Birth Of The Dragon - A New Bruce Lee Film

[Beta]

Not feeling this shit too Americanized

?

It takes place in San Francisco.

Yeah but ehhhh idk then maybe it's a different reason

 

[Splackavelli]

Enter the Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story with that goon Jason Lee I think his name is is CLASSIC.

Wouldn't argue with you if you told me it'd better than any actual Bruce Lee movie.

Will watch

what made dragon good was that the actor resembled bruce a little.

this new movie looks cool but it looks kind of sensationalized like its stretched beyond what actually happened dragon was stretched too though bruce didn't injure his back in a martial arts showdown he did that lifting weights.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Sounds like Bruce got that work

Lee would later tell Black Belt magazine his encounter with Wong would change his way of thinking forever, evolving from a strict Wing Chun style to his own Jeet Kune Do, which incorporated a variety of techniques. But while he later dismissed his fight “with a kung fu cat” as nothing more than a rabbit chase where his hands swelled from pummeling his foe, other accounts have presented a very different take.

According to writer Rick Wing, who tracked down as many of the surviving 11 spectators as he could—along with Wong himself—the fight was not as one-sided as Lee described it. Lee began by lashing out immediately after a handshake, cutting Wong’s forehead, and then proceeded to launch a series of groin kicks and high-volume punches, most of which Wong absorbed in the chest.

Wong moved laterally, and was not as aggressive as the temperamental Lee; he had told his friends he wouldn’t be using kicks, which he considered his most dangerous weapon, because he didn’t want to permanently injure Lee. He did, however, sport a pair of leather bracelets he wore over his wrists, and one of his strikes caught Lee near his neck, staggering him. Wong followed up with a headlock, but chose not to strike while Lee was doubled over.

After 20 minutes of Lee pressing the action and Wong picking his spots, Wong lost his footing and fell to the ground, where Lee tried to pounce on him. Observers told Wing they feared Lee was getting too heated and stepped in to break up the bout.

Lee later told his wife, Linda, he felt the fight had gone on too long, and that he should’ve been able to dispatch Wong easily. The frustration led to an increased devotion to training. In a few months’ time, his son, Brandon, would be born, and his screen test for a television series would lead to a co-starring stint on The Green Hornet. When he returned to San Francisco for martial arts exhibitions, he referred to Wong as “the runner.”

Though the men had agreed not to discuss the fight, news circulated in Chinese newspapers. The printed version started as gossip fodder, distorted to attribute the reason for the bout as being over a woman—a Chinese actress, Zhang Zhongwen, who had briefly danced the cha-cha with Lee before his infamous demonstration.

It wasn't true, and Lee agreed to be interviewed to correct the story; Wong then tried to refute Lee’s version, which had him winning. The scene was also dramatized in 1993’s Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, where a stand-in for Wong breaks Lee’s back.

Now in his 70s, Wong still resides in the San Francisco area. He rarely speaks of the Lee bout. When the actor died in 1973, he sent flowers.

Though no one can say for certain, it appears Lee and Wong met just once more after the fight, when Lee came to the café where Wong was a waiter. A relaxed Lee mentioned they were both Chinese, had come from the same martial arts lineage, and had no reason to quarrel.

“Hey, man,” Lee said, “I was just trying to advertise my school.”

How does that sound like "Bruce got that work" to you? Based on what I've seen the consensus is either it was a draw or Bruce edged it out but only after an extremely long time and with Wong limiting himself.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Sounds like Bruce got that work

Lee would later tell Black Belt magazine his encounter with Wong would change his way of thinking forever, evolving from a strict Wing Chun style to his own Jeet Kune Do, which incorporated a variety of techniques. But while he later dismissed his fight “with a kung fu cat” as nothing more than a rabbit chase where his hands swelled from pummeling his foe, other accounts have presented a very different take.

According to writer Rick Wing, who tracked down as many of the surviving 11 spectators as he could—along with Wong himself—the fight was not as one-sided as Lee described it. Lee began by lashing out immediately after a handshake, cutting Wong’s forehead, and then proceeded to launch a series of groin kicks and high-volume punches, most of which Wong absorbed in the chest.

