Aldo Nadi vs Bruce Lee

[Trim Plus Expert]

I heard somewhere that they fought each others. Anyone know about this?

[Zebee Johnstone]

In rec.sport.fencing on Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:50:29 -0400
Trim Plus Expert <trimplus@bellnet.ca> wrote:
> I heard somewhere that they fought each others. Anyone know about this?


Seeing as Nadi died in 1965 when Lee was 25, and Lee left the US as
a baby and didn't return till 1959, and didn't get to California from
Seattle till 1964, I think it highly unlikely.

It is barely possible that he got some training from Nadi, but "fight"
seems exceptionally unlikely.

Note - the information above took me just under 2 minutes using google.

Zebee

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[Trim Plus Expert]

I am terrible using net searching, I found informations more by luck than
anything. Each website I see captive my attetion so I get lost everywere so
I had the idea of asking knowlegeable people rather than confusing
contradictions everywhere on the web ... However I had a small Idea that
Nadi would be much older than Bruce Lee since his famous duel was in 1924
and he was 24. However it's not impossible, at least maibe he trainned the
little dragon at some time. This would explain the lot of influence Bruce
had from fencing in his jeet kune do theory. Jeet kune do means litterally
the way of the intercepting fist and it is based a lot on counter-time.


"Zebee Johnstone" <zebee@zip.com.au> a écrit dans le message de
news:slrncl6fjg.fba.zebee@zeus.zipworld.com.au...
> In rec.sport.fencing on Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:50:29 -0400
> Trim Plus Expert <trimplus@bellnet.ca> wrote:
> > I heard somewhere that they fought each others. Anyone know about this?
>
>
> Seeing as Nadi died in 1965 when Lee was 25, and Lee left the US as
> a baby and didn't return till 1959, and didn't get to California from
> Seattle till 1964, I think it highly unlikely.
>
> It is barely possible that he got some training from Nadi, but "fight"
> seems exceptionally unlikely.
>
> Note - the information above took me just under 2 minutes using google.
>
> Zebee
>
> --
> Zebee Johnstone (zebee@zip.com.au), proud holder of
> aus.motorcycles Poser Permit #1.
> "Motorcycles are like peanuts... who can stop at just one?"

[Mitch Kief]

And let's not forget about Aldo Nadi's heart condition in the early
60s!

Bruce Lee's brother, Peter, was a fencer, and Bruce Lee preferred
using the technical vocabulary of fencing in "Tao of Jeet Kune Do"
;however, I've never ever been able to verify if Bruce Lee himself had
been a fencer.


Zebee Johnstone <zebee@zip.com.au> wrote in message news:<slrncl6fjg.fba.zebee@zeus.zipworld.com.au>.. .
> In rec.sport.fencing on Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:50:29 -0400
> Trim Plus Expert <trimplus@bellnet.ca> wrote:
> > I heard somewhere that they fought each others. Anyone know about this?
>
>
> Seeing as Nadi died in 1965 when Lee was 25, and Lee left the US as
> a baby and didn't return till 1959, and didn't get to California from
> Seattle till 1964, I think it highly unlikely.
>
> It is barely possible that he got some training from Nadi, but "fight"
> seems exceptionally unlikely.
>
> Note - the information above took me just under 2 minutes using google.
>
> Zebee

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't know if Bruce Lee ever fenced, either, but you just reminded me of one
of my favorite quotes from Bruce, which we have on our Web site:

"If someone comes at you with a sword, run if you can. Kung Fu doesn't
always work."

B.C. Milligan
Baltimore Fencing Center