Obtaining a quality Shaolin kung fu education for free may be difficult. At the least, you will probably have to borrow books and videos, and in order to advance to a deep level of technical understanding a mentor who can interact with you is vital. While it is possible to find such a person willing to work with you for free, you will have to be resourceful in finding them.
Step 1
Look for discount options at schools. Some schools might be willing to accept work in lieu of payment for classes, but such places are the exception rather than the rule. Many schools will offer discounts if you bring in other students, so if you're a good recruiter such a program could be your ticket to minimizing, or eliminating, the cost of a Shaolin education.
Actor, martial arts expert. Born Lee Jun Fan, on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California. His father, a Hong Kong opera singer, moved with his wife and three children to the United States in 1939; his fourth child, a son, was born while he was on tour in San Francisco. Lee’s mother called him “Bruce,” which means “strong one” in Gaelic. Young Bruce appeared in his first film at the age of three months, when he served as the stand-in for an American baby inGolden Gate Girl.
In 1941, the Lees moved back to Hong Kong, then occupied by the Japanese. Apparently a natural in front of the camera, Bruce Lee appeared in roughly 20 films as a child actor, beginning in 1946. He also studied dance, once winning a cha-cha competition. As a teenager, he became a member of a Hong Kong street gang, and in 1953 began studying kung-fu to sharpen his fighting skills. In 1959, after Lee got into trouble with the police for fighting, his mother sent him back to the U.S. to live with family friends outside Seattle, Washington.
Lee finished high school in Edison, Washington, and subsequently enrolled as a philosophy major at the University of Washington. He also got a job teaching the Wing Chun style of martial arts that he had learned in Hong Kong to his fellow students and others. Through his teaching, Lee met Linda Emery, whom he married in 1964. By that time, Lee had opened his own martial arts school in Seattle. He and Linda soon moved to California, where Lee opened two more schools in Los Angeles and Oakland. At his schools, Lee taught mostly a style he called Jeet Kune Do.
hear you can see a movie about kung fu.without teacher also you can learn kung fu, by watching movies also you can improve your fungfu skills.pleas see the full move and try to be a little bruce lee.this is second part of it.
Lee had his first role as a baby who was carried onto the stage. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in twenty films. While in the United States from 1958-1964, Lee abandoned thoughts of a film career in favor of pursuing martial arts. However, after Lee's high-profile martial arts demonstration at the 1964 Long Beach Karate Tournament, he was seen by some of the nation's most proficient martial artists--as well as the hairdresser of Batman producer William Dozier. Dozier soon invited Lee for an audition, where Lee so impressed the producers with his lightning-fast moves that he earned the role of Kato alongside Van Williams in the TV series The Green Hornet. The show lasted just one season, from 1966 to 1967. Lee would also play Kato in three episodes of the series Batman, produced by the same company as The Green Hornet. This was followed by guest appearances in a host of television series, including Ironside (1967) and Here Come the Brides (1969).
In 1969, Lee made his first major film appearance in Marlowe. In the film, Lee's henchman character is hired to intimidate private detective Philip Marlowe (played by James Garner) by smashing up his office with leaping kicks and flashing punches, only to later accidentally jump off a tall building while trying to kick Marlowe off. In 1971, Lee appeared in four episodes of the television series Longstreet as the martial arts instructor of the title character Mike Longstreet. Bruce would later pitch a television series of his own tentatively titled The Warrior. Allegedly, Lee's concept was retooled and renamed Kung Fu, but if so, Warner Bros. gave Lee no credit. The role of the Shaolin monk in the Wild West, known to have been coveted by Bruce, was awarded to non-martial artist David Carradine, purportedly because of the studio's belief that a Chinese leading man would not be embraced by the American public.
Inspired by the success of the Batman series, ABC brought The Green Hornet to television in 1966-67, an adaptation which introduced martial arts master Bruce Lee to American audiences and starred Van Williams as the Green Hornet. Unlike Batman, the TV version of The Green Hornet was played straight, but in spite of the considerable interest in Lee, it was cancelled after only one season. However, the rise of Lee as a major cult movie star ensured continued interest in the property to the point where proposed Green Hornet productions typically have the casting of some major martial arts film star as Kato as the first order of business. Lee's popularity in Hong Kong, where he was raised, was such that the show was marketed there as The Kato Show.
