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I just wanted to dispel a few myths and misconceptions. It's so easy sometimes to mix up history with fantasy. With all the martial arts media, it's easy to overestimate the power and effectiveness of martial arts. The practitioners tend to become superhuman in the eyes of their fans. I remember reading a post where someone actually beleived Bruce Lee could dodge bullets. The slowest handgun round travels at about 800 feet per second, so I doubt it. He argued that Bruce was capable of defeating anyone regardless of size difference or athletic ability. He was very strong for his size, but he was still a man of small stature. If he were cornered by a heavily muscled 300 lb. fighter with nowhere to run he'd be in trouble just like anyone else. Sure, he'd get some good licks in, but he'd shortly be overpowered. Bruce was one of the most amazing martial artists to have ever lived, but he was not superhuman.
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