李小龙英文介绍ppt模板素材
Lee(1)(李小龙)
No matter how bad or rough 不管有多苦多难多艰险 You never surrender 你永不放弃 All the warriors in this world 世界上所有的勇士 Join the passion of this master of soul
无不为这伟大的心灵而心潮澎湃
From the Chinese hills and shore
从中国的高山到海岸
We still listen to Bruce Lee battle call
我们依然能听到李小龙的呐喊
He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor in____.Even after he had been dead for 20 years,HongKong Film Award Presented him with Lifetime Achievement Award. He is considered as the best action film star.Though he died,he lives in our heart.
Bruce Lee(2)
Acting career:
When he started acting: 1966 How he started acting: He won the champion in the carate competition. Titles of films: The Big Boss(1971) Fist of Fury (1972) The Way of Dragon(1972) Game of Death.(1978)
When life is a hard game 每当生活是一场艰苦的竟赛 Don’t you blame 你从不抱怨 It’s your chance to arise your aim
李小龙-英语ppt
Using no way as way, Having no limitation as limitation.
Bruce Lee , generation of martial arts master, martial arts martial family, martial arts, philosophers, world-class martial arts master, kung fu actor, the founder of kung fu movies, the founder of Wu Daozhe school, the founder of Jeet Kune Do. He is the spread of Chinese martial arts to the world's first people, the first Chinese to break into Hollywood, he revolutionized the world to promote the development of martial arts and kung fu movies. Bruce Lee created a world record of China Association of fans of the world's largest martial arts world record.李小龙，一代武术宗师、武术 技击家、武术哲学家、世界级武术大师、功夫影 帝、 功夫电影的开创者、武道哲学的创立者，截 拳道的创始人。他是将中国功夫传播到全世界第 一人，打入好莱坞的首位华人，他革命性地推动 了世界武术和功夫电影的发展。
Bruce lee’s film
《李小龙英语介绍》课件
李小龙出生在美国旧金山。他的父亲是一名海外华僑，母亲则是德国人。由于他在成长过程中经历 种种歧视，因此多次打斗。这也启发了他探索各种不同的格斗技巧，进而开启他的武术生涯。
电影生涯
李小龙在电影生涯中的成就非常值得一提，他成为了全球电影史上最伟大的武术明星之一。在他的 职业生涯中，他在《猛龙过江》、《死亡游戏》、《死亡塔》等数部电影中展现了他对武术的独特 见解。
李小龙英语发音特点
风格鲜明
李小龙坚信，英语将成为一种全 球性的交流语言，因此他一直注 重练习英语的正确发音。
语音准确
他的英语发音准确，声音洪亮， 让他的英语听起来更容பைடு நூலகம்被人理 解。
词汇丰富
他的英语词汇丰富，因此他的英 语口语非常流畅。
李小龙英语对后来的影响
1 演艺界
李小龙的电影和李小龙英语，极大地影响了后来的演艺界。
2 武术界
李小龙死后，全世界的人士积极发展他对武术的洞察科学，以及他的自由打击方式。同 时，人们也在努力开发出类似于李小龙的武术流派。
3 英语教育
李小龙英语在英语学习方面为全世界的人们提供了启示。世界上越来越多的人学习李小 龙语言的方法，掌握英语技能，以提高自己的人生境界。
李小龙和英文武打
Jeet Kune Do的影响
李小龙英语介绍
李小龙是20世纪武术电影的超级巨星，同时也是一位多才多艺的讲师和思想 家。但是，很少有人知道他的另一面——李小龙很擅长英语，他有着深入的 英语学习和教学经历，并且他的英语发音特点一直备受人称道。本次PPT将全 面介绍李小龙的英语学习经历、发音特点以及他对后来的影响。
李小龙生平
早年经历
己的英语水平。
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早期学习
从小到大，李小龙便接触到多种语言， 对语言学习产生了浓厚的兴趣。他在香 港求学时更是在一位英籍朋友的指导下 接触到了英语学习。通过这位好友的帮 助，小龙迅速掌握了英语基础词汇和语 法。
李小龙英文介绍
李小龙英文介绍李小龙 (1940－1973) Bruce Lee1961 - March (Age 21): Seattle- Bruce enrolls at the University of Washington, studying Philosophy. He teaches Kung-Fu to students at school.艺名：李小龙原名：李振藩英文：布鲁斯·李（Bruce Lee）身高：5尺7.5寸体重：140磅（64公斤）生卒：1940年11月27日—1973年7月20日原籍：广东南海生地：美国旧金山唐人街生肖：龙代表作：《唐山大兄》(1971年)《精武门》(1972年)《猛龙过江》(1972年)《龙争虎斗》(1973年) 《死亡游戏》(1973年)李小龙的一生是短暂的，但却如同一颗耀眼的彗星划过国际武坛的上空，对现代技击术和电影表演艺术的发展作出了巨大的贡献。
他主演的功夫片风行海外，中国功夫也随之闻名于世界。
许多外文字典和词典里都出现了一个新词：“功夫”。
在不少外国人心目中的功夫就是中国武术，李小龙也成了功夫的化身。
Li Xiaolong's life is short, but is similar to a dazzling comet to delimit the international martial arts world sky actually, has made the tremendous contribution to the modern art of attack and defense technique and the movie performing arts development. He acts the leading role the kung fu movie is in fashion the overseas, the Chinese kung fu is also world famous along with it. In many foreign languages dictionaries and the dictionary all appeared a new word: "kung fu". In manyforeigners mind kung fu was the Chinese martial arts. Li Xiaolong has also become the kung fu incarnation.李小龙英文介绍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 Seattle in America. It was at this time that he took on a waiters 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.更多英语学习方法：企业英语培训/。
李小龙生平英文版