Lee's Cantonese given name was Jun-fan. The name literally means "return again"; it was given to Lee by his mother, who felt he would return to the United States once he came to of age.] Because of his mother's superstitious nature, she originally named him Sai-fon, which is a girl's name. The English name "Bruce" was thought to be given by the hospital attending physician, Dr. Mary Glover.
Lee had three other Chinese names: Li Yuanxin (李源鑫), a family/clan name; Li Yuanjian (李元鑒), as a student name while he was attending La Salle College, and his Chinese stage name Li Xiaolong (李小龍; Xiaolong means "young dragon"). Lee's given name Jun-fan was originally written in Chinese as 震藩, however, the Jun (震) Chinese character was identical to part of his grandfather's name, Lee Jun-biu (李震彪). Hence, the Chinese character for Jun in Lee's name was changed to the homonym 振 instead, to avoid naming taboo in Chinese tradition.
Yip Man, 1 Week before he died of throat cancer, Last known footage of him performing a Wing Chun form. Also performing on the Wooden Dummy. The music is called Silent Moon By Jia Peng Fang. performance name is "siu lim tao" in wing chun. Rest In Paradise Yip Man
in this video Bruce is teaching to his student how to kick. by listing the video carefully you also can kick like Bruce. and how to get protection from your enemy. your eye contact is very important before fighting against your enemy.
The History of Wing Chun can be traced back to the Ching dynasty, over 275 years ago. The Manchus, who made up about 10% of the population, ruled the Hans and created many restrictions to keep them dependent on the small ruling class. Through the years, however, the Manchus gradually began to accept the Han culture and to respect the Sil Lum (Shaolin) Temple as a place of worship and sanctuary. Even so, to repress the Hans, the Manchus banned all weapons and martial arts training. Secretly the Hans began organizing rebel groups within the Sil Lum Temple.
Because the classical animal styles of kung fu took 15 to 20 years to master, it was necessary to develop a new style that would enable students to become proficient fighters in a much shorter time span. As the Manchu soldiers were often trained in classical kung fu styles, it was important that this new style be designed to be effective in neutralizing the existing techniques. Five kung fu masters pooled the knowledge of their own respective styles in order to come up with a new, more economical style, utilizing only the most effective methods of combat from each. What these five kung fu masters developed would create an efficient martial artist in only 3 to 5 years.
Before they could teach anyone the new style, a traitor within the temple opened the gates for the Manchu soldiers and the temple was burned to the ground. Only one master, a Sil Lum nun named Ng Mui, escaped. She later passed her knowledge on to a young orphan girl, who she named Yim Wing Chun (Beautiful Springtime) and who shared this knowledge with her husband, Leung Bok Cho. Through the years, the style became known as Wing Chun kung fu.
In reality, Chuck was an established pro and would have taken Lee. In competition you have to be able to take punches and keep fighting. I'm not sure Lee was tough enough to hold up in competition. He was fast, no doubt, but these are all staged scenes and it's not likely he would hold up in a real full contact fight. Say what you will about him now, Chuck held the Pro World Middleweight title from '68 to '74 when he retired. You have to be pretty tough to stay on top that long.
i like bruce lee real fight quick beat chuck norris will broke leg can't kick. bruce lee good eye dragon catch quick 10 sec quick boom chuck get black out!. i heard chuck did talk shit inslut bruce lee. i not like chuck. chuck never figth in HK in mma alive or death serect. chuck was limit chamption belt in usa not sake HK more power karate and kung fu serect killer! chuck act woman leg kick! lolol chuck never punch ice break or rock.
wow how much of speed that the Bruce lee has. when he was young he spent his most of the times in training that's why he has this much of speed not like others kicking.when he was child every time he is fighting with others,but you people don't go like that because our situation is not like Bruce lees situation
Those lists of the greatest people in history usually have names like Abraham Lincoln and George Washington at the top, and then there are usually some athletes like Jackie Robinson or Joe Louis a little further down. At least, that's what the lists look like in America. There was recently a History's 100 Most Influential People survey in Japan, and it looked a little different.
First place went to Sakamoto Ryoma. The highest-ranking American was Thomas Edison. And at number 37 was Bruce Lee. A reader of Andrew Sullivan's blog made this comment:
Not that I'm dissing on Bruce Lee (#37) but did you see who he beat?
