Joe Lewis was a full-contact sport fighter so if he ended up using Bruce Lee's techniques in competitions, then it means Bruce's fighting philosophy was practical and actually usable.
Most definitely, a lot of people don't know Bruce Lee got in the boxing ring for his H.S Boxing championship and defeated all of his opponents in the tournament winning it by defeating the previous champion by knockdown on his first attempt at the sport, he was absolutely a real fighter and that's why all of the great fighters trained with him.
@@quadintheuk8870 I only got to watch him once, but my uncle knew him personally, and is one of the people that runs the Joe Lewis fighting system, since his passing. This was about 18 years ago, and he was still a beast. Nahi rest in peace. My uncle lost a good friend. And not to brag, but he's friends with superfoot too lol Bill Wallace recently, maybe a year ago stayed at his house
@@andrewsimcox5507 It’s the concept that taught to these pros. You have little to no knowledge about Bruce’s philosophical concepts by your question. Bruce said. “ be formless”, “be water and know when to be ice”. Those that answer your question?
@@andrewsimcox5507 Because they represented a certain "Style," and they didn't want to be accused of belittling that Style. Besides----Joe himself told you...his martial arts IMPROVED by learn- ing from Bruce. And HE likewise, taught OTHERS Lee's philosophy of martial arts.
0:00 Start, power side forward. 1:30 Non-telegraphic movement. 3:00 Explosion from neutrality. 3:40 Bruce Lee ahead of the game in 1966. 6:00 Short punches. 7:45 Short punches with power. 11:50 Independant motion. 13:40 Lead side kick. 16:00 Simplifying the kick. Non-telegraphic movement.
I saw Joe Lewis at his seminar in the mid 80s maybe 86, 87? He’s an amazing teacher and taught some really cool things. Footwork drills I still remember for circling footwork and setpoint Control, and slipping. Great stuff.
Ths is fantastic, a breakdown and detailed demonstration of how to implement and make powerful and effective, with 'economy of motion' the leading Jeet Kune Do weapons, the straight right lead punch and low sliding in side kick by no less than pretty much the pioneer of full contact 'kick-boxing' in America, the karate champion Joe Lewis. We are blessed indeed to receive this precious martial arts knowledge and fight science freely.
May Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis be blessed, and RIP. A rarely honest account of details and steps behind the almost unbelievable speed of Bruceś hand and leg techniques. Many rthanks also to the Presenting agencyie as well. Paul, 67, retired instructor of Goju ryu Karate. Excellent , honest
@@stevebb2915 cant speak for bruce but joe has done plenty of full contact fights, some are on youtube...he obviously held bruce in high respect and would never have adopted these techniques or even wasted his time with Lee if he didnt think him legit...
@@stevebb2915 not competitive in the ring but it’s pretty common knowledge among those of his day that he Street fought and sparred full contact regularly and with great prowess. Of course, those days are gone decades ago.
I highly recommend that you watch the kickboxing bout between Joe Lewis and Bill Superfoot Wallace. The bout can be viewed right on RUclips and the bout took place in 1990. Both men basically came out of they're respective retirements from fighting competition, specifically for this particular bout. Lewis was 46 and Wallace was 45 at that time. Both got themselves into proper fighting sport condition. Perhaps influenced by "George Foreman", who came out of a 10 year span of temporary Pro Boxing retirement in 1987, at the age of 38. But anyway, Lewis weighed 200 lbs and Wallace weighed only 166. It was basically a full sized Cruiserweight versus a Super Middleweight. The bout was Very Competitive throughout, but Lewis's slightly better conditioning seemed to be ultimately a prevailing factor, as he seemed to attain and maintain a slight edge throughout the bout. Technically, because it was an exhibition, There was no real winner or loser. Lewis would've gotten the decision though. With kickboxing it seems to be different as far as the overall size discrepancies. 166 lb Wallace didn't truly seem to be overwhelmed just because of the size difference alone. Lewis's stamina, along with his weight advantage slightly factoring in, won him the bout. They're overall skills were basically even. Lewis was obviously working a bit more than Wallace with the cardio conditioning training.
Over the years whenever I heard people saying Bruce was just an actor ,I always referred to what Joe Louis said about him a few other guys in Joe's class I never heard joe say anything bad about Bruce, I'm not saying he didn't, I haven't seen a whole lot over the years but I like what I have seen and I like watching this stuff, good stuff this is all hurried, got to go to work, come back to it all later.
Well done that punch to elbow to torque to step in are all done well and taught right.... Thanks bruce lee someone was taught something right and not talking dubious shit out there about you ..love you Like you love you bruce..... Thanks for showing what you learned..... Thanx bruce
This video makes me feel good that I experienced some of the techniques be taught in this video. I went to Hybrid Martial Arts Academy and learned the same body mechanics I just witnessed in this video. I love it..
biggest thing i learned as a kid and later reinforced by bruce was you can win and end many fights without ever throwing a punch simply by body language and attitude. most who look to attack others, especially in groups look for easy prey, victims and the minute they see you are confidant and cracking a slight smile they start second guessing themselves and look to back off. it's the few this approach won't work on you will have to deal with because these few tend to also have some confidence but your attitude will prevent many from even bothering you.
The more "knowledgeable" and ,"stronger" someone becomes in martial arts, the more confident the one will become on the pre-combat levels. Knowledge of human behavior is part of education. Explore yourself, then you can intervene before a "tendency" arises. MIND CONTROL, I believe that could be meant in Ninjutsu(i)?
