- Bruce Lee (allthetropes.org)
The quintessential Martial Arts film star, particularly for action films set in contemporary times, and popularly considered the greatest martial artist of the 20th century.
- Lee, Bruce (1940-1973) (historylink.org)
Bruce Lee popularized Kung Fu and other Asian martial arts disciplines during a brief but influential career as an instructor and as an actor on television and in feature films. Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Bruce moved to Seattle in 1959 to work at Ruby Chow’s Chinese restaurant and to attend the University of Washington. In Seattle he began teaching martial arts and established his first studio…
- Lee, Bruce — Television and Filmography (historylink.org)
Former Seattle resident Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor in film and television, starred in many Hong Kong movie productions as a child before he came to worldwide fame with his role as Kato in television show The Green Hornet and in the few martial arts movies he made in the early 1970s before his untimely death. This is a summary of his films, television appearances, and writing and production credits, in chronological order.
Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your whole being, without exclusion.
Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do (1975)
- Bruce Lee (Wikipedia)
Bruce Lee (Chinese: 李小龍; born Lee Jun-fan, 李振藩; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is often credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA). Lee is considered by critics, media, and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West. He is credited with promoting Hong Kong action cinema and helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.