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(screams)
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- [Narrator] You are
watching a master at work.
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Bruce Lee, five feet, seven
and a half inches tall,
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135 pounds of
martial art dynamite.
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(thuds)
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(screams)
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(thuds)
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(exotic music)
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Hong Kong, in February of 1973,
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is a bustling island
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of modern industry
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and commerce that plays against
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a backdrop of culture
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and tradition that's remained
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largely unchanged
for over 1,000 years.
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The biggest news coming
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from within the city these days
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is the rapid growth
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of its motion picture industry.
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Formerly an enterprise
of no consequence
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to anyone but local
theater owners
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the Hong Kong movie industry is
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now attracting the attention
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of the most powerful
film studios
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in the world.
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The reason for this sudden surge
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in interest is the meteoric
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rise to fame within the
city of a 32-year-old man
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named Bruce Lee.
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Lee's dynamic
on-screen presence,
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coupled with an audience empathy
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that cuts across all
cultural boundaries
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have resulted in his films
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shattering box office records.
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Producers the world
over have come
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to see in Lee the key
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that will unlock the door
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to the future of the industry.
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They begin to flood
the young artist
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with offers that even a
year ago would've been
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impossible for him
to have imagined.
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After years of battling
against cultural
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and professional bigotry
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economic and emotional hardship,
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as well as the exhausting
effort required
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to sustain the
integrity of his art
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Lee's perseverance has finally
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been rewarded.
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He has become the
most sought after
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motion picture
actor in the world.
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With such power
now at his disposal
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Lee could easily choose to rest
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on his laurels and
play it safe by making
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the kind of formula
pictures that
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are now being offered
him on a daily basis.
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But the very notion of formulas
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and methods
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hold no appeal whatsoever
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for this young man.
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Instead, Lee is
presently in the midst
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of filming The Game of Death
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what he terms a
multi-level film,
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in which his personal philosophy
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of martial art is
being presented
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for the first time.
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He's returning to this film
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after a brief hiatus
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having spent the fall
of the previous year
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filming three sequences
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the finale, it turns
out, of the film.
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Lee performs the
work and assumes
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the responsibility
of eight people
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in the creation of this film.
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He's the director, the producer,
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the choreographer, the
author of the screenplay.
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In addition to having a hand
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in set design,
the cinematography
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and the lighting of the film.
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And, of course, he's
the leading actor.
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Martial artists who
are not accustomed
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to the camera must
be taught how to sell
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a strike or a reaction
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for optimal dramatic effect.
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Again, this falls to
Lee to look after.
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Take after take of
precision martial art
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choreography is performed.
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Lee will spend,
in some instances,
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up to four days filming
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what will turn out to be
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only a five-minute
fight sequence.
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Lee is most
demanding of himself.
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In this shot,
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involving his
handling a nunchaku
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an ancient Oriental weapon
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that was originally
used as a rice flail
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Lee will shoot no
less than 10 takes
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to capture one small sequence
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that will appear on screen
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for a mere 3.5 seconds.
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He wants his films
to have the stamp
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of realism and believability.
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Filming of The Game
of Death is suspended
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in October of 1972
when word reaches
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the set that Warner
Brothers is now
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interested in co-producing
his next film.
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It will mark the first
time in the history
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of East-West relations
that a Chinese
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and American film studio
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work together on
a motion picture.
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Lee views the
co-production as a step
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toward raising
global understanding
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of Chinese culture
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and of having Chinese
films accepted
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into the international market.
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- Did you look at
many Mandarin movies
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before you started
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playing in your first one?
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- Yes, yes.
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- What did you think of
them when you saw them?
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- Quality wise, I
mean I have to admit
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that it's not quite
up to the standard.
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However, it is growing
and it is getting
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higher and higher
and going toward
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that standard that what
I would term quality.
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- [Narrator] Lee and
his business partner,
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Raymond Chow
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fly to Los Angeles
in November of 1972
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to complete negotiations
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with Warner Brothers
for what will prove
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to be Lee's last
and biggest film,
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Enter the Dragon.
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January to April of
1973, Lee gives over
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to the filming of
Enter the Dragon.
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Again, he will
oversee every aspect
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of its production
and post-production.
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By the time his
schedule allows him
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to resume working
on additional ideas
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for The Game of
Death, it's mid-July
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of 1973, the final
week of his life.
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July 20th, his last
day on Earth, he will
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spend discussing script
ideas for the film.
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On this fateful day,
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Lee will, in
characteristic optimism
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look ahead to
September 20th, 1973.
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He will write in
his daytime diary
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for this date
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of his intention
to resume filming
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The Game of Death.
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These will prove to
be the last words
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he will ever write.
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Lee's passing hits the residents
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of Hong Kong like a tidal wave.
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Disbelief, shock, anger.
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There was so much
more the young man
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had to accomplish.
