Bruce Lee
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Lee Jun-fan (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), commonly known as Bruce Lee, was a Chinese, Hong Kong American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor and philosopher. 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 commentators, 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 helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films. Source: [Bruce Lee]( on Wikipedia.
Books
Bruce Lee
"A biography of the movie icon Bruce Lee"-- "Bruce Lee made martial arts a global phenomenon. He bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. He smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans. And yet, almost a half-century after his sudden death at age thirty-two, there has not been a definitive account of the film legend's life. Until now. Following years of research that included more than one hundred interviews--with Lee's family, friends, business associates, and even the actress in whose bed he died--Matthew Polly has constructed a complex, humane portrait of the icon. Polly explores Lee's boyhood as a child star in Hong Kong cinema; his troublemaking teenage years that got him sent away to America; his beginnings as a martial arts teacher, eventually becoming instructor to movie stars like Steve McQueen; his struggles as an Asian American actor in Hollywood and frustration seeing roles go to white actors in eye makeup; his eventual triumph as a leading man; his challenges juggling a skyrocketing career with his duties as a father and husband; and his shocking death, which even today remains the subject of controversy. This is an honest, revealing, and long overdue look at an impressive yet imperfect man whose personal story was even more entertaining and inspiring than any fictional role he played onscreen."--Dust jacket.
Words of the dragon
A collection of Lee's newspaper and magazine interviews reveals his thoughts on his life, the martial arts, stardom, and his cross-cultural marriage.
The tao of gung fu
"Includes not only insights into and descriptions of various Chinese martial arts, but Eastern and Western fitness methodologies, the difference between external and internal martial methods, sketches of martial arts and self-defense techniques, a contrast of various gung fu schools in China, Lee's personal scrapbook, and his famous thesis 'The Tao of Gung Fu," which he wrote while attending the University of Washington."--Cover.
Fighting method
Black and white photographs illustrate the self-defense techniques developed by Bruce Lee.
Pearl Harbor
Traces the rise of Japan as a military power and the emergence of the United States as a world superpower that found itself drawn into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The ultimate guide to Jeet Kune Do
"Jeet kune do is an eclectic martial art created and refined in the 1960s and the early 1970s by Bruce Lee. Using a philosophy of 'absorb what is useful,' Lee fashioned his martial art from the best skills and techniques from a variety of arts, including wing chun kung fu, fencing, boxing and wrestling. He developed jeet kune do to be a fluid form of fighting that evolved as techniques were adopted and abandoned based on their effectiveness. Jeet kune do is renowned for its street effectiveness."--P. of cover.
Enter the dragon
Lee penetrates the fortress of a crime warlord and enters a brutal martial arts tournament in order to avenge the death of his sister.