Martial Arts LEGENDS part3: Bruce Lee

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There is no doubt. Bruce Lee is a Legend. Bruce Jun Fan Lee (Chinese: 李振藩 Cantonese: Léi Janfàan Pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfán); born November 27, 1940 in San Francisco - July 20, 1973 in Hong Kong was a Chinese American martial artist and actor widely regarded as the most influential, famous and celebrated martial artist of the 20th century. Lee's films, especially his performance in the Hollywood-produced Enter the Dragon, elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level. His pioneering efforts paved the way for future martial artists and martial arts actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Chuck Norris.

Lee's movies sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong, China, and the rest of the world. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies.[1]

Many see Lee as a model blueprint for acquiring a strong and efficient body as well as developing a mastery of martial arts and hand to hand combat skills. Lee began the process of creating his own fighting system known as Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee's evaluation of traditional martial arts doctrines is nowadays seen as one of the first steps into popularising the modern style of mixed martial arts.


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 was born. Shortly afterward, the family returned to Hong Kong.


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.


Bruce started training in the martial arts mainly to overcome his fear of being humiliated in a street fight. As a teenager he began to get into more and more fights for no reason at all. And if he didn't win he was furious. As a result, under the great master Yip Man's Wing Chun (meaning "beautiful springtime") teachings, Bruce became a proficient martial artist, not to mention a feared street fighter. However, Bruce actually had more than one teacher. As time went by, Bruce grew. His enthusiasm towards martial arts was more apparent. He was young, energetic and competitive. He soon became acquainted with Wing-chun's basic Kung Fu. Since he was very clever, Mr Yip loved him very much and taught him many secret techniques in Win Chun Kung Fu. He became an expert in Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Even before his wing chun he was trained in wu style tai chi by his father from an early age. Young Bruce learned the fundamentals of Wu style Tai Chi Chuan from his father, Lee Hoi Cheun. Lee's Wing Chun Sifu, Yip Man, was also a colleague and friend of Hong Kong Wu family teacher Wu Ta-chi. He always held that the principles of Tai Chi Chuan influenced his view of martial arts all through his life as an actor and a martial artist. While it is obvious that the style studied by his father was the Wu style, Lee was seen on at least one occasion demonstrating the 108 Basic Movements of the Yang form.

In between the learning of Tai Chi and Wing Chun, Lee also learned bits and pieces of the Kung fu style Hung Gar from a friend of his father. While we do not know how much he learned of this particular martial art, there are photographs of Bruce demonstrating animal stances and forms found within its teachings.

Bruce Lee began his formal martial arts training at the age of 14 in Wing Chun under Hong Kong Wing Chun master Yip Man. Bruce was introduced to Sifu Yip Man by William Cheung, who was then a live-in student of Yip Man, in early 1954. Like most martial arts schools at that time, Sifu Yip Man's classes were often taught by the highest ranking students. One of the highest ranking students under Yip Man at the time of Lee's training was Wong Shun-leung, who is understood to have had the largest influence. Lee would leave before learning the entire Wing Chun curriculum, but Wing Chun formed a base for his later explorations of martial arts and development of Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee was certainly "Great". Bruce Lee's first formal, organized bout came as a teenager at his high school in Hong Kong. He was to fight a young British boxer, a reigning two-time boxing champion. Bruce knocked his opponent out with repeated strikes, using the Wing Chun technique jik chung chuy.


When Bruce was about fourteen, he discovered that "dancing" could be a great deal of fun. He had a real Knack for it and rapidly became quite polished, never lacking eager partners. Much of the balance and footwork became evident in his later fighting style. His favorite was the Cha Cha, and he spent many hours practicing extremely complex dance routines. He eventually became the Hong Kong Cha Cha Champion.


