many Bruce Lee rumors!

Sorry to bother you again with my comments. I remember Henry Look very well. I was very saddened at his passing. He was a regular feature on the cover of Tai Chi magazine. My linage is Pan Yong Zhou, student of Chen Fake. Anyway, thanks again. John

The question is could you have beaten Bruce wit Tai Chi?? I highly doubt it

Like most others, I loved Bruce’s early movies. I was in Asia training then and may even become a JKD zealot. When training with Richard Bustillo, (may he Rest In Peace) I learned many things, and have a great respect for Richard. So when he says that when he and Danny trained with Bruce in LA Bruce was the fasted man he had ever seen, I have to take to take it at face value. When I became disenchanted with the image I had of Bruce was when I realized he was using toy nunchaku in the movie Game of Death. Don’t take my word for it, watch it in slow motion. When he is moving up the different levels in the tower, he eventually fights Danny Inosanto. When Bruce is “showing off” his nunchaku twirling you can see him hit himself in the face. He flinches closing his eye and jerking his head back just a bit. Now… Listen to the noise they make when twirled. It is exactly the same sound that plastic toy nunchaku make. Ok, now go back and watch the movie again. You’ll realize that they are plastic toys and Bruce does, in fact, hit himself in the face. I would think that Bruce would have used wooden ones, even in the movies.

The more realistic fight description between Wong and Bruce was that Bruce kept throwing punches while Wong kept backing up. Finally Wong tripped over furniture and Bruce took advantage of it and jumped on top of him. They were fighting in a storage room filled with furniture.

So insightful.

Hey Bruce Lee should have learned Sanda along with Wing Chun because both are the best Chinese martial arts for self-defense and street fighting

In ancient times, Tai Chi Chuan was an effective martial art. Over the years, the combat effective techniques had died out due to the selfishness of the old masters. Nowadays, Tai Chi is just old people's exercise and a part of Chinese culture! The combat effectiveness had been lost a long time ago!

Tai Ki Ken(A Japanese version of Tai Chi Chuan) is a wonderful Martial Art. I learned Zen Training which very beneficial.

WOW Bruce had exposure to Red Boat! Thats super rare a a MA. Its got more Incnese shop in it. Super info mate.

We gonna get a video about bruce loving that pixie dust?

I tried Tai Chi after I was very involved with karate. I felt a "soft" style would be good balance to a "hard" style like karate. I found it slow and tedious as I was doing many of the same movements in karate except there it was fast and strong. I couldn't relate to it. I'm not sure what this channel means by internal martial arts. There was plenty of meditation and understanding and developing of Chi and Kime in karate.

Tai Chi is not for Fighting. But a Fighter might benefit from practicing it. It has good elements for one to master mind and body on a higher level.

Prince did you have a star wars channel or maybe a channel about making music? I have definitely seen you in alot of other videos of a different subject matter

Exactly what is the true purpose of this video? Why do the living have a problem with the dead? I don't know this lame narrator is, nearly 50 years later, and the world still remembers Bruce Lee. He continues to inspire many, and like it or not his legacy will remain intact. Haters should find a hobby, and stop obssessing on dead people who are still better than them.

Opinions about Bruce Lee are always interesting, like bright and shinny objects thrown about. Keep the stories coming and keep the man alive no matter the fake news!

Out of all the subjects in Bruce Lees library the largest collection were books on Tai Chi

Awesome !!! 👊 '!

As you say, Master Kuo, Lien Ying was a serious martial artist. He was a Taiji Chuan, Bagua, and Monkey practitioner with a serious history. His skills were amazing. He also was a master of the 'dart' which sort of frightened some of his students when he brought it out. His tossing it near the feet of someone to point out where their foot placement should be was one of the noted reasons.

6:00 we all lazy @home... & Exciting outside...

I just love watching him speak even in small portions :D

Good videos...Calm cool collective smooth delivery...I now dub ye..."The Grasshopper Soul Brother of Kung Fu ! " ... 😉

Lol, the front screen was hilarious.

Nice Job!!!!

Hello. What style of Tai Chi Chuan did Bruce Lee practice?