Bruce Lee, he was a martial artist and actor he was born in Chinatown San Francisco The United States on November 27, 1940, his father's name was Lee - and his mother's name was grace ho his father was an opera singer and actor


he was only three months old when he starred in his first film Golden Gate girl despite being raised in an affluent family, he was involved in a lot of street fights and gang rivalries which urged the need to be trained in martial arts his first tutor was his father under whom he learned the basics by the age of 13, he started his Wing Chun training under Yip Man by the time he turned 18 he was twenty films old his mixed ancestry led him to learn the art of Wing Chun privately from Yip Man and wang sunluo academically he received his preliminary education from LaSalle college but poor marks resulted in his being transferred to st. Francis Xavier's College his parents were deeply disturbed by his violent behavior and wanted him to leave Hong Kong to pursue a safer and healthier Avenue after putting up in San Francisco for a few months he moved to Seattle where he enrolled at the Edison Technical School to complete his further education meanwhile, he worked as a live-in waiterb for Ruby Chows restaurant he enrolled at the University of Washington in 1961 where he majored in drama from 1959 until 1964 he gave up his acting career to pursue a vocation in martial arts


he started as a teacher of kungfu with time he opened his martial arts school in Seattle in 1964 he dropped out of college to join James Lee a famous martial arts instructor on Oakland together the two opened a second Institute Jun Fan martial arts studio in the city he participated in the 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships which popularized him for his two-finger push-ups and one-inch punch it was there that he met two Cuando master Jun Gary a friendship that formed instantly and benefited both artists he married Linda Emory in August 1964 at


the age of 24 the couple was blessed with two children Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee meanwhile, in 1964 he had a private match with Wong Jackman which he won his extraordinary performance in Long Beach karate championship brought him under the limelight of Hollywood directors his first stint of acting like a mature an adult was in the TV series The Green Hornet the show lasted for one season from 1966 until 1967 from 1967 until 1969 he made guest appearance in few more television series including Ironside here comes the brides and blondie in between acting he found the time and started concentrating on martial arts in 1969 he made a guest appeared in the film Marlowe however biasness and earth of key roles resulted in him leaving Los Angeles for Hong Kong in the summer of 1971 upon arriving in Hong Kong he signed a two film contract

first to release was the Big Boss which had him in the lead role with the 1972 film way of the Dragon he turned from being merely an actor to the writer/director-star and choreographer of the fight scenes the same year he was offered Enter the Dragon which was the first joint venture of Golden Harvest and Warner Bros enter the dragons was slated for a July 26 1973 release however just six days before its premiere he passed away he died of cerebral edema in Kowloon Tong British Hong Kong on July 20th, 1973 at the age of 32

                                                     if you love life don't waste time for

                                                      time is what life is made up of said

                                                                             Bruce Lee

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