Bruce Lee (Lee Hsiao Lung), was born in San
Fransisco
in November 1940 the son of a
famous Chinese opera
singer. Bruce moved to Hong
Kong when he soon became a child star in the growing Eastern film
industry. His
first film was called The birth of Mankind, his last film which was
uncompleted
at the time of his death in 1973 was called Game of Death. Bruce was a
loner and
was constantly getting himself into fights, with this in mind he looked
towards
Kung Fu as a way of disciplining himself. The famous Yip Men taught
Bruce his
basic skills, but it was not long before he was mastering the master.
Yip Men
was acknowledged to be one of the greatest authorities on the subject of
Wing
Chun a branch of the Chinese Martial Arts. Bruce mastered this before
progressing to his own style of Jeet Kune Do.
famous Chinese opera
singer. Bruce moved to Hong
Kong when he soon became a child star in the growing Eastern film
industry. His
first film was called The birth of Mankind, his last film which was
uncompleted
at the time of his death in 1973 was called Game of Death. Bruce was a
loner and
was constantly getting himself into fights, with this in mind he looked
towards
Kung Fu as a way of disciplining himself. The famous Yip Men taught
Bruce his
basic skills, but it was not long before he was mastering the master.
Yip Men
was acknowledged to be one of the greatest authorities on the subject of
Wing
Chun a branch of the Chinese Martial Arts. Bruce mastered this before
progressing to his own style of Jeet Kune Do.
At the age of 19 Bruce left Hong Kong to study
for a
degree in philosophy at the University of Washington in America. It was
at this
time that he took on a waiter's job and also began to teach some of his
skills to
students who would pay. Some of the Japanese schools in the Seattle area
tried
to force Bruce out, and there was many confrontations and duels fought
for Bruce
to remain.
He met his wife Linda at the University he
was
studying. His Martial Arts school flourished and he soon graduated. He
gained
some small roles in Hollywood films - Marlowe- etc, and some major stars
were
begging to be students of the Little Dragon. James Coburn, Steve McQueen
and Lee
Marvin to name but a few. He regularly gave displays at exhibitions, and
it was
during one of these exhibitions that he was spotted by a producer and
signed up
to do The Green Hornet series. The series was quite successful in the
States -
but was a huge hit in Hong Kong. Bruce visited Hong Kong in 1968 and he
was
overwhelmed by the attention he received from the people he had left.
He once said on a radio program if the
price was right
he would do a movie for the Chinese audiences. He returned to the States
and
completed some episodes of Longstreet. He began writing his book on Jeet
Kune Do
at roughly the same time.
Back in Hong Kong producers were desperate
to sign
Bruce for a Martial Arts film, and it was Raymond Chow the head of
Golden
Harvest who produced The Big Boss. The rest as they say is history.
From: http://www.allbrucelee.com/biography.htm
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