Listeningandreading

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BruceLee
BruceLeewasthemanwhobroughtkungfutotheWestwithhisfamousfilmEntertheDragon.
AlthoughBruceLeewasborninChinatowninSanFranciscoin1940,hisparentssoonmoved
backtoHongKong.Unfortunately,theJapaneseImperialArmyinvadedHongKongshortly
afterwardsbutthefamilysurvived.
HisfatherLeeHoiChuonwasafamousCantoneseoperasingerandactorandhismother
GracewasawealthyaristocratfromHongKong.In1957LeefoughtandwontheHongKong
highschoolboxingchampionshipandthenbecametheHongKongchachachachampionfor
1958.
Attheageof18,hereturnedtotheUnitedStateswherehissisterandbrotherlived.Hestudied
dramaandphilosophyattheUniversityofWashingtoninSeattle.Thenheopenedhisfirst
martialartsschoolwherehetaughthisfriendsJunFanGungFu.
BruceLeethenhadtheoriginalideabehindtheveryfamousTVseriesKungFubutWarner
Bros.decidednottohaveaChinesepersonasthestaroftheseries.Asaresult,Bruceand
wifeandchildrencaughtaplanetoHongKong.
BackinHongKong,BruceimmediatelymadethreeverysuccessfulfilmswithdirectorRaymond
ChowcalledTheBigBoss,FistofFuryandTheWayoftheDragon.Thereisaveryfamous
fightsceneinTheWayoftheDragonwithChuckNorrisfilmedintheColosseuminRome
wherethegladiatorsfought.HislastfilmwasEntertheDragonandwasalsoahugehit.The
moviehasmademorethan200millionUSdollars.
BruceLeewasaphilosopheraswellasafighterandwrotealotofbooks.Hebelievedthatall
knowlegdeeventuallybecameselfknowledge.
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