World Of Martial Arts Podcasts

The Afghan Bruce Lee Abbas Alizada talks with Andrew Staton direct from the UK Martial Arts Show 2023 He reveals; How did he find out he looked like Bruce Lee? What was the first Bruce Lee film he saw? How he was discovered in Afghanistan? Was he already training in martial arts? He reveals he trains with Sifu Samuel Kwok in WING CHUN, who is a direct student of Ip Chun who was taught by his father Ip Man who famously taught Bruce Lee Abbas Alizada saw his first Bruce Lee movie as an eight-year-old in Afghanistan. However watching Fist of Fury, The Big Boss and Alizada’s favourite, Enter the Dragon, was very dangerous. The Taliban a hardline Islamic regime that now rule Afghanistan have banned all television, music and cinema. “If caught I would have been punished,” said Alizada, now 29, “People were beaten and had their hands and feet chopped off.” But Alizada’s connection to Lee did not stop at a love for martial arts and his movies. In 2014, Alizada shot to social media fame after friends posted photos of