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                                                             Bruce lee fighting techniques
    When the kung fu legend Bruce Lee is on screen, it's hard to take your eyes off of him. Consider Lee's cocky swagger as he swipes at his nose and beckons his opponent — or sometimes a roomful of opponents — to give it their best shot. You know how this is going to end, with a punishing flurry of kicks and punches,
    and Lee standing over his vanquished foes flexing his taut torso.The Bruce Lee made famous in films like 1973's "Enter the Dragon" is the ultimate badass, an unbeatable kung fu warrior, and for most Westerners that's the only Bruce Lee they ever knew. Lee died under mysterious circumstances at only 32 years old,
    just as his Hollywood star was beginning to shine.But who was the real Bruce Lee? And how did his childhood and upbringing in Hong Kong and America help shape the man who would become an actor and dancer years before he became a kung fu master? For answers, we spoke with Matthew Polly, author of the eye-
    opening biography, "Bruce Lee: A Life." Here are seven essential things to know about this iconic star.1. Lee Was Born in the U.S.A. and Had Jewish AncestryIn America, we think of Bruce Lee as a Chinese actor who made it big in Hollywood, but Bruce was actually born in America and comes from an ethnically diverse
    family tree.In his biography, Polly reveals that Lee's maternal great grandfather was a Dutch-Jewish merchant named Mozes Hartog Bosman, who sailed to Hong Kong in the 1850s with the Dutch East India Company. Bosman eventually became the Dutch ambassador to Hong Kong and had six children with his
    Chinese concubine. One of those children, Ho Kom-tong, grew fabulously wealthy and had a British mistress in addition to his wife and 13 concubines. Bruce Lee's mother was the 30th child of Ho, who was half Jewish, and his British girlfriend.Bruce's father, on the other hand, was 100-percent Han Chinese and born
    into poverty. He escaped through his singing voice, becoming a famous Cantonese opera star and actor. He was touring in the United States when Bruce was born in San Francisco in 1940. Bruce's parents named him Li Jun Fan, and a nurse at the hospital suggested Bruce as his English name. The Lee family moved
    back to Hong Kong when Bruce was still a baby, and Lee grew up attending English-language private schools.Throughout his life, Lee bounced back and forth between two worlds, Chinese and American, but never felt like he fit fully into either one. In China, he was a Eurasian with an American passport. In America, he
    was a Chinese guy with a funny accent. Polly thinks this is key to understanding Lee's persona."He didn't quite fit in anywhere and I think it's why he has this wide appeal to various groups," says Polly. "He has this outsider status — he's not of any one tribe."2. He Was a Small, Sickly Kid Who Became a Street
    FighterBruce's early years in Hong Kong coincided with a brutal three-year occupation by Imperial Japan. Lee was small to begin with, but was further weakened by strict food rations and a cholera epidemic. He grew into a frail and skinny boy with one leg shorter than the other, an undescended testicle and bad acne.But
    Lee was also a whirlwind of energy and a natural-born troublemaker. He constantly picked fights to prove his manhood, and Polly says he earned a reputation in the Hong Kong streets not as a gangster, exactly, but a "middle-class tough guy.""Bruce Lee fits into the pattern of a young boy who felt weaker and had a bit of
    a chip on his shoulder," says Polly. "He got very interested in physical dominance in order to project himself out in a world in which he felt threatened."When Lee was a teenager, he got trounced by another kid who was studying Wing Chun, a school of kung fu or Chinese-style martial arts. Unwilling to accept defeat, Lee
    decided to up his game and began studying kung fu at the age of 15 or 16.3. He Was an Actor (and Dancer) FirstLee's opera singer father also acted in Cantonese movies and musicals, and Bruce grew up on movie sets. He first appeared on film as an infant stand-in at just 3 months old, but his first starring role as a
    child actor was in a popular 1950 Hong Kong movie called "The Kid" filmed when Lee was 10. Polly says that he even debuted some of his classic moves in "The Kid," like swiping at his nose before a fight and ripping open his shirt."The Kid" was a huge success, and Bruce was signed on to do sequels that would have
