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2 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
“You have to go and experience some of the different martial arts and take from them what you can that works for you personally. I think that is the way people train now.”
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- 2 Feb 2016
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…What did you learn having to fight against Bruce? That there are some very tough guys at 155 pounds. [laughter] What you learn is you can’t have a preconceived idea of what is ideal for you as a martial artist. You have to go and experience some of the different martial arts and take from them what you can that works for you personally. I think that is the way people train now. The Ultimate Fighting really is how Bruce trained, very eclectically, taking techniques and ideas from any of the different martial arts and using them. Bruce Lee thought that Sugar Ray Robinson was the best boxer that he ever saw. I would have to agree with that. Bruce taught you. You taught Bruce some things. John Wooden taught you. You’ve taught Joakim Noah. You’ve written a whole book about your experience teaching Native Americans basketball, but not just basketball, really teaching them life and many other things.…
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