Everything that i have seen posted about Joe's views regarding Bruce Lee, are totally respectful and appreciative. Whereas Chuck Norris was openly a student of Bruce Lee whilst Lee was alive, but after Lee died, Norris claimed to have been Lee's tutor and sparring partner! 🙄
JL and CN were champions long before BL, who was an actor and met them. BL was not their teacher, he only appeared at tournaments as a celebrity guest to attract attention and impart knowledge.
Joe Lewis fut un très grand champion , il apportât de grands progrès en meme temps que Bruce Lee dans le monde des arts martiaux . Il nous manque à tous
Now, these things are coming out! World champion karate and kickboxing champion, ADMITS, Bruce Lee was greater than him and that Bruce Lee was HIS TEACHER! Thanks a lot for speaking d truth to the whole world, sir.
Joe Lewis, in anything I've read over the years, has never kept it from anyone that Bruce was his teacher, in my memory. Could I be wrong? There were many teachers of many styles who Bruce had hired too. Even though he didn't wave any flags with their names on it, I doubt Bruce would have intentionally tried to keep that a secret, right? Chuck Norris too, has always acknowledged being a student of Bruce.
@@LandSnipe415 You mean Chuck Norris died also, aside from Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis, because you wrote (and later edited) that the 3 of them may "rest in peace"?
Holy smoke. I wish Bruce Lee was in this video to fully explain all his techniques. But Joe did a great job here. I get it. I also see these moves in Bruce Lee's movies, especially in Way of the Dragon (the one in Rome). This is awesome video. Thank you.
This is genuine knowledge whether you like him or not, I dove deep down the rabbit hole if you will in jkd and the techniques and what I was able to achieve was absurd I think anyone that watches this should pay attention because this is definitely something to add to what you know.
You can simultaneously 'flow or throw' the energy and have an abrupt stop. Like a pool que ball strikes another ball. There is an abrupt stop and all energy moved into the other ball. When I was practicing this, I was doing it on red bricks. It felt like I was barely touching them with my palm. They did not make a thud or break sound, they made kind of a 'whoof' or 'woosh' sound. Then the brick would split. My idea was to move that energy in, at some point it really does seem magical like Ki or Chi. Even still to this day I struggle to fully explain it. I might still be able to do it? there is a lot to be said about striking past / through he target as well for sure. But there is also something very 'magical' about moving the energy with what feels like no contact almost like the air if breaking it. I used to practice putting out candles from further and further away with strikes, id hold a tennis ball and let it go and strike it as it hung in the air over and over clawing it. I had a guy try and kick my knee like that at 15:30 I collapsed my own knee trapping his foot, spun on the ground and heel kicked my friend / or i can groin / stomach punch.
Very few can actually demonstrate the 3/4inch punch with proper bio mechanics and effect. Joe could. Also hand before foot (independent motion) and the same with bridging lead side kick...very few can do. For street application though if you sidekick with the knife edge you could easily break your ankle and the alingment is off. Always best to hit with the flat of foot/heel. Thanks for sharing.
@@craigbosko2229 people often overlook the most important things when they see a fast or flashy tech. Well it's not good if that tech injures you. Glad I helped you see the light.
I had the distinct honor of carrying his gear bag from fight to fight at the he top ten nationals in Saint Louis at Forest Park Community College in 1974. I was 14 years old he seemed really rude and mean but that was was only just before a fight. I’ve heard people say point fighting isn’t the same as full contact, they never saw Ross Scot and Joe Louis fight. The was nothing thrown without full power. What else would you expect from a Marine
What Bruce Lee did was show the world that martial arts was for all walks of life that there wasn't a style per say but a learning experience all styles are inner connected he created his own style out of all martial arts this man was ahead of this world we are still learning how great he was i have a question for everyone upthere "what did Wiseman once said?" Nothing! He is style learning
Joe Lewis is RIP HE PASSED AWAY Joseph Henry Lewis was an American karateka, kickboxer, and actor. As a fighter, Lewis gained fame for his matches in the 1960s and 1970s, and was nicknamed "the Muhammad Ali of karate." Wikipedia Born: 7 March 1944, Knightdale, North Carolina, United States Died: 31 August 2012, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States Martial art: Karate
It's so funny to see Joe Lewis commenting on Bruce's wisdom after Tarentino, the fool, wrote Bruce to say 'Not that white kickboxing asshole' in Once Upon a Time. Shame on you Tarentino for disgracing Bruce's image 50 years after the man died.
One key element that he and just about everyone talking about this type of technique neglects to mention; the source of the power, how it is generated. Everyone is looking at his hands or shoulders or thinking maybe it is from the hips (which I hear a lot). The power is generated throughout the body but it always starts at the legs. Even if you are pivoting the foot/feet, the part that is making contact with the floor is pushing much like jumping up but instead of passing that energy to legs, it moves up to hip, then up the torso to shoulder, elbow and eventually to the striking hand. Same with the kicks. The last several inches of the punch just makes the timing more difficult but essentially all powerful, Chi driven strikes is a force generated thorough out the body like a charge and passed onto the hand/foot as it strikes the target. Best way I can think of to explain this concept is to tell the person to make a fist and try to push an immovable like a brick wall. Try to push the wall for at least several second with as much force as you can, how you generate such a force is the same exact way you would generate the force with the "1 inch" punch.
