That day, he was just 13; a mob severely beat him on the way. He had no guilt nor he did any mistake but still he was beaten. It made him worried. So, he determined to be admitted in Kung Fu class to protect any kinds of attack. He used to run for long in the morning; rode bicycle for kilometers; and do hard labor. Due to the devotion and practice, his body automatically changed as the iron. The extraordinary powers and strikes were produced in his kicks. But he did not misuse his strength, rather used it into the help of old, weak and needy people by making the mob defeated and frightened. that made him renowned, intimate and kind among people.
The same kind hearted fellow to weak and old people but arrogant to the wild mob was Bruce Lee. He was born on November 27, 1940, at the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco's Chinatown as Lee Jun Fan. His father, Lee Hoi-Chuen, was Chinese, and his Catholic mother, Grace Ho, was of Chinese and German ancestry. Lee and his parents returned to Hong Kong when he was three months old. There is uncertainty about his citizenship. He was definitely a US citizen, and he may have been a Chinese citizen and a British subject as well (as Hong Kong people were British subjects during his childhood).
Bruce Lee was admitted in the primary school division of La Salle College for his primary schooling. But due to poor academic performance and or possibly poor conduct as well, he was transferred to St. Francis Xavier's College (high school).
At the age of 18 and half, Lee returned to the U.S as a native-born citizen, with $100 in his pocket and the titles of 1957 High School Boxing Champion and 1958 Crown Colony Cha Champion of Hong Kong, to further his education. In December 1960, Lee completed is high school education and received his diploma from Edison Technical School. He then enrolled at the University of washington in March 1961 majoring in drama, and likely also took courses in philosophy, psychology, and various other subjects. It ws at the University of Washington that he met his future wife Linda emery, whom he would marry in August 1964. Bruce Lee abandoned his university education, never been graduated, in the spring of 1964 and moved to Oakland to live with James Yimm Lee, a well known Chinese martial artist in the bay area, who made Bruce Lee joined to co-found the second Jun Fan martial art studio in Oakland.
Lee's father Hoi-Chuen was a famous Cantonese Opera star. thus, through his father, Bruce was introduced into films at a very young age and appeared in several short black-and-white films as a child. While in the United States from 1959-1964, Lee abandoned thoughts of a film career in favor of pursuing martial arts. But when William Dozier invited Lee for an audition, Lee so impressed the producers with his lightning-fast moves and again his film career ran forward. Then, he made his several performances on various serials and films having short roles. But in 1973, when Lee played the lead role in enter the Dragon, it would lead Lee to fame in the U.S. and Europe. However, only a few months after the film's completion and three weeks before its release, the supremely fit Lee mysteriously died. enter the Dragon would go on to become on of the year's highest grossing films and cement Lee as a martial arts legend.
Lee's first introduction to martial arts was through his father, Lee Hoi Cheun. He learned the fundamentals of Wu style tai chi chuan from his father. lee trained in Wing Chun Kung Fu from age 13-18 under Hong Kong Wing Chun Sifu Yip Man. Bruce was also trained in Western boxing and won the 1958 Boxing championship. In addition, Bruce learned western fencing techniques from his brother Peter Lee, who was champion fencer at the time. this multi-faceted exposure to different fighting arts would later play an influence in the creation of the eclectic martial art jeet Kune Do.
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