At the age of 19, Bruce was becoming more and more involved in street fighting, and Gangs. So in 1959 his parents decide to sent him to live with friends in the United States, Where he would finish high school. He was to live with friends of his father. While he was staying in Seattle, Bruce was allowed to live in the restaurant's attic in exchange for his services as a busboy and waiter. Bruce finished high school and went on to college. By day he attended the University of Washington where he majored in philosophy and nights he was working in the restaurant. After a few months of this, he decided that this lifestyle was not for him. He quit his job at the restaurant and began teaching Kung-fu.
One of the most important events during these pivotal years was meeting his wife, Linda, while attending the University of Seattle. He earned his degree and soon began seeing great success in his Martial Arts school. He also began to develop his on style of martial arts.

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Afterward a producer saw him at a demonstration and offered him His first major American acting role as playing Kato in the television series "The Green Hornet".

The Green Hornet went into production in the summer of 1966. It canceld after just 26 eposodes spanning 6months. However, one good thing that came from the show was that it everyone from kids to critics were dazzled by Bruce Lee's kung fu.

Thanks to the Green Hornet, Bruce Lee had become something of a martial arts celebrity and when the show was at its peek, Bruce would often make personal appearances at karate demonstrations, film conventions and parades. It was his first taste of fame and he liked it! The cancellation of the Green Hornet was a severe blow to Lee's financial status as well as his ego.

During filming Bruce had received $400 a week and owned a red Porsche. Now, all of a sudden he was back to a dwindling income from his kwoon along with occasional minor appearances on television shows like; Longstreet, Ironside and Blondie. There was also a brief appearance in the 1969 movie Marlowe. This was Bruce Lee's first appearance in a Hollywood feature length film. Perhaps the most memorable scene of the entire film is when Bruce meets Marlowe (played by James Garner) on a roof top and Bruce's character comes to a sudden and unlikely ending by falling from a rooftop.

At this stage of his career Bruce was certainly not greatly admired for his acting abilities, however, his reputation as a martial arts master had already become rock solid and before long Bruce was giving private martial arts lessons to Hollywood stars such as Steve McQueen and James Coburn. Also receiving instruction from Bruce Lee at this time were the Karate experts Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis and Mike Stone. Between them, Norris, Lewis and Stone would go on to win every major Karate tournament in the USA. Then, suddenly, in 1970 Bruce Lee's worst nightmare became a reality when he received a massive back injury during a weight lifting session. The diagnosis was that Bruce had injured his fourth sacral nerve. Bruce was told by his doctors that not only would he be bedridden for several months, but he would never be able to practice kung fu again. Depressed and barely able to move, Bruce stayed at home looking after Brandon and new arrival Shannon while his wife, Linda worked as a receptionist with an answering service. With his body almost completely out of action, Bruce decided to focus his energy on his mind and began an intensive academic self study on martial arts. Eventually his notes filled eight, two-inch thick notebooks and years later these notes would be edited by Linda and published as "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do". Bruce Lee was a strong believer in the power of the mind and refused to accept that he would be disabled for life. Sure enough, in time (six months) Bruce slowly and gradually reintroduced his body to the stresses of training again. Within one year Bruce seemed to be back to his old self- as fast, strong and flexible as ever. However, off screen and in private he would suffer chronic back pain for the rest of his life.

Now back on his feet again, Bruce decided to focus his iron will power on his career. More than ever he was determined to be a major star and to introduce the Eastern art of Kung fu to the rest of the world through film and television. He began working on an idea for a television series about a Shaolin monk who roamed the Old American West is search of knowledge and adventure. Warner Brothers liked the idea and made it into the major hit series Kung Fu however, to Bruce's intense disappointment the starring role was given to the Caucasian, America actor David Carradine. The ABC Network had decided that to use Bruce Lee for the lead role would be too much of a risk- apparently Bruce was too Asian looking and too small a name to risk on such a venture.

