So your problem isn't with the man himself, but with some of the crazed fans who are obsessive?
The man wasn't a professional fighter.
And those kind of irrational fans are basically idiots.

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Anyway, the man himself must be respected.
Self-defense instructor who became an iconic action film actor that popularized combat systems worldwide, influencing literally unknown millions and generations upon generations of people, especially the Chinese.
And his concepts still hold water.
What he taught wasn't anything like his films.
What he taught was what he had determined to be functional.
His movies were just flashy showmanship, being a good entertainer.
Forget the fame aspect and film showmanship, and see this guy as a man on a journey, analyzing combat systems.

He certainly wasn't the first to say a man must be able to fight at all ranges and cross-train, but he popularized the concept greater than anybody else, and his tradition-breaking beliefs of the time only got widespread acceptance maybe 30 years after his death. Till then, boxing was the hands, judo was the throws, tae kwon do was mostly kicking, jui-jitsu for the chokes and submissions. There was even a sense of loyalty to certain systems. This guy was a Karate man, this guy was a Gung Fu man, This guy was Hapkido.