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Anderson Silva is the modern day Bruce Lee

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  1. voorh33s voorh33s is online now

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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 4:14pm)

    Bruce Lee is essentially the godfather of MMA as jeetkunedo, or at least the idea of it, pretty much is the foundation.

    "Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation" - Bruce Lee

    Anderson Silva has finished people in MMA via punches, kicks, knees, flying knees, reverse backward elbow, jabs ffs, front kicks, triangle chokes and rear naked chokes. It's safe to say he's one of the most diverse fighters ever.

    Currently his credentials are:

    Black belt in Brazillian Jiu-jitsu
    Black belt in Judo
    Black belt in Taekwondo
    Black belt in Muay Thai
    Yellow rope in Capoeira (he's almost without a doubt the only elite fighter who gives this discipline the time of day)

    "The mind has to be like a parachute: Always opened" - Anderson Silva

    His latest martial arts venture? Huka Huka with Camaiura natives.
    http://revistatrip.uol.com.br/so-no-...o-xingu.html#1
    (in case you speak portugese)




















    Edited By: voorh33s Feb 4th, 2012 at 04:15 PM
  2. LeftyMark LeftyMark is online now Boss of Birds

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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 4:21pm) in reply to voorh33s

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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 4:26pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    Who?
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 4:27pm) in reply to The Smoking Pimp

    [ ] Correct
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 5:44pm) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    Silva is the GOAT of MMA but Bruce Lee invented his own Martial Art...
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:08pm) in reply to Geoff Moore

    Dont let Chael hear you say that
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:10pm) in reply to Geoff Moore

    I mean it in like this analagous sense:

    Bruce Lee ignored the notion that one martial art was better than another or this was one was better than that one and so on and just incorporated stuff from each one that worked for him.

    Anderson Silva ignores the notion that you have to have boxing, wrestling, and bjj and nothing else in modern mma and does all types of crazy shit that literally no one else is doing....and he's 14-0 in the UFC.

    So kind of a loose comparison, obv there is only one bruce lee but hopefully at least one person will get what I'm sayin.
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:16pm) in reply to voorh33s

     
    Originally Posted by 3kingme3 View Post

    Dont let Chael hear you say that

    Please, if that wanna be WWE superstar thinks he could last more than 1 round with 150 lbs of twisted American steel he's got a better chance of getting a free bj in Brazil

     
    Originally Posted by voorh33s View Post

    I mean it in like this analagous sense:

    Bruce Lee ignored the notion that one martial art was better than another or this was one was better than that one and so on and just incorporated stuff from each one that worked for him. So he's an MMA fighter?

    Anderson Silva ignores the notion that you have to have boxing, wrestling, and bjj and nothing else in modern mma and does all types of crazy shit that literally no one else is doing....and he's 14-0 in the UFC.

    So kind of a loose comparison, obv there is only one bruce lee but hopefully at least one person will get what I'm sayin.

    I'm just bustin your balls because we are on the opposite side of nearly every MMA opinion
    Edited By: Geoff Moore Feb 4th, 2012 at 06:16 PM
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:25pm) in reply to Geoff Moore

    yeah pretty much he is, I mean isn't jeet kune do mixed martial arts by definition?
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:29pm) in reply to voorh33s

     
    Originally Posted by voorh33s View Post

    yeah pretty much he is, I mean isn't jeet kune do mixed martial arts by definition?

    pretty much this. so technically you're right. we agree on something
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:31pm) in reply to voorh33s

     
    Originally Posted by voorh33s View Post

    So kind of a loose comparison, obv there is only one bruce lee but hopefully at least one person will get what I'm sayin.

    after this clarification i think the op makes much more sense
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:33pm) in reply to Geoff Moore

    He is Bruce Lee!



    For all the MMA fans

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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:48pm) in reply to lance814

    After the clarification, I agree with the OP. Anderson is unbelievable.

    I really want to see him fight Jon Jones. Does anyone think there's any chance of this happening?
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:50pm) in reply to Purple Jesus

    can't wait for the sonner match. gonna be fun either way, something epic will happen.
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 6:56pm) in reply to Purple Jesus

     
    Originally Posted by Purple Jesus View Post

    After the clarification, I agree with the OP. Anderson is unbelievable.

    I really want to see him fight Jon Jones. Does anyone think there's any chance of this happening?

    I don't see it happening. He is 36 years old. I think if it would happen he would be the underdog though.
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 9:46pm) in reply to lance814

    what proof do we have that bruce lee was such a great fighter? i know thats not really what you're talking about here. seems to be more about philosophy. but you here all the legends about bruce lee and we all act like he was some martial arts god. but did he ever like win anything? the stuff i read kind of seems like bullshit or not even that big of a deal really. Im sure he was a bad ass but its almost like we see him as some godlike figure.
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 10:17pm) in reply to voorh33s

     
    Originally Posted by voorh33s View Post

    "The mind has to be like a parachute: Always opened" - Anderson Silva


    lol so deep
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 10:31pm) in reply to voorh33s

     
    Originally Posted by voorh33s View Post

    "The mind has to be like a parachute: Always opened" - Anderson Silva







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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 10:48pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    Bruce Lee was a pussy
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    Feb 4th, 2012 (2/4/2012 10:50pm) in reply to acp

    Sometimes open?
     
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    Feb 5th, 2012 (2/5/2012 12:27am) in reply to Luho

    there have been many Bruce Lees, even before Bruce Lee. while he was physically awesome, and awakened to the deeper principles of martial art, his message is one repeated throughout the history of martial art. he was simply the first to reach a global audience, and that is owed to either the Gods or Probability.

    add that to his "fuck you racist hollywood bastards" attitude that stole the hearts of the people, homages in street fighter, tekken, mortal kombat, king of fighters, soul caliber, and just about every movie that had any sort of martial art in it from his death onward, and you have the one to which all others are compared.

    as for Silva and Jones, yea, they da shit. at a time when even "MMA" has become a pattern-based style, they choose a path of continuous evolution(the true meaning of JKD). pretty dope imo.
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