Jay, I didn't say "Milk toast".
He was a good martial artist, but has somehow been turned into a sort of martial arts Jesus.
BTW, most students of the martial arts have great respect for their first teachers, that sort of comes with the territory.
Of course Dan Inosante speaks well of Lee, he has made his living teaching Lee's "System".
99,9% of the stories about him are apochryphal. None of them are verifiable.
It is like all the stories that were told about Masutatsu Oyama. Shortly before his death Oyama admitted that most of them were made up in order to promote karate, yet people still belive them.
I was talking to Patrick Mccarthy, one of the leading scholars of martial arts today, about Lee.
He said that in his opinion, Lee was very much a product of his time. He was impressive back then because of his kicking ability.
" I got green belts today, that can kick like that" is a direct quote.
Somehow the guy got turned from being a not very good actor making some rather silly movies,into being God.
And everytime someone doesn't fall in awe about him, y'all scream " Blasphemy", and start piling brush around the stake.
Willard, for the last 25 years I've been practising an Okinawan style, so that doesn't much apply to me, does it?
While I have respect for the Japanese styles, it amuses me to see people train in a way that they think is japanese, but which was in reality implemented by a Prussian army officer