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Anyone ever workout with Judo gene? What a cool guy. I plan to work out with him in the near future. Any thoughts?
When Bruce Lee got his butt dumped all over the set of the Green Hornet, it was by Gene LeBelle. When a well-recognized aikidon't guy was making movies, and being too hard on the stuntmen, he was punitively placed into an unconscious state by the Sensei, and had his head surrounded by broken pieces of his directors chair, courtesy of Gene Lebelle. One of the most hornery cusses alive.tmanifold said:When Bruce Lee wanted to learn how to grapple he went to see Gene. That says something. I have read a couple of his books and I have learn a ton from them.
I heard that story about the Aikidon't guy too. Sounds like Mr. Labelle is definately a man totrain with.Kembudo-Kai Kempoka said:When Bruce Lee got his butt dumped all over the set of the Green Hornet, it was by Gene LeBelle. When a well-recognized aikidon't guy was making movies, and being too hard on the stuntmen, he was punitively placed into an unconscious state by the Sensei, and had his head surrounded by broken pieces of his directors chair, courtesy of Gene Lebelle. One of the most hornery cusses alive.
captnigh said:The Judo Gene/Seagal story is awesome. I have heard several versions.
Anyone want to comment on which one is accurate?
I read the same story, except that it started with Seagal standing around on-set claiming chokes didn't work on him because of his fantastically strong Ki. Judo Gene begged to differ, at which point the stories are the same. Gene got the choke, Seagal stopped him-said he wasn't ready- they did it again Seagal goes out and wets himself. Gene was quoted as saying "a man has got to know his limitations". I also heard Gene didn't care for Seagal because Seagal had a rep for being rough on stuntmen.hardheadjarhead said:I heard it from two totally different sources, both people being members of the Hollywood stuntman community. Both stories are basically the same.
Seagal was allegedly trashing (physically) his stuntmen, hitting them hard, throwing them hard, and hurting them. LeBell, who was a past president of the guild, went to Seagal and called him on it. Words were exchanged, and Seagal opened the festivities by kicking Gene in the groin.
LeBell ignored the kick, shot in and took Seagal's back. He then choked him out. Seagal lost control of his bladder, wetting his pants. He woke up, squared off, and asked LeBell if he'd like to try it again--which he did, successfully.
Regards,
Steve
arnisador said:I just saw his new autobiography "The Godfather of Grappling" in the bookstore today:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967654351/