I'm glad I got to see you. I know a guy in I supposedly his father was an Army vet that new Bruce Lee as well and he showed me something to deal with hitting cardboard with tubes in series behind it and each one have color in it and what you're trying to do is not disrupt the cardboard but to manipulate the colored water in each tube with different pressure without damaging the cardboard. Do you know of this measurement
Bruce trained all the top Black Belts that competed in the Mid too late 60’s. Joe, Mike Stone, Bob Wall, Bob Baker & Chuck Norris. He also trained with Jhoon Rhee *aka the father of American Tae Kwon Do. He also trained with Pan American Gold medalist in Judo Hayward Nishioka & Judo Gene Lebell (RIP💝)…
@@scarred10 You’re probably not old enough to know! News week from the late 60’s posted the story , it clearly listed an interview regarding my post! Don’t be down on what you’re not up on🤓
@@hottmancanelas1797 so a magazine known for unreliable nonsemse must be correct then?He did a few sessions exchanging ideas,he only spent sognificant time with lewis
@@scarred10 I am enjoying our debates🧐I guess , if you’re looking to confirm what my post states , you do have choices. Bruce still has first generation students still alive! Beginning with Guru Dan Inosanto🤓It’s difficult to debate someone who is no longer with us. It’s easy to talk about someone (Bruce)that’s not in the same room. This info is well known through the 60’s. Take your time & research and you will see that Bruce was much more then an Actor✌🏾🙏🏾
I'm a JKD BB and will testify to this technique as it's Bruce's one inch punch technique. It's cool but isn't worth learning compared to regular boxing. Yes! I can perform this technique and actually have been knocking guys 250lbs off their feet for about 27 years now because of this punch. Why do I say learn to box? It's more of a push than it is a true blow. It's a punch, yes, but not a powerful one. A beginner 3 punch combo can help out better in a pinch because it's easier to learn and master. Trust me, I'm 40 and been studying the art of fighti6 for about all my life. Lol. My father was one of those fathers who had me kicking a son as I could stand. It's definitely a technique worth mastering. This is very true! It'll make you lots of money at parties... and win you lots of bets lol.
Bruce took his stance from fencing: power side forward, feet in line with each other. This allows for fast attacks and retreats. The downside is it makes it all but impossible to move side to side. This creates all sorts of openings for boxers/kickboxers who attack at angles and grapplers who can time their takedowns. I think if he'd survived to the era of MMA and watched his fighters get destroyed in the cage, Bruce would have at least adapted his basic power stance to allow for more side to side movement (and incorporated far more grappling).
This stance is best for self defense though, you generally want to lunge in a forward line when getting ambushed. His closing style and hands are to shut down the counter. If MMA matches were 5 second rounds, everyone would fight like this. They aren't, so this approach wouldn't work at all, as you noted. Obviously, Lewis was a karate athlete, so these are just tweaks that could be worked into his style to give opponents something to worry about. But for self defense, it's basically a sprint and based on interrupting a hunter, not overcoming an opponent.
Agreed. It also proves that Bruce was ahead of his time. Ultimately trying to combine many different styles (like the ufc). I think Bruce would’ve adapted. Everything makes sense when you look at the time frame. It’s easy for us to say now (in 2023) that Bruce’s style wouldn’t work but back in the early-mid 1970s his style was next level.
@@brendanokeefemusic- Bruce Lee intended JKD to be always be evolving. Danny Inosantos once remarked that Lee acknowledged,encouraged, and expected the JKD they were doing at the time will have differences 5 years later, 10 years later, etc. Coincidentally, the mind set of being open for adaptive flexibility has always been a core principle in FMA .
I read a book written by Bruce Lee before he was a star, it was the basics of fighting and not king fu, in the book he said when you Punch you hit with only two knuckles only and those are the index and middle, only cause those two are the only ones aligned with the wrist when throwing the punch. I don’t know about this guy.
Now we know Bruce Lee was really good he work out an d trained with world champion fighters Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris and etc. He was like Mr. Miyagi he didn't believe in fighting for trophy. Iol
You do know that Joe Lewis was a full contact fighter, right? Look him up. Joe Lewis was the man during his prime and he did his full contact career AFTER training with Bruce Lee. He refused to do point karate after training with Lee and finished his career as a kickboxer with 14 knockouts out of 16 fights. If you watch his fights, he moves alot like Lee did and he uses these same techniques. Lewis was a machine in his day.
Imagine The Great Joe Lewis who was one of the greatest and most popular competing martial artists in that Era with a super gargantuan ego believing and praising Bruce Lee once he got to k on him better in person...!!!
I suffer from traumatic brain injury due to a motorcycle wreck from my understanding the 6-in punch my wife exceed me put down a 17 ft fence. I'll describe it if you ever want to know more but my wife was a witness to it and at the time I was very angry and I went to hit the fence and didn't realize what I did without thinking. Ever since then would not do again because I fear that I might be able to hurt somebody
The problem with JKD was it was still evolving at the time. Some things Joe taught here (what Bruce taught him) was later changed by Bruce himself. You need to be updated to what those are, particularly with the 'stance'.
