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Originally Posted by CDSmith
I wonder how many of the kids who will be commenting here shortly will have any clue as to what kind of speed and power and pure technique we're talking when referring to Bruce Lee.
What the grappler fans don't seem to understand is that in order for a grappler to do any damage they have to get ahold of you. Once they get ahold of you they need to be able to hang onto you. :D
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Holy crap have you seen the early UFCs? This argument has been answered hundreds of times. Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do and you can see various examples of these guys getting their asses handed to them on You Tube (
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mjux_y5Xp64 is one).
A puncher always has a punchers chance but with no practical take down defense he's in trouble. Your comment applies more to guys like Chuck Lidell who are great strikers and have great ground defense too.
BTW - this is coming from a guy who has trained stand up for almost 14 years now and done grappling for just one and a half. I wish what you said was true because I'm a way better striker but it just isn't.