Still reeling from the disappointment of losing the role in Kung Fu Bruce took a fleeting visit to Hong Kong in 1971 and found, to his complete surprise, that he had become a well known and admired superstar there. It turned out that The Green Hornet had been renamed "The Kato Show" and was one of the most popular television shows in South East Asia! Not only that, but many of the films Bruce Lee had appeared in were being screened over and over again in cinemas throughout Hong Kong! Bewildered and pleasantly surprised Bruce Lee returned to his home in Los Angeles, but almost as soon as his plane had landed he received an offer from Hong Kong film producer Raymond Chow to star in two Chinese martial arts feature films. Chow offered to pay Bruce $15,000 for his commitment to the two films. This along with the rapturous reception Bruce received in Hong Kong convinced Bruce to return to the East and work with Raymond Chow. In July 1971, Bruce arrived in the remote Tai village of Pak Chong for the shooting of his first film for Raymond Chow, "The Big Boss" From here, he became even more of a Legend.

Bruce Lee went on to make 4 more movies after "The Big Boss" The Chinese Connection, Way of the Dragon, Enter the Dragon, and Game of Death. The last movie, Game of Death, was incomplete due to Bruce's untimely passing.

There were many rumors going around about how he died. Bruce Lee's death was officially attributed to cerebral edema. However, the exact details of Lee's death were controversial from the moment it was announced. Bruce Lee's iconic status and unusual death at a young age led to several conspiracy theories about Lee's death, such as a murder involving Triads seeking protection money, vengeful rival martial artists, or other enemies, another claim was that it was due to a family curse — but none of these are supported by any evidence. His sudden death has since passed into the realm of legend, with one legend claiming that Lee has faked his death, and will return when he has perfected his martial arts.

Bruce Lee's Legend will continue to live on. Through his movies, through his martial arts and all that he contributed.


Bruce Lee's Filmography

Golden Gate Girl (1941)
The Birth of Mankind (1946)
Wealth is like a Dream (1948)
The Kid (1950)[AKA: Kid Cheung]
Infancy (1951)
The Guiding Light (1953)
A Mother's Tears (1953)
Blame it on Father (1953)[AKA: It's Father's Fault]
Myriad Homes (1953)
In the Face of Demolition (1953)
Love, Part 2 (1955)
An Orphan's Tragedy (1955)
Orphan's Song (1955)
We Owe It to Our Children (1955)
Wise Guys Who Fool Around, The (1956)
Too Late for Divorce (1956)
Thunderstorm (1957)
The Orphan (1960)
"The Green Hornet" (1966 TV Series)
"Batman" (1967 USA TV Series)[two episode stint]
The Wrecking Crew (USA 1968)[action]
Marlowe (1969)[also action]
A Walk in the Spring Rain (USA 1969)[action]
"Longstreet" (1971)[four episode stint]
The Big Boss (1971)[AKA: Fists of Fury][also action]
Fist of Fury (1972)[AKA: The Chinese Connection][also action]
Way of the Dragon (1972)[AKA: Return of the Dragon][also director/writer/producer/action]
Fist of Unicorn (1973)[action](uncredited)
Enter the Dragon (USA 1973)[also action]
The Game of Death (1972/1979)

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(From Wikipedia)