On Guard position is great I use the lead with a really fast back hand from my waist , I throw it like a back fist until my opponent thinks that's how I throw and the I turn it into a straight lead
Because you learned how to punch from this idiot. I'm guessing he never actually hit anyone like that or he'd have dealt with a boxer's fracture. Lmao deliberately hitting with the weakest part of the hand, the pinkie knuckle...now I've seen everything
cause that's where u snap and alighn with your arm bone, ulna. go punch straight and snap at the 3 knuckles. that's how bruce train his punch. google his knuckle. lotta people don't understand that
@@youngnguyen2012 No its the weakest and softest part of your fist. There is no reason to hit with the bottom three knuckles when you can hit with the first 2, no amount of training will change this. Look up boxer's fracture.
Так смешно смотреть эту клоунаду сегодня ...Никого не хотел обидеть 😏Что за детский сад он тут показывает ..Потом он по моему занялся кикбоксингу и боксом..
This fighter rarely if ever praises anyone. He was one if the toughest fighters ever. He picked up Muhammad Ali and lifted him above his head, twice, yet here he is showing what Bruce Lee taught him. He even adapted Bruce's leading stance, something still not taught In martial arts. Another thing: Joe Lewis himself proved how fast Bruce was and how he did beat Vic Moore at the Longbeach show because Moore was saying he stopped Bruce. Another thing: recently Mike Tyson said he could beat Bruce in a streetfight: Tyson would not have beaten Joe Lewis let alone his master, Bruce Lee, and remember Inoki would have beaten Ali if he had been allowed to unleash his martial arts.
I agree with most of what you say but you also have to consider when saying "Bruce could have beaten Mike Tyson" that back in those days there wasn't anyone that was built like Tyson. The caliber of athletes (fighters) today are much different than the fighters back then.
Joe Lewis was a full-contact sport fighter so if he ended up using Bruce Lee's techniques in competitions, then it means Bruce's fighting philosophy was practical and actually usable.
Absolutely bro. Many ppl said he was only a paper tiger bc he never entered tournaments. These ppl are delusional and don't know what they're saying.
@@dragonvue09 If Joe Lewis and Gene Lebell called him legit, he was legit.
Most definitely, a lot of people don't know Bruce Lee got in the boxing ring for his H.S Boxing championship and defeated all of his opponents in the tournament winning it by defeating the previous champion by knockdown on his first attempt at the sport, he was absolutely a real fighter and that's why all of the great fighters trained with him.
I couldn't have said it better myself 👍
Bruce was so scientific, of course he was legit
Joe is a legend in his own right . Bruce was brilliant
Joe is a fantastic instructor 🙏🏼
He learns and retains all the details and principles and theories
Joe Lewis was a Great Martial Artist I attended 2 of his seminars at Radford University in Radford Virginia back in 1992-93.
@@johndicksonkaraoke2554 you were very lucky bro 🙏🏻
@@quadintheuk8870 I only got to watch him once, but my uncle knew him personally, and is one of the people that runs the Joe Lewis fighting system, since his passing. This was about 18 years ago, and he was still a beast. Nahi rest in peace. My uncle lost a good friend. And not to brag, but he's friends with superfoot too lol Bill Wallace recently, maybe a year ago stayed at his house
Joe was a true champion. A force to be reckoned with in the 60s and 70s.
You can Absolutely see bruce lee's influence here in joe's execution ...great stuff
Watch his movie Force Five he is really trying his best to move like Bruce Lee . I’m not criticizing just saying
From Steven Siegal school of MA. When did any of you last throw a punch in defence? This bullshit is way out of time.
@@k31v1n , 1 minute ago , tough guy
Exactly, wow what a good trainer this Joe
Totally agree
And then we have Vic Moore who's upset there's videofootage of him not being able to block Bruce's punches...
Honor to Joe Lewis! Honor to Bruce!
Bruce taught Joe, Chuck, Bob, Mike, and other notable Karateka of that
day.
Why did all of these men continue in their own styles if they learned so much from Bruce?
@@andrewsimcox5507
It’s the concept that taught to these pros.
You have little to no knowledge about Bruce’s philosophical concepts by your question.
Bruce said. “ be formless”, “be water and know when to be ice”.
Those that answer your question?
The plural of karateka is karateka and a plural never has an apostrophe. Chuck Norris wasn’t a karateka.
@@andrewsimcox5507 Because they represented a certain "Style,"
and they didn't want to be accused of belittling that Style.
Besides----Joe himself told you...his martial arts IMPROVED by learn-
ing from Bruce. And HE likewise, taught OTHERS Lee's philosophy
of martial arts.
@@reefhog Chuck Norris Trained in Tang Soo Do, which is just
another, "Form" of Karate.
50 years later Master Lee is still teaching, still relevant. Amazing
Yeh, Jeet Kune DO has really taken off in the contemporary MMA scene! Ha
Grow up... watch some MMA.
@@islrubsca2330 actually it has. It’s funny how people just assume it has no place in the ufc. Ever heard of Lyoto Machida or Wonderboy?! Cmon man
@@k31v1n most of mma fanbase sound immature as hell
@@brendanokeefemusic- Lyoto was Shotokan, Thompson was Kenpo. I don't think either use JKD in full contact.
0:00 Start, power side forward.
1:30 Non-telegraphic movement.
3:00 Explosion from neutrality.
3:40 Bruce Lee ahead of the game in 1966.
6:00 Short punches.
7:45 Short punches with power.
11:50 Independant motion.
13:40 Lead side kick.
16:00 Simplifying the kick. Non-telegraphic movement.
I am empress! Joe Lewis is a pioneer of PKA. I love how he is dedicated in teaching this. Now I see JKD in more depth.
