“The Equivalent of WWF”: Resurfaced Fact About Jackie Chan’s Fight With Bruce Lee Makes Martial Arts Community Go Berserk
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In the world of martial arts, both Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee are two of the biggest names in the east as well as the west. Because of Lee’s short lifespan, they never got to interact much in the world of cinema, but by the time Chan got into Hollywood, Lee was already a popular person there. The most popular fight scene in any martial arts movie was recorded on the set of Enter the Dragon movie where Lee shows no mercy to Chan.
Recently, a tweet has sparked some heat among martial arts fans. The post by UberFacts, which says, “Jackie Chan once picked a fight with Bruce Lee and lost,” made fans enraged. There were mixed reactions. Some agreed while others had different things to say.
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Why did fans get into heat over this Bruce Lee fact?
Some fans were enraged because of a blunt statement the user made in his tweet with no proof that Lee and Chan ever got into a real fight. Bruce Lee was a top martial artist and actor in Hollywood; Chan was just an amateur stuntman.
Jackie Chan once picked a fight with Bruce Lee and lost
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) January 14, 2023
A user left a comment about Jackie Chan’s combat skills that reads, “Jackie is the equivalent of WWF. He can’t really fight for real.”
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Jackie is the equivalent of WWF. He can't really fight for real.
— way43 (@foshanhood) January 14, 2023
This user left a quote by Jackie Chan, which he said while on the set of the movie Enter the Dragon, “‘Bruce Lee was so fast, if you blink wouldn’t see how fast’ – Jackie.”
"Bruce Lee was so fast, if you blink wouldn't see how fast"
– Jackie
— 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔦 ♒︎ (@DopemineProduct) January 14, 2023
Another fan simply does not accept this statement as true.
This sounds like 🧢
— Dr. Paco Hinton Jr Podcaster (@DrPacoHinton) January 14, 2023
Another user talks about the style of Jackie Chan’s martial arts expertise as someone who was primarily known only for his stunts and not his pure fighting skills, “Jackie was more of an acrobat than a fighter.”
Jackie was more of an acrobat than a fighter.
— Ken Scott (@foomper) January 14, 2023
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Here are some more comments that had mixed reactions to this post.
Then there were rumours saying that Bruce lee had lost to Jackie chan too, so could’ve been a draw overall several fights were made by both which they agreed on.
— Onkar Singh Dhami (@MrDhami) January 14, 2023
Not surprising. Bruce Lee started as a fighter. Yes, a fighter of silly kung fu, but still a fighter and he improved later on. Jackie Chan started as a theatre dancer. Which is why he was a weaker fighter, but far better stuntman than Lee.
— Adrian Werner (@AdrianWerner) January 14, 2023
don't bring a Jackie Chan to a Bruce Lee fight
— Craig Malin (@malin_craig) January 14, 2023
Lee accidentally hit him on a movie set. That’s not a fight!
— James (@SirTastyFreeze) January 14, 2023
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When Jackie Chan once threw a tantrum to get the legend’s attention
Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan never got to fight off-screen, but they appeared in two films, Fist of Fury (1972) and Enter the Dragon (1973). Lee went all out on his stuntmen while filming, as directed by the director. In this process, Jackie Chan once recalled him being hit with a lot of Lee’s punches and sometimes even with a stick.
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Jackie Chan, after getting hit by Lee, threw a tantrum as he liked getting attention from the martial arts legend. For a stuntman like Chan, Lee was his inspiration, as he loved his martial arts style. Even though it can now be envisioned that the two martial arts legends of all time could have created some brilliant fighting sequences, Bruce Lee’s untimely demise at the young age of 32 in 1973 will leave all such hopes scattered and unrealized.
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