    made him the Cantonese MaCaulay Culkin, but his father stepped in. The elder Lee wanted his kids to be doctors and lawyers, not actors, and Bruce was constantly getting in trouble at school anyway. His father squashed his chance at child stardom, but Bruce acted on and off in small Hong Kong movies throughout the
    1950s."By the time Bruce was 18, he had appeared in 20 Cantonese movies and none of them were kung fu flicks," says Polly. "Watching those 20 movies, you see that Bruce was an actor first who later becomes a martial artist."Lee was also a talented dancer, once winning a Hong Kong "cha-cha" contest.4. Lee's First
    Hollywood Break Was as Kung Fu Instructor to the StarsBruce's parents sent him off to America for college, where the spoiled kid from Hong Kong got his first taste of supporting himself. In Seattle, between classes at the University of Washington, Lee worked as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant and slept there in a
    glorified closet. Word of his martial arts skills got around and soon Bruce was teaching some kung fu classes on the side.It wasn't long before Bruce's side gig overshadowed his studies. Lee dropped out of school and hatched a plan to open a franchise of martial arts schools along the West Coast. "It was going to be the
    McDonald's of kung fu," jokes Polly. To drum up business, Lee traveled to Los Angeles to give a demonstration at a karate tournament where he caught the attention of a TV producer. This led to Bruce's first and only role on American television as the fast-fisted sidekick Kato on the forgettable 1966 series "The Green
    Hornet."The show was canceled after just one season, but Bruce hung around in Hollywood hoping for his next big break. He scored a few bit parts over the next four years, but Polly says Bruce mostly made his living as a kung fu instructor to the Hollywood elite."Steve McQueen was one of his students, so was James
    Coburn and Roman Polanski," says Polly. "Bruce was charging the equivalent of $1,000 an hour."5. Back in Hong Kong, a Kung Fu Legend Was BornEven with his high-profile clients, Bruce got himself into some financial trouble and needed some fast cash to dig out of debt. He decided to fly back to Hong Kong for a
    few months, take some roles in "cheapo" kung fu movies and earn enough money to come back to Los Angeles.The first of these Hong Kong movies was called "The Big Boss," and Lee wasn't even supposed to be the lead. It was already in production when he arrived, Polly says, but Lee was "so charismatic they killed
    off the lead actor and made him the star."The movie was the first to feature his unique style of fight choreography. At the time, fight scenes in most kung fu movies looked like dance routines, but Bruce's fight choreography, informed by years of martial arts mastery, packed a wallop."What he was doing was a kind of
    heightened realism," says Polly. "When he hit somebody, it felt like a real hit, like there's real violence occurring. What Bruce created is still the dominant form of fight choreography in Hollywood movies to this day.""The Big Boss" was a breakout hit and propelled Lee into a new stratosphere of fame, at least in Asia."'The
    movie blew the box office record out of the water and suddenly Bruce was like the Beatles in Hong Kong and all of Southeast Asia," says Polly.Bruce followed up with two more wildly popular kung fu movies filmed in Hong Kong, "Fists of Fury" and "The Way of the Dragon," that caught the attention of American
    producers. It was time to parlay Bruce's Asian stardom into the Hollywood career of his dreams.6. His Death Launched a Thousand Conspiracy Theories1973's "Enter the Dragon" was supposed to be the film that made Bruce Lee a household name. And it was, but Lee didn't live to see it.A month before the film
    premiered in the United States, Lee was at his mistress' apartment in Hong Kong when he complained of a headache, took a prescription pain reliever and lay down for a nap. He never woke up. He was only 32 years old, leaving his young wife Linda to care for their two children, Brandon and Shannon.The odd
    circumstances and mysterious nature of his death became fodder for conspiracy theories — that he was killed by ninjas or given the "touch of death" by a rival kung fu master — but the official cause of death was listed as a brain edema caused by an allergic reaction to the pain reliever, which he had been taking for
    months for a back injury.Polly thinks that a better explanation is heat stroke. Ten days before his death, Lee collapsed while dubbing a film in an un-air-conditioned room in Hong Kong's sweltering heat. The day he died was also exceptionally hot, and Lee spent part of the afternoon practicing moves for an upcoming role.
