Originally posted by nusty
Actually he was born in San Francisco and then later lived and trained in Hong Kong while it was still under British Rule. ;)
The market for his skills in China was never as valuable as they were in the US or Hong Kong.
But his parents were Chinese.
...and his first martial art was Tai Chi, believe it or not...
/my Sifu said so
nusty
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Originally posted by Abercrombie
...and his first martial art was Tai Chi, believe it or not...
/my Sifu said so
All I know is that his first instructor was Grandmaster Yip Man who was trainned in several Chinese martial arts, so it's quite possible as a starting point, although given his tendency to get into fights a lot at that age I have a hard time beleiving he would have the patience nessecary for something as calm as Tai Chi... I still can't do more than one class a year without getting bored. lol.
The first martial art Bruce Lee taught during/after universtiy was Kung Fu though.
Edit: I'd love to do Tai Chi when I'm 80 though! :)
E2EK1EL
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Originally posted by nusty
this is my favorite one. It's Mike Valley, an old school skate boarder. he was riding and some guys on the side called him out as being a fag.... he settled that record.
5 on 1.
Mike Valley is one tuff dude you don't want to with at all. He's normaly very cool and nice until you piss him off
nusty
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Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Mike Valley is one tuff dude you don't want to with at all. He's normaly very cool and nice until you piss him off
I've got some great clips of him playing hockey and fighting during his section of an old 411 video magazine issue. He's so chill until you break him and then he just goes off.
beatjunkie
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Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Mike Valley is one tuff dude you don't want to with at all. He's normaly very cool and nice until you piss him off
Agreed.
Can we work on getting some real fight scenes in this thread instead of this fake movie stuff.....?
It's like watching WWE.
m2j
the protector one is the most realistic out of the movie scenes imo
cuz he breaks all the guys arms/legs to make sure they dont get back up and fight.
I wonder if its even possible to beat that many fighters/black belts with out taking even one blow.
starsearcher
Nice choreography
nusty
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Originally posted by m2j
the protector one is the most realistic out of the movie scenes imo
cuz he breaks all the guys arms/legs to make sure they dont get back up and fight.
I wonder if its even possible to beat that many fighters/black belts with out taking even one blow.
what do you mean without taking a blow?... Tony Jaa got stabbed with a Katana in that scene! lol.
Spike
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Originally posted by dEsidEL
the end sequence kicks ass too lol .. :D
behold.. Bruce Lee.. ULTRA PISSED !
this is how action movies should be made...none of this stupid crouching tiger jet li jumpin on leaves flyin thru the air bull nowadays
dEsidEL
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Originally posted by nusty
Actually he was born in San Francisco and then later lived and trained in Hong Kong while it was still under British Rule. ;)
The market for his skills in China was never as valuable as they were in the US or Hong Kong.
But his parents were Chinese (From Hong Kong though...). He was primarily British?/ American but if Chinese citizenship follows down generations then yes, he was still also Chinese. He didn't exercise his US citizenship until his late teens.
Edit: this is all pretty trival crap since many an asian in Hong Kong considered themselves Chinese rather than British... I just thought it was funny saying how he was so Chinese when in fact he never was technically. :)
apparently his mother was half German too
E2EK1EL
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Originally posted by nusty
I've got some great clips of him playing hockey and fighting during his section of an old 411 video magazine issue. He's so chill until you break him and then he just goes off.
There's the Mike Valley Doc that came out a while ago ... he has ripped apart many secuirty grauds that ed with him, other skaters and his wife.
m2j
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Originally posted by nusty
what do you mean without taking a blow?... Tony Jaa got stabbed with a Katana in that scene! lol.
did he!? :eek:
lol, damn, i guess i missed it... time to rewatch it with undivided attention. :stongue:
