Did Bruce Lee reach the level of Grandmaster?

[TenTigers]

"Sparring in a tournament with gear and self stoppage is akin to 1-on-1 stickball. It shows you know how to swing the bat and throw the ball."

Ray, this is before your time, so you wouldn't be expected to know, although you can read up on it if you wished.
The "Point-fighting" tournaments in those days were often bloodbaths. They were bare-knuckle, full contact, (of course, nobody ever admitted to this) often ending in people being hospitalized. It wasn't the tag games you see today. (btw-there are still plenty of injuries and KO's in today's semi-contact tournaments)
Joe Louis was the Heavyweight Full-Contact Champion.

[hskwarrior]

The "Point-fighting" tournaments in those days were often bloodbaths. They were bare-knuckle, full contact, (of course, nobody ever admitted to this) often ending in people being hospitalized. It wasn't the tag games you see today. (btw-there are still plenty of injuries and KO's in today's semi-contact tournaments)
Joe Louis was the Heavyweight Full-Contact Champion.

my father and older brother were black belts in Karate. I remember going to tournaments and my father breaking peoples noses and getting disqualified. lol

[sanjuro_ronin]

I liked BL, he was cool, modern MMA owes a great deal to his views on cross-training.
Most MA I speak to, fighters all of them, hold BL in good esteem.
Many got into MA because of BL.
As for being a grand master, if JKD produced any masters ( it did) then BL would be a GM.
Enough said.

[TenTigers]

I liked BL, he was cool, modern MMA owes a great deal to his views on cross-training.
Most MA I speak to, fighters all of them, hold BL in good esteem.
Many got into MA because of BL.
As for being a grand master, if JKD produced any masters ( it did) then BL would be a GM.
Enough said.

in true Bruce Lee fashion, Sanjuro has pointed his finger at the truth and has shown us all that heavenly glory.

[Fa Xing]

These are the kind of statements that I'm talking about. Don't comment from your heart or a place of idol/icon worship.... use your brain when commenting. He's 110% on the path of the warrior in the 1970s and avoids military service, professional fighting and any kind of direct comparison/competition with serious fighters of his day? He make believe fights Chuck Norris?

So when the data doesn't fit then you change the perception? Now he's a great martial artist for never having fought?

Oh God I love this crowd. And the best, the kicker, is that they say it's me that's thinking wrong.

You are very clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but we don't disagree on everything. You are just extremely pretentious, and BTW he trained Chuck Norris back in the day as well as other well known Karate champions. Please do your homework before you spout your bull****, okay pumpkin!?!

[SPJ]

I like BL

because

1. he got a big smile. it is very infectious or charismatic.

2. he looked like my cousin.

3. he was very practical. since his body built was not for great strength/power. so he aimed for fastness or speed. his moves are like that of a long spear or fencing. being fast was his game play.

4. he tried all the training methods available at the time. as pointed out that his muscles and 6 pack were evident enough.

5. he was toying with electrodes to speed up trainging instead of push ups

-- that was not good.

me and my brothers like him for what he was not because of his movies or what he said on the TV interviews.