Why did Bruce Lee make 'gangster boss' Chan Wai Man admire him?

Bruce Lee (born 1940) is an oriental martial arts legend, famous in Hong Kong and Hollywood. Meanwhile, Chan Wai Man (born 1943) is also a famous martial arts actor in Hong Kong. Chan Wai Man is even a professional martial artist with impressive competition records.

From a young age, Chan diligently practiced Tanjia Sanxianquan, a Chinese martial art, before switching to Western boxing. Chan won the martial arts championship two years in a row in 1970 and 1971. In 1983, Chan participated in a martial arts competition and defeated Japanese boxer Takeshi Morigasaki in just 35 seconds.

Chan Wai Man is a famous martial arts actress of Hong Kong cinema.

He also participated in many Hong Kong films and played many gangster roles. Living in the same era as Bruce Lee, Chan Wai Man was once compared to the founder of Jeet Kune Do.

People in the martial arts world once spread the saying: "Fist has Chan Wai Man, foot has Bruce Lee" (the saying roughly means that in Asia, no one has fists as strong as Chan Wai Man, foot is as fast as Bruce Lee).

In addition to acting, Chan Wai Man is also known as a gang leader in Hong Kong. This makes Chan Wai Man even more famous in Hong Kong, making few people dare to touch him. According to Sina , Chan Wai Man once met Bruce Lee in 1971.

At that time, Chan Wai Man went with his friend Xiao Qilin and met Bruce Lee at a restaurant. The three of them talked happily. Afterwards, Xiao Qilin said he wanted to go to Bruce Lee's house to play and Chan Wai Man agreed.

Bruce Lee and Chan Wai-min discussed many things about martial arts such as boxing and mixed martial arts. During the conversation, Chan Wai-min demonstrated his martial arts to Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee responded by demonstrating a side kick. Siu Ky-lin held a sandbag for Bruce Lee to kick. After taking 3 steps, Bruce Lee kicked the sandbag. His kick was so strong that it sent Siu Ky-lin flying. This kick from Bruce Lee left Chan Wai-min extremely surprised.

Even much later, when answering the press, Chan Wai Man still highly appreciated Bruce Lee's strength: "In the past, you could only see such scenes in movies, but Bruce Lee could actually perform such a powerful kick in real life."

According to Kknews , Chan Wai-min can absolutely boast about his martial arts skills more than Bruce Lee. Firstly, because Chan Wai-min has real combat ability. Secondly, because Bruce Lee has passed away and no one can compare. However, he always highly appreciates Bruce Lee's martial arts talent. "Chan Wai-min always despises martial arts stars in movies and television who always think they are noble and easily draw conclusions about Bruce Lee's martial arts. He always believes that there is only one martial arts superstar, and that is Bruce Lee," Kknews wrote.

“When a reporter asked Chan Wai-min if he could beat Bruce Lee, Chan Wai-min thought for 15 seconds before saying, 'I can't.' These 15 seconds were the conclusion Chan Wai-min had carefully come to after careful consideration and deliberation,” wrote Kknews .

In 2008, Chan Wai Man spoke on a Hong Kong radio show about Bruce Lee. He frankly stated: “If I fought Bruce Lee, I would lose. I cannot beat him.”

“ Bruce Lee was a very good fighter. But if Bruce Lee really fought against Thai Muay Thai fighters, Bruce Lee might not win, because the ring is very different from the movies, especially for professional fighters who have been training since they were 12 or 13 years old. They are not afraid of Bruce Lee's kicks or punches. But in a street fight, Bruce Lee would win,” Chan Wai Man affirmed.

Son Tung

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