Did the Black Belt really comment on the seven martial artists in the world?

There has always been a popular saying that Bruce Lee was rated as one of the "seven martial artists in the world" by the Black Belt.

Obviously, the crew of legend of bruce lee directly quoted this statement without any textual research, and said in the subtitles of the TV series: "Black Belt, the world's authoritative martial arts magazine, published and commented on 1972 and 1973: the seven greatest martial artists in the world."

So, is Bruce Lee really rated as the so-called "seven martial artists in the world"?

From 65438 to 0968, Black Belt Magazine opened a column named "Black Belt Hall of Fame" every year to commend martial artists and boxers who made outstanding contributions to the development of Wushu.

1972, * * * 7 people were selected into the "Hall of Heroes with Black Belt", including Bruce Lee. These seven people are:

1, Bruce Lee: founder of Jeet Kune Do.

2. Dan Evian: A man of the hour, with a military background, proficient in karate, judo, aikido and kendo.

3. Yamaguchi Takeshi: an empty-handed teacher, the son of Yamaguchi just announced.

4. Jiguang Yamada: Master of Aikido.

5, Zenggen Taisan: Judo master.

Yue Se Heath: A karate athlete.

7. Du Green: Judo athlete.

In the annual publication of 1974, Bruce Lee was selected as the "Hall of Heroes with Black Belt" again.

In addition, the black belt didn't mention the name of "the world's X great martial artist".

Second, the logical contradiction between "Black Belt Heroes Hall" and "Seven Martial Artists in the World"

It is said that Bruce Lee, translated by a Hong Kong reporter, was selected as the "Hall of Heroes with Black Belt", and the total number of people selected in that year was seven.

So is this translation reasonable?

First of all, the Black Belt Heroes Hall has a black belt selection every year. Up to now, this column has selected more than 100 people (by the end of February 1999, this column has selected 1 12 outstanding and famous martial artists), which has played a great role in promoting the development of martial arts in the world. The "seven martial artists in the world" are obviously limited to seven people. If all the people selected by the Black Belt can be called "X Great Martial Artists", why not change it to "Top 100 Martial Artists in the World" today when the Black Belt Heroes Hall has selected hundreds of people?

Secondly, following the logic of the so-called "Seven Martial Artists in the World", we can find that:

1, Rolex was selected into the "Black Belt Heroes Hall" four years earlier than Bruce Lee (1968), and its selection times were more than that of Bruce Lee (four times) 1 time. If only six people were selected for 1968, would Rolex be considered as one of the "six world martial artists"?

2. Irushando was also selected into the "Black Belt Heroes Hall" twice (there were four other times). If only five people were selected in that year, would he be one of the "top five martial artists in the world"?

From the above conclusion, it can be concluded that the seven martial artists in the world said it was made up by the Hong Kong media ~ and it was only to commend those who made outstanding contributions to martial arts ~ Bruce Lee's contribution to martial arts was that he created an unprecedented kung fu movie at that time, not that Bruce Lee was a martial arts master and Bruce Lee was an excellent martial arts actor, but that he was not a kung fu master. 90% of Bruce Lee's information in China is false.