Bruce LeeHe was born on 27 November 1940 at the Chinese Hospital in Chinatown, San Francisco. His father, Lee Hoi-chuen, was Chinese, and his mother Grace Ho , a Catholic, was of German and Chinese ancestry. Lee was the fourth child of five children.After the world war ii, Bruce lee followed her parents going back to Hong Kong. In 1949,he entered the Tak Sun School, and then changed his school to the La Salle College. Until the fourth grade in second school, he had been kicked out of school for fight and truancy, so he turned to the St Francis Academy to continue his studies. He was frail when he was a child, and his father taught him Taijiquan to exercise for his health and strength of his body since he was seven years old.During the period of his returning to the school in his age of 16, he went to the Leader Street, Yau Ma Tei, for learning Wing Chun from Yewen. In boxing terms, he practiced a lot with the senior fellow apprentice who had also learned the west boxing. In addition, he has learned Hong Quan, the white crane boxing, boxing skill, Cai Lifo, Tai Chi, Tan legs, Shaolin boxing, stamp feet, boxing and lots of others boxing sections. In 1957, he won the champion of the Hong Kong Inter-school boxing competition in the junior group. Furthermore, he was very fond of Cha-cha.In May of 1959, because of fighting with others, his achievement wasn’t good enough, so his parents decided to send him to the birthplace, the United States. In the United States, he firstly entered the Edison Technical School in Seattle, he admitted to the University of Washington to study in Seattle later. He majored in philosophy, and also had the minor subjects of psychology, drama, and so on. While studying, he met his future wife--Linda.In April of 1962, he rented a corner of a parking area, and hung out a board of " Bruce Lee Martial Arts Studio" in his sophomore year. He tried hard to temper himself while taught others, so he had a great progress in his martial arts. On July the ninth, 1967, he officially established the name of his own philosophy of the martial arts--"Jeet Kune Do", in the Bruce Lee Martial Arts Studio in the Chinatown of Los Angeles.In the summer of 1971, he accepted the invitation of the Hong Kong Golden Harvest Films, signed two films for the fee of 1.5 million. The first film named "The Big Boss" was taken in the subject of Chinese martial arts .The budget of the films was only $ 100,000, and the film-script was written as the movie making, but this film took the top grossing since the inception of Hong Kong, reached 300 million Hong Kong dollars in this case.Following the "Big Boss", he had taken the "Fist of Fury". This film had doubled the budget than the "Big Boss", caused a greater sensation and broke the box office records in Asia.After that, he set up the Concorde film company, wrote, directed and starred the film "Way of the Dragon" and "Death of the game" all by himself. "Way of the Dragon" was more as a global issue. He also did the united movie of "Enter the Dragon" with the U.S. film company Warner and Hollywood , and personally played the lead in the film. While he was ambitious, and ready to do the film of "Death of the game", he died suddenly at the age of only 32 years old on July the 20th, 1973 in Hong Kong."Game of Death" is about that a strong person rushes a seven-storey pagoda to win the legendary rare treasures, with arriving the tower top after a round of battles, he is only in exchange for an old philosophic word: "Life is a process of waiting for the death". Unexpectedly, the prophecy had unfortunately come true, the film became his unfinished posthumous work. Later, "Enter the Dragon" was showed in the U.S., and made a remarkable box office result. It beat a lot of Hollywood best movies released in the same period; the new Hollywood martial arts movies were born. Hollywood had pity for him, and remembered him in many ways. The U.S. Memorial Award conferred on him a number of films.Bruce Lee was a Chinese American and Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and 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.。
李小龙英语简介
