8. The movie ‘Enter the Dragon’ was the last complete film made by Bruce Lee before his death: It was a 1973 Warner Brothers martial arts film and was the first to ever be made by a Hollywood Studio. 9. Bruce has a short birth name: Wrong! He actually has a long birth name—Bruce Lee Jun Fan Yuen Kam is his full birth name. 10. Lee forever lives in video games: He was often honored in various video games like in Mortal Kombat Series—Liu Kang; in Super Street Fighter 2—Fei Long; in World Heroes—Kim Dragon; and in Tekken—Marshall Law and Forrest Law. 11. Way back in Lee’s teenage years, he was a gang leader: The name of his group was known as “The Tigers of Junction Street.” 12. Lee’s first major U.S. project was the role of Kato in the television series “The Green Hornet.”: The show was surprisingly terminated after only one season (30) episodes, but at that time, Lee was receiving more fan mail than the show’s star Van Williams. 13. Lee began the process of creating his own martial arts style: Jun Fan Gung Fu was a modification of Wing Chun blended with Western Boxing, and Fencing. 14. Physical Fitness is one of Lee’s priority: In aid of his fitness, Lee used electric current to strengthen training. Lee tracked the evolution of his training in his diary, which has been recollected and published in The Bruce Lee Library by John Little. 15. Lee’s film “The Chinese Connection” made transformation: It is considered as Lee’s most influential work as it is one of the main reasons behind the shift in Hong Kong cinema from swordplay to empty-handed fighting, which triggered the beginning of the ”Golden era of Kung Fu Cinema” back in 1970’s.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 08:45:10 +0000
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