Well said brother; and still these morons dont get it! Well, we know and thats all that matters

They were all in their 20s when they met and trained with the legend.

Obviously you don't even know that Joe Lewis died before he reached 70 years old you need to do some more research there Junior

@@christopheclugston Hi Chris. I meant "around 70" but didn't feel it necessary to type that because I knew most people aren't so dvmb or literal to believe that I believed they were ALL EXACTLY 70. Joe passed at 68, which is two years shy of 70, which is "around 70." Hope that helps. Now go rest yourself.

@@uncletony6210 I just don't understand to me I think living longer is the champion🏆🏆 I mean people are living to be a hundred years old women 80 years old or more and men too I consider them champions. Is like their engines still running or their heart still working, but then you get this guys that are big movie superstars, martial artist superstars, sports superstars, weightlifters champions, and they die early in the 50s before they reach their their mid 60s you call them champions well I do but the real champion are the ones that live to be 80 and above....🏆🏆🏆🏆..... I'm 68 and I hope God bless me too live to be a hundred I study martial arts too and I work 50 years of my life I'm doing pretty good....

I will sue you - Lees Estate

Good quote, but where did Bruce ever say that?

Wow that's awesome!

he says the same about being trained by bruce lee.

Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc s ammer.

@@dagaffer2269 true

When you have his experience,ego is not in the equation. It's his history and he talks about it like he's talking about family memories. I love this.

He is the most humble and skilled martial artist in the world 🙏

Chuck Norris told Daniel Inosanto that his second place trophy (minute 14:48) is nothing because they didn´t make contact.

Bruce told him that , NOT Norris!

Yep, completely honest. What he said about only personally using 40% of what Bruce did and why not. No bullshit, the real thing.

😍как дела !! Я тоже изучал джит Кун до

In the book "Bruce Lee: A Life" by Author Matthew Polly, Bruce stated that Norris wasn't what he consider to be a good fighter, that what he was doing was nothing more than a "game of tag" as far as in the way and manner that marital arts tournaments were conducted back in the 60's to mid 70's. He considered Lewis and Mike Stone as fighters.

Chuck was a point fighter Joe was a full contact fighter

​@@colejones212 Joe was a pioneer of full contact karate and what led up to the UFC .

Hey, would you post a video talking about your experience at that seminar?

The flame of JEET KUNE DO will always keep on burning through eternity.

Yeah Dan Inosanto is a total legend for continuing to cultivate a "beginner's mind". He also practices Systema under Martin Wheeler.

R.I. P. DAN ⚘📚⚘♥️🍷.....

I actually spoke to Joe over the phone in 1991,got his phone number out of Black Belt mag at the time.we talked for a good 7-8 maybe 10 minutes about his his exhibition fight with Bill Wallace,the first upcoming Tyson-Holyfield fight,& a bit of seminar talk.we didn't talk about Bruce Lee,he probably was so glad maybe.but to talk to him was a experience.super smart,highly knowlegeble.R.I.P Joe Lewis.

The good old days

Wow! I was born in 1994. Thanks for the info!

@James Deen Well I'm not going to argue with you about this because apparently you don't have sense enough to do any RESEARCH first before making the asinine statement that Mr. .Lee never sparred or never had a school when all you have to do is GOOGLE it. You'll see photos of him "front and center" in photos that were taken at both his schools in Oakland and Los Angeles' s Chinatown District in California. On top of this, there are various videos here on KZfaq that clearly show Mr. Lee in his schools demonstrating "chi sao" (sticky hand) techniques as well as at home with a number of his students demonstrating various kicking techniques. . So I'm going to assume that your one of those ignorant Bruce Lee haters who definitely is "all mouth" with nothing to back it up, So maybe you, my friend should be the one to do exactly what you are expecting me to do which of course is to STFU and use what little intelligence God gave you to do as I made the suggestion of which is to RESEARCH first before anything else you care to comment on in a negative fashion about a man who will continue to be idolized, revered, and talked about long, long after you are gone from God's Green Earth, sir.

Thank you for this comment because there are BL NAYSAYERS like Steve Ferry, David Hughes, and others say that Lewis said ( and also Dan ), saying Bruce was no fighter. BS!!

I thought it was Chad Johnson who told on BRuce he was bullied by Joe

@nickecletico I was about to respond to your previous comment, go interview Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He till alive. He was there.

@nickecletico Yes, Joe has a big ego, and he had a fallout with Bruce, accused Bruce flirting with his wife. So, came the flip flopping from Lewis.

