Martial Arts/Movie Style

Who was(or is) the greatest martial artist in film?

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Permalink Reply by Emmanuel Cancino on November 23, 2010 at 4:01am

mynameisjonus said:

I find Tony Jaa amazing to watch - good to see Muay Boran used in such a physical and gymnastic way.

However, Bruce Lee is a legend for a reason. His understanding of a variety of martial arts, combined with his immense speed, raw power and awesome Do form approach coupled with a Jutsu form effectiveness leaves him second to none imo.

Watching Lee in action makes me realise that, as eye pleasing as more modern day artists are, nothing compares to things like this:

freaking awesome as!

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Permalink Reply by Dakota on November 23, 2010 at 9:40am

If you want to get technical Jackie Chan is the greatest MARTIAL ARTIST in film. Not to downplay Lee who IS a legend and a great martial artist, philosopher and body builder. But when looking at the facts Jackie Chan is a better performer (in terms of action choreography) and agility. Jackie Chan was Bruce Lee's stunt double at points in his career, and he also practiced Shaolin martial arts at the Peking opera school for about 20 years. When you look at Bruce Lee's training, his only formal martial arts training was learning Wing Chun from Yip Man for 5-6 years. He never even mastered the style, there are even forms that Yip Man never taught him. The rest of his training was learning a few things from different people he met in the USA (Gene Lebell, Chuck Norris etc.) As a fighter Bruce Lee was amazing, and historically speaking he is more important than Jackie Chan, but Jackie Chan is technically a better and more experienced martial artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6o9p8yXjr0 i think hes like 36 years old here. no wires or anything. real fire, real burns.

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Permalink Reply by hintofcoolness on November 23, 2010 at 12:41pm

Bruce Lee

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Permalink Reply by placemats on November 24, 2010 at 12:29am

I love Jackie Chan and Jet Li. But when I am watching a Bruce Lee movie, I can't take my eyes off him. He is mesmerizing.

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Permalink Reply by kilgoretrout2112 on November 24, 2010 at 7:14pm

I have to stick with the legend, Bruce Lee. Donnie Yen is pretty good, and I would like to see what else he has to offer. it has always been kind of a p***** that Carradine got the Kung Fu role and Bruce Lee didn't.....because he was too Chinese. What a crock.