In popular culture, there exists a large number references to Bruce Lee, a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artist of the 20th century.
Anime and Manga
Lee Bailong (Lee Pai-Long) in the anime and manga Shaman King, especially the manga resembles Bruce Lee, not only in appearance, but had a similar role in life as an influential martial artist and movie star. The character was killed so that his body could be made into a Jiang Shi in service to the Tao family.
Rock Lee from Naruto, resembles and is a tribute to Bruce Lee (as does his teacher Gai). In the anime and manga, the character is a martial arts master with a similar fighting style as Bruce Lee. Rock Lee is a very spirited taijutsu specialist who is the paragon of hard work and his hobby is hard work. Rock Lee also shares Bruce Lee's birthday of November 27. However, he seems to emulate Jackie Chan as well because he fights more effectively when he's drunk (i.e. Drunken Master)
Also from Naruto, Hatake Kakashi is seen doing two-finger pushups popularized by Bruce Lee at the 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships.
The Pokémon Hitmonlee was named after Bruce Lee and uses primarily kicks. Similarly the Pokémon Hitmonchan was named after Jackie Chan and uses primarily punches.
Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter on the anime TV series Cowboy Bebop, is highly skilled in Jeet Kune Do. He uses the quote "be like water" in the Cowboy Bebop episode Waltz for Venus when teaching the Jeet Kune Do to the promising student, Roco. Spike Spiegel also fights in a fashion similar to the fights in Lee's movies. Spike uses the nunchaku as Lee does and shares similar fighting stances. Cowboy Bebop incorporates many elements of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do philosophy as the theme. Spike's innate fighting abilities and martial arts style (Jeet Kune Do) were borrowed from martial artist Bruce Lee, whose influence is seen many times in the series. The name of the bounty in the second episode is Abdul Hakim, borrowed from the Bruce Lee film Game of Death that co-starred Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who played a character called "Hakim". On two other separate occasions, Spike also makes mention of both Enter the Dragon and Way of the Dragon, two more Bruce Lee films and Spike is seen using nunchaku in the episode Stray Dog Strut. The creator of Cowboy Bebop stated that Cowboy Bebop was a tribute to Bruce Lee.
In the anime Bleach, there is a female character named Soifon, the same as Lee's feminine name. Her fighting style and appearance resembles Lee's.
Kenshiro from the manga and anime Fist of the North Star has the same famous "cat screech" noise and "atatatah" battle cry as Lee whenever Kenshiro is punching his enemies. The creator Tetsuo Hara admits that he is a big fan of Lee's movies and his character Kenshiro is a tribute to Lee.
In the anime Tenjho Tenge, there is a minor character named Dan Inosanto (borrowing the name from one of Bruce Lee's students and friends). He not only resembled Bruce Lee, but his attire is a "reverse color" of Lee's "Game Of Death" jumpsuit (black with yellow stripes), and he is seen using nunchakus as well as Bruce's trademark battle cries.
In the anime Urusei Yatsura's episode titled "The Mendo Family's Masquerade War", Ataru was wearing a yellow tracksuit with black stripes while trying to court Mendou's sister who is sporting nunchakus. Both Ataru's yellow tracksuit and the Mendou sister's nunchakus are a homage to Bruce lee. Sources: http://lum-chan.bbox.org/eps-guide/81-90.html and http://forum.lum-chan.com/index.php?...ic=517.new#new
Seta Noriyasu from Love Hina the anime is featured as a character who is an exceedingly good martial artist, its mentioned in the english dubb by Sarah McDougall in episode 14 that Seta will beat Keitaro up with his skills in jeet kune do, in episode 16 Motoko challenges Seta to a fight due to her noticing his fighting stance (Similar to Bruce Lee stance), No one ever actually defeates Seta in the anime, the most frequent Bruce Lee refferences are made in DVD volumes 3 and 4, episodes 11, 14, 16


