Afghanistan's 'Bruce Lee' is an online sensation

[Sher Malang]

A young man from Afghanistan bears a striking resemblance to the late martial artist Bruce Lee.

Abbas Alizada is a 20-year-old from Kabul in Afghanistan, and he looks remarkably like the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.

Reuters/Japan Times reports that photos and videos of Alizada, demonstrating his likeness to Bruce Lee, are posted over on a 'Bruce Hazara' Facebook page.

Alizada is from a poor family of 10 children, and when his parents couldn't afford to send him to a Wushu academy, the trainer took him under his wing anyway.

Most news coverage we hear coming from Afghanistan is predominantly regarding war. But, Alizada said: "The only news that comes from Afghanistan is about war. . . . I am happy that my story is a positive one.

"The destruction here makes me sad, but it also inspires me," and "I want to be a champion in my country and a Hollywood star."

The photos below will show you just how much of a resemblance he has to the late Bruce Lee.

Now that you've taken a look at some of the images, you should at least be nodding a little in recognition of his likeness to the great martial artist. But wait, there's more.

Not only does Alizada look like Lee, he has some slick skills of his own too - especially with the Nunchaku. Take a look at the video below.

 

[Parmanu]

This guy has a career out of it ! Good luck kid !

 

[Bilal.]

Damn!! Thats ditto...

 

[bhangi bava]

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A young man from Afghanistan bears a striking resemblance to the late martial artist Bruce Lee.

Abbas Alizada is a 20-year-old from Kabul in Afghanistan, and he looks remarkably like the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.

Reuters/Japan Times reports that photos and videos of Alizada, demonstrating his likeness to Bruce Lee, are posted over on a 'Bruce Hazara' Facebook page.

Alizada is from a poor family of 10 children, and when his parents couldn't afford to send him to a Wushu academy, the trainer took him under his wing anyway.

Most news coverage we hear coming from Afghanistan is predominantly regarding war. But, Alizada said: "The only news that comes from Afghanistan is about war. . . . I am happy that my story is a positive one.

"The destruction here makes me sad, but it also inspires me," and "I want to be a champion in my country and a Hollywood star."

The photos below will show you just how much of a resemblance he has to the late Bruce Lee.

Now that you've taken a look at some of the images, you should at least be nodding a little in recognition of his likeness to the great martial artist. But wait, there's more.

Not only does Alizada look like Lee, he has some slick skills of his own too - especially with the Nunchaku. Take a look at the video below.

just read about him in dawn, hope he try his luck in hollywood or bollywood

 

[Burhan Wani]

Only resemblence cannot make this man hero

 

[Jf Thunder]

oh wow

 

[T90TankGuy]

A young man from Afghanistan bears a striking resemblance to the late martial artist Bruce Lee.

Abbas Alizada is a 20-year-old from Kabul in Afghanistan, and he looks remarkably like the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.

Reuters/Japan Times reports that photos and videos of Alizada, demonstrating his likeness to Bruce Lee, are posted over on a 'Bruce Hazara' Facebook page.

Alizada is from a poor family of 10 children, and when his parents couldn't afford to send him to a Wushu academy, the trainer took him under his wing anyway.

Most news coverage we hear coming from Afghanistan is predominantly regarding war. But, Alizada said: "The only news that comes from Afghanistan is about war. . . . I am happy that my story is a positive one.

"The destruction here makes me sad, but it also inspires me," and "I want to be a champion in my country and a Hollywood star."

The photos below will show you just how much of a resemblance he has to the late Bruce Lee.

Now that you've taken a look at some of the images, you should at least be nodding a little in recognition of his likeness to the great martial artist. But wait, there's more.

Not only does Alizada look like Lee, he has some slick skills of his own too - especially with the Nunchaku. Take a look at the video below.

I know this is the tharki in me talking but did Bruce ever travel to afghanistan?

@Topic great to see mairtal arts being promoted in Afghanistan.

 

[jamahir]

I know this is the tharki in me talking but did Bruce ever travel to afghanistan?

you mean if bruce lee performed marital arts in afghanistan??

 

[T90TankGuy]

you mean if bruce lee perform marital arts in afghanistan??

You sir have a dirty mind
Just like me

 

[Basel]

Can't see video.

Hope he get good opportunity in Hollywood.

 

[Saifullah Sani]

From the ruins of a bombed-out palace above Kabul, a young Afghan man bearing a striking resemblance to kung fu legend Bruce Lee is high-kicking his way to Internet fame, aiming to show another side to his war-weary nation.

Videos and photos of Abbas Alizada, 20, posted on the Facebook page "Bruce Hazara" show him performing back flips and striking Lee's famous poses. They blazed through Afghanistan's small Internet community this week, part of a publicity burst he hopes will catapult him to broader fame.

"I want to be a champion in my country and a Hollywood star," Alizada said at Kabul's desolate Darulaman palace, where he trains twice a week, swirling nunchakus and sporting a Lee-like bowl haircut.

At a workout at the palace, adorned with photos of thousands of civilian war victims as part of a protest exhibition, Alizada showed off his wiry physique, doing push-ups on his fingertips and sparring with a partner. Two assistants dabbed his brow and fixed his hair for the cameras.

Alizada is from a poor family of 10 children. His parents could not afford the fees at an academy of Wushu, a Chinese mixed martial art, but the trainer took him under his wing.

Darulaman palace, built in the 1920s by King Amanullah Khan, was damaged by decades of fighting for control of the capital. It is now a ruin pocked by artillery craters and bullet holes, overlooking an as-yet-unfinished national parliament building.

"The destruction here makes me sad, but it also inspires me," said Alizada, who refused to be filmed in one room where the walls were daubed with graffiti reading "death to Americans".

He rejects the name Bruce Hazara given to him by friends in recognition of his ethnic heritage, saying he prefers to be known as the Afghan Bruce Lee in a country riven by tribal divides.

Questions of national unity are poignant in Afghanistan, where Taliban insurgents are flexing their muscles with near-daily attacks. This year has been the bloodiest of the war, as foreign troops drastically reduce their presence.

Alizada's recent success on the Internet and at a martial arts tournament in Kabul reflects some of the changes in the country since the US-led intervention toppled the Taliban after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Helped by the spread of TV and the Internet, Afghanistan has witnessed a rapid rise in interest in sports under the government that succeeded the hardline Islamists, who had banned television and many sports and martial arts.

"The only news that comes from Afghanistan is about war ... I am happy that my story is a positive one," Alizada said.

Afghanistan's 'Bruce Lee' is an online sensation - Multimedia - DAWN.COM

 

[Beast]

Indeed looks similiar to Bruce lee.

 

[thesolar65]

WOW!! Hollywood, here please have a look....

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

HE pulls it off really WELL....!!!!!!


I hope his success will be followed by many more from others too. Its nice to see him - a symbol of hope and joy and entertainment- in front of the ruined palace, a dismal symbol of the past. On a broader level, i hope Afghans can rebuild and have lots to look forward to.

In the meantime, I hope Bruce Lee of Afghanistan does well. I'll be sure to check it out.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Saw a wonderful article on Bruce Lee inspired martial Artist , from our neighboring territories
What do you guys think the guy has chance in Martial Arts movies ?

Actual practitioner of Martial Arts as well in school so that adds to his credentials the body and just the aura is indisputable in images