Bruce Lee Chinese (born Lee Jun-fan (in Chinese), 27 November 1940 to 1920 in July 1973), a leading Chinese American martial arts teacher, philosopher, director, producer, author and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th Century, considered, and a cultural icon.
Lee was born in San Francisco, California, USA, Hong Kong parents’ inheritance, but grew up in Hong Kong until his late teens. At the age of 18, Lee immigrated to the U.S. to regain his U.S. citizenship and received his education. During this time he began to teach martial arts, which led quickly to roles in film and television.
His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and fame, and sparked a wave of interest in the Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world. He is known for his roles in films for five years known, Lo Wei, The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972) Way of the Dragon (1972), written and directed by Lee, Warner Brothers’ Enter the Dragon ( 1973) directed by Robert Clouse, and The Game of Death (1978).
Lee was a cult figure known throughout the world and remains very popular among Asians and particularly among the Chinese, as he presented Chinese nationalism through his films. Although Lee was trained in Wing Chun, after he dismissed well-defined styles of martial arts, rather the various sources of useful techniques in the spirit of his personal philosophy of martial arts he called the use of Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Jeet Kune). In 2010 he became the 27th greatest American athlete of all time by Time Magazine as the only athlete in the list immigrated to the place.
