for someone as youthful looking as Bruce in his 20s...together with his biomechanics...I noticed that he looks surprisingly old in his last year of life. felt like he 'aged' a lot in his last 2 years, looking like a modern 35-40 year old in some photos i saw of him.
of course, everyone looked older back then, but bruce really was remarkably youthful looking in his 20s. feels like his hollywood success ironically made him less happy and 'successful' in terms of stress and health.
Bruce Lee's physical abilities are overstated but his mind is understated.
He had one leg longer than the other, so he used a southpaw stance with his dominant limbs forward, which is really strange and comically difficult to fight against.
He also used a lot of steroids and undoubtedly fucked himself up in an era of early anabolics before we had much knowledge and formulations.
He used to do this thing where he snatches a coin out of someone's hand and drops a different one to demonstrate his speed. However, this is just a trick. You bump the other person's fingers, which flings their palm, bumping their coin up and drops your coin. Still required crazy speed, but it's a trick most people can learn.
He was also just a great actor while also being an exemplary martial artist at the same time, which is really rare. This pushed him into the limelight, even with equally good fighters out there.
His wisdom was the great thing though. His knowledge was immense. The words he spoke were moving. He was the greatest teacher of all time.
So his physicality is over exaggerated but his mind is under exaggerated
for someone as youthful looking as Bruce in his 20s...together with his biomechanics...I noticed that he looks surprisingly old in his last year of life. felt like he 'aged' a lot in his last 2 years, looking like a modern 35-40 year old in some photos i saw of him.
of course, everyone looked older back then, but bruce really was remarkably youthful looking in his 20s. feels like his hollywood success ironically made him less happy and 'successful' in terms of stress and health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQpx2Xylwxo
if you asked me to guess his age based on how his face looks here, i'd say 35-40
interesting.. yes what youre saying does very much line up with the stories of his condition the last 2 yrs...
i have a feeling something dental was going on to some degree...
Bruce Lee's physical abilities are overstated but his mind is understated.
He had one leg longer than the other, so he used a southpaw stance with his dominant limbs forward, which is really strange and comically difficult to fight against.
He also used a lot of steroids and undoubtedly fucked himself up in an era of early anabolics before we had much knowledge and formulations.
He used to do this thing where he snatches a coin out of someone's hand and drops a different one to demonstrate his speed. However, this is just a trick. You bump the other person's fingers, which flings their palm, bumping their coin up and drops your coin. Still required crazy speed, but it's a trick most people can learn.
He was also just a great actor while also being an exemplary martial artist at the same time, which is really rare. This pushed him into the limelight, even with equally good fighters out there.
His wisdom was the great thing though. His knowledge was immense. The words he spoke were moving. He was the greatest teacher of all time.
So his physicality is over exaggerated but his mind is under exaggerated
interesting.. didnt know that about him