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.
Afraid that Bruce Lee would fail in school, when 18 years old, Bruce Lee's parents decided to send Bruce Lee 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 a "China Kung Fu Team" at school, and often trained and performed on campus, which won unanimous praise from teachers and students.
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.
In order to promote China Wushu, Bruce Lee rented a corner of a parking lot on campus in his sophomore year and hung the sign of "Fan Zhen National Art Museum". 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, are vying 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 Hong Kong Golden Harvest Film Company and signed two films, with a pay of 15000 USD. The first one is "Tangshan Mobile" with the theme of China Wushu. The budget of this film is only $654.38 million+10,000, and the script is also written while shooting. In this case, it set the highest box office record since the opening of Hong Kong, reaching HK$ 3 million. After "Tangshan Mobile", Bruce Lee filmed Jingwumen, which doubled the budget compared with "Tangshan Mobile" and caused a greater sensation. Bruce Lee's fearless spirit and amazing fighting skills in the film, especially his performances of "Li Sanjiao", "Lie Quan" and "Nunchaku", 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's life is short, but like a dazzling comet, he has made great contributions to the development of modern martial arts and film performing arts. His kung fu films are popular overseas, and China's kung fu is famous all over the world. The new word "Kung Fu" appears in many foreign language dictionaries and dictionaries. In the eyes of many foreigners, Kung Fu is China Wushu, and Bruce Lee has become the incarnation of Kung Fu. Many foreign martial arts masters, karate fighters and Thai boxing masters have admitted after watching the kung fu films starring Bruce Lee: "Bruce Lee does have real kung fu." Indeed, few eastern martial artists can break through the national and racial fields like Bruce Lee, and his prestige remains undiminished after his death.
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.
Bruce Lee's life is short, but like a dazzling comet, he has made great contributions to the development of modern martial arts and film performing arts. His kung fu films are popular overseas, and China's kung fu is famous all over the world. The new word "Kung Fu" has appeared in many foreign language dictionaries and dictionaries. In the eyes of many foreigners, Kung Fu is China's martial arts. ...
Bruce Lee's daughter Li Xiangning clarified her misunderstanding about Bruce Lee.
Li Xiangning listed the facts she clarified one by one, corrected some misunderstandings about Bruce Lee from outside over the years, and also involved Bruce Lee's death. But the most touching thing is that as a daughter, she talked about clarifying these several times when clarifying the truth, because "this can't go against Bruce Lee's idea". Some "misunderstandings" are as follows:
1. Bruce Lee never learned nunchakus in Enoch Mountain.
"Yes, many documents mentioned that my father learned nunchakus from Enoch Mountain, but this is not true. My father taught himself nunchakus. I will give you more accurate information as soon as possible. "
Bruce Lee has never been trained in western boxing. People say that Bruce Lee practiced boxing in physical education class in middle school.
"I don't think my dad took part in boxing training in high school."
3. Bruce Lee has never played against Kimura and never lost to karate.
"If it is, it's just two people practicing martial arts."
4. It turns out that Bruce Lee died while filming The Game of Death.
"My father didn't shoot" The Game of Death "and went to shoot" enter the dragon ". He didn't continue to shoot the death game and died. "
5. Clarify that Bruce Lee has never participated in the "Long Island International Competition" and has never won the championship. He just went to perform.
"My father didn't take part in these competitions (or any competitions) because, philosophically speaking, he thought such competitions didn't conform to the concept of martial arts. He doesn't believe in fighting, because real boxing has no rules. Therefore, he has never performed in these competitions and has never participated in them. Therefore, I think it is best not to show his performance in any competition, no matter what name he uses, because it goes against his philosophy. If you want to show him in the competition, that's great.
When Bruce Lee was a child, he was naughty, didn't like studying, had an eccentric personality and liked being alone. However, he was very dedicated when making movies, and became a famous child star with his own talent, which was very popular with girls. Bruce Lee is also a temperamental person since he was a child, and making friends with girls is also his hobby. /kloc-joined IP Man's school to study martial arts at the age of 0/3, looking for people to fight everywhere./kloc-0 won the Hong Kong Inter-school Boxing Championship in 1957 and the Hong Kong Cha Cha Dance Open Championship in 1958. In a word, before that, Bruce Lee was still a naughty boy who didn't like studying and made trouble everywhere.
