Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 am  |  58 responses

Kobe Bryant is Bruce Lee

Love the new colorway, Kob, but, um …. : “Nike Basketball has just unveiled several themed posters that tie into Kobe Bryant’s adoration for Bruce Lee, with the inspired-by colorway set to drop this Saturday at House Of Hoops and select Nike accounts nationwide. With a yellow synthetic base and black bonded overlays, this rendition also features hits of red and four iconic scratch marks along the lateral side of the shoe. For Kobe, the colorway is one of many that will be releasing that took direct influence from the people throughout history that he has looked up to. ‘We have some different people that have been inspirational to me,’ Kobe explained during an interview for Sole Collector’s upcoming Issue 32. ‘We all have had dreams, goals or aspirations, and have met resistance in one form or fashion. Those are people that I draw inspiration from, so we used those with the different colors of the shoe, [like] the Bruce Lee shoe.”’

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  • Bruce Lee

    Jukai: Come on, if you know that much, you’d know that Bruce Lee revolutionized martial arts in USA in the 70′s. Before Bruce Lee and his movies, America thought of eastern martial arts as nothing but a “Pow, Smack, Crunch!” that they’d see in Batman. It was a joke to them.

    Yes, Chuck Norris was great in Karate. But the influence and impact that Bruce left in America is something, not even Chuck Norris alone could do. Bruce was ridiculous; speed, strength, stamina were off the charts.

  • Bruce Lee

    Oh yeah, if you’ve trained before. Trust me, I’ve fought pro (no bs). Karate does NOT work. The #1 thing, always protect your face/jaw like boxers (like you are on a telephone). Karate stance leaves you open to get knocked out. #2 Karate doesn’t utilize [Force = Mass X Acceleration], their power kicks aren’t as devastating as for example, Muay Thai. You want to use your legs like a baseball bat. Open the hips and use the lower part of the shin to strike. You could break your foot or let your opponent control your leg if you do that side-kick nonsense. FYI.

  • http://dsjfhklf.com Jukai

    Bruce Lee: Sorry, could you tell Lyoto Machida, light-heavyweight UFC champion, that his Shotokan Karate doesn’t work? Because his 15-0 record would beg to differ.

  • Bruce Lee

    Jukai: Funny part is I’ve met Lyoto. Cool guy, however, he doesn’t ONLY do Karate which defeats your argument. His punches that he throws are Boxing/Muay Thai techniques. AND if you knew the difference you’d know what I meant. That’s one person too. Can you name others? Bas Rutten was influenced by Bruce Lee, but he knew what was effective and not effective. Karate has the right ideas, just horrible, horrible technique. If you use Karate, there’s soooo many flaws—attack front leg till he put power behind punches…etc. To be a champion in MMA, you’ve got to know everything. Go look up a video where Royce Gracie battles a Karate expert that calls him out. You’ll see how they clash and who wins. I’d say the two have credibility to represent each arts.

  • Bruce Lee

    …here’s the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEm-SVGlJrg . Karate does not work, against someone who really knows how to fight. Karate will work on someone who doesn’t know how to fight. Sad but true.

  • chintao

    Kobe doesn’t know how to fight. Youtube Chris Childs.

  • Bruce Lee

    @Chintao

    “Kobe doesn’t know to fight”…physically he has the strength to but the man was born a basketball player not a boxer…mentally…HELL YEAH he can fight. If his whole life was dedicated to boxing, he put boxing or martial arts, he could probably do it. He’s a CHAMPION.

    Funny how Chris Childs basketball career is forgotten. No one even thinks about him except Kobe haters. Since you assume Kobe can’t fight. Can you? Friendly advice: think before you speak. Especially if you can’t back it up.

  • magicmic

    too bad Kobe doesn’t have ankle insurance, so much for low cut kicks! lol

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