李小龙英语简介Bruce Lee, formerly known as Li Zhenfan, was born in 1940 in San Francisco, California, native of China's Guangdong Shunde Junan town. He is the founderof the world's martial arts change,martial arts martial arts, martial arts philosopher, UFC pioneer, MMA father, martial arts master, martial arts film founder and founder of JeetKune Do, Chinese martial arts film actor, Chinamartial arts first global promoters, Hollywood first Chinese actor. He broke four records in Hong Kong's four semi-films three times, including "Raptors across the river" to break the Asianfilm box office record, and Hollywood cooperation "Dragon" global total box office reached 230 million US dollars.In 1962 Bruce Lee opened the "vibration of the National Palace Museum", in 1967 created his Jeet Kune Do, July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong, at the age of 33 years. In 1979 theUnited States Los Angeles city government will make a copy of the "death game" on June 8 as "Bruce Lee Day" July 8 for the wrong translation. In 1993the United States issued Bruce Lee 20anniversary of the death of banknotes, Hollywood celebrity Avenuecovered with Bruce Lee Memorial Star emblem. In the same year, the Hong Kong Film Awards was awarded the "Lifetime AchievementAward". November 1998, by the Chinese Wushu Association awarded the "martial arts movie star award".Wonderful childhoodIn 1941, 3 months old Bruce Lee starred in his first film "Golden Gate Girl". In 1946 entered the courtesy of the courtesy of the St. Mary's College. In 1948, Bruce Lee to Li Xin's class nameguest star in the Yu Liang's "rich clouds", and the film also marked "new Li Haiquan" guest performances. Li Xiaolong young, his father in order to make his son strong physique, at the age of 7he taught tai chi.In 1949 in Hong Kong into the German letter school, and then read the La Salle College and St. Francis College. Li Xiaolong love to dance just dance,in Hong Kong during the time to teach theboxer Shao Hansheng just dance, in exchange for each other to teach him Chinese boxing.In 1950, Bruce Lee for the first time as the actor performance "fine road Xiang", the film played a good change from bad or bad orphans, get praise.April 12, 1951, participating in the "people at the beginning" premiere. In 1954, Bruce Lee asked the teacher as a teacher, learning Wing Chun, and set up a stump at home, every day facingthe stakes diligent. In addition, he also practiced mantis boxing, Hong Quan, Shaolin boxing, poke feet, fist, white crane fist and other boxing,later created himself Jeet Kune Do lay a solidfoundation, and participating in "love" on the next set.In 1957, in the St. Francis of Assisi defeated the past three years champion Charlie Owen, won the Intercolor Western Boxing Junior Championship. March 29, 1958, transferred to the Hong KongSt. Francis College High School, and won the Hong Kong Champions Dance Open champion. In the same year in the film Li Zhenhui "sea man alone" in the three.Open martial artsApril 15, 1959 evening ten evening farewell to his family to study in the United States. In May, due to the struggle with people so that poor academic performance, his family sent him to thebirthplace of the United States. September 3 - December 2, 1960 Enter the Edison Technical School Tutorial at Seattle City. Bruce Lee's life in Seattle is very difficult, after entering theuniversity, he in addition to learning, the energy on the study of martial arts. He organized a "kung fu team" in school, often in the campus training and performance, won the praise ofteachers and students. Bruce Lee's potential training to practice out of the "Lee three feet" "inch boxing" and "hook hands". Bruce Lee is a versatile, in addition to proficient in a variety ofboxing, but also good at sticks, short sticks and nunchaku and other equipment, and study qigong and hard work. Bruce Lee in order to promote Chinese martial arts, in the second year ofcollege, rented a parking lot on the campus corner, as martial arts, hung up the "vibration of the National Palace Museum" brand. He taught and taught, hard training, technology has grown,especially in leg strength attainments more profound. In the theater, he met Linda, a female student of martial arts.1960 release of the "sea of people alone Cheong" is its last to the United States before the study of a Cantonese film. Bruce Lee entered the University of Washington in Seattle, where hemajor in drama, also studied philosophy and psychology courses, and beat the world judo champion Kimura Yoshihiko. 