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So much he had to live for.
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And now, nothing.
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Upon Lee's passing, so too
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passes the movement
towards realism
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in Eastern cinema
that he had pioneered.
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Almost immediately,
action films will
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revert to being
unbelievable and hokey.
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Ironically, during
an audio dictation
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that Lee makes only weeks prior
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to his passing, he comments
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on this very distinction
between his films
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and those made by other,
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less dedicated
production companies.
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- [Man] I can tell
you that as more
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Bruce Lee's films are shown
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the audience will soon realize
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not only in acting
ability but in physical
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skill as well, they
will see the difference.
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- [Narrator] Five years after
his passing, excerpts from
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the film that Lee had
worked so feverishly on
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during the final months
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and hours of his
life, are edited into
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a film featuring Lee's
title Game of Death.
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But the film bears no comparison
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to Lee's original
multi-level vision.
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Without Lee's
choreography notes,
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script outline and motif
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the producers are
uncertain what to do
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with the 100 minutes of footage
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they have in their possession.
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Moreover, they discover that Lee
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was such a perfectionist that
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of the 100 minutes
of footage they have
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in hand, two-thirds
turn out to be
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outtakes and retakes,
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shots that Lee
himself had discarded
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for sequences in the
film that he felt
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were beneath his
standard of quality.
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They deem only 11
minutes and seven seconds
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of the footage to be worthy
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of inclusion in their film.
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The rest, approximately 21
minutes worth, they discard.
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Inter-cutting actual
footage of Lee
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into fight sequences
involving lookalikes
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and even using cardboard cutouts
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of Lee's head, the end result is
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viewed by many as an exploitive
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and grotesque joke
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played on the great
artist's legacy.
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By now, even Lee's
most zealous fans
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are beginning to believe
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that the original
footage is gone.
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And that it will
never be possible
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to see the footage Lee
shot in its entirety
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nor to ever learn what
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his original storyline
for the film was.
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In the fall of 1994,
during research
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conducted for a
multi-volume book series
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based on Lee's
surviving writings,
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Lee's original script
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and choreography writings
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for The Game of
Death are recovered.
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The writings confirm
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what had long been suspected
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that Lee had indeed
shot considerably
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more footage for
The Game of Death
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than had been seen to date.
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Another unexpected
surprise is discovered
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in among his
choreography writings.
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His hand-written storyline,
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12 pages in length
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and containing all
scene breakdowns
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and select dialogue passages
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the original storyline stands
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in sharp contrast to
the one presented in
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the film released
under the same name.
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After the discovery
of Lee's script notes
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a search to find the
missing footage is launched.
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It will last some six years,
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but then the miraculous happens.
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The original 35 millimeter
film footage is located.
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After having been separated
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for over one
quarter of a century
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Bruce Lee's original footage
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and script notes are
finally reunited.
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Over the course of this film,
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you'll see this
footage as Bruce Lee
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had intended for it to be shown,
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and you'll also come to
understand the struggle
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he had to undergo in order
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to bring it to the big screen.
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And perhaps along the way,
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you'll come to know
the real Bruce Lee
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the man behind the legend,
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a little better as well.
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(light instrumental music)
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- Water is the softest
substance in the world
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but yet it can penetrate
the hardest rock
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or anything,
granite, you name it.
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Water, also, is insubstantial.
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By that I mean you
cannot grasp hold of it.
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You cannot punch it and hurt it.
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So every Kung Fu man
is trying to do that
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to be soft, like
water, and flexible
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and adapt himself
to the opponent.
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- [Narrator] It is
February of 1965
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in Los Angeles, California
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where a 24-year-old Bruce Lee
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is in the midst
of auditioning for
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a TV series that
will never be made.
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In 19 months, he will be known
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to American audiences as Kato
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from The Green Hornet.
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In five years, he'll
discover a truth
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that will forever alter
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the course of
martial art history.
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And in eight years,
he'll be the most
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famous motion picture
actor in the world.
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But that's all in the future.
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Today, he's unknown.
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- [Interviewer] And
you went to college
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in the United States?
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- Yes.
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- [Interviewer] And
what did you study?
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- Philosophy.
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- [Narrator] Bruce Lee's
interest in philosophy, defined
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by the Western ethos
as the love of wisdom
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is a passion that will remain
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with him throughout the
remainder of his life.
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Lee has been teaching
Americans about
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Chinese philosophy and
culture for six years,
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lecturing in the
Pacific Northwest
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on the subtleties
of Chinese thought.
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His great passion,
however, is gung fu,
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an ancient Chinese fighting art
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unknown in the America of 1965.
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Lee's scrapbook from
this period of his life
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reveals brief
descriptions of many
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of the arts and traditions
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of the venerated
masters of gung fu.
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America's only
knowledge of the martial
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arts in 1965 are by
way of judo and jujitsu
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two Japanese arts
that were taught
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to her servicemen
during the Korean War.
