Lee Jun Fan, more commonly known as Bruce Lee, was born November 27th, 1940, in San Francisco, California. During this time it was the hour and year of the Dragon, in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Bruce was the fourth child of Lee Hoi Chuen and Grace Ho. Lee Hoi Chuen, Bruce’s father, was a comedic actor in the Chinese opera. Chuen and his wife were on tour in America with the opera company when Bruce was born. At three months old, Bruce and his family returned to Hong Kong. On the way back, Bruce became weak from the change in climates and the long ocean trip. From a young age, Bruce had already appeared in many films as a child actor, studied dance, and wrote poetry. While in middle school, Bruce would be taunted by English boys in …show more content…
One of Bruce’s students, Linda Garfield, was a freshman at the University of Washington, later married Bruce in 1964. Linda and Bruce moved to Oakland, California to open another school, leaving the Seattle institute with friend Taky Kimura. While teaching gung fu in California, Bruce set to improve by expanding his knowledge of other styles. In 1964, Bruce’s self-exploration was delayed by a challenge from other gung fu teachers from San Francisco. These teachers didn’t like that Bruce was teaching non-Chinese people. The terms of the challenge were if Bruce lost, he would stop teaching non-Chinese. Bruce won the fight in three minutes, but was disappointed in himself, for taking so long and being exhausted. This is the point where Bruce turned in his self-exploration in martial arts and physical fitness, bringing the evolution of Jeet Kune Do. In earlier years, Bruce became friends with Ed Parker, the man regarded as the starter of American Kenpo. Bruce was invited by Parker in August of 1964, to Long Beach, California, for Parker’s First International Karate Tournament to give a demonstration. Bruce demonstrated blindfolded chi sao techniques, and his one-inch punch. A well-known hair stylist, Jay Sebring, was in the audience that day of the First International Karate Tournament and saw Bruce’s performance. Later, Jay was giving a haircut to William Dozier, a producer. Dozier told Jay that for a series he was
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