1961 in the campus set up "Zhen Fan Kung Fu Road", March 27 spring to enterthe University of Washington, beat the world karate champion Yamamoto Gangfu, in order to improve the level of martial arts, Bruce Lee in addition to study Chinese boxing, but also the Westernboxing boxing, he While learning to participate in the Western boxing training classes, while saving pocket money to buy the world boxing champion Louis's boxing record documentary, from whichto learn boxing footwork, shenfa, boxing and training methods; he also often inside and outside the boxing competition constantly enrich the actual Experienced self-created Jeet Kune Do.In April 1962, 21-year-old Bruce Lee taught Chinese martial arts in Seattle. April in Seattle set up "vibration fan of the National Art Museum", won the black market boxing champion Sandheim.In his attempt to expand the influence, Bruce Lee often went to participate in martial arts competitions everywhere, and successively in Seattle, Auckland, Los Angeles and other places to openmartial arts branch apprenticeship.In 1963 the only one completed before the "basic Chinese boxing" at their own expense. Met Linda. March 26 from the United States to return to Hong Kong to visit relatives August due tomedical unqualified military service. October 5 Kung Fu performance for the first time was listed as a university open day performance project. October 25 and Linda formally established loverelationship.In the summer of 1964, Bruce Lee closed the "Seattle Zhenfan art museum", July 19 to leave Seattle to Broadway. August 2 to attend the "International Karate Championship Competition" for theshow. August 3 "vibration fan art museum" officially opened classes. August 12 and Linda in the Jinshan court for marriage procedures, 17 at the University of Rome church wedding. Aftermarriage, Bruce Lee both drop out of school, together to operate martial arts museum, topped the karate title.In 1965, to accept the challenge of Huang Zemin and won the victory, continue to teach foreigners Kung Fu, down Baiba master Jennifer Bell won the world jujitsu champion, 1965 summer beat theking of Yilu mountain degrees. On February 1, his son, Li Guohao, was born in Oakland, California. February 4 to accept "Chen Charlie's eldest son" audition. February 8 father Li Haiquan diedof heart disease in Hong Kong at the age of 64 years. February 14 and relatives and friends for the father of funeral funeral In mid-May, one came to live in Hong Kong for more than four monthson September 21 and Hollywood film company officially signed an actor contract. September returned to Seattle to visit Linda parents and lived for more than four months.March 1966 moved to Los Angeles on the 4th shot "Green Hornet" sample. April 30 signed the "Green Hornet" performance contract 5-6 months to accept the formal performance training. June 6"Green Hornet" official boot September 9 in the United States premiere at the end of October moved to the 23rd floor of the Barrington Building.January 27, 1967 guest "Batman". February 5 "Zhenfan art museum" was established. May 6 to attend the "national karate championship contest" and perform. June 24 to attend the "NationalKarate Open Competition" and perform on July 9, founded the "Jeet Kune Do" on the 14th "invincible iron probe" guest. July 30 to attend the Long Beach "International Karate ChampionshipCompetition" and perform.1968 to defeat the world Taekwondo champion Li Junjiu, July 5 "Destroy the troops" as the action guide August 1 in the "scandalous bloody" starred in the Asian killer on October 1 moved toRoss Gormon Road. November 12 guest "lovely woman", November 15 to 22 guest "bride drive to".January 1969 wrote: "I firmly the total goal" April 19 daughter Li Xiangning was born in Santa Monica, California. In the same year to defeat the boxing champion Joe Frazier in the 1970s,In April 1970 to bring his son back to Hong Kong pro. April 9 "Happy this Xiao" to accept the visit and perform 10 "Jin Yu Man Tang" to accept the interview with Shaw did not reach anagreement on the 15th to the United States 70 years of