"Bruce Lee vs. Wong Jack Man: Fact, Fiction and the ..." Topic
5 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please do not post offers to buy and sell on the main forum.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Pulp Media Message Board
Areas of InterestFantasy 19th Century World War One World War Two on the Land Science Fiction
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Workbench Article
Featured Profile ArticleLittle skulls at the dollar store.
Featured Book Review
Featured Movie Review
|
Tango01 | 05 Oct 2016 9:34 p.m. PST |
…Birth of the Dragon. "In late autumn of 1964, Wong Jack Man piled into a brown Pontiac Tempest with five other people as the sun set on San Francisco Bay. The group departed Chinatown and traveled east over the Bay Bridge to Bruce Lee's new kung fu school on Broadway Avenue in Oakland. After weeks of back-and-forth messages and rising tensions, high noon had finally arrived. The showdown that occurred that night in front of just seven people behind locked doors was a legendary matchup by just about any standard. It posited two highly dynamic 23-year-old martial artists who shared a compelling—almost yin/yang-like—symmetry between them: the quiet ascetic and the boisterous showman, traditional against modern, San Francisco vs. Oakland, Northern Shaolin against Southern. The fight that ensued would affect the remainder of both of their lives. And even still, this symmetry would persist: one would silently endure the fight's long shadow for decades, while the other would boldly become a global icon before passing all too soon. Far more than just some youthful clash of egos, the incident has a much wider relevance. Not only did it shape the fighting approach of the man who would become the world's most famous martial artist, but the match itself was a key moment in a battle of paradigms. If Bruce Lee is indeed a philosophical godfather of modern mixed martial arts competitions, then his fight with Wong Jack Man was a qualifying moment, a crucible that tested the validity of martial techniques much in the way that early UFC fights would in the late 90s, tearing back the curtain to bluntly expose what was effective and what was mere hype…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
Howler | 07 Oct 2016 8:29 a.m. PST |
Very interesting article. Many thanks |
martinjpayne1964 | 07 Oct 2016 11:49 p.m. PST |
Excellent read, thanks for finding it. |
Joes Shop | 08 Oct 2016 7:08 a.m. PST |
|
Tango01 | 08 Oct 2016 10:35 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it boys!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
|
|