Adolfo Arranz Marco Hernandez Superstar Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940. He was just 32 when he died on July 20, 1973, in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

OUT OF THIS WORLD

Lee was not only a famous actor, but a disciplined athlete and martial artist with tremendous charisma and otherworldly skills that earned him a presence on big screens in the US, Europe and Asia



Able to jump 8 feet from a standstill

Could do push-ups with his thumbs

Once broke a punching bag with a side kick

Landed a punch in around 0.05 seconds from a metre away

Once hit a 136kg bag so hard it thumped the ceiling

Could break wooden boards that were 15cm thick



Jackie Chan on working for Bruce Lee: ‘Everyone thought he was a god” Beyond human capabilities

Advertisers took advantage of Lee’s fame, and his skills were exaggerated to be spotlighted in various fictional commercials

Played ping pong using nunchucks

Caught rice grains mid-air using chopsticks

“The Way of the Intercepting Fist” Translated as “the way of the intercepting fist”, jeet kune do is a hybrid of martial arts and philosophies founded by Lee. It promotes minimalism and fluidity in combat. As Lee suggested, one should “be like water”. It allows practitioners to incorporate their own fighting styles into existing techniques, fulfilling its ethos of “style with no style”

Lee took inspiration from wing chun’s theory of the centreline. In a fight, you must protect it by creating momentum; if your centreline is exploited, you will lose

JEET KUNE DO

Principal combinations and influences that Bruce incorporated into the Jeet Kune Do Martial arts

Philosophies and spiritualities

Others

Lee took note of its powerful self-defence system, which put emphasis on arm and hand techniques that involved twisting the upper torso Choy Li Fut

Tai Chi On-guard positions were inspired by fencing Western wrestling

Did bad feng shui kill Bruce Lee? Talk continues to this day that it played a part in actor’s death Stances were inspired by boxing Western boxing Used his strength to throw opponents Western wrestling

Judo

Indian wrestling Believed there should be a balance between defence and offence Wing Chun

How Bruce Lee classic quote “be water” from fictional US TV series came to be attributed to him Could kick his opponent multiple times in less than 2 seconds Wing Chun

Self-training programmes He practised Filipino stick fighting Eskrima Believed philosophy helped the mental training needed for seeking harmony in a fight Music and dance

Confucianism

Taoism

Zen Buddhism

Spinoza

Krishmamurti The one-inch punch Wing Chun

Self-training programmes

Bruce Lee, Steve McQueen, and the hairdresser killed by Manson Family who introduced the pair The frog leap Choy Li Fut

Tai Chi

Music and Dance The high jump kick Taekwondo

Music and Dance

Cool Bruce Always fashionable on-stage and off, Bruce embraced the style of his time 1958, Cha cha cha champion in Hong Kong

1966, Green Hornet series, Bruce Lee as Kato

1967

1969

1970’s

1970’s

1970’s, Hong Kong TV interview

1971, Big Boss

1971

1972, Hong Kong TV appearance

1972, On board the Princess Coral cruise liner in Hong Kong

1972

1972, Fist of Fury

1972

1972, Fist of Fury

1973, Enter the Dragon

1973, Game of the Death