Especially chuck chuck said Bruce was just good but I’m a professional fighter .. lol and chuck re Bruce lee student lol but he never admitted 😂

@@concac314 You fanboys are divided on your opinions of Chuck. Half of the fanboys say "Chuck Norris will tell you Bruce was the real deal", and the other half say "Chuck is an asshole for not admitting Bruce was better than him". If you ever have a deluded fanboy convention, you will be fighting among yourselves.

@@stevo62ful lol fanboy? No fangirl? Lmao u

Yeah,none of those guys never really gave Bruce his real due,they were envious of his ability,knowledge,build,his ability to convey knowledge to others& his charm.Chuck was very wayward about Bruce,but was very standoffish about Bruce's ability.i find it really fascinating that these guys still talk about Bruce,incredible.

Try actually knowing what you are talking about before speaking.

The reason is because Scott Loring schooled Lewis in sparring since Lewis himself is on record saying Loring was one of the toughest kids he fought, as you hear in this interview. I assume Inosanto didn't want to humiliate Lewis since Bremer pummeled Loring with ease. So imagine what Bremer would do to Lewis in a fight, let alone Bruce. Bruce would have destroyed Lewis and buried him in a real fight.

@@shamounian - perhaps - perhaps not - if A is better than B and is better than C it is assumed A is better than C - but sometimes real fights don't work out like that - I've seem many examples of this.

@@gunnerhiro394 I agree with you. Yet there are enough credible people who testify Lee sparred and toyed with Lewis who wasn't even on Lee's level.

joe Lewis was a point fighter and point fighters doesn't understand the continuity in movement or fighting. they create bad habits in point fighting. teach them how to move, teach them the continuity in fighting and a tall fighter like joe Lewis becomes a different story, a different fighter.

@@shamounian Not to discredit any of your information or comments.but can the ability of one fighter be specifically judged by one fighter's success in beating another ? Let me give you an example of my reason for asking you this. Muhammad Ali had trouble whenever he fought Joe Frazier...but George Foreman dismantled Frazier...and Ali beat Foreman. I realize I am using Boxing compared to Martial Arts but I find it difficult to use that thinking as an actual mesurement for one person beating another when they are all highly trained ?

He couldn’t fight he looked good in movies

@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS Michael Chan disagrees , he knew Lee was legit

@@postersandstuff Lee was not good at sparring he was surrounded by cameras all his life yet no footage of any fights Lee concentrated on drills not contact he needed his looks for the TV

Ignorance is bliss.

@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS Say that to Jon Jones dip shit. Ahh , but what does he know huh?

And I believe it's Mike Wall also asking questions

Bruce was also a champion of cha cha in Hong Kong.

@@kamlam1283 Yup, and with no boxing experience, Bruce also won the Hong Kong High School boxing championship by defeating 3 time defending champion Gary Elms.

Great historical account.

@@pjtheory he studied Muhammad Ali that’s how he learn boxing

@@jerommelewis Nope, Bruce began to incorporate boxing techniques into his ever evolving art in January 1965, and he began to collect film of Ali's boxing matches in early 1968.

I believe there are more videos not released to the rest of us because of legal& personal reasons,so this video is a treat by 2 greats.i actually spoke to Joe over the phone in '91 for about 10 minutes.R.I.P. Joe Lewis.

Then you didn't saw the video where he was criticizing Lee with Bob Wall..

U right when Bruce gone most haters talk down on Bruce say he’s tiny he can’t fight bigger guys lol but when he was alive the bigger guys all quietly

@@itubecollection1623 Right on

I went to a seminar with Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis, I think it was ‘88 or ‘89. Joe taught a fast punch that he said Bruce taught him. He only spoke highly of Bruce in front of me at that seminar.

@@nphare And rightly so, but Did Joe say Bruce was a fighter ? If he did, he contradicts what he said in the divine wind interview. He said in that interview that Bruce was not a fighter, he was a great teacher, He also says he never sparred with Bruce or saw him spar.

You're welcome!

Joe Lewis was obviously learning (gaining knowledge) from Dan Inosanto. That means a lot.

@@eduardoescoban7790 It's no secret---Joe downplayed Lee. Like many others...just prideful jealousy, nothin' else.

@@eduardoescoban7790 You mean intercept.

@@raygsbrelcik5578 Joe wanted to act too. He could never be Bruce. Bruce exuded charisma just standing still.

@@teleguy5699 You got that right! Just standing there, Lee possessed more sheer energy and PRESENCE than anyone I've ever seen.

Thanks. I was proud to put it together and be there.

