# Is Chuck Norris really all that good a martial artist?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 9, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chuck-norris-really-all-that-good-a-martial-artist/259051 "2004-08-09T17:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chuck-norris-really-all-that-good-a-martial-artist/259051/41 "2004-08-10T20:16:32Z")

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No, no. It defiantely made me smile. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chuck-norris-really-all-that-good-a-martial-artist/259051/42 "2004-08-10T20:46:02Z")

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> [@Mockingbird](#):
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> Even Sara Lee could make him cry like a school girl.

Sara Lee can make me cry like a school girl.

Mmmm… Pie.

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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chuck-norris-really-all-that-good-a-martial-artist/259051/43 "2004-08-10T21:12:03Z")

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I can’t read this thread without cracking up, thinking about the line from the MST3K episode “Werewolf:”

Gramma Scientist: “It’s a skinwalker.”  
Mike: “Skinwalker. Texas Skinranger.”

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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chuck-norris-really-all-that-good-a-martial-artist/259051/44 "2004-08-11T01:28:53Z")

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> [@Mockingbird](#):
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> And the WHOOSH goes through the windmills of your mind.
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> 😃
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> Though I bet Tommy Lee could compete on one level.

Tommy Lee (Jones)’ character from _The Hunted_ could compete for sure. The man himself… not so much.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chuck-norris-really-all-that-good-a-martial-artist/259051/45 "2004-08-11T01:50:56Z")

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> [@Mockingbird](#):
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> I’d say he’s still a better actor than Jean Claude VanDamme or Steven Segal.

Whoa. Easy, tiger.

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