Was Bruce Lee the best Martial Artist ever?

Answer 1

I think Bruce Lee was and still is the best of all time!! Who could do 2 finger push ups, catch rice in the air with chopsticks, throw someone across the room with a punch 1 inch away from their stomach, and have movie producers have to slow down his punches and kicks so they could see them?

Bruce Lee Rules!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

He is widely considered the greatest martial artist in living memory. he also competed in many Martial Arts competitions and won them all with relative ease. he was a pioneer and reinvented the way the world looks upon Asia and martial arts, along with his amazing philosophy it is hard to say he isn't one of if not the greatest martial artist of all time.

Answer 3

No; that honor goes to the legendary Shaolin monk Hung Hei Kung, the ancestor of Wong Fei Hung. In the world of Chinese martial arts, you need the following requirements to become a master of Kung Fu. Okay they're not requirements, they're more recomendations, as most Chinese subscribe to Daoist theory, they hold the view that "everyone has their own way," HOWEVER, the following requirements have consistently produced the largest number of people who have gone on to become masters of Kung Fu, they are; 1) They must start early, preferably at the age of 5. Also, formal martial arts training does not in fact begin until the age of 8; for the first three years, the child is made to sweep floors and clean toilets to instill a sense of humility at a very early age. 2) Obviously they must have the guidance, preferably personal, or near personal, of an expert or master. Just because someone's technique is perfect, that does not mean they are a master; in the world of Chinese Kung Fu, the difference between a master and an expert, is that a master is capable of borderline supernatural feats. I'll talk about what defines a "master" later, according to Chinese views. By "personal guidance" I mean, that there are two ways to train in Kung Fu; you are part of a crowd of 1,000 kids, and you see some dude in the distance demonstrating moves, and you copy them as best you can. The other way, the better way, is one on one instruction, where the master personally corrects, and constantly, all the flaws in your form. Being a teacher in Kung Fu is not easy; it requires much patience as a student's form almost always has flaws, so for the first 2 years of so of formal martial arts training, correcting of form is nearly constant. There must be a lot of patience on the part of the student too, and usually, kids are more tolerant of constantly being corrected than teenagers and adults are. 3) For the first 3 years of training, sweeping floors, for the next 2 years, the correcting of form, and for the next 5, constant drilling in the basics, the forms, and the application, but, additionally, if this is the Shaolin temple we are talking about, almost constant meditation and study of Buddhist literature when not doing Kung Fu. At the end of ten years the student is an expert, but they are not yet a master. Here is where Hung Hei Kung comes in; as you can imagine, in the days of the old temple by the time a student was aged 15 or 16, their training was complete, however, the vast majority of students are not yet masters, THAT, is where Hung Hei Kung was different. When he was only 7 years old and just barely starting to learn the forms, largely just from watching, he toppled students that bullied him as old as 18. Okay not students, monks. Obviously, bullies don't hold back; the problem of bullying existed even in the old temple. The story goes, that Hung Hei Kung demonstrated a genius for Kung Fu at a very early age, by the time he completed his training at 16, he defeated all of the temple's senior abbots, men who had been practicing for up to 60 years some. Hung Hei Kung is the youngest man to have attained total and complete mastery of Kung Fu, in the whole of Chinese history. With time, guidance, meditation and practice, if you are determined enough, and hopefully have enough time and good fortune in this world, anyone can become a master, because, ultimately what mastery of Kung Fu is, is the harmonizing of a skill, with a purified soul. Sooner or later, all determined and well meaning people will eventually get there, the average age when most people become masters, is usually between 50 and 60, its almost always around middle age to early old age. What makes Hung Hei Kung unique, is that he was already as powerful with his Kung Fu, as men who had been practicing for 6 decades or more. By the time he was in his mid 20's, he was said to have been as powerful as Bodhidharma, none other than the founder of Shaolin Kung Fu, and by the time he was in his mid 30's his Kung Fu was so strong not even the Wudang martial artists could touch him. His chi, was also said to be prodigiously strong; at the risk of getting mythic here, it was said that in time, Hung Hei Kung could push people without touching them, and he achieved this when he was in his 40's. Althoug Wudang Kung Fu, the internal martial arts, hold the better win reccord in tests of skill against Shaolin Kung Fu, the strongest, most skillful martial artist ever produced by China, and the youngest man to have been recognized as a true master, was a Shaolin monk named Hung Hei Kung, who, legend has it, left the temple because he fell in love with a saintly woman. Come on now, his descendant Wong Fei Hung had to come from somewhere. Once, Wong Fei Hung was praised as having had achieved the skill of his famous ancestor, the story goes, that upon hearing that he was angered, saying that his ancestor should not be "so insulted." Again, mastery of Kung Fu, allegedly the purification of the soul, attaining sainthood, according to the stories, superhuman skill is something that the dedicated fortunate can achieve if they are sincere and hard working enough, in other words amazing though their feats may be, a master is actually nothing special, true masters themselves don't consider themselves anything special. To get the attention of Chinese martial artists, you need to master a martial art at a very early age, have demonstrated unique and extremely rare genius like Hung Hei Kung did. Because he acquired his skills so rapidly, and became so monstrously powerful not even internal martial artists could touch him, the honor of "best martial artist ever" goes to Hung Hei Kung. Shang Sang Feng, and Bodhidharma were strong masters themselves in their own right BUT, Bodhidharma was a Yogi close to 80 when he visited the Shaolin temple, and he was almost 90 when he invented Kung Fu, allegedly having reached total mastery, by the age of 110. I use the word allegedly because Bodhidharma is credited as having had extreme longevity,some chroniclers say he lived to be 200 years or more. Shang Sang Feng, had FINALLY perfected his Tai Chi Chuan also by the age of 90. The point I'm trying to make is, Hung Hei Kung was as skillful and "supernaturally" powerful as Shang Sang Feng and Bodhidharma at the tender age of 30, where Bodhidharma and Shang Sang Feng, were both old men when they attained mastery. For all intents and purposes, Hung Hei Kung, to Chinese martial artists who believe EVERYTHING narrated about him, remains the most skillful and powerful martial artist ever.

Answer 4

One of the reasons Bruce Lee ended up in the US is that he was in many fights as a youth in Hong Kong. When the police came after him, he left for the US. There are a number of individuals that witnessed many fights in which Bruce came out on top.

Answer 5

No, but he was the best martial artist of his time.
Fedor is the best fighter of all time from Russia.

Answer 6

It is known that he is...He holds all the records for the fastest knockouts and destruction of the human man.

Answer 7

Yes, Bruce Lee wasn't just an actor, he lived a lifestyle devoted to training and becoming the best he could be.

Answer 8

not the best but one of the best

Answer 9

Yes