Bruce Lee's struggle began when he went to the United States alone to make a living at the age of 19 with 100 dollars.
The cruise ship passed Kobe, Yokohama and Hawaii and went to San Francisco, his vacant future land. In Hong Kong, he is a little-known child star and a famous street fighter. Here-this is not the real San Francisco in American society. He is just one of countless people from China who come to the United States for gold. He can only do odd jobs and live in a poor slum.
San Francisco is most proud of the majestic Golden Gate Bridge. Bruce Lee stood on the bridge, leaning against the railing, overlooking the blue sea. On the other side of the ocean is Hong Kong, which reminds him of his ambitious parents. He is determined to turn over a new leaf, strive for self-improvement and make achievements to prove that he is a dragon!
In San Francisco, Bruce Lee's slightly longer and better job is to teach people to dance cha cha dance. His low fees and few students are not commensurate with his exquisite and unique dancing skills. In Hong Kong, he is dancing and having fun. Now, he regards the right to dance as a means of making a living. Americans don't despise people who engage in any occupation, but Bruce Lee always feels a little helpless.
Three months later, he went to Seattle. He found a Chinese restaurant opened by Ms. Zhou Ruby. Ms. Zhou warmly received him and took him to work in the restaurant to earn living expenses and tuition.
Bruce Lee entered the local Edison Senior Technical School (equivalent to the vocational high school in China), because his English level was not up to standard, so he could not directly enter the university. Ms Zhou is an old friend of Bruce Lee's father. She is politically active and is the spokesperson of the local Chinese community. However, Bruce Lee's father's face was mercilessly torn off on the day he officially worked in Bruce Lee-Ms. Zhou looked like a boss. She pointed at Bruce Lee with a straight face, slightly dissatisfied, and severely reprimanded her. Bruce Lee's anger is God-fearing. He has been in America for three months. Although he knew the creed that "friends belong to friends, business belongs to business", he felt it was too sudden and could not stand it. But Bruce Lee managed to suppress her anger, and made her work to her satisfaction according to the will of Boss Zhou. Bruce Lee's behavior is very different from that in Hongkong. According to his previous temper, he would drop his plate or smash it all over her face.
American schools are very different from conservative Hong Kong schools. They are completely open and lax in discipline. In Bruce Lee's view, American students are simply playing. At this time, Bruce Lee's parents have been unable to urge him, teachers will not restrain him, and students will not worship or despise him because of his academic achievements. Bruce Lee can be free and degenerate. At this time, however, Bruce Lee became a completely different person. He changed his style of being tired of studying and playing truant in Hong Kong, being meticulous and eager to learn. He knew that tuition was hard-won, and he awakened many philosophies of life in adversity. He knows that science has always been his weakness, and he once hated it like a fly. Although I still don't like it now, I have worked many times harder than liberal arts. He is more addicted to learning English, he knows; Language is the most important thing when you come to the United States, whether you go to college for further study or enter the social employment.
Bruce Lee made rapid progress in English and started running errands. His salary is higher than chores, and he can get tips. But Bruce Lee's heart is still very depressed. He has a desire to be a leader since he was a child, hoping to control others without being controlled by others. Bruce Lee is driven by everyone. Diners, bosses and chefs can drive him.
Bruce Lee left Zhou Ji's restaurant (during which he had a love affair) and vowed not to work in any restaurant-that was too binding on his character. He wants to engage in a career independently, even if his income is only enough to make ends meet, it is more comfortable than being bound by others.
Bruce Lee met taky kimura, a Japanese-American businessman, who was 19 years old and Kimura was 36 years old. They have become friends, and the whole village is willing to be Bruce Lee's disciples and followers. Bruce Lee always wanted to open a martial arts school, but he was not sure and had no money. Now, with Kimura's encouragement and financial help, the martial arts school has opened.
