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Jul 22, 2022 at 19:03 comment added junfanbl Lee studied and knew some traditional shaolin martial arts. He was quite good at some of the more flashy forms in his teenage years. This was before he started Wing Chun. Most of his kicks are right from shaolin (Gung Fu). Except for maybe the stop kick. That technique he borrowed from fencing.
Dec 15, 2020 at 2:34 comment added DukeZhou @BatWannaBe Good call on Hapkido influence! My sense is that Lee must have studied longboxing as a kid, which wouldn't have been uncommon, based on his kicking stances, but discarded the more exotic movements and punching. (I think that's why so many of his kicking looks more like karate or even traditional shaolin.)
Dec 8, 2020 at 15:38 comment added Tony D @BatWannaBe: agree there's TKD influence on kicking (e.g. in the gliding side thrusting kick he was fond of), and some Hapkido influence too. Filipino martial arts was another influence - Dan Inosanto being a famous student & training partner.
Nov 24, 2020 at 17:04 comment added BatWannaBe I've read that he was influenced by a Taekwondo practitioner Jhoon Goo Rhee, but I haven't really seen much to back that up. He could've just as easily gotten his style of kicking from other martial arts like kickboxing, savate, karate, etc. Also he does do a hammy double leg takedown in Way of the Dragon in the fight between two karate masters and his coworkers.
Nov 6, 2020 at 16:16 comment added Waterman I don't recall ever seeing Lee do a double or single leg takedown. I wonder why. He was exposed to Judo, must have seen wrestling!
Nov 6, 2020 at 16:13 history answered Waterman CC BY-SA 4.0