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Lee regards himself
as an ambassador
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for Chinese martial art
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teaching all who will
listen about the ways
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of the Chinese masters.
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- [Interviewer] Now, you
told me earlier today
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that karate and jujitsu
are not the most
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powerful or the best forms
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of Oriental fighting.
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What is the most powerful
or the best form?
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- Well it's bad to say the best
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but in my opinion I think
gung fu is pretty good.
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- [Interviewer] Would you tell
us a little about gung fu?
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- Gung fu is originate in China.
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It is the ancestor of
karate and jujitsu.
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It's more of a complete system
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and it's more fluid.
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By that I mean,
it's more flowing,
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there is continuity in movement
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instead of one movement,
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two movement, and then stop.
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- [Interviewer] I see.
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What's the difference between
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a gung fu punch
and a karate punch?
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- Well, a karate punch is
like an iron bar, whack.
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A gung fu punch is
like an iron chain
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with an iron ball
attached to the end
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and it go wang, and
it hurts inside.
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- [Interviewer] Okay.
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- [Narrator] Lee has studied
a system of Chinese gung fu
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for the past nine
years called wing chun
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and is considered
one of the art's
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most talented and
articulate exponents.
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His teacher in this art has been
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an elderly Hong
Kong Chinese master
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by the name of Yip Man.
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Despite his proficiency
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in this style of gung fu
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his study of philosophy
has caused him
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to question.
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And now, he begins to question
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why most martial artists
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Chinese and otherwise,
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seem more concerned with
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preserving tradition,
than with looking
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more deeply into the matter
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to penetrate through
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to the ultimate
truth of martial art.
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Moreover, Lee has
begun to develop
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his own method of gung fu
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which he describes
as non-classical
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in nature, and which
takes as its core
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the principles of
economy of motion,
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simplicity and directness.
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- All right, for instance,
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you will read it in bulk
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in a magazine and everything,
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that when somebody grabs you
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you will first do this and then
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this and then and
then and then and then
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thousands of steps before
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you do a single thing.
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Of course, these kinds of
magazines would teach you
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to be feared by your enemies
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and admired by your
friends and everything.
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But in gung fu it always
involves a very fast motion.
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Like, for instance, a
guy grabbing your hand
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it's not the idea
to do so many steps.
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Step right on his
instep, he'll let go.
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This is what we
mean by simplicity.
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Same thing in striking
and in everything.
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It has to be based on
a very minimum motion
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so that everything
would be directly
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expressed one motion
and he's gone.
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Doing it gracefully,
not go ahhh yelling
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and jumping all over him,
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but to go (shouts).
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Excuse me.
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- [Narrator] Both the
American and Chinese martial
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art communities
resent his iconoclasm.
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For such a young man to stand up
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against thousands of years
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of tradition and
venerated authority,
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is considered a direct
threat to the status quo
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and its entrenched power base.
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- Prior to Bruce's
coming to this country
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gung fu was alive in most,
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all the Chinese communities
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but there was nothing taught
to outsiders, basically,
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and Bruce came along,
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and with that basis of trying to
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create equality amongst all
people regardless of race
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he chose to let
anybody into his school
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regardless of what
color or race they were.
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As long as he knew that what was
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in their heart was
good and positive
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he took them in.
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When he was down
in San Francisco,
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where the Chinese community
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was much more like
being in China
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they took exception to it.
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He had to fight
his way out of it.
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- In Oakland, he
received a challenge
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from the San Francisco Chinese
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martial arts community.
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And the challenge read that
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Bruce, if he were to be defeated
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in this challenge would
have to cease teaching
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Caucasian or
non-Chinese students.
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And the Chinese martial artist
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came over from San Francisco
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to Bruce's studio in Oakland
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and a very formal
challenge took place.
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I was present there.
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In fact, I was eight months
pregnant with Brandon,
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and James Lee was there.
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This fight with this
Chinese martial artist
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lasted about three minutes.
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00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:52,879
It consisted of
a lot of running,
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where the Chinese martial artist
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took off and started
running around the room,
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and Bruce was pursuing him
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before Bruce finally
got a hold of him
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and took him down to the floor
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and made him give up.
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After the challenge ended
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with the Chinese martial artist
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00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:15,035
being soundly defeated
and they all went away
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Bruce won the right to
teach anyone he wanted to.
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- [Narrator] By February
of 1967, Lee has three
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schools operating in Seattle,
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Oakland, and Los
Angeles that teach
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his own interpretation
of gung fu
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based on his own investigations
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into the ultimate truth
of unarmed combat.
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However, by now the young man is
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openly critical
of the traditions
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00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:41,061
and limitations he
sees as inherent
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in the martial arts
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as they're currently being
practiced in America.
