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The history of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco and spent his childhood and adolescence in Hongkong.

Bruce Lee was very thin when he was young. His father taught his son to practice Tai Ji Chuan when he was seven years old, because he was very strong. /kloc-at the age of 0/3, Bruce Lee studied Wing Chun Boxing with the master IP Man system, and set up a stake at home, practicing diligently against the stake every day. In addition, he also practiced Hongquan, Baihe Boxing, Tan Leg, Shaolin Boxing, Poke Foot and other boxing methods, which laid a solid foundation for later creating Jeet Kune Do.

In order to improve the level of martial arts, Bruce Lee not only learned China's boxing, but also learned western boxing. When attending the western boxing training class, he bought a documentary about the boxing match of world champion Louis with his pocket money, from which he learned the footwork, posture, boxing and training methods of the champion. He also often participates in boxing competitions inside and outside the school, constantly enriching his actual combat experience.

Go to the United States for further study and establish Jeet Kune Do.

/kloc-at the age of 0/8, Bruce Lee decided to leave Hongkong to study in the United States.

Bruce Lee's life in Seattle is quite hard. After he entered the university, he devoted all his energy to studying martial arts besides studying. He organized the "China Kung Fu Team" at school, and often trained and performed on campus, which won the praise of teachers and students.

1946, the United States held a national karate competition in California. Bruce Lee, then only 24 years old, swept all the contestants and won the championship.

Through continuous improvement, Bruce Lee gradually became proficient in Kung Fu and even reached a higher level. Among them, "Li", "Cunquan" and "Hooking Hands" are his unique skills.

Bruce Lee is a generalist. In addition to being proficient in all kinds of boxing, he is also good at various instruments such as long sticks, short sticks and nunchakus, and also learns qigong and hard work.

Starting from actual combat and based on China Wushu, Bruce Lee absorbed the advantages and specialties of western boxing, karate, taekwondo and Thai boxing, summed up years of experience, and created a kind of boxing-Jeet Kune Do.

Set up a museum, widely teach students and promote real kung fu.

In order to promote China Wushu, Bruce Lee rented a corner of the campus parking lot in his sophomore year and hung the sign of "National Art Museum of Fan Zhen". He practiced while teaching, worked hard and made great progress in technology, especially in leg skills.

In Guo, he met a female medical student who came to study martial arts. After more than a year of contact, they gradually developed feelings. 1In August, 964, they formally got married. After marriage, Bruce Lee and his wife both dropped out of school and started a martial arts school together.

Since the news that Bruce Lee subdued four knife-wielding gangsters in Chinatown, Florida, and bravely saved a girl from China was reported in newspapers, Bruce Lee's name has spread all over the United States, and TV stations such as Florida have invited him to perform leg skills, and China Kung Fu has attracted much attention. And the Fan Zhenguo Art Museum he founded has gradually flourished. In order to expand his influence, Bruce Lee often participated in martial arts competitions in various places, and successively set up martial arts branches and apprentices in Seattle, Oakland and Los Angeles. The scale and equipment of Wushu Museum are constantly improving, and many outstanding Wushu stars in the world, such as American karate champion Rolex, etc.

Everyone is eager to worship him as a teacher, and famous Hollywood movie stars such as James Henping and Steve are his disciples. World champion Ali also paid a visit to exchange experiences with him. American boxers of various factions often gather in the martial arts school in Bruce Lee to learn martial arts, and his aim of "making friends with martial arts" has achieved the expected results.

Set foot in the film industry, kung fu shocked the world.

In the early 1970s, a wave of China Kung Fu movies swept the world. Bruce Lee's resounding name shocked the whole world.

197 1 In the summer of, Bruce Lee accepted the invitation of Hongkong Le Jia Film Company and made a movie with the theme of China martial arts, named "Big Brother in Tangshan". The film set the highest box office record since the opening of Hong Kong, reaching HK$ 3 million.

After Brother Tangshan, Bruce Lee filmed Jingwumen, which caused a greater sensation. Bruce Lee's fearless spirit and amazing fighting skills in the film, especially his performances in Li and Lie Quan, are full of praise.

Since then, Bruce Lee set up Concord Film Company, wrote, directed and acted in the films "The Raptor Crossing the River" and "The Game of Death", and co-produced "enter the dragon" with Warner Film Company of the United States, and personally starred in the leading role.

Just as Bruce Lee was ambitious to finish filming The Game of Death, 1973 died suddenly in Hongkong on July 20th at the age of 33 due to drug allergy.

Because of his outstanding contributions to martial arts and movies, Bruce Lee was rated as one of the seven greatest martial artists in the world by the international authoritative martial arts magazines Black Belt 1972 and 1973. 1972 was also rated as one of the top ten stars in Hong Kong. American newspapers praised him as "forbidden kingdom", Japanese people called him "the saint of martial arts", and Hong Kong newspapers praised him as "a wizard in the history of contemporary China martial arts and movies". In the United States, Japan, Britain, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and other countries or regions, various magazines and special issues commemorating Bruce Lee were published at the same time, calling him "the most effective person to promote China Wushu".

Bruce Lee is versatile, both literary and martial arts. Whenever he practices martial arts, he is immersed in the study of martial arts theory and training methods. Before his death, he left seven martial arts notes and six manuscripts: Jeet Kune Do, Research on Jeet Kune Do, Kung Fu Record, Two-stage Stick Technique, Illustration of Bruce Lee Boxing (English version) and Bruce Lee Martial Arts Techniques (English version). Martial arts magazines all over the world are still studying and introducing his martial arts, and martial arts lovers all over the world still admire him. Looking back on Bruce Lee's life as a martial arts legend in China, people will always miss his sincere heart of loving the Chinese nation, inspiring its spirit and yearning for its prosperity.