10 striking facts about fighter Bruce Lee

1. Parents not called him Bruce. They preferred to call it Sai Fon-a small miracle. The women's name to the parents chose narochno, confident that evil spirits do not like when there are boys in the family (their first-born, a boy, died in infancy).

Therefore, they believed that, if given a feminine name Bruce, it will be able to deceive the demons and save his life. In fact, he gave the name Bruce nurse at the Jackson Street hospital in the city of San Francisco, where he was born (then Father Bruce traveled in a theater troupe).

Nurse thought that, if given the English name of a child, it will help avoid difficulties in obtaining an American birth certificate (Bruce was born American, and never had any other nationality).

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2. Bruce Lee was partly German

Bruce was not Ashkenazi Chinese: it flowed and German blood (his grandfather from the mother was half German).

3. Bruce Lee did not lose a single battle

In fact, he lost the battle only once in their life: when he was 13 years old. That is defeated and pushed him to study with masters of the art of combat Chun Win (Wing Chun) named Yip Men (Yip Man). After the other students learned that Bruce was not Ashkenazi Chinese, they demanded that he ceases to train with them. Teachers had to deal with it individually.

4. Bruce Lee poorly studied

Learning is not interested in Bruce. After primary school, Bruce received by the college-La Salle College High School for English-speaking boys in the city Koulun, Hong Kong. At school he always falls in any trouble and was removed for misbehavior.

Even after his parents moved to another school, Bruce continued to engage in street fights.

5. Bruce Lee is well danced and boksiroval

Bruce studied dance as hard as a combat skill: he danced well, and in 1958, aged 18 years, won the championship in Hong Kong on cooking! Bruce also excellent boksiroval: in the same year he won the championship in boxing, of course, nokautom!

6. Bruce Lee studied philosophy

Bruce was not dunce bag with muscles. He attended the University of Washington, where he studied philosophy, namely: sports philosophical principles. As you can guess, Bruce podrabatyval in college that taught martial art. He later dropped out of school and opened their own martial arts school.

7. Want followed with Bruce Lee? Postuchite foot on the ground!

After Bruce So, many thought that would be able to overcome it - they approached him, knocked to the ground feet (symbolizing defiance), and throwing in an attack! Well ... may not be so literally, but certainly the popularity of Bruce attracted different psihov who tried to prove that they were better.

This was once, during filming "Dragon Islands, a statist began scoff over Bruce and caused him to a fight. All occurred as follows:

"Paren was okay. street is not simply bully. strong, and he was moving quickly to try to knock out Bruce brains. methodically reviewed But Bruce on his part."

"Bruce moved so well that the guy just could not even actually before him ... Suddenly Bruce suddenly grabbed him vpechatal zadnitsey in the wall and hurled it at the castle strikes: his knees to the chest and a direct hand in the face of the hammer."

Bruce sacked statista not - that was his nature. He taught him a lesson, and showed what you need to improve!

8. Bruce Lee was strong

In 1964, Bruce was invited to the championship in karate in the city of Long Beach, California. There, he demonstrated his famous "Dyuymovy blow-blow stunning force, which stopped only inch up to the goal, and casts an opponent back!

Bob Baker of Stockholm, which hit Bruce, told: "I am told that Bruce had not done more. When he hit me, I had to stay home and not go to work because of chest pain was unbearable."

... and fast!

Many films with masters of the arts of combat speeded specifically to fighting appeared faster, but not Bruce Lee movies. He moved so quickly, the normal speed shooting - 24 frame per second, not enough to muddy its whole movement, so it had to withdraw at a speed of 32 frame per second, and then slow down the film that viewers could all consider.

9. Bruce Lee v. Chuck Norris, who wins?

This is a battle scene Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris of "Return of Dragon." See how fast moving Bruce. While it is clear that Dyuymovy blow not worked due to the Chuck inch vegetation on his chest, which would easily mitigated blow!

10. Corpse Bruce Lee stars in his latest movie!

Bruce died suddenly while filming "Game of Death". And what makes the studio? They overwrite scenario so that the hero Bruce imitates own death to escape the mob, and used the real shooting with Bruce funeral, including large plans open coffin, which shows his zabalzamirovannoe person. All this into a movie!