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He believes they lack a
solid grounding in reality
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consisting of
rehearsed self-defense
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routines that are employed
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and predictable in
patternized rhythms.
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He notes that real combat
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is spontaneous, not rehearsed
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and is made up of
irregular or broken rhythm
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that a martial artist
cannot anticipate
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only respond to.
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Even the championship
karate tournaments
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of the era are
non-contact affairs
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settled not on knockouts
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but on an accumulation of points
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awarded for blows that
never touch an opponent.
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A victory is determined
by a team of judges
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who conclude which combatant
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would probably have hurt
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the other combatant the most,
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had contact been allowed.
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Lee has no use for such
styles of pseudo-fighting
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which he calls,
organized despair
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and dry-land swimming.
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Lee's criticism of the
arts can be attributed
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in part to his
background in Hong Kong
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which consisted not of
non-contact karate tournaments
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but full-contact street fights
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and challenge matches
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fought on Hong Kong rooftops.
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When not fighting
against proponents
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of different styles
of gung fu on rooftops
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Lee had also fought
frequently against
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opponents who had been armed
with knives and chains.
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In such real-world encounters,
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referees and judges
were not necessary.
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Rather than participating
in non-contact
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karate tournaments
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which he considers little more
477
00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:12,385
than glorified games of tag
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Lee instead devotes
himself to devising
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a more scientific approach
to unarmed combat.
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His research leads
him to the science
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of Newtonian physics
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and the techniques
and principles
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00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:26,666
of European fencing
and Western boxing
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where efficiency, not tradition,
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are the touchstones
of both disciplines.
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Lee's research causes
him to understand
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that the only litmus test
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of a combative technique's worth
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is whether or not
it can be landed
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effectively on an opponent.
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Anything that's ornamental
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is discarded from his style.
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He retains only those techniques
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that he himself has
determined to be
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practical in real
self-defense situations.
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Lee is the first martial artist
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in North America,
if not the world
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to have his students
don boxing gloves
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headgear and body protectors
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and spar all out.
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Nothing is rehearsed,
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no punches are pulled
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and full-contact, reality-based
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martial art is the
order of the day.
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(thudding)
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In 1967, Lee
introduces the concept
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of full-contact sparring
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at the International
Karate Tournament
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in Long Beach, California.
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Defense is not emphasized
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in his new reality-based method
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as this would be
allowing one's opponent
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to set the tone and
tempo in a real fight.
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00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:31,231
Instead, the focus
of Lee's new approach
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to combat is on attack
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or more precisely,
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on intercepting the
opponent's attack
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with an attack of one's own.
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(thud)
(yells)
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By midsummer of 1967
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Lee has determined that
the defining attribute
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00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:48,014
of his new approach
to martial art
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is the principle
of interception.
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As the Cantonese term
for unarmed combat
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is typically represented
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by a character
indicating a fist,
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Lee christens his new approach,
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jeet kune do
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the way of the
intercepting fist.
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00:21:03,797 --> 00:21:06,433
- Now what is this thing you do?
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- In Cantonese, jeet kune do,
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the way of the
intercepting fist.
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- Intercepting fist, huh?
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- Or foot.
535
00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:17,377
Come on, touch me,
anywhere you can.
536
00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:19,746
To reach me, you
must move to me.
537
00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,181
Your attack offers
me an opportunity
538
00:21:21,214 --> 00:21:23,083
to intercept you.
539
00:21:23,083 --> 00:21:25,785
In this case, I'm using
my longest weapon,
540
00:21:25,819 --> 00:21:27,087
my sidekick
541
00:21:27,087 --> 00:21:29,956
against the nearest
target, your kneecap.
542
00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:30,890
This can be compared
543
00:21:30,924 --> 00:21:32,592
to your left jab in boxing
544
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,427
except it's much more damaging.
545
00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:35,595
- I see.
546
00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:37,097
Well, speaking of a left jab.
547
00:21:37,097 --> 00:21:39,332
- Ohhh, this time I intercept
548
00:21:39,366 --> 00:21:41,267
your emotional tenseness.
549
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:43,203
You see, from your
thought to your fist,
550
00:21:43,236 --> 00:21:45,472
how much time was lost.
551
00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:46,439
- [Narrator] Before long,
552
00:21:46,473 --> 00:21:48,108
word is out concerning Lee's art
553
00:21:48,108 --> 00:21:49,609
and he begins to
attract the attention
554
00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:51,745
of America's top martial artists
555
00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:53,246
as well as many prestigious
556
00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:56,483
Southern California
actors and athletes,
557
00:21:56,516 --> 00:21:58,551
Steve McQueen, James Coburn
558
00:21:58,585 --> 00:22:01,321
and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
among them.
559
00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:04,424
- Bruce was an
iconoclast and a rebel
560
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,397
in that he thought that the
traditional martial arts
561
00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:13,099
were way too bound by tradition.
