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On the cockroaches: Robert doesn't say what age Bruce was when he was screaming on the table. Sounds like he was a little kid. To answer The Chronic and the question of Bruce Lee's real ability: He trained for actual combat, not sport. Things he would use in combat are illegal in sport, such as breaking a leg, etc. I read Jon Benn's book, and also you can find his interview on Youtube. Benn was the boss gangster in Way of the Dragon. Benn said when having dinner in Manila with Chuck Norris he asked him who would win in a fight to the death, 'You or Bruce?' Norris replied, "Bruce, of course." Dan Inosanto is one of the gentlemen of martial arts, with a top reputation as a man of integrity. He and others of that caliber have said: "While not naming names, when Bruce sparred with the tournament champions, he was far above all of the top names." He also went on: "I did not witness this, but trust the witnesses, who saw Bruce spar with Joe Lewis (heavyweight champ karate). "It was like Muhammad Ali against a golden gloves boxer, strictly no contest." One of Elvis' bodyguards said that sparring with Lee "was like fighting a shadow.' Perhaps the most strongest proponent of Bruce Lee's real life ability is Sifu James DeMile. He was US Air Force heavyweight boxing champion, undefeated in 100 boats. He was a streetfighter head of a gang. He said in Seattle, in the early years, "Bruce surrounded himself with streetfighters. When he knew he could defeat the best, he became even better. To this day, I believe that Bruce could have beaten anyone in the world.... tournaments are sport, with rules. Bruce trained for life and death." When people like Lewis questioned concepts such as trapping hands DeMile said, Come on over. Lewis never showed. When people thought they could have beaten Bruce Lee, DeMile said, "You should be able to beat me easily, if you can beat Bruce." No one succeeded against DeMile. When Lee was in his first film made in Thailand he searched for the kickboxing champions. One account, (you can google) one of the champions is named. He says that in a friendly match Bruce defeated him. Lee than asked to match with the champion. The first champ says that Lee also defeated the thai champion. When Lee was in Hong Kong he was challenged in the newspapers by a Hong Kong western boxing champion and martial artist. Since such matches are illegal there, they arranged a private setting in New Territories. It was arranged by Lee's friend who was high in the police dept. The challenger is also named (google, I forget his name). He thought he could blend western boxing and a certain gung fu style. So they met with about 20 witnesses (this was also confirmed by an executive of Golden Harvest): the challenger attacked with a barrage of punches. Lee covered like 'a seasoned boxer' .... then the challenger attempted a leg sweep. Lee avoided the attack and kicked the challenger in the chest. He went down, and was carried off. He had three fractured ribs. Lee's power is well documented, as is his speed and reflexes, etc. When friends made a 300 pound heavy bag as a joke, he kicked it and the garage had to be fixed because of the damage to the supports. When he met the singer Vic Damone in Las Vegas, Damone asked Lee to his suite after the show. There were Damone's two huge, armed bodyguards. The discussion of course came to fighting. The three men said that martial arts were no good. A good Italian streetfighter could beat a top martial artist. Lee said, "well let's do this. The first guard will stand in front of the door, guarding. The second a few feet away with a cigarette in your mouth. This represents a holstered gun. When I come through the door, the first guy will try to stop me. The second I come through, you, the second guard, will take the cigarette from your mouth --- this represents your holstered gun. Now you all know what I'm going to do beforehand, so I'm at a disadvantage. I'll do this all under five seconds, so Vic -- you start counting when I come through the door." So Lee goes out to the hallway and closes the door. Damone says, "Go easy on him. I don't want to hurt him, just knock him on his ass, and we'll be done with this." So they wait a few seconds and then the door comes wrenching off its frame with a big CRACK! with a Lee sidekick. Then he jumped to the second guard who was frozen in place, and kicked the cigarette out of his mouth. He looked at Damone, who said, "Holy Shit!!!" Lee could think on his feet, as we can see there. There are similar stories where the biggest, toughest guys were easily defeated by him. DeMile said the early Seattle students had some really tough guys, "So and so could tear your head off." "So and so was a mountain man who lived with bears..." and these guys said "Bruce could have beaten us all at the same time." Manny Pacquiao says, "Bruce Lee is my hero." Sugar Ray Leonard, a great champion, the Pacquiao of his day has said the same: "He was so fast, so powerful, so fluid. When you call someone the greatest, that's Bruce Lee. When you look in the dictionary, look up 'icon' and that's Bruce Lee." The very BEST champions say that Lee was the best. They have the talent to see he was the real thing. It's only the second grade talents who say "I could have taken Bruce Lee." It is interesting that when he was alive these tournament champions did not challenge him. The top champions were his students, including Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, Mike Stone. When a top black belt from Japan (and had met all the masters) was visiting Los Angeles and met Lee, he was asked what do you think of him? "Frightening!" Game of Death hapkido master said that he would never film another fight scene with Lee again, because he was too intense. (ie, scary!). And remember, Lee did not have a coach, unlike sports champions. He was his own coach, in the tradition of the great masters. He was not afraid of the triads. As DeMile says, "Those who never met Bruce can wonder if he was the best. Those who knew him don't have that luxury of wondering." (paraphrase).

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