Posted on 07/23/2016 1:10:20 PM PDT by beebuster2000
Yup. . he said there is not ONE top fighting style. He combined them.
Chuck didn’t care.
Chuck Norris once heard that nothing could kill him. So he tracked down nothing and killed it first.
That’s right - plus he used his 18 wheeler since the helicopter was being serviced.
Norris’ personal code:
I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
I will continually work at developing love, happiness and loyalty in my family.
I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness.
I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate this respect at all times.
I will always remain loyal to my God, my country, family and my friends.
I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps my family, my country and myself.
He lost to Wong Man Jack - a real grand master not an actor. Chuck N is vastly overrated as a martial artist - he’s an actor.
I heard it was Sum-Ting-Wong.
HAHA
both wrong, it was
Ho Lee Fuk
You probably didn’t see Norris at his best. Norris was defeated in his first two tournaments, dropping decisions to Joe Lewis and Allen Steen and three matches at the International Karate Championships to Tony Tulleners. By 1967 Norris had improved enough that he scored victories over the likes of Lewis, Skipper Mullins, Arnold Urquidez, Victor Moore, Ron Marchini, and Steve Sanders. Norris would be a two time winner at S. Henry Cho’s All American Championship. In early 1968, Norris suffered the tenth and last loss of his career, losing an upset decision to Louis Delgado. On November 24, 1968, he avenged his defeat to Delgado and by doing so won the Professional Middleweight Karate champion title, which he held for six consecutive years. In 1969, he won Karate’s triple crown for the most tournament wins of the year, and the Fighter of the Year award by Black Belt magazine.
Norris made history in 1990 when he was the first Westerner in the documented history of Tae Kwon Do to be given the rank of 8th Degree Black Belt Grand Master. In 1999, Norris was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum’s Hall of Fame. On July 1, 2000, Norris was presented the Golden Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Karate Union Hall of Fame.
Norris created the martial art Chun Kuk Do, which is based primarily on Tang Soo Do and includes elements from every combat style he knows. Norris has received a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the Machado family. This art is sometimes known as Gracie jiu-jitsu at the age of 75. He is a devout Christian and is greatly active in veterans affairs especially of the needs of combat injuries with the V.A.
I’ve got no problem with him. It doesn’t matter whether he “defeated” Master Lee or not. But I can say this, he’s proven himself a good man for me. And that’s a lot more important.
Believe me, he was more than an actor.
“Chuck N is vastly overrated as a martial artist - he’s an actor.”
Chuck was undefeated karate champ in the 70’s for 6 years running (his style was Tang Soo Do, which he learned in Korea). He fought all the major karate fighters back then and retired with his title.
He went on to become a 7th degree Grand Master in Tang Soo Do. He also has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and some more obscure martial arts training. He has spent a lifetime studying martial arts.
IOW, you don’t know sh!t.
"Never take your eyes off your opponent." That line from Enter the Dragon has always stuck with me since I saw that movie in Lubbock, TX, with pals from our karate class.
LOL
Yeah that’s pretty much what heard.
Though the mythical story is much more fun.
Kind of like the bottom line in the “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” movie, print the legend no the history.
Rhett? Is that you, Rhett Butler?!!
It’s a movie, dude.
There was another movie where James Garner called Bruce Lee a fag and tricked him into jumping off a building. That wasn’t real either, but it was funny as hell.
no way, i thought it was real. especially the part where bruce rips chuck's chest hairs off.
i mean, they wouldn't do that in a movie would they?
I guess since Grandmaster Norris decided his life and philosophies were leaning toward conservatism, he was opening his reputation and life theories to a lying media who spend more time trying to downgrade the achievements and accomplishments for the wrong reasons, i.e. politiocal rather than human.
In a lot of ways, Lee was limited in notoriety for his accomplishments because of his race and his attitude toward it that left a lot of people with a bad taste in their mouths. His success with the movie industry was geared to the action star he eared in Hong Kong as their hadn’t been anyone like him so he was kind of a pioneer. But he wasn’t home grown for the Hollywood industry so it took his work in the orient to make him a success.
Norris failed in the business world in the US originally until he used movies to save his financial needs as he lost his franchises to bankruptcy. And it wasn’t till Lee went into directing and producing his movies that he really gained prominence. Norris never got into the directer’s chair and his brother Aaron did most of the producing. (Aong with the weapons part of the stunts)
Two different careers, went different directions, both have had failure and success. But Lee was the showman, and a good one. Norris is not a good actor, but an awfully good martial artist.
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