562
00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:17,771
People who were not really
563
00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:20,407
that effective at martial arts
564
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,176
really were not
promoting martial arts
565
00:22:23,209 --> 00:22:25,078
but their own
nationalistic brand
566
00:22:25,078 --> 00:22:26,913
of martial arts
567
00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:29,082
and their view of the world
568
00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,684
more so than a realistic
569
00:22:30,717 --> 00:22:33,753
martial art fighting system.
570
00:22:33,787 --> 00:22:35,955
He wanted to get to the
pure essence of the art.
571
00:22:35,989 --> 00:22:37,490
- [Narrator] Lee's
Los Angeles school,
572
00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:39,325
located in the
heart of Chinatown
573
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,094
and without any advertising,
574
00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:43,897
pulls in, not newcomers
to the martial arts
575
00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:45,965
but seasoned black belts
576
00:22:45,999 --> 00:22:48,134
all of whom now
look upon Lee's art
577
00:22:48,168 --> 00:22:50,203
as revolutionary.
578
00:22:50,236 --> 00:22:53,239
And upon his talent
as otherworldly.
579
00:22:53,273 --> 00:22:55,008
- [Bruce] In the Sportsweek
580
00:22:55,108 --> 00:22:56,876
of the Washington Star
581
00:22:57,844 --> 00:22:59,879
printed in Washington, D.C.
582
00:22:59,913 --> 00:23:02,082
On August 16, 1970, quote:
583
00:23:05,085 --> 00:23:08,188
"Three of Bruce Lee's
pupils, Joe Lewis,
584
00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:10,557
"Chuck Norris, and Mike Stone
585
00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:13,093
"have between them
won every major
586
00:23:13,126 --> 00:23:16,329
"karate tournament
in the United States.
587
00:23:16,363 --> 00:23:19,532
"Joe Lewis was grand
national champion
588
00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:21,568
"three successive years.
589
00:23:23,103 --> 00:23:26,606
"Bruce Lee handles and
instructs these guys
590
00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:29,976
"almost as a parent
would a young child.
591
00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:33,113
"Which can be somewhat
592
00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:35,281
"disconcerting to watch.
593
00:23:35,315 --> 00:23:37,417
"It's like walking into a saloon
594
00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:38,785
"in the old West
595
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:43,089
"and seeing the fastest
guy in the territory
596
00:23:43,089 --> 00:23:46,960
"standing there with
notches all over his gun.
597
00:23:46,993 --> 00:23:51,297
"Then in walks a pleasant
little fellow who says:
598
00:23:51,331 --> 00:23:54,934
"'How many times do
I have to tell you
599
00:23:54,968 --> 00:23:57,404
"'you are doing it all wrong?'
600
00:23:57,437 --> 00:24:01,041
"And the other guy
listens intently."
601
00:24:01,074 --> 00:24:01,875
Unquote.
602
00:24:03,343 --> 00:24:04,511
- [Narrator] With the top
actors and martial artists
603
00:24:04,544 --> 00:24:06,379
in America now
coming to his home
604
00:24:06,413 --> 00:24:07,881
for private instruction
605
00:24:07,914 --> 00:24:10,684
Lee is the toast of
the martial arts world.
606
00:24:10,717 --> 00:24:13,153
However, by the end of 1969
607
00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:14,587
Lee is growing concerned
608
00:24:14,621 --> 00:24:16,523
that his students are
looking to his art
609
00:24:16,556 --> 00:24:18,692
as containing a secret way,
610
00:24:18,725 --> 00:24:21,327
special techniques that
alone are responsible
611
00:24:21,361 --> 00:24:24,397
for success and
ability in combat.
612
00:24:24,431 --> 00:24:25,832
To Lee, there is no such thing
613
00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:27,434
as a magic system.
614
00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:29,703
The only secret to
martial art success
615
00:24:29,736 --> 00:24:32,138
being a willingness
to train hard enough
616
00:24:32,172 --> 00:24:35,408
to cultivate one's
own innate abilities.
617
00:24:35,442 --> 00:24:37,210
Taking matters
into his own hands
618
00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:38,745
Lee now does something that's
619
00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:40,847
unheard of in
martial arts circles.
620
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,982
In January of 1970
621
00:24:43,083 --> 00:24:44,918
at the very height
of his popularity
622
00:24:44,951 --> 00:24:47,287
and reputation in
the martial art world
623
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,358
he closes all three of his
jun fan gung fu schools.
624
00:24:51,391 --> 00:24:52,492
- When Bruce closed the schools,
625
00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,728
he felt he was
unburdening himself
626
00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:56,262
of having to prove
627
00:24:57,864 --> 00:24:59,265
through his students
628
00:24:59,299 --> 00:25:01,501
that his system had merit.
629
00:25:03,670 --> 00:25:05,138
He didn't want to get into that.
