1940 is the year of the dragon, that year in a hospital in San Francisco was born Lee Hsiao Lung. Doctors who deal with the birth of the baby, gave her English name, Bruce. Thus the legend was born. When 6-year-old little Bruce was acting for the first time in a movie called "A Beginning Of A Boy". This is not surprising because his father Lee Hoi Chun is a film actor.
Bruce Lee
Actually, Bruce is a fragile child, including child he even fussy eaters. So when he was getting into fights la street he suffered defeat. At that time he was 14 years old. After discussion with his mother, he decided to study martial arts.
Types of martial arts which he learned was Wing Chun, he studied with Sifu Yip Man. He also studied with master kung fu Siu Hon Sung. Usually it takes three weeks to control 30 moves Siu Hon Sung, Bruce Lee only need three nights only. Besides, Bruce Lee also received from his father's fencing skills. There is one unique thing, Bruce Lee is not only adept at martial arts. Apparently he was good at dancing cha-cha and even in 1958 he won the trophy Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship.
Over time, Bruce lee kungfunya eager to test skills in real fights. So he was involved in a street fight. Police give warning to his mother if Bruce did not stop ulahnya then he will be detained. Then his father made the decision to send Bruce to the United States to become a more responsible person armed with a 100 U.S. $ jawab.Dengan he went to his native San Francisco by ship. On the way Bruce still managed to earn money by making a cha-cha dance course.
In San Francisco, Bruce is deposited to his father's friend, Ruby Chow, the owner of a restaurant. Bruce had come to work at the restaurant. After completing high school, Bruce is still keen to build his physique. To him is not enough simply to be an expert martial arts are good, he must be the best.
Bruce was then decided to pursue graduate studies in Seattle and majored in philosophy. At the university she met a fellow friend from Asia called Taki Kimura Kimura had experienced a series of racist attacks. Based on compassion, Bruce Kimura motivated to improve her self-esteem by way of training him martial arts. This is the embryo of kung fu martial arts school and not long after the school was also established. The school is open to the public or for anyone interested. In stark contrast to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, kung fu was a secret science that should not be carelessly taught to people. Only respectable people are allowed to learn kung fu.
In 1961 he met a girl named Linda Emery. They fall in love, get married, then followed Shannon Brandon was born two years later.
In 1964, in a karate tournament, Bruce demonstrates the stance of the legendary one-inch punch. A television producer who was impressed with the performance of Bruce's full intensity and concentration. Then he made the approach on the part of Bruce Lee. After going through the screening test, Bruce finally gets the role as Kato in Green Hornet film. Kato only a supporting role in the film, but its popularity to defeat its main role, especially in Hong Kong
Van Williams, star of the Green Hornet, tells of the many stunt-man wounded by Bruce movement, the result difficult to find stunt-man who is willing to work with Bruce. Bruce also has a very rapid movement to be captured by the camera so that Bruce was forced to slow down the movement.
After the project "Green Hornet" after Bruce opened the kung fu school anymore newly named "Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute". This is where Bruce Lee learned to use weapons nunchaku. The celebrities had to learn kung fu in this place like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Coburn, and Steve McQueen. Bruce's popularity also increased and this increase the value of a Bruce Lee, for one hour training session for one set price 300US $.
In the new school that was also Bruce's Jeet Kune Do techniques created, cutting attack techniques. Bruce believes the attack cut better and faster than in the past detained on the offensive.
In 1967, Bruce starred in "A Man Called Ironside", as a martial arts master, Bruce often did his own stunts without a stunt-man. His film career continued, until finally he can fulfill what is aspired to be paid is more expensive than Steve McQueen perfilm.
With certain considerations Bruce decided to continue his film career in Hong Kong. Some of the film starring, now Bruce has been regarded as a national hero. Not satisfied with that, he opened his own company because he wanted to write a screenplay, directed, starred in movies as well as the next. Again Bruce's work, some film production company sold in the market.