Bruce Lee's Wushu School is located in a basement in Seattle's Chinatown. The original intention is to make a living, promote Chinese Wushu and be unique. But it is difficult to start a business, and few people are interested in the martial arts school. After consulting with Kimura, Bruce Lee took some martial arts students to several universities in Seattle for demonstration performances. Facts have proved that his clumsy and ancient methods are effective, and his performances are more and more popular among college students. Every time, one or two students give up their original hobbies and study China Kung Fu instead, and then the martial arts school begins to improve.
196 1 year, Bruce Lee successfully completed high school and was admitted to Washington state university with honors, majoring in philosophy. At that time, medicine, law and business were all popular majors, but Li chose the unpopular philosophy. Bruce Lee is an active and quiet two-faced person. He loves martial arts, is active and competitive, and loves quiet thinking. Bruce Lee is addicted to the ocean of philosophy, and the eastern and western philosophers he worships include Laozi and Zhuangzi in China, Nietzsche in Germany and Sartre in France. He found that the teachings of Master Ip Man and the meanings contained in ancient chivalrous stories can be confirmed by the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi. Nietzsche and Sartre's philosophy is strikingly similar to Bruce Lee's aggressive and unrestrained nature. "A wise head makes a close mouth" is the code of conduct and the pursuit realm of China's ancient heroes, while Bruce Lee, who is young and competitive, is always selling himself, flaunting himself and proving himself to be a "superman".
Bruce Lee primal absolutely smart, more than enough to cope with school, mainly focus on kung fu. He rented a corner in the parking lot near the school at a monthly rent of $20 for his martial arts school. He and Kimura are very satisfied with this place. Compared with the basement in Chinatown, the space and light are much superior. 1962, the first "Guo Art Museum" opened.
At that time, his fame was already quite large, and he was a conspicuous international student in China on campus. He likes to show off, is good at talking and is willing to sell himself. Some Americans have joined the followers of Bruce Lee. He can always recruit students at will, and the tuition fee for each student is $65,438 +05 a month. For cash-strapped Bruce Lee, this is a lot of money.
At that time, the United States was fighting in Vietnam, and Bruce Lee was drafted into the army and became a "soldier brother". But how could Bruce Lee's unrestrained nature want to stay in the army? Later, Bruce Lee stayed in the United States as a reservist and was sent to Vietnam to fight in the war. This is a great blessing for him and for the Wulin.
Bruce Lee fell in love with Linda in college and later dropped out of school to get married. For the love story between them, please read the sixth chapter of Chunting Zhu's kung fu film Bruce Lee the Great.
Bruce Lee and Linda left Washington for California with a brighter future. There, I met the Filipino clubbing king Dan Irushando, the martial arts elder Yan Jinghai, the national karate champion Rolex and Jhoon Rhee, the father of American Taekwondo. Making movies is his dream, but he has never set foot in movies since he came to America. I've never heard of any China actor who has been to Hollywood and occupied a seat, but I'm obsessed with movies and still have a glimmer of hope. They drove to paradise-like Hollywood, but they could only watch from a distance. The future, far away. When they left Hollywood, Bruce Lee leaned back in his chair and felt depressed. Linda said, "You can do it, you can do it." . Behind Bruce Lee's struggle, Linda has been silently and loyally supporting him.
1In the autumn of 964, Bruce Lee took part in the national karate competition, defeated Rolex, who won the championship three times in a row, and became close friends and apprentices with Rolex.
From 65438 to 0964, the American Long Beach Karate Competition was an important turning point in Bruce Lee's life. As a guest performer, Bruce Lee attended the contest and performed Wing Chun Boxing, covering his eyes and sticking his hands, inch boxing, shadowless boxing and two-finger push-ups, which stunned all the audience. Bruce Lee's outstanding performance in the Long Beach International Karate Senior Competition greatly increased his fame in the American martial arts field. Many martial artists came from thousands of miles away to visit him, and this competition performance also contributed to Bruce Lee's first step into Hollywood.
After a long period of twists and turns, Bruce Lee got the role of Kato, the second protagonist in the Hollywood TV series The Green Hornet, which was interspersed with the failure of the eldest son role in Chen Chali and the fact that Bruce Lee brought Linda back to Hong Kong. The broadcast of The Green Hornet didn't cause much sensation, but Bruce Lee, who plays Kato, is increasingly favored by the audience. He is handsome, sensitive and extraordinary, and his performance in the play is far better than that of William who plays the leading role of the Green Hornet.