630
00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:08,141
He wanted them to
evolve and teach,
631
00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:10,210
but it was not a thing where
632
00:25:10,243 --> 00:25:12,445
you have to teach what I taught.
633
00:25:12,479 --> 00:25:15,548
You have to teach
what you learned,
634
00:25:15,582 --> 00:25:16,483
and that's going to be more
635
00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:18,551
than what he taught, hopefully
636
00:25:18,585 --> 00:25:19,786
for those students
637
00:25:19,819 --> 00:25:21,421
that understood
what he was doing.
638
00:25:21,454 --> 00:25:23,089
- Now Lee's going to
teach me all this.
639
00:25:23,123 --> 00:25:24,758
- I cannot teach you.
640
00:25:24,791 --> 00:25:26,459
Only help you to
explore yourself,
641
00:25:26,493 --> 00:25:27,694
nothing more.
642
00:25:27,727 --> 00:25:28,795
- [Narrator] Lee now
trains only a handful
643
00:25:28,828 --> 00:25:30,764
of students privately.
644
00:25:30,797 --> 00:25:32,699
As his art is about
personal growth,
645
00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:34,067
he feels he must come to know
646
00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:35,935
each student thoroughly in order
647
00:25:35,969 --> 00:25:37,537
to assist the
student in developing
648
00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:39,873
the skills and
confidence required
649
00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:42,676
to free him from the
chains of limitation
650
00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:46,079
whether of physical or
psychological origin.
651
00:25:46,112 --> 00:25:47,847
- What is your instinct?
652
00:25:47,881 --> 00:25:49,149
- To pray!
653
00:25:49,182 --> 00:25:51,951
- In this position,
your arms are useless.
654
00:25:51,985 --> 00:25:52,886
- Yeah.
655
00:25:52,919 --> 00:25:55,088
- Can you kick or stomp me?
656
00:25:56,723 --> 00:25:57,557
- No.
657
00:25:58,458 --> 00:26:00,193
- Then if you wish to survive,
658
00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:01,461
what do you do?
659
00:26:02,362 --> 00:26:03,630
- I don't know.
660
00:26:04,831 --> 00:26:05,665
- Bite.
661
00:26:07,334 --> 00:26:08,134
- Bite?
662
00:26:08,168 --> 00:26:09,903
- Are we not animals?
663
00:26:10,770 --> 00:26:13,039
(coughing)
664
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,408
You all right?
665
00:26:16,643 --> 00:26:17,510
- I can't find much evidence
666
00:26:17,544 --> 00:26:19,813
to the contrary, Lee.
667
00:26:19,846 --> 00:26:20,680
Bite, huh?
668
00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:25,452
- Biting is efficient
in close quarters
669
00:26:25,485 --> 00:26:28,855
but don't make a plan of biting.
670
00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:32,592
That is a very good
way to lose your teeth.
671
00:26:32,625 --> 00:26:34,728
- There's so much to remember.
672
00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:38,231
- If you try to
remember, you will lose.
673
00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:39,833
Empty your mind.
674
00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:41,334
Be formless
675
00:26:41,368 --> 00:26:43,203
shapeless, like water.
676
00:26:44,104 --> 00:26:46,072
Now, you put water into a cup
677
00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:48,108
it becomes the cup.
678
00:26:48,141 --> 00:26:51,678
Put it into a teapot,
it becomes the teapot.
679
00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:54,347
Now, water can flow or creep
680
00:26:54,381 --> 00:26:55,815
or drip or crash.
681
00:26:57,751 --> 00:26:59,352
Be water, my friend.
682
00:26:59,386 --> 00:27:00,320
- Yeah.
683
00:27:00,353 --> 00:27:01,654
Why don't I just stand
684
00:27:01,688 --> 00:27:02,589
in front of Paul and
recite that to him.
685
00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:04,557
Maybe he'll faint or drown.
686
00:27:04,591 --> 00:27:05,658
- When is it?
687
00:27:06,926 --> 00:27:07,861
- Tomorrow.
688
00:27:10,063 --> 00:27:12,032
- You are not ready.
689
00:27:12,032 --> 00:27:13,233
- I know.
690
00:27:13,266 --> 00:27:15,502
- Like everyone else,
691
00:27:15,535 --> 00:27:18,772
you want to learn the way to win
692
00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:22,075
but never to accept
the way to lose.
693
00:27:22,108 --> 00:27:24,110
To accept defeat.
694
00:27:24,144 --> 00:27:27,113
To learn to die is to
be liberated from it.
695
00:27:27,147 --> 00:27:29,215
So when tomorrow comes,
696
00:27:29,249 --> 00:27:32,052
you must free your
ambitious mind
697
00:27:32,886 --> 00:27:35,422
and learn the art of dying.