    His body may simply have given out."Enter the Dragon" became a touchstone of popular culture, introducing Western audiences to the archetype of the kung fu hero, and earning Bruce the posthumous fame that had eluded him in life."Before 'Enter the Dragon,' Bruce was basically a no-name actor from an obscure TV
    show," says Polly, "and then the movie came out and he became an international sensation a month after his death."7. He's the Reason Martial Arts Are So Popular in the West"Bruce Lee is perhaps the only iconic figure from the 20th century who died before he became famous," says Polly, "and that's why he became a
    mythological figure."Lee didn't live long enough to give endless press interviews, to attend glitzy award shows or to get drunk and wreck his sports car on Sunset Boulevard. One of the advantages of dying young, says Polly, is that people can project their own image onto you. This is how Bruce Lee becomes the
    legendary kung fu hero and the ultimate warrior.And on a cultural level, Polly says that it's hard to overestimate the influence that Bruce Lee's films had on popularizing the martial arts in the West."Before 'Enter the Dragon,' there were about 10,000 people who studied the martial arts in America," says Polly, himself an
    enthusiast, "and now it's like 40 million. He introduced more westerners to Asian culture than any other figure in modern history."Originally Published: Nov 2, 2020 Want to know the secret behind Bruce Lee's phenomenal success? Life Coaches Blog has written up an article detailing exactly how he reached his goals,
    even with seemingly insurmountable odds. The key was this:Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead-a sort of indomitable obsessive dedication and the realization that there is no end or limit to this because life is simply an ever-growing process, an ever-renewing process.If Bruce Lee could conquer
    betrayal, near fatal injuries, and financial difficulty with such incredible success, it kind of gives us all a bit of inspiration for our own goals, doesn't it. (Now, off to watch Enter The Dragon for the eleventy hundredth time!) What You Didn't Know About Bruce Lee's Kick-Ass Success [Life Coaches Blog] Bruce Lee is one of
    history's most productive people, which is pretty amazing considering he died at 32 years old. He was not only an action film star and martial artist, but also an instructor, screenwriter, director, and philosopher. Here's just a small bit of what we can learn from him. Get Rid of the UnessentialBruce Lee created Jeet Kune
    Do as a system of martial arts and philosophy. The basic philosophy of this system was to reduce movement and thought to just the essential actions. In Lee's words, it's to "Hack away at the unessential" because "the height of cultivation always runs on simplicity."Lee constantly talked about efficiency, directness, and
    simplicity as being the "economy of motion." In his martial arts, it was about reaching the target as quickly as possible with maximum force—or to put it another way—doing it quickly, correctly, and without a lot effort. From a productivity point of view this is one of the basic ideas Lifehacker is founded on. Lee talked a lot
    about what we talk about in simplicity, focusing on the essential, and minimalism. The easiest way to make something simple? Get rid of every extraneous parts until it's just what you need. This isn't just about what you already have either—Lee was fond of telling people to absorb what they found useful and discard
    everything else—which in a roundabout way is a good practice productivity systems, clutter, and life advice in general. Author of new book The Power of Less Leo Babauta advises readers to simplify and focus only on the Read morePay Attention to How You Interact with OthersWith any type of martial art, you need to
    pay attention to not only yourself, but what people are doing around you. For Lee, this awareness was a foundation for looking at yourself:Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.The idea that
    you should pay attention to how you interact with others isn't just about martial arts, of course. It's about all types of communication. From the office to your relationships, having the ability to study yourself and how you communicate will make you better at it than someone who only looks at themselves. No matter how
    smart you think you are, communicating with your significant other is never easy.…Read moreBalance Your "Thinking Time" and Your "Doing Time"Depending on the type of person you are, it's often easy to go overboard with your preparation time or how much time you spend on actually doing a project. Of course, you
    can't do one without the other, and Lee recommends a very careful balance between thoughts and action:When our mind is tranquil, there will be an occasional pause to its feverish activities, there will be a let-go, and it is only then in the interval between two thoughts that a flash of UNDERSTANDING — understanding,
    which is not thought — can take place... Balance your thoughts with action. — If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.We've talked plenty about the idea of thinking time in all forms, but it's incredibly easy to get lost in that rabbit hole of preparation and forget to move yourself toward
    action. Thankfully, getting started is all it takes sometimes. Jacob Gorban is an independent software developer who like many of us, lives with a work culture…Read moreRemain FluidOne of Lee's main goals with Jeet Kun Do was to create a system that could adapt to situations and people. To a point, this was about
    fluidity. Lee thought that we should all be able to function in any situation we're thrown in and that awareness of is about being able to adapt:Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it
    becomes the teapot. That water can flow, or it can crash. Be water my friend.Lee's main point here, and with a lot of his ways for living, is that we need to remain flexible as often as possible. That means adapting to situations at work and in life. It's also important to cultivate knowledge and try to see from another point of
    view so you can react to situations. For a lot of us, this is really about training ourselves so we're more aware of our surroundings. We like to think a perfect process for getting things done exists, but in most real world…Read more
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