You're an empress? I don't think any of those exist anymore
My wife watched this video. Now I’m in A&E drinking my lunch through a straw
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing it
I saw Joe Lewis at his seminar in the mid 80s maybe 86, 87? He’s an amazing teacher and taught some really cool things. Footwork drills I still remember for circling footwork and setpoint Control, and slipping. Great stuff.
That explains things a lot more clearly. Thanks for sharing!
Ths is fantastic, a breakdown and detailed demonstration of how to implement and make powerful and effective, with 'economy of motion' the leading Jeet Kune Do weapons, the straight right lead punch and low sliding in side kick by no less than pretty much the pioneer of full contact 'kick-boxing' in America, the karate champion Joe Lewis. We are blessed indeed to receive this precious martial arts knowledge and fight science freely.
“Hand before foot” for the straight lead punch: Very counterintuitive to practice at first, but executed correctly it is a devastating tool!
Great video. You are a real legend Joe!
I've met and trained with Joe. He had great training. I'm sad he's gone. I do have a pic of him and I fists up, one arm around each other
May Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis be blessed, and RIP. A rarely honest account of details and steps behind the almost unbelievable speed of Bruceś hand and leg techniques. Many rthanks also to the Presenting agencyie as well. Paul, 67, retired instructor of Goju ryu Karate. Excellent , honest
You are a true legend Mr Joe Lewis and a world 🌎 karate champion 🏆 like Mr chuck Norris and a true legend
Image the privilege of being trained by Bruce Lee! 🙏💯
Be water my friend... 👍
Fantastic instructions from the legend that was Joe Lewis and taught by the fighting freak that was Bruce Lee...
the fighting freak who never fought lol
@@stevebb2915 cant speak for bruce but joe has done plenty of full contact fights, some are on youtube...he obviously held bruce in high respect and would never have adopted these techniques or even wasted his time with Lee if he didnt think him legit...
@@stevebb2915 not competitive in the ring but it’s pretty common knowledge among those of his day that he Street fought and sparred full contact regularly and with great prowess. Of course, those days are gone decades ago.
@@stevebb2915 WTF have you done will you still be remembered in 50 years FOOL!? If he was a fraud/fake why have so many and still see him as an icon!
All myth zero evidence
Amazing speed difference between joe and bruce. The punch around 10min mark. You can see bruce do that in his audition. It's a blitz.
I highly recommend that you watch the kickboxing bout between Joe Lewis and Bill Superfoot Wallace. The bout can be viewed right on RUclips and the bout took place in 1990. Both men basically came out of they're respective retirements from fighting competition, specifically for this particular bout. Lewis was 46 and Wallace was 45 at that time. Both got themselves into proper fighting sport condition. Perhaps influenced by "George Foreman", who came out of a 10 year span of temporary Pro Boxing retirement in 1987, at the age of 38. But anyway, Lewis weighed 200 lbs and Wallace weighed only 166. It was basically a full sized Cruiserweight versus a Super Middleweight. The bout was Very Competitive throughout, but Lewis's slightly better conditioning seemed to be ultimately a prevailing factor, as he seemed to attain and maintain a slight edge throughout the bout. Technically, because it was an exhibition, There was no real winner or loser. Lewis would've gotten the decision though. With kickboxing it seems to be different as far as the overall size discrepancies. 166 lb Wallace didn't truly seem to be overwhelmed just because of the size difference alone. Lewis's stamina, along with his weight advantage slightly factoring in, won him the bout. They're overall skills were basically even. Lewis was obviously working a bit more than Wallace with the cardio conditioning training.
@@robertdecker146 awesome I will check it out. It's not easy getting ready and competing or putting a show on at 46
Love the fight analysis 🦍🙏✅😎
@@robertdecker146I saw that when it came out, it was good .
Superfoot is right! those guys knock somebody's block off,
You have a 👍good comment.
Over the years whenever I heard people saying Bruce was just an actor ,I always referred to what Joe Louis said about him a few other guys in Joe's class I never heard joe say anything bad about Bruce, I'm not saying he didn't, I haven't seen a whole lot over the years but I like what I have seen and I like watching this stuff, good stuff this is all hurried, got to go to work, come back to it all later.
Well done that punch to elbow to torque to step in are all done well and taught right....
Thanks bruce lee someone was taught something right and not talking dubious shit out there about you
..love you
Like you love you bruce.....
Thanks for showing what you learned.....
Thanx bruce
This video makes me feel good that I experienced some of the techniques be taught in this video. I went to Hybrid Martial Arts Academy and learned the same body mechanics I just witnessed in this video. I love it..
This man deserves to be a Champion!
Hahaha. He WAS the most feared, full contact, Karate World Champion on the planet in the '60s. But, I'm guessing you know that. Good one though. 😂
He was a great champion. How old are you?
❤️
Joe Lewis was The Man back in the day.
El hizo combate con Bruce Lee y sabe cómo era de bueno en el combate Bruce y todo lo que joe wis aprendió con Bruce lo llevo a la fama.
biggest thing i learned as a kid and later reinforced by bruce was you can win and end many fights without ever throwing a punch simply by body language and attitude. most who look to attack others, especially in groups look for easy prey, victims and the minute they see you are confidant and cracking a slight smile they start second guessing themselves and look to back off. it's the few this approach won't work on you will have to deal with because these few tend to also have some confidence but your attitude will prevent many from even bothering you.