Bruce Lee finally realized her dream of performing in Hollywood. He is not famous all over the world, but he has made gratifying achievements. His ultimate goal is to become a world-class kung fu star. The road is rugged, full of hardships and long.
Bruce Lee closed the martial arts school and wanted to become a professional actor. Later, under the guidance of Fei Ximeng and the guidance of Xue Boling, the martial arts school reopened, but not everyone charged, not $20 a month, only celebrities and high-quality people, and the tuition fee was $50 per hour, which later rose to $250! -To improve his reputation.
Bruce Lee has a place in Hollywood, and has also served as a supporting role for some martial arts directors, but he always lingers in the same place and even has to play a gay killer in Scandal wyndell dichinson. There are many short-lived people in Hollywood. Besides, he is from China, and it is difficult for him to get ahead in Hollywood. A film critic said, "In a word, because Bruce Lee is from China. It is not that Hollywood leaders have any prejudice against Bruce Lee himself, but that deep-rooted racial prejudice in the United States, such as invisible hands, has stifled their thinking. "
Although his career was not satisfactory, Bruce Lee did not become dejected and despondent. Instead, he confidently wrote on a piece of paper:
My clear goal
I, Bruce Lee, will be the highest-paid superstar in America. In return, I will give the most wonderful and shocking performance. Starting from 1970, I will win a worldwide reputation; By 1980, I will have a wealth of10 million dollars, and my family and I will live a happy, harmonious and happy life.
This is a Chinese translation, and the original text is:
My clear main goal
I, Bruce Lee, will become the highest-paid oriental superstar in the United States. In return, I will return as an actor with the best performance and the best quality. From 1970, I will win the world reputation. From then until 1980, I will have 000,000 pounds. Then, I will live in the way I like and get inner harmony and happiness.
Bruce Lee and his friends planned a film called Silent Flute. They went to India to inspect the location, but returned disappointed, and the shooting plan was forced to be cancelled. I once had the hope of starring in the TV series Kung Fu, once again dreamed of success, and finally found out that it was another hidden mirror flower edge. Bruce Lee, seduced by Hollywood's beautiful vision, is like a poor donkey with a handful of grass hanging in front of his mouth. He pulled the car and ran as fast as he could, but he couldn't eat it. He thought angrily, Do I still have to stay in Hollywood? Bruce Lee began to have the idea of going back to Hongkong for development.
At that time, Shaw Group was the leader of the Hong Kong film industry, and the 1960s was the golden age for Shaw to dominate the world. From 65438 to 0969, Zou Wenhuai, the production director of Shaw, led He Guanchang and others out of Shaw and founded Jiahe Company. The two companies scuffled, and Jiahe was always at a disadvantage, unable to shake Xiao, until a person-Bruce Lee arrived.
At that time, although Bruce Lee himself was very frustrated, he was already famous. Only Shaw and Jiahe were invited to Bruce Lee. Originally, Bruce Lee took a fancy to the powerful Xiao and didn't care about the relatively low salary, but Xiao was conceited and eventually broke up for various reasons; On the other hand, Zou Wenhuai moved Bruce Lee with his sincerity, and Bruce Lee decided to join Jiahe.
Jiahe and Zou Wenhuai, these two words occupy an important position in Bruce Lee's film career. Bruce Lee, who praised Nietzsche as a "superman" and really did it, only listened to two people: his wife Linda and Zou Wenhuai.
Next is the famous classic "four and a half parts". Many people talk about the extraordinary period in Bruce Lee in just two years. Many people only know the eldest brother Tangshan, Jingwumen, the raptors crossing the river and the dragons entering the tiger's den. All they know is that Bruce Lee seems to have become an international superstar overnight. But how many people know Bruce Lee's hard struggle before this, and how many people know Bruce Lee's unremitting efforts in the past two years?