#38 Leonardo da Vinci
#44 Julius Caesar
#58 Ludwig van Beethoven
#91 The Wright Brothers
#99 Isaac Newton
I understand it's the Japanese edition, but wow! Lee not only whooped Chuck Norris but also gravity and air flight. That's impressive.
It's pretty awesome. Lee wasn't just a movie star, he was a genuinely great athlete who often fought and defeated much bigger men. I think he might have been the best pound-for-pound athlete in human history.
Bruce Lee was a great athlete. The list was flawed, in a Time Wise way. The people behind Bruce were during different times of life. Their influence, I would say is Timeless. Bruce Lee's influence is more Modern Day also, it only covers a certain group of people. The other names influence a more Wide Range of people, they will always be remembered, where Bruce Lee, could be forgotten, in time.
07.03.2007 In a video interview with Gametrailers, they sit down with Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter, to discuss her father’s gaming legacy. What’s interesting here is that the daughter of the late (but still great) Bruce Lee is asked if there’s a new versus-style game or game based on one of this movies coming. Shannon Lee then hints: “There’s definitely been talk. I can’t really say right now what’s going on. But definitely, we’re very excited.” She then carries on talking about the ultimate Bruce Lee gaming experience…
Xbox game Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon, not so good. In fact, it was pretty bad. With a misopportunity like that, you'd think that someone somewhere would be working on a Bruce Lee game. Perhaps an adaption of one of his classic flicks or a versus-style game.
Let's hope they're more excited than they were with Quest of the Dragon. Fingers crossed they get it right this next time around.
Bruce Jun Fan Lee (李振藩; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinesemartial artist,philosopher, instructor,martial arts actorand the founder of the Jeet Kune Do combat form. He is widely considered to be the most influentialmartial artistof the twentieth century and a cultural icon. When he was 32, Lee took a painkiller for a headache, laid down for a nap and never woke up.
There are a wide range of theories on how Lee died. Medical authorities all agreed that it was caused by a cerebral edema (a swelling of the brain caused by a congestion of fluid). But what caused the edema became a matter of speculation from an allergic reaction to being drugged. Some believe that Bruce was cursed. In his 1996 book ‘Bruce Lee; Fighting Spirit’ Bruce Thomas includes a chapter called ‘The Shadow’ which includes statements made by Bruce’s family and friends telling of his battles with a black shadowy figure in his sleep which held him down – a typical symptom of sleep paralysis. He described to friends and family about having battled in his sleep with a ‘black shadow’ which he said held him down for several minutes and the effort of fighting it left him drenched in sweat.
Lee was supposedly haunted by personal demons as well. He had premonitions that he would die at half his father's age of 64 (which he did at 32). In fact, he died just three and a half months prior to his father's death. Brandon Lee (Bruce's son) also died at a young age when a prop gun was accidentally loaded with a live bullet; the same way that Bruce's character faked his death in Game of Death.
Lee's phenomenal fitness meant he was capable of performing many exceptional physical feats. The following list includes some of the physical feats that are documented and supported by reliable sources.
Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.
Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24 frames per second, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.
In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger
Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.
Lee could cause a 300-lb (136 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a side kick.
Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-lb (68 kg) punching bag
In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.
Although Bruce Lee's death is a tragedy, he remains a legend even to this day.
Bruce Lee is a video game designed by Ron J. Fortier, with graphics by Kelly Day and music by John A. Fitzpatrick. It was originally published for the Atari and Commodore 64 by Datasoft in 1984. Bruce Lee is a platform/beat 'em up hybrid, in which the player controls Bruce Lee. The plot involves the eponymous martial artist advancing from chamber to chamber in a wizard's tower, seeking to claim infinite wealth and the secret of immortality. There are twenty chambers, each represented by a single screen with platforms and ladders. To progress, the player must collect a number of lanterns suspended from various points in the chamber.
Each chamber is guarded by two mobile enemies; The Ninja, who attacks with a broken stick and The Green Yamo, who attacks with punches and kicks. A multiplayer modes allows a second player to control Yamo, or to allow two players to alternately control Bruce. The Ninja and the Yamo are also vulnerable to the screen's dangers, but have infinite lives so they always return. If the player playing the Green Yamo is inactive for a certain time, the computer takes over.
