- A martial arts master with a powerful punch and a trend-setting influence on the film industry, who died at the young age of 32.
- Bruce Lee was a martial arts king who earned a big name through tremendous hard work and was a master of the martial arts and street fighter of his land, Hong Kong.
- Bruce Lee’s father’s failed acting career inspired Bruce Lee to become an actor and he began his career at the age of 6, eventually performing in 20 Chinese movies by the time he was 18.
- Bruce Lee was sent to learn martial arts from IP Man and Wong Shun Laung to defend himself from the rampant violence and crime in his city, but his increasing number of scuffles led his parents to send him away to Seattle.
- Bruce Lee received education during the day and worked in a restaurant at night, but his classmates were more impressed by his martial arts skills, leading him to start teaching Kung fu as a business.
- Bruce Lee and Linda Emery secretly got married, but their marriage was accidentally published in the media, causing their families to reluctantly accept their intercultural union.
- Bruce Lee was challenged to fight Wong Jackman to prove his worthiness to teach Kung fu, and he won in three minutes, but was disappointed with himself for not winning sooner.
- He worked hard every day, doing physical exercises and achieving perfection through making 2000 boxes, 1000 kicks, 8kms running, and 24kms cycling, despite his wife thinking he was crazy.
- Bruce Lee’s one inch punch, which he demonstrated at a karate tournament in 1964, amazed audiences and experts alike with its incredible force and physics-defying technique.
- Bruce Lee developed a new fighting technique called ‘jeet kune do’ and was offered an audition by 20th Century Fox after impressing a hairdresser at a karate tournament, leading to his role as ‘Kato’ in the TV series “the Green Hornet.”
- Bruce Lee’s swift actions caused problems for the cameras during filming, and he refused to lose a fight in a movie, leading to a change in the script.
- Bruce Lee’s first TV series failed, leaving him unemployed but with newfound acting skills, and despite Hollywood’s reluctance to cast Asians in central roles, he continued to pursue his dream of becoming a hero in upcoming movies while also training Hollywood stars to overcome financial difficulties.
- Bruce Lee trained Hollywood and sports stars, suffered a slipped disc that rendered him unable to perform martial arts, but recovered fully and performed even better than before.
- Bruce Lee’s rise to stardom from his weakness was cut short by his mysterious and controversial death, while the lecture also offers links to a biography of Lee, information on a controversial figure, and a video on the secrets of the universe.
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