698
00:27:35,455 --> 00:27:37,190
- I remember he said,
699
00:27:38,591 --> 00:27:41,528
for me if I were going to use,
700
00:27:41,561 --> 00:27:43,797
let's say, judo style.
701
00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:45,198
Imagine me trying to get my hips
702
00:27:45,231 --> 00:27:48,268
underneath him to throw
him, for a hip throw.
703
00:27:48,301 --> 00:27:49,703
You're going to try and do that
704
00:27:49,736 --> 00:27:52,939
while I beat you (laughing)
while I beat you down?
705
00:27:52,972 --> 00:27:54,240
You'll be trying to
do something else.
706
00:27:54,274 --> 00:27:56,076
You know, he was
absolutely right.
707
00:27:56,076 --> 00:27:57,811
- [Narrator] Lee is
his own best example
708
00:27:57,844 --> 00:27:59,913
of the potency of his beliefs.
709
00:28:00,013 --> 00:28:01,514
He's detected his own weaknesses
710
00:28:01,548 --> 00:28:03,750
and limitations and
by the application
711
00:28:03,783 --> 00:28:06,186
of intellect and
dint of hard work,
712
00:28:06,219 --> 00:28:08,488
he alone has overcome them
713
00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:10,657
raising his physical
ability to a level
714
00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:13,026
that borders on the phenomenal.
715
00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:14,027
He routinely performs
716
00:28:14,027 --> 00:28:16,796
one-finger pushups on one hand
717
00:28:16,830 --> 00:28:18,531
executes elevated V-sits
718
00:28:18,565 --> 00:28:20,900
for extended periods of time.
719
00:28:20,934 --> 00:28:22,402
He can cannonade an opponent
720
00:28:22,435 --> 00:28:24,204
several feet back from a punch
721
00:28:24,237 --> 00:28:26,639
he delivers from
only one inch away.
722
00:28:26,673 --> 00:28:29,275
And his sidekicks
have so much power
723
00:28:29,309 --> 00:28:31,044
that in the words
of one recipient:
724
00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:34,214
"They feel like
being hit by a car."
725
00:28:34,247 --> 00:28:36,349
He trains hard, six days a week
726
00:28:36,383 --> 00:28:38,218
pushing to discover
the outer limits
727
00:28:38,251 --> 00:28:40,754
of expression for
the human body.
728
00:28:40,787 --> 00:28:41,955
He finds out
729
00:28:42,055 --> 00:28:43,556
with disastrous consequences
730
00:28:43,590 --> 00:28:45,191
on August 13, 1970.
731
00:28:47,927 --> 00:28:49,629
As a result of an
improper warm-up
732
00:28:49,662 --> 00:28:50,930
while lifting weights
733
00:28:50,964 --> 00:28:52,265
Lee severely strains
734
00:28:52,298 --> 00:28:55,301
the fourth sacral nerve
in his lower back.
735
00:28:55,335 --> 00:28:56,603
It's an injury
that will continue
736
00:28:56,636 --> 00:28:59,472
to plague him for the
remainder of his life.
737
00:28:59,506 --> 00:29:01,574
The injury leaves Lee
virtually bedridden
738
00:29:01,608 --> 00:29:04,077
for a period of six months.
739
00:29:04,110 --> 00:29:05,278
His doctors tell him
740
00:29:05,311 --> 00:29:07,914
he may never be
able to kick again.
741
00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:10,183
- For Bruce to be
lying down in bed
742
00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:14,020
24 hours a day for
approximately about six months
743
00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:16,156
was an impossible thought.
744
00:29:17,290 --> 00:29:20,026
You cannot contain
him like that.
745
00:29:20,026 --> 00:29:23,129
But he did, because he knew
that if there were any future,
746
00:29:23,163 --> 00:29:25,031
even to walk normally,
747
00:29:25,031 --> 00:29:27,334
he would need to give
this time to heal.
748
00:29:27,367 --> 00:29:30,437
So he spent a great
deal of time resting,
749
00:29:30,470 --> 00:29:32,205
flat on his back,
for quite a long time
750
00:29:32,238 --> 00:29:33,373
and then also, you know,
751
00:29:33,406 --> 00:29:35,108
just sitting,
sitting in a chair.
752
00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:38,044
But he was not one
to just waste time.
753
00:29:38,044 --> 00:29:41,314
So he spent this amount of time
754
00:29:41,348 --> 00:29:43,116
doing a lot of researching
755
00:29:43,149 --> 00:29:45,552
of all of his vast
library of books
756
00:29:45,585 --> 00:29:47,887
which were books on
the martial arts,
757
00:29:47,921 --> 00:29:50,824
all combative arts,
all hand-to-hand arts
758
00:29:50,857 --> 00:29:51,891
whether they be Western,
759
00:29:51,925 --> 00:29:54,561
Eastern, modern, or ancient
760
00:29:54,594 --> 00:29:57,297
all types of
philosophy, psychology,
761
00:29:57,330 --> 00:29:59,399
especially in the
motivational field
762
00:29:59,432 --> 00:30:00,967
now that he was injured
763
00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:03,570
and his future was in jeopardy.