UNFORTUNATELY MY FRIEND BRUCE LIKE EVERY OTHER CREATIVE INGENIOUS HUMAN BEING OUT THERE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A BAD MIRROR FOR THE SOCIETY OF MEDIOCRICY WE'RE LIVING IN WHICH IS THE 90.99999999% OF THE PEOPLE THE CLAN OF THE MASS PEOPLE THE CLONES, THE HYBRIDS ,THE XENOMORPHS.... THOUSANDS OF YEARS BACK SUCH PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE WERE THE ONES THAT GREEKS CALLED ARISTOI ... THOSE WHO ACHIEVED GREATNESS THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD, THROUGH LIFE CONSTANTLY KEEPING THEIR NATURE PURE ALONG WITH THEIR IDEALS ,BELIEVES AND THEIR SOUL AND THEIR INTEGRITY.... SUCH KIND OF HUMAN BEINGS WILL ALWAYS BE DEMONS FOR THE MASS PEOPLE.... DEMONS THAT MUST BE FUCKING EXORCISED FROM EXISTENCE BECAUSE THEY REMIND THE MASS WHAT THEY COULD NEVER BE AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHICH IS FOR MANY OF US TO BE ENCOURAGED AND LEARN FROM THE GREATNESS OF HUMAN EFFORT ACHIEVING OUR GOALS BY MOVING THROUGH FEAR , WORKING THROUGH PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND FORGING YOURSELF ALONG WITH YOUR TALENT AND CHARACTER..... BRUCE NEVER TREATED HIS TALENT AS DEUS EX MACHINA IN HIS LIFE.... THE SAME GOES WITH MANY OTHER GENIUSES LIKE MILES DAVIS , NICOLA TESLA , ETC LIKE MILES DAVIS DID WITH MUSIC BRUCE REDISCOVERED THE PATH OF MARTIAL ARTS FROM ZERO POINT LIKE MIYAMOTO MUSASHI DID LIKE.. HE WAS LIKE THE COLOMBUS OF A NEW WORLD OF EXPRESSION THROUGH THE HUMAN MOVEMENT ... HE WAS LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI , A RENAISSANCE MAN MOVING TOO FAST FOR THE CAMERA. ... WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME .... EVER OUR TIME ...HE WAS LIKE A COMET PASSING OUR INNER SOLAR SYSTEM BEFORE ENTERING INTERSTELLAR SPACE REALITY SUCH RARE UNIQUE HUMAN BEINGS ARE FORGED FROM SOME KIND OF A DREAM MATERIAL GIVEN FROM THE GODS LIKE A SACRED FIRE ... THEY ARE INDESTRUCTIBLE AND THAT GENERATES HATE FROM THE MEDIOCRITY CONSCIOUSLY AND UNCONSCIOUSLY CONCERNING THEIR AWARENESS OF BEING MEDIOCRITY....... MANY OF US NOWDAYS EITHER WE ARE ARTIST, MUSICIANS, WRITERS, CINEMATOGRAPHERS WE KEEP RECEIVING HATE FROM THE MASS HATE BECAUSE TRUTH ALWAYS BLEEDS AND LEAVES A SCAR IN THE SOFT TISSUE ... ITS A NEVERENDING BATTLEFIELD UNFORTUNATELY FOR MANY OF US ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY & RELATIVES THE REAL UFC CAGE BEFORE GET INJECTED TO THE XENOMORPH PLANET FOR YOUR RITE OF PASSAGE TO THE BRUTAL INHUMAN PSYCHOREALITY FIGHTING THROUGH BLOOD AND TERROR CREATING YOUR OWN MAGNETIC VACUUM

Chuck Norris wrote a book of essays about life lessons he learned from martial arts. In one of those essays, he said he was light-sparring Bruce Lee and Bruce was having a bad day where he could not score a hit.

I believe Joe Lewis has always praised Bruce, there's a video of him saying Bruce punched like a heavy weight. It was Chuck that claims Bruce can't fight because he never fought "professionally".

@@kedabro1957 That was from Chuck’s own claims - when it’s the truth, you don’t need to say it yourself - others say it for you and Bruce was the one whom MANY fighters back in the day said they couldn’t touch. Bruce never once spoke for himself on these matters - he didn’t need to.

@@kedabro1957 Also, another piece of evidence that chuck lies - he claimed in interviews they never sparred, then in other interviews and his book he said they did. Liar

Someone in the comments said 1995.

JKD changes just as much as Joe's stories smh

@@youngvvyoungonevv8798haha well said. So true. The truth about Bruce and Joe is told in John Little’s new book wrath of the dragon: the real fights of Bruce Lee. Not everyone can fight or wants to fight regardless of the training. It’s not the system it’s the practitioner so this guy above up saying “so much for JKD strategies” has nothing to do with JKD but everything to do with the practitioners. There were only a few guys Bruce trained who could really fight or had fights.