The filming of "Tangshan Mobile" took place in the extremely primitive and arduous Baizhuang, Thailand. At that time, Jiahe did not have enough financial resources to create the scenes and props needed for the plot. Accommodation and food conditions are very difficult and the climate is not suitable. In short, it's a far cry from shooting in Hollywood. Bruce Lee complained, but he was so devoted to his work that he seemed to have inexhaustible energy and strength, which made other exhausted cast members admire him very much. Despite the hard conditions, busy work and serious physical and mental overdrafts, Bruce Lee persisted in practicing. They stayed in a hotel in a small town near Baizhuang. At the end of every day, Bruce Lee gets up and runs to exercise, while the extremely tired cast members are still immersed in dreams.
197 1 Tangshan Big Brother was released, with a box office of 3.2 million, breaking the box office record of 2.3 million, and the Emperor's superstar was born.
Bruce Lee decided to stay in Hongkong and immediately devoted himself to the shooting of Jingwumen. The next year, Jingwumen was released, and the box office exceeded 4.5 million. Bruce Lee's heyday is also the time when Jiahe came back to life.
In the same year, Bruce Lee wrote, directed, performed and produced another masterpiece, The Raptors Crossing the River, which earned more than 5 million at the box office. Originally, Bruce Lee wanted to set up his own company and start his own business, but Bruce Lee was ambitious, but he was not a talented manager and didn't know how to set up and operate. Zou Wenhuai said earnestly: We should treat this matter with caution. At my age, I am in the film industry and have been a producer of many films. Before I left Shaw, I was very sure. Nowadays, many people are young, reckless and start production companies without waiting for production. Later, Bruce Lee dismissed the idea.
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/972, Bruce Lee took a short break before the release of The Raptors Crossing the River and devoted himself to the filming of The Game of Death. But I only shot three martial arts scenes and some scattered scenes, and I got the chance to star in enter the dragon. This is a work that makes Hollywood a real international superstar as he wishes. Unfortunately, the film died a month before it was released, and only he can see it in the spirit of heaven.
When Bruce Lee was still in Hollywood, he boasted about Haikou and set three great ambitions: First, he popularized Jeet Kune Do and spread China Kung Fu to the whole world; The second is to let China films go to the international market and let movie audiences all over the world know about China films; Thirdly, playing the leading role in European and American films has established the international status of China actors. Entering the dragon enabled him to realize these three ambitions.
There are many reasons for Bruce Lee's untimely death, including his physical mistakes in his later years (let's just say so), such as smoking marijuana and using muscle vibrators (which is unavoidable here), but it also has a lot to do with his strong will beyond his physical endurance and overwork.
This is how dragons are made. Bruce Lee told us: Even if you are a genius, you still need to struggle.
1957, won the Hong Kong Inter-school Boxing Championship.
1958, winner of Chen Wenjing Dance Open.
197 1 was listed as "one of the seven famous martial arts masters in the world" by the international authoritative martial arts magazine Black Belt in.
1972, won the Golden Horse Award "Best Skill Award".
From 65438 to 0979, the city government of Los Angeles designated July 8th, the opening day of the death game, as "Bruce Lee Day".
1980 was selected as "representative of the 1970s" by Asahi Shimbun.
1986 was selected as "the most recognized Asian by Europeans" by the University of Hamburg, Germany.
1993, Bruce Lee Memorial Star Emblem is laid on Hollywood Celebrity Avenue.
1993, the United States issued the 20th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death.
1993 was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Hong Kong Film Awards Conference.
1998 was awarded the "martial arts movie superstar award" by the Chinese Wushu Association.
1998 was named "Heroes and Idols of the 20th Century" by Time magazine, and he was the only China person selected.
1998, won the Lifetime Achievement Award of American Performing Arts Association.
In 2000, the U.S government announced the issue of a set of commemorative stamps for Bruce Lee's 60th birthday.
In 2004, the British Media Association awarded the legend of bruce lee Prize.
In 2005, he won the "Star of the Century" award at the Hong Kong Film Awards Conference.
In 2005, he was selected as "Top Ten Movies in a Hundred Years" in People.
In 2005, he won the "Outstanding Contribution Award of China Film to the World".
In 2005, he was elected as one of the "100 Excellent Actors in China Films in the Past 100 Years".
In 2005, he won the national "Outstanding Contribution Award for Cultural Exchange between China and Foreign Countries".
In 2007, he was selected as "Top 50 Movie Heroes" by Total Film magazine.