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Bruce Lee is considered an expert in martial arts. He gave birth to a special type of Malla martial arts style by mixing martial arts and kung fu. This art style is known as ‘Jean Coon Do’. Along with this style, he was famous for stunting in films.

This is the reason why he remains an ideal motivator for the youth. Due to his excellent skills, he quickly became involved in the world of advertisements and posters. He has acted in many Hollywood movies, such as Enter the Way, Return the Dragon, Game of Death, The Big Bee etc. All these films were also successful. At that time, Bruce Lee was considered the most expensive star of Hollywood.

Birth and education-

He was born on 27 November 1940 in a Chinese family in America. His family was a resident of San Francisco. His father Lee Hou was an opera artist. His mother, Grace Ho, was a European woman. Bruce Lee had a total of four siblings. Bruce Lee’s early education took place in Hong Kong. He got his early education from Tak Sun School located near the house.

In 1952, he enrolled in the primary school division of the prestigious La Salle College. In 1956, due to poor academic performance, he was transferred from St. Francis Xavier’s College High School. Along with his subsequent studies, he started taking training in the immune system of martial arts.

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Bruce Lee was always thrown out of school because of his poor performance. His parents wanted to teach him but Bruce Lee was not interested in studies. The whole school was troubled by ‘Lee Jan Fun’, the gang leader of ‘The Tigers of Junction Street’.

Even the police were upset with him. Once Lee’s street gang caused so much furor that the police warned Lee’s father, saying that if Lee fought one more time at school, they would put him in jail. At that time, for Lee’s safety, Lee’s father had to leave Hong Kong.

Caught in controversies-

In the spring of 1959, Lee got involved in another fight and then the police had to be called. Parents upset by Bruce Lee’s attitude decided to send him to the United States in April 1959 to visit his older sister Agnes. His sister who was already living in San Francisco with family friends.

Bruce Lee left his university studies in the spring of 1964. He moved to Oakland to live with James Yimm. Chinese martial artist James Lee collaborated with Bruce Lee to open a second Jun Fan martial arts studio in Oakland. It was James Lee who introduced Bruce Lee to Ed Parker, the king of the American martial arts world and the organizer of the International Karate Championships. From here the door of Hollywood opened for Bruce Lee.

Career –

In the year 1946, Bruce Lee had worked as a child artist in a total of 20 films. He also taught dance and won Hong Kong’s Cha-Cha Competition. He is also known for his poems.

As a teenager, he was taunted by British boys for being Chinese. In the year 1953, under the tutelage of Kungfu master Yip Man, he took full education of Kungfu and later he moved to America with his family. There he started working as a dance instructor.

Bruce Lee also got a job in which he used to train in the Wing Chun style of martial arts he learned in Hong Kong. Then he opened his own martial arts school in Seattle. After this, two more martial arts schools were also opened in Oakland and Los Angeles. He taught his most awesome style ‘Jeet Kune Do’.

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Bruce Lee as an actor

He worked in a total of 26 episodes in the TV serial ‘The Green Hornet’. In this, he used to display his acrobatic and fighting style. Bruce Lee also made guest appearances on the Ironside and Longstreet TV shows. He also gave his idea in a TV show called Kunfu.

Some of his box office breaking films like Fists of Fury (1971), The Green Hornet in which he also showed his Jeet Kune Do Ki ability very well. His biggest Hollywood project was the film Enter the Dragon.

Death –

Such an extraordinary artist and martial arts expert died at the age of 32. He died under mysterious circumstances on 20 July 1973. At the time of his death, he was planning his upcoming film at the house of a female friend.

On 3 September 1973, the Hong Kong government set up a commission to find out the truth about the cause of death. But till date the truth of Bruce’s death has not come out. It is feared that someone has killed him out of jealousy.