Videogames
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Lee is one of the very few actors to have commercially released computer and console videogames named after themselves, not after a character they played.[1] These include
Bruce Lee, by Datasoft, for Commodore 64, PC Booter, and Apple II. (1984)
Bruce Lee, by Ocean Software, for ZX Spectrum. (1984)
Bruce Lee Lives: The Fall of Hong Kong Palace, by The Software Toolworks, for DOS. (1989)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, by Acclaim Entertainment, for SNES and Game Gear (1993)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, by Atari Corporation, for Jaguar. (1994)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, by Acclaim, for Sega Master System. (1995)
Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon, by Universal Interactive Studios, for Xbox. (2002)
Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend, by Vivendi Universal Games, for Game Boy Advance (2003). Lee plays a revenge-seeking character called Hai Feng.
In addition, many fighting games have characters based on Bruce Lee, enough that it has become an archetype within the fighting game genre. Notable examples include:
Fei Long in the Street Fighter series, strongly resembles Bruce Lee as do his movements and fighting style. This Bruce Lee tribute has been featured in several movies and games.
K' (K Dash) and Kula Diamond from King of Fighters 2000/2001, the characters use Bruce Lee's fighting stance and even have a move that imitates Bruce Lee's One Inch Punch, the move is named One Inch.
Marshall Law and his son Forest in the Tekken series. In the early Tekken games, one of Marshall's outfits was a yellow tracksuit from the Game of Death. In addition, the sounds Marshall Law makes when he attacks are like the whoops and shouts Lee is famous for. The player can equip him in Tekken 5 with the nunchaku seen in Game of Death. He can also be equipped with the black mask and chauffeur hat to make him resemble the character Kato, which Bruce Lee acted as in his early career.
Furthermore, in Tekken 5, the name of the song played in the Waterfall stage is Formless Like Water, a reference to Lee's quote, "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water."
Kim Dragon in the World Heroes series.
Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat series. In the game Mortal Kombat: Deception he fights with the style Jun Fan. Also he uses nunchakus as his weapon. Even his screams resemble Lee's. Some referred to his yells as " turkey calls."
Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance uses both nunchaku and Jeet Kune Do. Although, originally he was based on Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme, he sort of replaces Liu Kang because of his absence in the game. He's also known for being a great martial artist and a movie star. His clothing in Deadly Alliance resembles Bruce Lee's clothing.
Jann Lee in the Dead or Alive series shares many similarities with and is closely modeled after martial artist Bruce Lee. The character have the same body type as his real-life counterpart; that is, "steely" abdominal muscles. In fact, their personas and attires are almost identical. Also, Jann Lee often yells and whoops in a Bruce Lee-like high pitched voice. The most obvious connection is their actual fighting style. "Light feet" play heavily, with neither staying motionless for more than a second a time. Jann Lee is one of the fastest striking characters in the Dead or Alive video game, with quick, intricate, string combos as well as sudden, hard hitting, jab moves. In Dead or Alive 4, Jann Lee has the yellow track suit with the a dragon on the back as well as the Kanji for it in refernce to Bruce's nick name little dragon.
Li Long in the Soul series of fighting games is based on Bruce Lee, uses Bruce Lee's style of nunchakus and is seen to have a similar fighting stance to Bruce Lee. Li Long also yells and screams like Lee. Many of his moves are fast and showy. (Li was replaced in Soul Calibur and Soul Calibur II by the character Maxi, who inherited much of Li Long's style and techniques, but who also closely resembles Elvis Presley.)
Ling Tong in Dynasty Warriors 5 uses a Nunchaku, moves quickly, and has similar physical characteristics and movements as Bruce Lee.
Fei Fong Wong in Xenogears has a similar fighting style, techniques, and stance as Bruce Lee. The character's name Fei Fong Wong is Chinese and also tributes the martial art master Wong Fei Hung and Bruce Lee. His moves also similar to Jeet Kune Do. Fei also wears similar pants Bruce Lee wore in many of his movies.
Reiji in Kakuto Chojin fights using Jeet Kune Do. Reiji's physical appearance also resembles Bruce Lee and wears sunglasses similar to Bruce Lee's
In Double Dragon, Billy and Jimmy Lee are a tribute to Bruce Lee (the surname Lee is a big give away). In the remake Double Dragon Advance, there are Bruce Lee posters during the China Town level and in the cutscenes Billy and Jimmy looks similar to Lee when angry.
When Dante Sparda wields his three-pronged Nunchaku in Devil May Cry 3, his shouts emulate Lee's famous whoops and howls.
Jacky Bryant in Virtua Fighter has Jeet Kune Do, listed as his fighting style. Many of the moves resemble Lee's. One move includes a grapple, known as the one inch punch.
In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories a set of clothing the player unlocks is the jump suit Lee wore in Game of Death (also probably a hint of Kill Bill).
Kung Fu Master (1984) resembles the movie Game of Death.
Super Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! (SNES version). Appearing in the Major Circuit as the second opponent, Dragon Chan is a fighter with Bruce Lee's physique and often yelps like him.