Later chambers include more hazards such as mines and moving walls, as well as a "comb-like" surface that has an electric spark racing along it. Skillful walking, climbing, ducking and jumping are required to negotiate them. On the twentieth screen, Lee finally faces the evil wizard.
Iconic martial artist Bruce Lee was afraid of cockroaches as a kid, according to a TV series on his life.
The series, titled The Legend of Bruce Lee, also reveals that the martial artist killed some cockroaches, and strung them together as a necklace, to overcome his fears.
Unlike most other films or TV series on Lee, the show has plenty of scenes showing Lee losing bouts to his opponents.
"Most people only know a Bruce Lee who was a super hero, someone who always won. But few understand that behind the glorious moments was also a vulnerable man," says Hong Kong actor Chan Kwok Kwan who plays the icon.
The series also shows Lee to be as a funny and tender boyfriend, and later a loving husband and father, reports the China Daily.
As regards Lee's controversial death at the age of 32, the series shows that he died of overwork and the abuse of stimulants.
The museum, located in Shunde, Guangdong Province, was inaugurated Sunday by Bruce's sister Phoebe Lee, who traveled from San Francisco for the occasion.
More than 1,000 items related to or used by Bruce Lee are on display, including costumes and photographs. Some letters and poems written by the martial artist are being exhibited for the first time, the report says.
The compound also includes a sculpture park that will feature the world's tallest Bruce Lee statue when the 18.8-meter-tall artwork is finished early next year.
Future meet-ups for Bruce Lee's fans are being planned, with which the museum's director Huang Dechao hopes to create a communication forum for worldwide fans.
There has been a resurgent interest in China over Bruce Lee, who passed away three decades ago, thanks to a new 50-episode drama series "The Legend of Bruce Lee," produced by China Central Television (CCTV). The drama, although controversial for some bloopers found in its scenes, has become the most-watched CCTV drama in history following its initial airing in October.
Words of the Dragon : Interviews 1958-1973 (Bruce Lee Library, Vol 1)
Review:
A collection of newspaper and magazine interviews with Bruce Lee that were never published in the United States, or are not widely available, these pieces provide fresh insight into Bruce Lee's personal philosophy, telling how he felt about his life, art, and career. 24 photos.
The Tao of Gung Fu : A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Arts (Bruce Lee Library, Vol 2)
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This is the book that Bruce Lee had intended to publish as an in-depth follow up to his Chinese Gung Fu. Prior to his death, he had written the majority of the text, which explores such topics as yin-yang as it applies to martial arts, Eastern and Western fitness methodologies, and martial arts and self-defense techniques. The manuscript was completed by martial arts expert John Little in cooperation with the Bruce Lee estate. 100+ photos.
The Art of Expressing the Human Body (Bruce Lee Library)
Review:
Bruce Lee was a man who truly made use of every spare moment he had. Long thought of as simply the pinnacle of martial arts, many fans and non-fans alike are discovering that Bruce Lee was also a thoughtful and profound philosopher. Even in this volume of the fantastic Bruce Lee library, you will find tremendous philosophy and insight by Bruce Lee, as retold by his friends and students. Mr. Lee saw exercise as "The Art of Expressing the Human Body," and he went to great lengths to craft his body--not for appearance--but for functionality. His circuits, weight routines, calisthenics, and cardiovascular workouts are just a few of the things detailed in this clearly exhaustively researched book. It reads quite well, and I have never worked harder at improving my own body as I have when I was actively reading this book. This is a *must* for all martial artists, and a fantastic book for anyone who needs any motivation to work out. Bruce Lee's example is all you need to really get moving.
To watch Bruce Lee on film is an amazing experience. Those who have read Tao of Jeet Kune Do, however, know that Lee's prose can also be exhilarating. This praiseworthy and enduring bestseller (mainly written over six months when Lee was bedridden with back problems) compiles philisophical aphorisms, explanations on technique, and sketches by the master himself.
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An international bestseller with over 236,000 copies sold, this is Bruce Lee's philosophic conception of the art of jeet kune do, in the original w, drawings and thoughts of the late master martial artist/film star himself.