Wall is as fake as his hairpiece

Bob wall once stated that bruce pound for pound was unbeatable. Bob also went on to say that men have egos and imagine how hard it is to know someone who has never been in the ring can beat you all. You look and your trophy and realise am I really world champion... Chuck are you one of them.

Bob wall good dude. I recall in a interview on KZfaq Bob went after Steven seagal for talk shit about Bruce Lee it got taken down Bob call seagal something about having a gun duel 😂😂😂 wish could see it again man it was funny

@@ianrobinson5057 Bob Wall never said that....he said Bruce didnt compete because his ego couldnt take losing.

Exactly! I thought it was just me but I always felt that Joe Lewis was jealous of Bruce Lee and sent out mixed messages in his interviews.

I hope Bruce is kicking his ass all over up there!!

@@kelvendyson1508 Joe if fifty pounds heavier. Bruce never competed in full contact kickboxing.

@@boshirahmed Doesn’t mean squat.

@DStraits Straits bruce was just as compettitive as joe lewis.. They all had big egos.. They all deserve respect and were equally stubborn.. Only bruce was smart enough to make his own movies..

Norris may not have fought full contact but unlike Bruce he did fight and records seem to indicate that there was full contact involved with a fight being ended by a throw. He was also the first westerner to reach a certain rank in taekwondo, had a brown belt in judo and later went on to become a very advanced BJJ practitioner. Any of Norris' achievements alone places him well above Lee in terms of official qualifications. Bruce had no belts, no competition record and learned the largely ineffective wing chun for some time. He also supposedly tried to incorporate fencing strategy into unarmed fighting, which does not seem to have been supported by anyone before or after. Maybe Bruce was such a great athlete that he would beat Norris regardless but that would not be because of their skill because back in his prime Norris had more proof of his skill than Bruce and while Norris is an old man today he has easily surpassed Lee in grappling as well although we do not know if Bruce would have learned that as well.

@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 inosanto got 2nd place in his last point fighting tourney, which was also the first one that norris joined. Inosanto has said that lee was the fastest person hes ever met and the strongest for his size, and sparring him was like a bad dream. Lee constantly talked crap about point fighting yet point fighters like norris and lewis didnt challenge him but rather studied under him. It was only after lees death that they started to unashamedly say lee wasnt a fighter. Edit: regarding the fencing stance - i guess you mean it is not a good stance so lees style wasnt good? But he also used savate knee stomps which took mma 2 decades to mainstream, so does that mean lees style was good? Why discount lees private sparring and ability in striking but praise chucks private ability to grapple? Its lke saying that if lee could beat up pro fighters 20 to 50lbs bigger in his backyard, that is less significant than a 70 year old getting a bjj black belt without any serious competitive rolling. Self contradictory.

@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 of course Chuck is way ahead,Bruce died over 40 years ago. Bruce was just scratching the grappling surface. He only worked with Gene Labelle for a year. Had he lived he would have come back to the US to make movies and continue learning from Labelle. Dan has said Bruce realized his art was severely lacking a ground game.

Not true,Chuck is a heavyweight champion many times over.Look at the scares around his eyes. Brie had a deep respect for Chuck. Ask anybody who new Bruce.

@@robertlaporte2998 yeah they get hit on accident in those glorified tag matches. Chuck has never been hit in the face with the full force of someone trying to hurt him. You're not supposed to make contact to the face and other vital areas. That is one reason Joe Lewis got disgusted with those tournaments and went to full contact.

i never heard that either. odd, especially considering that he didn't think women had a very good chance against a male attacker.

Benny was a little kid that wanted to train with Bruce. He was there at the Long Beach showcase and was awe of Bruce.

@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 - FUN FACT-he wanted to SPAR Bruce!! But his older brother or uncle, who trained Benny, told him that he didn’t have enough experience yet.

@@BaseBasvic i don't know about that but i know that he was awe of bruce. Benny was 12 years old witnessing the one inch punch at the LB. I don't think he wanted to spar but to be around BL bc knowing Benny saying spar and having that true essence of martial art with such humbleness and saying he wat to spar would be disrespectful. Benny was 21 when bruce died.

@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 - I saw him say it in an interview that he asked his uncle if he could spar him. He was a young confident kid, a lot of martial artist at that time weren’t learning boxing, sparring and getting ring experience like Benny was at his age. It’s not a disrespect thing, I’m sure he was still in awe and inspired by him. He was just confident enough to put the gloves on and spar with him.