summer lumbarinjury bed rest. Summer, spike in Thailand when the holiday came to challenge the Muay Thai King Buddha. The size andequipment of the museum continued to improve, many of the world's prominent martial arts stars such as the United States karate champion Raleigh and so struggling to worship him as a teacher,Hollywood's famous movie stars such as James and Stephen and hisdisciples are his disciples. World champion King Ali has also visited the door, with his exchange of experience. The UnitedStates of the genre of boxers often gathered in Bruce Lee's martial arts martial arts, his "Friends of the Friends of" the purpose of receiving the desired results.To the internationalJanuary 1971 cooperation concept "no sound flute" no fruit. June 24 - July 1 starred in "blind" June 28 signed to join the Golden Harvest. July 12, "Tang" shooting on the 16th boot, inBangkok, Thailand, "Tangshan big brother" studio, Chaer shop challenge Bruce Lee, but was Bruce Lee's "three-legged" continuous hit his abdomen, face and temple, his Heavy knockdown to theground, before and after less than 18 seconds. September 3 "Tang"finished the day to accept the "Huan" program to visit on the 4th ATV interview. 7 guest dog tail continued mink "blind".October 11 to bring his wife and children back to Hong Kong. During the shooting "Fist of Fury" 22 "Huan" to accept the visit and perform 30 "Tang" release. November 3 to attend the Scoutingceremony, December 8 to attend the opening of the Mandarin Film Week to accept Gabriel Burton's TV interview.In the summer of 1971, Bruce Lee accepted the invitation of the Hong Kong Golden Harvest Film Company to 15,000 US dollars in the paycheck signed two films, the first is the theme of Chinesemartial arts "Tangshan big brother" the film budget is only 100,000 US dollars, and the script But also in the edge of the film to write, in thiscase has hit the Hong Kong since the opening ofthe film's highest box office record reached 300 million Hong Kong dollars.In 1972, Bruce Lee for the Golden Harvest company starred in the secondfilm "Fist of Fury", "Fist of Fury" than "Tangshan big brother" doubled the budget, causing a greater sensation tobreak the Asian box office record. Bruce Lee in the film of the dauntless spirit and amazing fighting skills, especially his performance in the "Lee three feet" and "lying" and "nunchaku", isfull of praise. July 29, Li Xiaolong his family moved to the newly acquired private villa - Kowloon Tong Jin Baaren Road 41 "habitat crane", the same year, to Jeet Kune Do as a master, selectedinternational authority of martial arts magazine "black belt" Hall of Fame. This marks the Bruce Lee new creation Jeet Kune Do access to the authority of foreign martial arts recognized. Sincethen, Bruce Lee and since the Association of the film company self-directed, since the film "Raptors across the river" and "death of the game", "Raptors across the river" more worldwidedistribution. But also with the United States Hollywood Warner film company jointly shot the "dragon fight", and personally served as the protagonist. "Dragon fight" in the United States whenshooting, made a staggering box office, at the box office to beat a lot of simultaneous release of a large Hollywood blockbuster, Hollywood newmartial arts film was born.March 1973, the suspension of "death of the game" shooting, began to shoot "dragon fight". June shot finished "fight" and return to Hong Kong ready to continue to shoot "death of the game."While Bruce Lee ambitious, ambitious, ready to continue to shoot the "death of the game" when the July 20 suddenly died in Hong Kong, at the age of 33 years old. July 31, Bruce Lee was buriedin Washington, Seattle Lakeview cemetery, his son Li Guohao died young also buried here. Bruce Lee's death is still a group of suspected fog, Hollywood sorry, and in a variety of ways tocherish the legendary Bruce Lee. The United States to grant him a number of film awards.感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。
李小龙英文介绍
四、首位成功打入好莱坞的华人。 五、让双节棍风靡全球。
6.For the first time in the world to show our Chinese are not "the sick man of east Asia.