The more "knowledgeable" and ,"stronger" someone becomes in martial arts, the more confident the one will become on the pre-combat levels. Knowledge of human behavior is part of education. Explore yourself, then you can intervene before a "tendency" arises. MIND CONTROL, I believe that could be meant in Ninjutsu(i)?
Very well explained … I remember similar method used by self with principle of opponent shouldn’t get any clue of your moment and u hit first …
Everything that i have seen posted about Joe's views regarding Bruce Lee, are totally respectful and appreciative.
Whereas Chuck Norris was openly a student of Bruce Lee whilst Lee was alive, but after Lee died, Norris claimed to have been Lee's tutor and sparring partner! 🙄
JL and CN were champions long before BL, who was an actor and met them. BL was not their teacher, he only appeared at tournaments as a celebrity guest to attract attention and impart knowledge.
@@wpn-k8d Did you even look at the title of the video?
Joe Lewis fut un très grand champion , il apportât de grands progrès en meme temps que Bruce Lee dans le monde des arts martiaux . Il nous manque à tous
Now, these things are coming out! World champion karate and kickboxing champion, ADMITS, Bruce Lee was greater than him and that Bruce Lee was HIS TEACHER!
Thanks a lot for speaking d truth to the whole world, sir.
This is well known for 40 yrs,nobody hid it but Bruce wasnt any significant influence on any competitor in kickboxing g,in luding Lewis.
Joe Lewis, in anything I've read over the years, has never kept it from anyone that Bruce was his teacher, in my memory. Could I be wrong?
There were many teachers of many styles who Bruce had hired too. Even though he didn't wave any flags with their names on it, I doubt Bruce would have intentionally tried to keep that a secret, right? Chuck Norris too, has always acknowledged being a student of Bruce.
@@LandSnipe415 You mean Chuck Norris died also, aside from Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis, because you wrote (and later edited) that the 3 of them may "rest in peace"?
Holy smoke. I wish Bruce Lee was in this video to fully explain all his techniques. But Joe did a great job here. I get it. I also see these moves in Bruce Lee's movies, especially in Way of the Dragon (the one in Rome). This is awesome video. Thank you.
Everbody, look at that punch, look at that speed. Me: That Outfit of his Trainingspartner is out of this world, gotta love the 80's 😂
Sigung Bruce was way ahead of his time!
This is genuine knowledge whether you like him or not, I dove deep down the rabbit hole if you will in jkd and the techniques and what I was able to achieve was absurd I think anyone that watches this should pay attention because this is definitely something to add to what you know.
"Choose and ADD, what is usefull for you" is the spirit of JKD.
You can simultaneously 'flow or throw' the energy and have an abrupt stop. Like a pool que ball strikes another ball. There is an abrupt stop and all energy moved into the other ball. When I was practicing this, I was doing it on red bricks. It felt like I was barely touching them with my palm. They did not make a thud or break sound, they made kind of a 'whoof' or 'woosh' sound. Then the brick would split. My idea was to move that energy in, at some point it really does seem magical like Ki or Chi. Even still to this day I struggle to fully explain it. I might still be able to do it? there is a lot to be said about striking past / through he target as well for sure. But there is also something very 'magical' about moving the energy with what feels like no contact almost like the air if breaking it. I used to practice putting out candles from further and further away with strikes, id hold a tennis ball and let it go and strike it as it hung in the air over and over clawing it.
I had a guy try and kick my knee like that at 15:30 I collapsed my own knee trapping his foot, spun on the ground and heel kicked my friend / or i can groin / stomach punch.
You look goooooood mr. Lewis
This guy in the wacky get up was a professional? Look at that stance 😂
Very few can actually demonstrate the 3/4inch punch with proper bio mechanics and effect. Joe could. Also hand before foot (independent motion) and the same with bridging lead side kick...very few can do. For street application though if you sidekick with the knife edge you could easily break your ankle and the alingment is off. Always best to hit with the flat of foot/heel. Thanks for sharing.
A-MEN TO THE FLAT PART OF THE FOOT INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE FOOT WHICH CAN BREAK THE ANKLE.INTERESTING, I NEVER KNEW THAT.
@@craigbosko2229 people often overlook the most important things when they see a fast or flashy tech. Well it's not good if that tech injures you. Glad I helped you see the light.
I had the distinct honor of carrying his gear bag from fight to fight at the he top ten nationals in Saint Louis at Forest Park Community College in 1974. I was 14 years old he seemed really rude and mean but that was was only just before a fight. I’ve heard people say point fighting isn’t the same as full contact, they never saw Ross Scot and Joe Louis fight. The was nothing thrown without full power. What else would you expect from a Marine
What Bruce Lee did was show the world that martial arts was for all walks of life that there wasn't a style per say but a learning experience all styles are inner connected he created his own style out of all martial arts this man was ahead of this world we are still learning how great he was i have a question for everyone upthere "what did Wiseman once said?" Nothing! He is style learning
4:10 - 😂
I think he heard you.
This pseudo theater mixed with boxing basics and ego. Product of the times
this excellent stuff 👍👍👍👍
Bruce Lee was really ahead of his time.
Strike with the bottom three fingers??
BRUCE LEE !!! Forewer !!!
Boy, Joe was darn fast himself and I don’t know how old he is here?
Joe Lewis is RIP HE PASSED AWAY Joseph Henry Lewis was an American karateka, kickboxer, and actor. As a fighter, Lewis gained fame for his matches in the 1960s and 1970s, and was nicknamed "the Muhammad Ali of karate." Wikipedia
Born: 7 March 1944, Knightdale, North Carolina, United States
Died: 31 August 2012, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States
Martial art: Karate
@@kenbates-uq8lo dude was exactly what you mentioned, no doubt he is with God for eternity now.
