September means 7th, but it is the ninth month of the year. October means 8th, but it is the 10th month of the year. November means 9th and December means 10th. Every single one of these names is wrong. You learned these words before you could read. You have used them every day of your…
1972 Paramount Studios commissary. John Wayne, America’s cowboy, sat surrounded by reporters. Someone asked about Bruce Lee’s new film, Fist of Fury. Wayne scoffed. Martial arts? That’s oriental dance fighting choreography? It looks good on camera, but in a real fight. A Good American Punch ends it in 2 seconds. The quote made headlines. Bruce…
In Houston, in September 1978, on a Saturday morning, it began with that kind of Texas heat that doesn’t settle in gradually, but falls suddenly on the city, as if the day had made a decision before most people had finished their coffee. And inside the Sam Houston Coliseum, the atmosphere had the unmistakable density…
2019 Mike Tyson podcast. A guest asked, “Mike, you’re the baddest man on the planet. Could you beat Bruce Lee in a fight?” Tyson laughed. Bruce Lee, come on. I’m 220 lb of knockout power. He was 1 to35 lb. I respect Bruce, but real talk, he’d last maybe 3 seconds. One punch over. The…
So you have to use your imagination, try to try to build in your mind the emotion. >> The day Hollywood received the news that Chuck Norris had passed away, the whole industry seemed to miss a beat. A man whose name had come to mean strength, discipline, and a certain kind of American grit…
March 28th, 1973. Hong Kong, 12:47 a.m. Bruce Lee walked out of a restaurant alone. Eight men were waiting in the alley. They had knives, chains, a gun. They were triad enforcers, Hong Kong’s deadliest organized crime syndicate. 3 days earlier, Bruce had refused to pay them protection money. Now they were here to send…
Mrs. Norris, you need to come right away. Mr. Norris may not make it through the night. The phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in the morning. Gina woke in a haze, caught halfway between a dream and a growing sense of dread. Her mind slow to catch up with reality. For a moment, she didn’t…
1994 Hong Kong Jin Claude Vanam was at the peak of his fame. Action star, box office king, black belt in karate. In an interview, a reporter asked, “Could you beat Bruce Lee in a real fight?” Vanam smiled confidently. Bruce Lee was great for his time, but I’m bigger, stronger, faster with my training….
A thug crushed Bruce Lee’s burger under his boot in front of Chuck Norris, then raised a chair to strike. In that instant, the whole bar realized they had picked the wrong two men to mess with that night. The two of them hadn’t shared a mat in years. Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee, household…
1972 Warner Bros. casting office. Sylvester Stallone, 26 years old, broke, sleeping in a bus station, walked into an audition for Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon. He had $106 in his pocket. No agent, no connections, just desperation. Bruce Lee sat at the table watching. Stallone did his best tough guy act. Bruce stopped him…
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