Wong moved laterally, and was not as aggressive as the temperamental Lee; he had told his friends he wouldn’t be using kicks, which he considered his most dangerous weapon, because he didn’t want to permanently injure Lee. He did, however, sport a pair of leather bracelets he wore over his wrists, and one of his strikes caught Lee near his neck, staggering him. Wong followed up with a headlock, but chose not to strike while Lee was doubled over.

After 20 minutes of Lee pressing the action and Wong picking his spots, Wong lost his footing and fell to the ground, where Lee tried to pounce on him. Observers told Wing they feared Lee was getting too heated and stepped in to break up the bout.

Lee later told his wife, Linda, he felt the fight had gone on too long, and that he should’ve been able to dispatch Wong easily. The frustration led to an increased devotion to training. In a few months’ time, his son, Brandon, would be born, and his screen test for a television series would lead to a co-starring stint on The Green Hornet. When he returned to San Francisco for martial arts exhibitions, he referred to Wong as “the runner.”

Though the men had agreed not to discuss the fight, news circulated in Chinese newspapers. The printed version started as gossip fodder, distorted to attribute the reason for the bout as being over a woman—a Chinese actress, Zhang Zhongwen, who had briefly danced the cha-cha with Lee before his infamous demonstration.

It wasn't true, and Lee agreed to be interviewed to correct the story; Wong then tried to refute Lee’s version, which had him winning. The scene was also dramatized in 1993’s Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, where a stand-in for Wong breaks Lee’s back.

Now in his 70s, Wong still resides in the San Francisco area. He rarely speaks of the Lee bout. When the actor died in 1973, he sent flowers.

Though no one can say for certain, it appears Lee and Wong met just once more after the fight, when Lee came to the café where Wong was a waiter. A relaxed Lee mentioned they were both Chinese, had come from the same martial arts lineage, and had no reason to quarrel.

“Hey, man,” Lee said, “I was just trying to advertise my school.”

How does that sound like "Bruce got that work" to you? Based on what I've seen the consensus is either it was a draw or Bruce edged it out but only after an extremely long time and with Wong limiting himself.

maybe i chose the wrong words...it seems like had Wong went there to do damage, he d gave Bruce the work

 

[VulcanRaven]

The actor is 100% Chinese. His family owns a martial arts school in China. Look him up.

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

The actor is 100% Chinese. His family owns a martial arts school in China. Look him up.

Yea I told em

 

[The Lonious Monk]

The actor is 100% Chinese. His family owns a martial arts school in China. Look him up.

Yea I told em

Niggas really walking around her thinking that all Asians look like the ChingChangChong stereotype that white people pushed. lol

 

[Rampage12]

LOL that one guy has to be the same guy from Narcos...I'd recognize his corny ass voice anywhere.

 

[Brother_Five]

is this the movie that focuses on some white dude instead of Bruce?

 

[Vader_F_Kennedy]

This was dope

 

[Bcotton5]

Must watch

 

[CottonCitySlim]

the white guy better not be the main character

 

[The Lonious Monk]

the white guy better not be the main character

http://moviepilot.com/p/how-historically-accurate-is-new-bruce-lee-biopic-birth-of-a-dragon/4107916

From the sounds of this, he is. Not only that, but they basically white washed Bruce's life and took all the real historical context out of the movie.

 

[Beta]

the white guy better not be the main character

http://moviepilot.com/p/how-historically-accurate-is-new-bruce-lee-biopic-birth-of-a-dragon/4107916

From the sounds of this, he is. Not only that, but they basically white washed Bruce's life and took all the real historical context out of the movie.

And they thought I was tripping

 

[VulcanRaven]

the white guy better not be the main character

http://moviepilot.com/p/how-historically-accurate-is-new-bruce-lee-biopic-birth-of-a-dragon/4107916

From the sounds of this, he is. Not only that, but they basically white washed Bruce's life and took all the real historical context out of the movie.

Well shit