American National Treasures

[LSWCTN1]

people like Yeung Fook and his student David Harris

people who would still be national treasures if they were still in China

those that stand head and shoulders above the rest

AL Nowak - wasnt he the guy that Bruce Lee refused to fight with? used to a marine and is now sadly wheelchair bound? i saw an excellent article about him in a magazine a few months back.

what about the guy that fought a recently arrived sifu from the mainland who had declared that he could beat any american gung fu practitoner? got knocked out within 10 seconds.

i suppose if you talk about any other arts then Rickson has to be included too.

[Fei Li]

Adam Hsu

I am a big admirer of Adam Hsu,
but I do not think he counts, he is born and raised in Asia,
has spent most of his life there and finally did return to Taiwan.
His US adventure was too short to consider him american…

Of course he could be Taiwanese National Treasure

[David Jamieson]

No Ali?

No Bruce Lee? (edit nm he got a half mention above)

No Wing Lam?

No Chuck Norris? (also a half mention lol)

Wtf people?

[lkfmdc]

tsk tsk
Asking about AMERICAN treasures and most of you are putting up lists of people born, raised and trained in China

[Dragonzbane76]

bill "superfoot" wallace....

[Jimbo]

Some more U.S.-born, non-CMA:

Danny Inosanto.

Robert Trias.

[SanHeChuan]

Raymond Fogg, 7 star praying mantis, student of Chui Chuen Luen. Founded the U.S. Kung Fu Exchange which is an association of related 7 star schools across the country, with schools in Texas, California, New York, Louisiana, and Florida. Many of the schools are run by direct students of Raymond fogg. He has also written two books on 7 star mantis; The Seven Star Mantis Book: Soft Principles, and The Seven Star Book: Twelve Keywords of Attack and Defense

Also

Carl Albright his kung fu brother under Chui Chuen Luen.
http://mantiscave.110mb.com/albright.htm

[sanjuro_ronin]

Inosanto for sure.
Peter urban
Robert Trias.
Peter Hymas
Donn Draeger
Urquidez
Norris

[MasterKiller]

Dan Gable won the Gold Medal in Freestyle Wrestling at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany; while not giving up a single point. He was the head coach at the University of Iowa where he won 15 NCAA team titles from 1976–1998.

Dan Gable ftw!

[David Jamieson]

Here we see Dan Gable using the technique of "extreme frottage" to help another man who is ailing from male pattern baldness.

surely, this man is a king!

[Lee Chiang Po]

What makes any of these people qualify as a national treasure? A national treasure is something that is relished by everyone, not just a silly bunch of people that are obsessed with martial arts.
A real national treasure in the form of a person would be someone like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, not some dingle f@rt like that no acting Bruce Lee. A national treasure stands the test of time, not like some boxer that lasts a couple of years as champ.

[Lucas]

but even john wayne or clint eastwood wouldnt work by those standards. how many people under 30 in america give a **** about either?

[David Jamieson]

What makes any of these people qualify as a national treasure? A national treasure is something that is relished by everyone, not just a silly bunch of people that are obsessed with martial arts.
A real national treasure in the form of a person would be someone like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, not some dingle f@rt like that no acting Bruce Lee. A national treasure stands the test of time, not like some boxer that lasts a couple of years as champ.

right, so why are chinese martial artists called national treasures then? I mean, they did start the whole idea of martial artists being national treasures. lol

what makes any of them qualify?

[goju]

CHUCK NORRIS. Holy hell...wtf is wrong with you guys?

chuck?

[Jimbo]

What makes any of these people qualify as a national treasure? A national treasure is something that is relished by everyone, not just a silly bunch of people that are obsessed with martial arts.
A real national treasure in the form of a person would be someone like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, not some dingle f@rt like that no acting Bruce Lee. A national treasure stands the test of time, not like some boxer that lasts a couple of years as champ.

Because it's obvious the original poster meant "national treasures" relating to martial artists, not necessarily Hollywood celebrities. And not everyone idolizes or even cares about John Wayne. Plus, I would guess that many if not all of the above-named individuals have had more direct positive influence in the lives of more people than some movie star.