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
Review:
Book Description
Bruce Lee was more than just a man of action-he was a man of words. A voracious reader, Lee studied text after text, taking meticulous notes to devise his theories-in fighting and in life strategy. Here, for the first time, John Little, who was granted exclusive access to Lee's notebooks, presents Lee's writings on his philosophies of daily living including acting, fatherhood, and the martial arts. As the 60th anniversary of his birth approaches, Bruce Lee is an ever-popular icon of the 20th century-a man truly ahead of his time not just in his mastery of martial arts, but in his forward thinking and his timeless wisdom.
An intelligent mind is constantly learning. -
An intelligent mind is one which is constantly learning, never concluding - styles and patterns have come to conclusion, therefore they [have] ceased to be intelligent.
An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind -
An intelligent mind is an INQUIRING mind. It is not satisfied with explanations, with conclusions; nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.
The qualities of mind -
To be one thing and not to change is the climax of STILLNESS. To have nothing in one that resists is the climax of EMPTINESS. To remain detached from all outside things is the climax of FINENESS. To have in oneself no contraries is the climax of PURITY.
You are the commander of your mind -
I've always been buffeted by circumstances because I thought of myself as a human being [affected by] outside conditioning. Now I realize that I am the power that commands the feeling of my mind and from which circumstances grow.
To free the mind -
In order that the mind may function naturally and harmoniously it must be freed from all attachment to oppositional notions. The mind should be freed from the influence of the external world. To let the mind take its course unhindered among phenomena. Not the cultivated innocence of a clever mind that wants to be innocent, but that state of innocence in which there is no denial or acceptance, and in which the mind just sees what is.
Jeet Kune Do : Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way (The Bruce Lee Library, Vol 3)
Editorial review
To me Tao Of Jeet-Kune-Do is the best book for understanding Bruce Lee"s art and way of life and his style of teaching self defense and training others how to counter certain attacks. Also master Lee was a master of philosophy. He taught people how to fight when they had to fight. Bruce Lee is everyone's hero no matter who it was. To me, he was my personal teacher and mentor. I trained under Master Paul Vunack from New York who was a great follower of Master Lee, and trained me well.Master Eddie Wacks from Florida was also my mentor. I am sadden by the lost of a great teacher but Bruce Lee left us with a lot of material and instructors to carry his work on for ever.Thanks for everything you gave us, we will remember you for ever, a student and instructor.!!
The publisher, RONNIE DUPLICHAN, MARIOANTO@AOL.COM
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An expanded sequel to the bestselling The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, this landmark book will serve as a complete presentation of Bruce Lee's art of Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do. The development of his unique martial art form, its principles, core techniques, lesson plans, and illustrative sketches are presented in Bruce Lee's own words. 100+ illustrations.
Chinese Gung Fu : The Philosophical Art of Self Defense
Review
If you collect Martial Arts books or books on Bruce Lee, buy it and put it on your shelf. It does show what Bruce thought in his early career of martial arts. And it has good diagrams. The book is short for its price. This book is not really an introduction and it would prove non-beneficial to a beginner. I would suggest that if you are new to martial arts, put this book down and chose any other.
Editorial review
For the first time, Bruce Lee's most significant conversations and rare international interviews have been captured and bound in one unique and fascinating volume, providing definitive insights into the life, thoughts, and opinions of the master. Review
I purchased the hardcover edition of "Bruce Lee: Words From A Master" several months ago and enjoyed it thoroughly. The fact that this book is the ONLY book in existence that is based upon actual and verifiable transcripts of Bruce Lee speaking about his life, art and philosophy make it the only unimpeachable source of information from Bruce Lee.
I was at an airport the other day and spotted the new paperback edition of this book. I wasn't going to buy it, since I already had the hardcover edition, but I couldn't help myself! I like the paperback edition that much better as it is less awkward than the hardcover (particularly for such a comparatively small book). I think that this book will serve as the template or prototype of all future Bruce Lee books as it isn't a photo book -- it's a serious presentation of the thought and opinions of one of this century's greatest philosophers and martial artists, Bruce Lee, and is presented in a serious and engaging format.
The book is chock full of valuable and practical information on life, combat, racism, yin-yang, dealing with challenges in life, and so on -- but all of it comes DIRECTLY from Bruce Lee himself. It's such a great and powerful little book that I will probably end up buying another copy for myself, along with additional copies for friends this Christmas.
