The Promoting Fighting Style
The Origins of Mixed Martial Arts
In 1964, two practitioners of Chinese martial arts met at a training studio in the city of Oakland, California. The fight was scheduled for late evening and was to take place behind closed doors with just seven people as spectators. In the larger scheme of things, it was an inconsequential affair and would have been promptly forgotten if one of the two 23-year-olds who fought that day had not been Bruce Lee.
The man who would become an actor known worldwide, launch the “Kung Fu craze” of the early 1970s, and eventually become synonymous with martial arts was not just an on-screen performer. His ability and continuous dedication to fighting, from ...
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