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Film and television
In 1988's I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, an African-American martial arts expert stares at a photo of Bruce Lee around his neck. Another character asks, "Master Lee was your kung fu teacher?!" The other character responds, "No! Acting teacher."
Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director, is a fan of Lee and has played and directed roles which are reminiscent of Lee, such as: Sing (Brother #4) in Shaolin Soccer (2001), and Kung Fu Hustle (2004). Also, in Shaolin Soccer, during the game before the finals, the goalie uses moves reminiscient of Bruce Lee, and wears a yellow jumpsuit like the one worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death.
Lee from Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 was named after Bruce Lee and has a similar fighting styles to Bruce Lee.
In the film City Hunter, there is a scene where Hunter fights a number of thugs in an on ship cinema, which is playing Bruce Lee's Game of Death. During the scene, Hunter has to fight a tall black man, similarly to Kareem Abdul Jabbar's character in Game of Death. After Hunter's fight, he converses with Bruce Lee on the big screen, before running away when Bruce responds.
In the film No Retreat, No Surrender, Bruce Lee's ghost trains a young Bruce Lee enthusiast.
In the Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bill, multiple references to Lee can be seen. Uma Thurman's yellow jumpsuit is a reference to the film Game of Death. The villains from the "Crazy 88 gang" wore masks similar to that which Lee donned in his role as Kato in "Green Hornet". (They are even referred to as "Kato Masks".)
In the 1983 film D.C. Cab, the character Dell played by Gary Busey is a Bruce Lee conspiracy theorist, stating, "Bruce Lee ain't dead you know. They got him frozen in carbonite down under Chatsworth. They're gonna melt him down as soon as the economy gets better."[2]
In the film They call me Bruce the main character has an altercation with some thugs, after which he goes home and looks at a poster of Bruce Lee on the wall and says "If I was half as good as you I could have taken those guys in the bar".
In the film The King of the Kickboxers the character Jake Donahue played by Loren Avedon watches a martial arts film and says "This is like a Bruce Lee film without Bruce".
In the film American Shaolin a fighter who challenges one of the main characters at the beginning of the film has a fighting technique that is the same as Lee's.
In the film The Last Dragon A young man in Harlem named Leroy Green studies martial arts in order to reach the 'final level.' Bruce Lee is his idol, and this ideal motivates him throughout the film. He is often referred to as Bruce Leroy. His style is similar to Bruce Lee's.
In the TV show That 70's Show, Fez portrays Lee's character in Enter the Dragon.
In the TV show Family Matters, Steve Urkel creates a machine called the "Transformation Chamber" and "Bruce Juice", which allows him to become a completely different person (acquiring new attributes and traits.) However, he doesn't change physically. Bruce Lee's persona is among the few that Steve takes on, thanks to this machine. Steve first took on Lee's persona, because he wanted thugs to apologize to Laura (another character in the show) for insulting her at a bar. He felt weak, mainly because the thugs beat him up and he couldn't defend Laura's name. He returned as Bruce Lee and defeated all of the thugs in the bar. As Lee, Steve speaks with an exaggerated Chinese accent, wears a wig that resembles Lee's hair, and wears a kung-fu suit.
In the TV show Monk, in the episode Mr. Monk vs. The Cobra the character of Sonny Chow is based on Bruce Lee.
David Carradine played the characters written for Lee in the 1978 version of The Silent Flute.
In the series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee the title character Juniper Lee could be seen as a tribute as she has a mixed fighting style, name, and she isn't portrayed as a stereotypical Asian.
In the Japanese drama series Gokusen, Yankumi, after defeating a group of gangmembers, tells that she "learned her moves from a Bruce Lee book" then poorly imatates fighting stances to hide the fact that her family is a part of the Yakuza.
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Periodicals
The California-based pop culture magazine Giant Robot featured a photo of Bruce Lee at a turntable with the motto "Bruce made tapes" as one of their early promotional logos; printed on shirts, posters, etc.
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Music
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The Jack Johnson song "Inaudible Melodies" was reportedly inspired by Bruce Lee. The original lyrics were "Slow down Bruce you're moving too fast, frames can't catch you when you're moving like that," instead of "Slow down everyone." Jack Johnson said that in film school, he learned that Bruce was told to slow down his moves because some of his motions were actually too fast to be caught on film.

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