Thank you John Little and Contemporary Books for this masterpiece! I also bought John Little's "The Warrior Within" (perhaps the greatest Bruce Lee book ever written) and hope that Contemporary and Mr. Little will be bringing us more Bruce Lee philosophy books in the near future! It's the perfect tonic for our troubled times.
Bruce Lee's Fighting Method : Advanced Techniques, Volume 4
Review
Excellent book by Bruce Lee that shows advanced methods that go beyond the "Basic Training" and "Skills In Techniques" books. This book covers attacking and defensive moves and various ways to use what you should have learned in the previous two books.
Techniques show ways of attacking with punches, kicks, etc. as well as more defenses and counters. Excellent book if you have already studied the previous two books.
Other books I'd recommend based on his fighting style would be the rest of this series, as well as "The Bruce Lee Library" series by John Little. The "Tao Of Jeet Kune Do" is also an excellent book that includes his own personal notes and thoughts about his fighting art.
Bruce Lee's Fighting Method : Skill in Techniques, Volume 3
This is one of the early books on Bruce Lee's fighting methods. It's full of good stuff that will make any martial artist look at his own training to see how some of Lee's ideas can fit. There will always be the Jackie Chans and Jet Lis who will come along and dazzle us with their screen antics. But Bruce Lee was a seeker of knowledge, a true master of the fighting arts and philosophy. A great book to add to your collection.
Loren W. Christensen, author of Fighter's Fact Book
Bruce Lee's Fighting Method : Basic Training (Volume 2)
Review:
This book is probably the most important book of this series. I am a martial artist who trains in the JKD philosophy. This is the book I look back to constantly, and I will always consider this the most important one in my martial arts library. The Basics are the MOST important aspect of your training. A great fighter must have a great foundation.
Don't buy this book expecting to become Bruce, to become great you must want to be great. What is covered in this book all of Bruce's student's teach. If you go to a Richard Bustillo, Tim Tacket, Chris Kent, or Dan Inosanto, chances are you'll be learning the stuff directly from this book.
The book covers basic exercises, stance, footwork, and ideas behind punching and kicking. DON'T expect this book to be the only "way". Don't expect this book to train you. It's only a book not a personal trainer. The exercises in the book are not "impossible" as one person commented. They are totally effective.
You should buy this book with an open mind. Don't just read this book, understand this book.
These are the five movies that Bruce Lee made in Hollywood before his tragic death.
Now you can get all of Bruce Lee - The Master Collection (Fists of Fury / The Chinese Connection / Return of the Dragon / Game of Death / The Legend) on one DVD.
Released 1971 - Approx. 101 min
Starring Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien , Nora Maio,
Tony Liu and Han Ying Chieh
Directed by Lo Wei
Featuring: The lightening kicks of Bruce Lee on screen for the first time.
The setting is in Bangkok, Thailand. Before Bruce left China to Thailand, he promised his mom that he won't get in any fights and troubles. Strangely, some workers from the ice factory where Bruce works, vaporized. To find out what's going on, Bruce goes to see the boss; thus, realizing that the boss is involved in this event. Then, Bruce starts a fierce battle with the boss and the gangs.
Released 1972 - Approx. 107 mins
Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao Ker Hsiu, C H wong, Y C Han, James Tien, Robert Baker
Directed by Lo Wei
Featuring: The 2 scenes that Bruce goes to challenge the Japanese martial art school
Setting: In the early 1900's, Shanghai, China.
Story: Teacher Fok died in a sudden. Bruce Lee as Chan Chen,
came back to Shanghai for his teacher's funeral. During the funeral, some Japanese came and pissed off Bruce's group as "Sick men of Asia". That's why Bruce challenged the Japanese martial art school. Later on, Bruce found out that his teacher was poisoned to death by a Japanese undercover from the Jap martial art school. Finally, Bruce took his revenge and killed all the god damn Japanese, as a result of devoting his life to preserve the JING WU SCHOOL.
Released 1973 - Approx. 99 mins
Starring: Bruce lee, Shih Kien, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall and Bolo Yeung
Directed by Robert Clouse
Featuring: Bruce, the first time as the main character in Hollywood films
Story: Shaolin student Bruce was asked to cooperate with the FBI to investigate on a drug island controlled by Shih Kein. Unfortuneately, Bruce was captured as he's doing his spying. One thing for sure, Bruce is mightier than Shih. Finally, Bruce and Shih have a great fight at the end of the film and the FBI came to bust up the operation.
