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Marines Picked 'Weakest Looking Guy' in Bar to Fight — It Was Bruce Lee — 16 Seconds Later

4 Marines Said 'Military Training Beats Everything' — Challenged Bruce Lee — 16 Seconds All 4 Down San Diego bar, August 1971. The Anchor Bar. Two blocks from naval base. Where Marines drank after duty. Friday night. 9 PM. Thirty people. Mostly Marines. Four Marines walked in. Fresh off deployment. Six months overseas. Back on leave. Corporal Jake Morrison. 24. 6'1". 200 pounds. Lance Corporal Mike Torres. 22. 5'11". 190 pounds boxer. PFC Dan Wilson. 21. 6'0". 185 pounds wrestler. Private Chris Hayes. 20. 5'10". 180 pounds. Ordered beers. Talking loud. Jake: 'Man, it's good to be stateside.' Mike: 'You know what I missed? Bar fights.' Dan: 'Nobody's stupid enough to start something with Marines.' Chris: 'Think any civilians could take us?' Jake laughed. 'Civilians? No chance. We're trained. Combat ready. Any civilian in this bar, we'd destroy them.' Mike: 'All of them together couldn't take one of us.' Bruce Lee. 31. Sitting at bar. Alone. Jeans and t-shirt. One beer. Quiet. Visiting student. Teaching private lesson tomorrow. Heard the Marines. Smiled. Young military guys. Always same. Jake looked around. 'Him? We'd destroy him. That Asian guy? At bar? Looks 140 pounds.' Mike: 'That's not even fair. Like four Marines against kid.' Dan: 'I could take him one hand.' Chris: 'Bet all four of us could take him same time and he wouldn't land single hit.' Jake stood up. Walked to Bruce. 'Hey buddy. You train?' Bruce: 'I train martial arts.' 'Martial arts. Like karate? Kung fu?' 'Something like that.' 'We're Marines. We think military training beats civilian training. Every time. You disagree?' 'I don't have opinion on it.' Mike walked over. 'What he means is: no, he couldn't handle Marine. Because civilians can't.' Dan joined. 'Could you handle one Marine? Just one?' Bruce: 'I could handle one Marine.' Bar went quiet. Thirty people stopped. Jake: 'Want to prove it?' Bruce stood up. 'I'll make you deal. All four of you. Same time. If you can touch me, you win. If I put all four down, you never again tell people civilians can't fight.' Went outside. Parking lot. Thirty people followed. Marines spread out. Surrounding Bruce. Four angles. Bruce center. Calm. 16 seconds. Second 1-4: Jake rushed tackle, Bruce sidestep, foot tapped Jake's ankle, Jake stumbled crashed into Mike both down tangled. Second 5-8: Dan grabbed Bruce from behind bear hug lifted, Bruce elbow back Dan's solar plexus, Dan's air exited grip loosened, Bruce dropped spun, Dan gasping couldn't breathe. Second 9-12: Chris right hook, Bruce deflected, open palm Chris's chest light push, Chris stumbled sat down, Jake Mike back up came together, Jake high Mike low. Second 13-16: Bruce dropped low, Mike's tackle passed over, Jake Mike collided each other both down hard. Four Marines on ground. Dan gasping. Chris sitting. Jake Mike tangled. Crowd silent. Dan: 'What are you?' 'Martial artist. Like I said.' Jake: 'You're not just martial artist. Special forces? SEAL?' 'I'm civilian who trains.' Voice from crowd: 'That's Bruce Lee.' Man stepped forward. 40s. 'I recognize him. Bruce Lee. Martial artist. Teaches LA.' Jake: 'You're Bruce Lee? And you let us challenge you?' 'You challenged me. I tried decline. You insisted.' Mike: 'We're sorry. Drunk. Arrogant.' Dan: 'Can you teach us?' Older man stepped forward. 'Captain Richard Stone. Camp Pendleton. These are my Marines. I apologize for their behavior.' Bruce shook hand. Captain to Marines: 'You embarrassed Corps. Got taught lesson by civilian. Next time might not be Bruce Lee. Might be someone dangerous.' To Bruce: 'Would you consider coming Camp Pendleton? Teaching classes?' Bruce came six times over six months. Guest instructor. Speed. Economy motion. Using opponent's force. Multiple attackers. Jake became hand-to-hand instructor. 1972 Bruce's principles incorporated Marine training manuals. 1973 Bruce died. Captain Stone letter to Linda: 'Your husband taught Marines humility. Confidence without respect is arrogance. We're better because of him.' Subscribe for more untold Bruce Lee stories. #BruceLee #4Marines #SanDiego #1971 #AnchorBar #16Seconds #CampPendleton #Marines #NavalBase #Military #JeetKuneDo #TrueStory #CaptainStone