Did he say they would spare?
People claim Bruce Lee wasn’t a fighter but an actor. He was a martial artist first.
Joe told me he never sparred with Bruce Lee- he used the JKD principles and went undefeated for an entire year of competition
This is the first time I've ever seen this displayed and explained
It's so funny to see Joe Lewis commenting on Bruce's wisdom after Tarentino, the fool, wrote Bruce to say 'Not that white kickboxing asshole' in Once Upon a Time. Shame on you Tarentino for disgracing Bruce's image 50 years after the man died.
One key element that he and just about everyone talking about this type of technique neglects to mention; the source of the power, how it is generated. Everyone is looking at his hands or shoulders or thinking maybe it is from the hips (which I hear a lot). The power is generated throughout the body but it always starts at the legs. Even if you are pivoting the foot/feet, the part that is making contact with the floor is pushing much like jumping up but instead of passing that energy to legs, it moves up to hip, then up the torso to shoulder, elbow and eventually to the striking hand. Same with the kicks. The last several inches of the punch just makes the timing more difficult but essentially all powerful, Chi driven strikes is a force generated thorough out the body like a charge and passed onto the hand/foot as it strikes the target.
Best way I can think of to explain this concept is to tell the person to make a fist and try to push an immovable like a brick wall. Try to push the wall for at least several second with as much force as you can, how you generate such a force is the same exact way you would generate the force with the "1 inch" punch.
Thank you for this gold !!!!
Rip Joe
You were the greatest ever.he so fast as well.
I'm glad I got to see you. I know a guy in I supposedly his father was an Army vet that new Bruce Lee as well and he showed me something to deal with hitting cardboard with tubes in series behind it and each one have color in it and what you're trying to do is not disrupt the cardboard but to manipulate the colored water in each tube with different pressure without damaging the cardboard. Do you know of this measurement
Great video 👏
Well done.
Outstanding
Fantastic
But Vic Mooron would have you believe he beat Bruce?...please
haaaaaaa
That wrist snap lol 👌
The clarity of Joe Lewis' focused mind is the breath of a martial science
The power comes from the hip.
Bruce trained all the top Black Belts that competed in the Mid too late 60’s. Joe, Mike Stone, Bob Wall, Bob Baker & Chuck Norris. He also trained with Jhoon Rhee *aka the father of American Tae Kwon Do. He also trained with Pan American Gold medalist in Judo Hayward Nishioka & Judo Gene Lebell (RIP💝)…
He never trained any of them,they exchanged techs
@@scarred10 You’re probably not old enough to know! News week from the late 60’s posted the story , it clearly listed an interview regarding my post! Don’t be down on what you’re not up on🤓
@@hottmancanelas1797 so a magazine known for unreliable nonsemse must be correct then?He did a few sessions exchanging ideas,he only spent sognificant time with lewis
@@scarred10 I am enjoying our debates🧐I guess , if you’re looking to confirm what my post states , you do have choices. Bruce still has first generation students still alive! Beginning with Guru Dan Inosanto🤓It’s difficult to debate someone who is no longer with us. It’s easy to talk about someone (Bruce)that’s not in the same room. This info is well known through the 60’s. Take your time & research and you will see that Bruce was much more then an Actor✌🏾🙏🏾
Thanks
Why did someone voiced over the Joe's about the actual distance of his misnamed one inch punch? I doubt it was 12 inches.
I'm a JKD BB and will testify to this technique as it's Bruce's one inch punch technique. It's cool but isn't worth learning compared to regular boxing. Yes! I can perform this technique and actually have been knocking guys 250lbs off their feet for about 27 years now because of this punch. Why do I say learn to box? It's more of a push than it is a true blow. It's a punch, yes, but not a powerful one. A beginner 3 punch combo can help out better in a pinch because it's easier to learn and master. Trust me, I'm 40 and been studying the art of fighti6 for about all my life. Lol. My father was one of those fathers who had me kicking a son as I could stand. It's definitely a technique worth mastering. This is very true! It'll make you lots of money at parties... and win you lots of bets lol.
Incredible
I had no idea Dennis Leary was boxing back then!
RIP joe
Scene from Napoleon Dynamite.
Title says pt2 but us there a part 1 explaining more?
Great teaching
Bruce took his stance from fencing: power side forward, feet in line with each other. This allows for fast attacks and retreats. The downside is it makes it all but impossible to move side to side. This creates all sorts of openings for boxers/kickboxers who attack at angles and grapplers who can time their takedowns. I think if he'd survived to the era of MMA and watched his fighters get destroyed in the cage, Bruce would have at least adapted his basic power stance to allow for more side to side movement (and incorporated far more grappling).
This stance is best for self defense though, you generally want to lunge in a forward line when getting ambushed. His closing style and hands are to shut down the counter. If MMA matches were 5 second rounds, everyone would fight like this. They aren't, so this approach wouldn't work at all, as you noted. Obviously, Lewis was a karate athlete, so these are just tweaks that could be worked into his style to give opponents something to worry about. But for self defense, it's basically a sprint and based on interrupting a hunter, not overcoming an opponent.
