While he was making Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee's co-star, John Saxon, asked him why he watched so much footage of Muhammad Ali. Bruce responded with a smile, 'Because someday I'm gonna fight him.' This book lets you decide what would've happened if Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali had ever met in combat, in what would surely have been billed as The Fight of the Century?
Examines the life of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, following him from his formative years in Hong Kong to his controversial death; discusses his training methods and philosophy of martial arts; looks at his movie work; and includes ...
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher.
The widow of the late martial arts star traces his life from his childhood in Hong Kong, to his education in the United States, his career as an actor, and his untimely death
This book is part of the Bruce Lee Library, which also features: Bruce Lee: Striking Thoughts Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon Bruce Lee: The Tao of Gung Fu Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon Bruce Lee: The Art of ...
Like Water unpacks Lee’s global impact, linking his legendary status as a martial artist, actor, and director to his continual traversals across the newly interconnected Asia and America.
This book reveals a quiet family man behind the charismatic public persona. It shows the real Bruce Lee--the man who was so much more than an international film and martial arts celebrity.
By the end of the 1960s: Michael Gilman, phone interview by the author, December 8, 2012; Mark Small, phone interview by the author, March 26, 2013; Robyn Silverstein, phone interview by the author, December 10, 2012.
This iconic work explains the science and philosophy behind jeet kune do -- the art Lee invented -- and includes hundreds of Lee's illustrations. Topics include Zen and enlightenment, kicking, striking, grappling, and footwork.
In this companion volume to his critically acclaimed first book, The Tao of Muhammad Ali, Davis Miller turns his attention to a second iconic figure of the twentieth century--and another of Miller's own seminal influences: film star and ...
A biography of the well-known actor and martial arts master, Bruce Lee, from his childhood in Hong Kong to his untimely death at the age of thirty-two.