Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinese American and Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered by many commentators and other martial artists to be the most... more »
Bruce Lee sat down in 1971 with Canadian journalist Pierre Berton in Hong Kong for his first and last television interview. In this 25 minute interview, Lee talks about various topics such as racism, martial arts, languages, his philosophy and his expectations about the future. The episode was filmed in 1971 and got lost,... more »
Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do. As a result of his “tough guy” image, an Internet phenomenon... more »
Daniel Arca “Dan” Inosanto (born July 24, 1936) is an Filipino-American martial arts instructor from California who is best-known as a student of the late Bruce Lee and authority on Jeet Kune Do Concepts. Inosanto is one of three people allowed by Bruce Lee to teach his Martial Arts system (Taky Kimura and James... more »
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee’s final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973. Six days after Lee’s death, the film was released on July 26,... more »
The History Channel’s “How Bruce Lee Changed the World” explores the amazing multitude of ways that Bruce Lee – the first international Asian superstar–has influenced pop culture. Calling Lee the biggest movie star in history is a bit of a stretch (though every shot of this hypnotically charismatic performer argues that he might have... more »
Jeet Kune Do (also “Jeet Kun Do”, “JKD,” or “Jeet Kuen Do”) is a hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by martial artist Bruce Lee in 1967 with direct, non classical and straightforward movements. The system works on the use of different ‘tools’ for different situations. These situations are broken down into... more »
The one inch punch is a punching technique from Chinese martial arts (kung fu) performed at very close (0-6 inches) range. The one inch punch was popularised by actor and martial artist Bruce Lee. The one inch punch is a skill which uses fa jin (translated as explosive power) to generate tremendous amounts of... more »
Bruce Lee’s “Way of the Dragon” is one of several re-issue titles for Lee’s “Return of the Dragon”. Filmed in Rome and Hong Kong, this exhilarating adventure flick finds Lee battling Chuck Norris, in one of the latter’s few unsympathetic roles. The climax pits Lee against Norris in the middle of the Roman Coliseum!... more »
William Cheung or Cheung Cheuk Hing born October, 1940, is a Chinese Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner and currently the Grandmaster of his lineage of Wing Chun, entitled Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). He also heads the sanctioning body of TWC, the World Wing Chun Kung Fu Association. In 1951, at the age of ten,... more »
Wing Chun (literally “spring chant”) is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in close-range combat. This complete system of fighting and self defense was developed in China 3 centuries ago. Wing Chun is unique in that you do not need strength to do it,... more »
Wong Shun Leung (1935-1997) was a Wing Chun master. He started training with Yip Man at 17, after challenging the master and finding himself completely controlled by him. Already at this age Wong had a reputation as a fighter and Yip Man was at first worried that he would bring trouble for Wing Chun.... more »