六、第一次在世人面前展示我们中国人不是 “东亚病夫。
In memory of a genius, American government issued Bruce lee commemorative bank note.
His talent, his sense of right, his brilliant, has become a cannot copy of myth.(他的才
华，他的正气，他的辉煌，都已 成为一份无法拷贝的神话)
Jeet K une D o
绝技
• 黐手绝技 • 李三脚 • 勾漏手 • 木人桩法 • 双节棍 • 三节 棍 • 寸拳
HongKong High School Boxing Champion
Mr.chen(陈国坤) The Legend of Bruce Lee
High School
Bruce Lee's Early Film
1941 Golden Gate Girl 《金门女》 1948 《富贵浮云》 1949 《梦里西施》 1950 Little Cheung《细路祥》 ,《凌霄孤雁》 1951 At the Beginning of Life《人之初》 1953 《苦海明灯》,《母泪》,《父之过》, 《千万人家》,《危楼春晓》 1955 《爱》 1955 《孤星血泪》,《守得云开见月明》 《孤儿行苦命女》,《儿女债》,《许癫纳福》 1956 《早知当初我唔嫁》 1957 Thunderstorm 《雷雨》 ,《甜姐儿》 1959 City Kids 《人海孤鸿》
《李小龙英语介绍》课件
要点二
Promotion of personal growth
Beyond physical skills, Jeet Kune Do emphasizes personal growth, character development, and the importance of self-defense for the individual.
03 Bruce Lee's Film Works
Tangshan Big Brother
Plot
The story of a young martial artist in Tangshan who rises to fame and fortune through his exceptional fighting skills.
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Inspiration for many
His life story, work ethic, and philosophy have inspired countless individuals to pursue their dreams and passions.
Inspiration and Reflection on Modern Society
Career and Achievements in Film
Acting Debut
At the age of 18, Bruce Lee made his acting debut in the TV series "The Adventures of the Flying Hanuman".
Features dragon transformations, amazing special effects, and action-packed fight scenes.
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‘I’m not a master, I’m a student master.’ ‘If someone comes at you with a sword, run if you can. Kung fu
doesn't always work.’ Bruce Lee’s first breakthrough film was ‘The Big Boss (1971).’
Lee could spring a 235 lb (107 kg) opponent 15 feet (4.6 metres) away with a 1 inch punch.
Lee could snatch a dime off a person’s open hand, then replace it with a dollar before they could close their palm.
Bruce Lee
If you thought of everything from ‘Hong Kong Fooey,’ to ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ to the ‘Rush Hour’ or ‘Matrix’ films, Jackie Chan or Jet Li, then you are still only scratching the surface of how important Bruce Lee was in bringing a whole new type of movie experience to Western audiences.
Lee could perform push-ups using only his thumbs.
Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and catch them using only chopsticks.
Lee could thrust his hands through unopened cans of Coca Cola.
Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches thick.
Lee recommended a food high in nutrition. For instance, he supplemented his diet with vitamins, bee pollen and chocolateflavoured protein tablets!
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee died, July 20th 1973. His brain had swollen to many times its real size. He was only 32 years old.
At the time, he was making ‘Game of Death,' a film that involved Lee taking on various martial arts experts on his way to solving a criminal mystery…
He had tried his luck in the US, but had managed only smaller roles in programmes such as ‘Batman’ and the ‘Green Hornet.’ But ‘The Big Boss’ made him a star throughout Asia. His second movie, ‘Fists of Fury (1972),’ firmly established him as an Asian superstar, and the third, ‘Way of the Dragon (1972),’ led to his first US Hollywood movie, ‘ Enter the Dragon (1973).’ Lee seemed quicker than all the other martial arts stars, he also had the film-star looks and the charisma to break box-office records around the world. Kung – fu films were here to stay!
Bruce Lee; 1940 - 1973
The ‘Little Dragon’- even if you have never heard of Bruce Lee, or even if you have but are unfamiliar with his movies, you will probably have watched and enjoyed many films or TV programmes that might not of been made had it not been for his influence. Can you think of any examples?
During his short life, he also trained many film stars in the martial arts (developing his own style, Jeet Kune Do – what Lee called ‘the art of fighting without fighting.’)