@@emilianosintarias7337 how bruce trained he did what worked for him if someone did it the same it would not work the same way. That's part of jkd
Agreed. It also proves that Bruce was ahead of his time. Ultimately trying to combine many different styles (like the ufc). I think Bruce would’ve adapted. Everything makes sense when you look at the time frame. It’s easy for us to say now (in 2023) that Bruce’s style wouldn’t work but back in the early-mid 1970s his style was next level.
@@emilianosintarias7337 You're right, which is why Karate point tournament competitors fight exactly as you described.
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Bruce Lee intended JKD to be always be evolving. Danny Inosantos once remarked that Lee acknowledged,encouraged, and expected the JKD they were doing at the time will have differences 5 years later, 10 years later, etc. Coincidentally, the mind set of being open for adaptive flexibility has always been a core principle in FMA .
Lol he said to punch with your bottom three knuckles. Quick ticket to a broken pinkie.
I read a book written by Bruce Lee before he was a star, it was the basics of fighting and not king fu, in the book he said when you
Punch you hit with only two knuckles only and those are the index and middle, only cause those two are the only ones aligned with the wrist when throwing the punch. I don’t know about this guy.
Now we know Bruce Lee was really good he work out an d trained with world champion fighters Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris and etc. He was like Mr. Miyagi he didn't believe in fighting for trophy. Iol
If Brucelee competed inthe UFC he would have destroyed all of them. They wouldn't even have a chance. His technique, speed and power is amazing
Ok grandpa.
I doubt he would have made it past the first round in the original UFC 1 tournament
What is this delusional lmao.
Michael J. White really believe it’s all about weight !🧐
Bruce Lee was an actor.
haaaa street figther
You do know that Joe Lewis was a full contact fighter, right? Look him up. Joe Lewis was the man during his prime and he did his full contact career AFTER training with Bruce Lee. He refused to do point karate after training with Lee and finished his career as a kickboxer with 14 knockouts out of 16 fights. If you watch his fights, he moves alot like Lee did and he uses these same techniques. Lewis was a machine in his day.
I was always thought strong side back and to hit with the top two knuckles rather than the bottom 3.
Very well explained....
Imagine The Great Joe Lewis who was one of the greatest and most popular competing martial artists in that Era with a super gargantuan ego believing and praising Bruce Lee once he got to k on him better in person...!!!
Only thing Is we’ve seen Bruce do the 1 inch punch where he puts the finger in their chest and just twitches
I suffer from traumatic brain injury due to a motorcycle wreck from my understanding the 6-in punch my wife exceed me put down a 17 ft fence. I'll describe it if you ever want to know more but my wife was a witness to it and at the time I was very angry and I went to hit the fence and didn't realize what I did without thinking. Ever since then would not do again because I fear that I might be able to hurt somebody
The problem with JKD was it was still evolving at the time. Some things Joe taught here (what Bruce taught him) was later changed by Bruce himself. You need to be updated to what those are, particularly with the 'stance'.
Was this guy the inspiration for Rex Kwon Do in Napolean Dynamite?
On Guard position is great
I use the lead with a really fast back hand from my waist , I throw it like a back fist until my opponent thinks that's how I throw and the I turn it into a straight lead
What did Joe Louis taught Bruce Lee too as well because he was champion and actually completed.
this is why bruce was the goat of this shit.
Sweet pants Ron
Is this a trailer Park boys episode or Napoleon Dynamite..lol.. I think we have a combo, wtf Trever
Why the hell would you hit with the bottom 3 knuckles ?
Because you learned how to punch from this idiot. I'm guessing he never actually hit anyone like that or he'd have dealt with a boxer's fracture. Lmao deliberately hitting with the weakest part of the hand, the pinkie knuckle...now I've seen everything
cause that's where u snap and alighn with your arm bone, ulna. go punch straight and snap at the 3 knuckles. that's how bruce train his punch. google his knuckle. lotta people don't understand that
@@youngnguyen2012 No its just that a lot of people understand that punching with the bottom knuckles breaks your pinkie.
@@metaempiricist not if you train it. any where theres a snap it add another force to you your power. to each their own
@@youngnguyen2012 No its the weakest and softest part of your fist. There is no reason to hit with the bottom three knuckles when you can hit with the first 2, no amount of training will change this. Look up boxer's fracture.
Haha Rex Kwon do, napoleon dynamite would be proud of you
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Yup
Joe Louis look so much like the "bow to your sensei" types. I know he is real though.
This fighter rarely if ever praises anyone. He was one if the toughest fighters ever. He picked up Muhammad Ali and lifted him above his head, twice, yet here he is showing what Bruce Lee taught him. He even adapted Bruce's leading stance, something still not taught In martial arts. Another thing: Joe Lewis himself proved how fast Bruce was and how he did beat Vic Moore at the Longbeach show because Moore was saying he stopped Bruce.
Another thing: recently Mike Tyson said he could beat Bruce in a streetfight: Tyson would not have beaten Joe Lewis let alone his master, Bruce Lee, and remember Inoki would have beaten Ali if he had been allowed to unleash his martial arts.
I like both BL and JL but Mike Tyson would have pounded both of them in the ring.
@@johnreidy2804 tell me about the time he stopped an asteroid from destroying planet earth
He can kill two stones with one bird.
You're incredibly delusional, being entirely duped by a conman.
I agree with most of what you say but you also have to consider when saying "Bruce could have beaten Mike Tyson" that back in those days there wasn't anyone that was built like Tyson. The caliber of athletes (fighters) today are much different than the fighters back then.