After a series of films made and successes achieved, on May 10, 1973 Bruce suddenly collapsed during the half hour when completing the dubbing for "Enter The Dragon". The doctor gave him prescription Manatol, drugs to overcome the symptoms of brain swelling (brain development).
On July 20, 1973, Bruce plans to meet with Raymond Chow and Betty Ting Pei, who will be one star in the film "Game of Death." At home Betty, Bruce complained of headache and then he drank Aguagesic, migraine headaches usually consume Betty's reply. Then Bruce lay down, his sleep was brain swelling attacks come back. Finally Bruce died in the emergency room Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Mystery Behind Bruce Lee's Death Bruce Lee's death was a shock, even many who do not believe. Various speculations about his death emerged, such as:
1. He was killed by gangsters for refusing to pay protection money, a common practice Dalan Hong Kong film industry at that time.
2. He was killed shaolin warrior who was angry because Bruce has spread kung fu to everyone in the world
3. Bruce condemned for having bought a house haunted
4. Bruce died while having an affair with Betty Ting Pei
5. Most Chinese people believe Bruce was killed because it was too hard to practice kung fu
Regardless of speculation, the medical facts mentioned Bruce died after suffering a coma due to cerebral edema, brain swelling due to excess fluid.
Bruce Lee's Tomb
Here are hal2 who you may not know about Bruce Lee.
1. Bruce Lee has a congenital defect: long legs and the next big testes.
2. Bruce Lee's actual use which is quite thick glasses, and he used a soft lens. Apparently in the U.S. soft lens already exists from time immemorial.
3. Bruce Lee was not 100% Chinese, his mother Grace Lee is a mulatto chinese & Germany, so it can be said of Bruce Lee have a 1 / 4 German blood.
4. Bruce Lee first appeared in the film at the age of 3 months. He brought his father, a distinguished quite famous in the Chinese Opera to perform in his first film.
5. In an auction, a Bruce Lee's handwritten letter to motivate himself with the title "My Definite Chief Aim" sold for U.S. $ 29.500.
6. Bruce Lee's punch speed is 1 / 500 sec at a distance of 1 meter to the target.
7. Bruce Lee was very strong for its size, he can do pull ups 50 times with one hand. Bolo Yeung (aka Chong Li) who was never much for big win arm wrestling opponent Bruce Lee.
8. Bruce Lee could perform push ups with one hand only with 2 fingers (index finger and thumb) and sometimes with two hands, but only using the thumb only.
9. Bruce Lee popularized the technique of 'one inch punch' of boxing from a distance of 1 inch, and at a karate tournament, he practice it on a Japanese judo champion who weighs about 100 kg. Here we see pejudo was punched from a distance of 1 inch to lift both legs off the floor.
10. At the age of 13 years of Bruce Lee to Yip Man studied to learn Wing Chun because at that time he joined a gang and often fight with another gang. He thinks if teman2 gang was not with her, what if he was attacked rame2.
11. There are three students of Bruce Lee ever win the World Karate Champion: Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis and Mike Stone.
12. In America Bruce Lee taught kung fu to all races with no pilih2, and therefore he is challenged by other universities with allegations of kung fu Chinese Martial Art divulge secrets to other races. Bruce Lee accepted the challenge and beat up representatives of the colleges they will be in 3 minutes. Bruce Lee was disappointed, he said the fight must take place within a few seconds. From here he began to practice even harder, and found the concept of "Jeet Kune Do".
13. Film Dragon The Bruce Lee Story which starred Jason Scott Lee is a film that is not accurate in describing the real story of Bruce Lee. In the film Bruce Lee kicked his back, became paralyzed and had to sit in a wheelchair. In a real incident, Bruce Lee's injury is caused because he was practicing with overload and cause spinal cord injuries, and in fact he never sat in a wheelchair.
14. In the rest of Bruce Lee's spine injury for 6 months, created the book "Tao of Jeet Kune Do," which became a best seller.
15. Some time before the death of Bruce Lee, pa qua (a kind of talisman which is believed to ward off evil spirits) on Bruce Lee's house fell in the wind