Released 1973 - Approx. 88 minutes
Starring: Bruce Lee, Chuch Norris, Nora Miao Ker Hsiu
Directed by: Bruce Lee
Featuring: Fight with Chuck Noris
Bruce Lee wrote and directed Return of the Dragon, his third film, a mix of hard-edged kung fu and goofy humor. Once again he plays the country boy who travels to a foreign land, in this case Italy, where his restaurant-owning cousins face trouble from the local syndicate. Their strong-arm tactics have driven customers away and now threaten the family, but Lee refuses to buckle under their pressure and takes them on in a series of impressive confrontations. The film ends with a memorable showdown with world-champion karate artist Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum (though much of it is staged in a rather cheap studio set), a brutal, almost inhuman battle that revels in the intense punishment taken by the combatants.
Released 1978 - Approx. 95 mins
Starring: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dan Inosanto, Kareem Abdul Jabaar, Dean Jagger,
Colleen Camp and Hugh O'Brian
Directed by Robert Clouse
Featuring: Bruce VS Dan Inosanto & Kareem Abdul Jabaar
Bruce Lee died after shooting only a few scenes of his ambitious Game of Death, but that didn't stop greedy producers from finishing and releasing "Lee's last film," even if he's doubled for most of it. Lee planned an ambitious expression of his fighting philosophy, and his story culminates in the rigorous challenge of the "Game of Death," in which combatants take on successively greater and greater masters as they fight their way to the top of a tower..
Bruce Lee also starred in these other films and documentatries.
Green Hornet:
Green Hornet - Pilot and Promos
Bruce Lee in Green Hornet I - "The Green Hornet" (Asian re-mix)
Bruce Lee in Green Hornet II - "Fury Of The Dragon" (Asian re-mix)
Green Hornet Strikes Again
Green Hornet #1 (episodes 01-04)
Green Hornet #2 (episodes 05-08)
Green Hornet #3 (episodes 09-12)
Green Hornet #4 (episodes 13-16)
Green Hornet #5 (episodes 17-20)
Green Hornet #6 (episodes 21-24)
Green Hornet #7 (episodes 25-26 + Batman "Piece Of The Action" I & II)(All Green Hornet episodes are commercial free)
Other:
Bruce Lee - A Warrior's Journey (2002 documentary)
"Bruce Lee - The Legend" (1984 documentary)
"The Green Hornet Tape" (featuring 3 episodes, Batman clip, interviews (Van Williams on Entertainment Tonight) and 3 trailers + Bruce Lee's screen test)
"Bruce Lee - The Beginning" (first screen test, + featured appearances in four Green Hornet TV shows)
A&E Original Biography + "Piece Of The Action" (Batman & Robin vs. The Green Hornet)
"Bruce Lee - The Curse Of The Dragon" (fight scenes, interviews, Brandon, home movies, tournament, and funeral footage)
"Bruce Lee's Biography - The Man, The Myth" (An action-filled kung fu movie telling the story of Bruce Lee)
"The Real Bruce Lee" (includes rare footage from: "The Little Dragon", "The Bad Boy", "Carnival", and "Orphan Sam")
Longstreet - "Way Of The Intercepting Fist" (pilot)
Bruce and Brandon Lee Compilation I (E! News Update and Los Angeles Eyewitness News report on Brandon's death, "Dragon" opening, Bruce's Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, behind the scenes footage with Bob Wall, and Fred Weintraub, E! News Week In Review, Hard Copy "The Curse Of The Crow" exclusive home video from the movie set)
Bruce and Brandon Lee compilation II ("Crime Wave", "The Ray Is For Killing", Batman clip, Black Beauty profile, Van Williams "Where Are They Now?", Green Hornet trailers, "Marlowe" clips, behind the scenes "Enter The Dragon", childhood movie clips "Kid Cheung", "The Bad Boy", "Carnival", and "Orphan Sam", funeral footage, clip from "The Tennant", FX clip, E! Entertainment report on Brandon's death "Haunted Hollywood")
A&E Biography (updated) + Unsolved Mysteries (Bruce and Brandon's deaths)
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. 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.
