Bruce Lee

?Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; 27 November 1940 –20 July 1973)

?Chinese American and Hong Kong actor,

?martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director,

?film producer,

?screenwriter,

?founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement.

?He is widely considered by many commentators and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of modern times, and a cultural icon.

?On the morning of November 27, 1940 (in the Chinese year of the Dragon), Lee Jun Fan was born in San Francisco. The mother, Grace had not planned on an American name, and the father, at the time, was performing a popular Chinese opera in New York.

So it was one of the Hospital employee who thought of the name Bruce. The mother concurred and from then on it was Bruce Lee. A legend(传说) was born.

?Lee's birth name was Lee Jun-fan (李振藩).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 of age .

?Bruce's Hong Kong film career began when he was only six years old. The director of his father's latest film saw him on the set and was so impressed that he offered him a part in his father's film.

?This was the beginning, leading to over twenty motion picture roles and steadily increasing popularity among Hong Kong audiences. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in twenty films

?The largest influence on Lee's martial arts development was his study of Wing Chun.

Lee began training in Wing Chun at the age of 13 under the Wing Chun teacher Yip Man in 1954，after losing a fight with rival gang members.

?Jeet Kune Do originated in 1967.

?Lee thought that the fight had lasted too long and that he had failed to live up to his potential using his Wing Chun techniques. He took the view that traditional martial arts techniques were too rigid(死板的) and formalistic(形式主义的) to be practical in scenarios(剧本) of chaotic(混乱的) street fighting.

?Lee decided to develop a system with an emphasis on

?“practicality, flexibility, speed, and efficiency”. (实用,灵活,速度,效率)

?While in the United States from 1959–1964, Lee abandoned thoughts of a film career in favour of pursuing martial arts. Lee was invited for the role of Kato alongside Van Williams in the TV series The Green Hornet. Lee also played Kato in three episodes of Batman. This was followed by guest appearances in three television series: Ironside (1967), Here Come the Brides (1969), and Blondie (1969).

?Lee later formed his own company Concord Productions Incorporation (協和電影公司) with Chow. For his third film, Way of the Dragon (1972), he was given complete control of the film's production as the writer, director, star, and choreographer(舞蹈教练)

of the fight scenes.

?In 1964, at a demonstration in Long Beach, California, Lee had met Karate champion Chuck Norris. In Way of the Dragon Lee introduced Norris to moviegoers as his opponent in the final death fight at the Colosseum in Rome, today considered one of Lee's most legendary fight scenes and one of the most memorable fight scenes in martial arts film history. The role was originally offered to American Karate champion Joe Lewis.

?The Green Hornet is a television show on the ABC US television network. It aired for the 1966–1967 TV season, and starred Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato.

?The Big Boss is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts action film. The Big Boss was Bruce Lee's first major film. Initially, the star of the film was intended to be James Tien, His success in this film made Bruce Lee a star across Asia.

?Fist of Fury , formerly known as The Chinese Connection and The Iron Hand in the United States, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action film It starred Bruce Lee in his second major film after The Big Boss. Bruce Lee plays Chen Zhen, a student of Huo Yuanjia, who fights to defend the honour of the Chinese and to bring to justice those responsible for his master's death.

?Way of the Dragon is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action film written and directed by Bruce Lee. It was his third major film. In addition to directing and screenwriting the film; Bruce Lee appears in the film as the leading character.

?Enter the Dragon is a 1973 martial arts action thriller film(悬疑电影) co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by

Robert Clouse; starring martial artists Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly, as well as actor John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973.

?The Game of Death was the film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives, and has not yet been recovered. Most of the footage which was shot is from what was to be the centerpiece of the film.

?On 10 May 1973, Lee collapsed in Golden Harvest studios while doing dubbing work for the movie Enter the Dragon. Suffering from seizures(抽搐) and headaches, he was immediately rushed to Hong Kong Baptist Hospital where doctors diagnosed cerebral edema(脑水肿). They were able to reduce the swelling through the administration of manitol. These same symptoms that occurred in his first collapse were later repeated on the day of his death.