Benny was the fighter Bruce fans wish Bruce was.

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21:20? He talked about it at minute 13:53 and I think he meant Bruce Lee not Mike Stone. Bruce Lee thought that Norris was no fighter, not Mike Stone.

Mike Stone was also one of the pros that thought Bruce would have done really good in competition

@@Katzenhase It was Bruce Lee who made the statement about Chuck Norris ? Oh my bad. If Bruce Lee made that statement then it's even more remarkable.

@@truthhitman7473 Bob Wall said in an interview (here on youtube) that Chuck Norris was Bruce Lee´s favorite fighter.

@@Katzenhase Dan knew Bruce Lee far better than point champion Chuck Norris 🤣

Lee rarely sparred he concentrated on doing drills he was not a fighter

@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS said the racist ?

@@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS good try, mr nobody

@@truthhitman7473 Wow what an arsehole

@@johnlee5423 show me a fight of Lee taking hits you can’t because Lee was an actor & martial artist he was never a fighter he never said he was nor was he considered a fighter when alive

I think Joe has a different opinion of Bruce than he's willing to discuss

@@larrylozier3254 totally agree

This is just my opinion, but it looks to me like Joe may not hold Bruce in the same regard as Dan did, and Joe just doesn't want to say it publicly. I think Dan may have gotten his butt whooped by Bruce a few times in sparring, and Dan was being very honest and open about it, where Joe might have taken his honest opinion about Bruce to his grave with him. I'm not saying that I think that Joe secretly whooped Bruce in a sparring session (although, MAYBE it could have happened). MAYBE they "lightly" sparred, and maybe they didn't, but I get the impression from Joe that MAYBE they did do some kind of "live" training together, and maybe Joe wasn't super impressed, and maybe out of respect to Bruce and his family, Joe just "bit his tounge" (he chose not to say anything publicly), and I really DOUBT that Joe would of "bragged till the cows came home" if he ever really did whoop Bruce in a sparring session, I think Joe was way too respectful to Bruce to ever do something like that.

@@ropongi1008 I heard that when bruce was alive Joe and other would walk on egg shells around Bruce. I heard a few storys that Bruce would spar Joe, Mike and Chuck and these guys couldn't touch Bruce. They would be read in the face from all of Bruce hits. Even one of chuck student said the same thing;. Also Bob Bremer woulds some time spar Joe and Bob would shot him down. Bob also said that when he would spar with Bruce as soon as he moved Bruce was all over him. So I disagree with all the comments above. Joe & chuck didn't want to give Bruce credit. Joe did change his ways before passing. He actually came out saying that he sparred bruce and could touch him and bruce would be able to play with him.

Meant to say couldn't touch him

I agree totally

Taky Kimura was 96, almost 97!

ha the BL estate still making money from a dead man its outrageous that they of all people who like to espouse all the good things about Lee should restrict information about him that is totally relevant to martial artists now. Im guessing that the recent Bob Baker letters will cause Shannon apoplexy and that Linda Lee herself allegedly committed perjury over the life insurance case maybe the statute of limitations has a very long reach over such a serious crime?

@@michaelreynolds6543 Estate has the nerve to talk trash but they let that asshole David Tadman scam people , Linda *knows* whats up with DT but shuts her eyes cuz DT and Kerridge prints BL books and the estate wants that money

I think it’s John Little who’s the “official” biographer and custodian, and he decides what goes out and what doesn’t John Little is a talented writer, but his hagiography of Lee (and to his other idol, Mike Mentzer), borders on homoerotic worship at times For example. Mr. Little captions a picture of Mr. Mentzer reading a newspaper describing how Mr. Mentzer reads to stay informed about things outside of the gym! Further on, he talks about Mentzer reading Kant and Descartes. It’s the not-too-subtle implication was that the other elite bodybuilders of Mentzer's era were stupid. Also, Mr. Little gushes about Mentzer's good looks more than once episode and how that was a first for a professional bodybuilder. Serve Nubret was well known in his home country for his appearance, and Steve Reeves was regarded as extremely good-looking in his prime! The same with Bruce Lee-anything that doesn’t show Bruce as a superman won’t be published

Alot of the real fighters were being nice, back when Bruce was alive they didnt consider him as a fighter. After he passed some of them like Jim Kelly started making vague unsupported claims. Ever notice they pussy foot around saying he was a great Martial Artist? The fact is he only had the one confirmed fight as an adult. Whats worse is making claims someone is an elite fighter when they are unproven/tested.