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Bruce Lee
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Though his martial arts philosophy was controversial, Lee is widely considered to be the greatest martial arts film actor of the 20th century.
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American actor and martial arts expert, Brandon Lee. the son of legendary Bruce Lee. Unfortunately following in his fathers footsteps, the young Lee died on the set while making martial arts film 'The Crow' in 1993.
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Bruce Lee springs into three of the basic positions of Kung Fu, the ancient Oriental art of self-defense of which Bruce is a master.
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In his promotions and demonstrations, Bruce never did the standard martial art stunts like breaking boards, which he felt had nothing to do with what the martial arts are really about.
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Bruce’s hand assaults against rival Bob Wall in Enter The Dragon were so fast during initial filming that the camera speed had to be increased in order to successfully see them on the screen.
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Lee’s cinematic success spawned a global industry of the martial arts, and schools opened and flourished worldwide. During the 1970s more students took up the study of martial arts than at any time before or since.
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One of Bruce's legs was almost a whole inch longer than the other, causing pain from the misalignment of his spine, which he had to overcome through weight training and conditioning.
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Bruce Lee's body was buried in Seattle, Washington’s Lake View Cemetery. He was laid to rest wearing the traditional Chinese outfit he had worn in Enter the Dragon. Along side his grave rests his son Brandon.
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There were two funeral ceremonies. The first was in Hong Kong, where there was a traditional Buddhist service. Outside the Kowloon funeral parlor a crowd of 25,000 fans wept. The second ceremony was a more private affair, held in Seattle where Bruce and Linda had met.
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A martial arts legend, Lee is credited for elevating the traditional martial arts film to a new level, and paving the way for future martial arts stars like Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
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Lee studied with different masters of classical martial arts forms, but became dissatisfied with them. He took the best of all of those arts, combined his own ideas and created his own style called Jeet Kune Do, a modification of Wing Chun combined with western boxing and fencing. This would later lead to his own refined school of the martial arts: Jun Fan Gung Fu.
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Fists of Fury” is the first Chinese made action film to acquaint American audiences with the unique "Karate/Kung Fu" abilities that have turned American born Bruce Lee into an Asian superstar.
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Linda Lee, Bruce Lee’s wife, has continued to spread the message about and promote Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do. She and her daughter Shannon, together with son-in-law Ian Keasler, run the Bruce Lee Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to Bruce Lee's martial arts teaching and philosophy writings.
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Growing up, Bruce was very near-sighted, and wore thick lensed glasses. Only after his acting career took off did he switch to contact lenses.
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Bruce Lee, who stared in the Fists of Fury, is seen on a stamp to mark the 100th anniversary of Chinese film at a post office in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province.
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Bruce Lee played Kato in ABC-TV's The Green Hornet, along with Van Williams, who played The Green Hornet. The two were crime fighters similar to Batman and Robin.
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