BIOGRAPHY OF BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee, Chinese name Li Jun Fan, was an American-born film actor who was recognized for his martial arts prowess and helped popularizes martial arts films in the 1970s.

Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco but spent his childhood in Hong Kong. His father was an opera singer and part-time performer, so he was exposed to the entertainment industry at a young age. As a child, he began acting in films and was frequently cast as a juvenile criminal or street urchin. He joined local gangs as a teenager and began practicing kungfu to better defend him. He also began dancing classes at the time, which improved his footwork and balance; in 1958, he won a Hong Kong cha-cha championship.

Bruce Lee's parents became more concerned about his street fighting and run-ins with the police, and they moved him to the United States shortly after he turned 18. He resided with family friends in Seattle, where he finished high school and attended the University of Washington to study philosophy and acting.

He established his first martial arts school in Seattle, and then in 1964 he travelled to Oakland, California, to establish a second school. Around that time, he devised his own technique-jeet kune do, a fusion of old kungfu, fencing, boxing, and philosophy-and began teaching it instead of traditional martial arts. After performing a kungfu performance at a Los Angeles-area karate tournament, he grabbed the attention of a television producer and was cast as the sidekick Kato in the television series

Bruce Lee earned attention for a sequence in the 1969 film Marlowe in which he destroyed an entire office with kickboxing and karate manoeuvres. However, frustrated by his inability to find other suitable jobs, he returned to Hong Kong in 1971. He also appeared in two films that smashed box-office records throughout Asia, and he later gained success in the United States.

Bruce Lee capitalized on his rapid box-office success by establishing his own production company, and he coproduced, directed, wrote, and starred in his next picture, Meng ling guo jiang (1972; Return of the Dragon [U.S.], or The Way of the Dragon [Hong Kong English title]). Enter the Dragon (1973), Lee's next picture, was the first collaboration between Hong Kong and American production companies, and it became a worldwide blockbuster, catapulting Lee into international cinematic stardom.

He died six days before the film's Hong Kong premiere. Fans and historians speculated about the unusual circumstances surrounding his death, although the official cause of death was swelling of the brain caused by an allergic reaction to a headache medicine. Lee was working on a film called Game of Death at the time, which was cobbled together with stand-ins and cardboard cutouts of Lee's visage and released in 1978.

Here are some fascinating and captivating facts that demonstrate he is not a typical human being.

1.     Bruce Lee can do 1500 pushups in a row, 400 pushups with one hand, 200 pushups with two fingers, and 100 pushups with his thumb.

2.      Bruce Lee can side kick a 135 kilogramme sandbag for 5 kilometres and is the only man who can break a 45kg sandbag.

3.        Bruce Lee uses chain sticks to generate 1600 pounds of power.

4.        Bruce Lee has appeared in 24 films, 5 of which are Kungfu flicks. Because of his quick manoeuvres, his Kungfu deeds are always portrayed in slow motion so that audiences can follow him.

5.        Bruce Lee can punch nine times in one second.