764
00:30:05,071 --> 00:30:08,241
He felt he needed
to self-motivate
himself all the time.
765
00:30:08,274 --> 00:30:10,410
- [Narrator] Unable to put
his energy to use physically,
766
00:30:10,443 --> 00:30:12,545
Lee now channels it mentally.
767
00:30:12,579 --> 00:30:14,014
The writings of the Buddha,
768
00:30:14,047 --> 00:30:17,283
Alan Watts, Carl Rogers, Lao-tse
769
00:30:17,317 --> 00:30:20,086
Frederick Perls, Daisetz Suzuki,
770
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:21,654
and Jiddu Krishnamurti
771
00:30:21,688 --> 00:30:24,557
become his constant companions.
772
00:30:24,591 --> 00:30:26,292
Of these authors,
Lee is particularly
773
00:30:26,326 --> 00:30:28,962
taken by the thoughts
of Krishnamurti
774
00:30:28,995 --> 00:30:30,497
who states that,
775
00:30:30,530 --> 00:30:33,033
"truth cannot be organized
without invalidating it."
776
00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:36,069
- You have to be a
light to yourself
777
00:30:38,004 --> 00:30:40,707
not the light of a professor,
778
00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:41,975
or an analyst
779
00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:45,612
or a psychologist, or
the light of Jesus,
780
00:30:45,645 --> 00:30:47,313
or the light of the good heart.
781
00:30:47,347 --> 00:30:50,950
You have to be a
light to yourself
782
00:30:50,984 --> 00:30:54,354
in a world that is
utterly becoming dark.
783
00:30:54,387 --> 00:30:56,856
- I believe that
part of the concept
784
00:30:56,890 --> 00:30:59,459
that he enjoyed so much about
785
00:30:59,492 --> 00:31:00,860
Krishnamurti's philosophy
786
00:31:00,894 --> 00:31:02,929
was one of self-reliance.
787
00:31:04,164 --> 00:31:05,365
If you're looking for truth,
788
00:31:05,398 --> 00:31:07,967
you must look inward,
rather than outward.
789
00:31:08,068 --> 00:31:09,369
- [Narrator] Lee begins
to write about his
790
00:31:09,402 --> 00:31:12,339
new insight and its
application to martial art.
791
00:31:12,372 --> 00:31:15,575
His writings will fill
seven large volumes.
792
00:31:15,608 --> 00:31:18,912
Slowly, Lee begins
to battle back.
793
00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:20,814
Although the back
injury will prove to be
794
00:31:20,847 --> 00:31:23,717
a permanent problem,
within six months
795
00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:25,618
he has proven both the naysayers
796
00:31:25,652 --> 00:31:27,754
and the medical community wrong.
797
00:31:27,787 --> 00:31:29,989
Not only is he
able to kick again,
798
00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:31,825
he becomes a better
martial artist
799
00:31:31,858 --> 00:31:34,427
than he ever was before.
800
00:31:34,461 --> 00:31:36,096
Lee's harrowing experience,
801
00:31:36,129 --> 00:31:37,697
coupled with his new insight
802
00:31:37,731 --> 00:31:39,332
served to underscore for him
803
00:31:39,366 --> 00:31:41,001
the validity of his
belief that there
804
00:31:41,101 --> 00:31:43,470
is no help but self-help,
805
00:31:43,503 --> 00:31:45,905
including help in the
form of instruction
806
00:31:45,939 --> 00:31:48,775
in the art of unarmed combat.
807
00:31:48,808 --> 00:31:50,710
Even his own beloved creation,
808
00:31:50,744 --> 00:31:53,279
jeet kune do, by far
the most scientific
809
00:31:53,313 --> 00:31:55,615
of all martial
arts, is not exempt
810
00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:57,650
from his solvent analysis.
811
00:31:57,684 --> 00:31:59,185
Lee sees his error
in the fact that
812
00:31:59,219 --> 00:32:00,754
he had been striving to create
813
00:32:00,787 --> 00:32:03,656
the ultimate way or
style of martial art
814
00:32:03,690 --> 00:32:06,059
to teach to his students.
815
00:32:06,059 --> 00:32:07,160
First he thought he had it
816
00:32:07,193 --> 00:32:09,496
with the Chinese
way of martial art.
817
00:32:09,529 --> 00:32:11,698
Then, more recently,
in his newly-created
818
00:32:11,731 --> 00:32:14,167
way of the intercepting fist.
819
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,635
But Lee has now
come to see that the
820
00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:18,304
ultimate truth does
not reside in ways
821
00:32:18,338 --> 00:32:20,707
or styles, but within the soul
822
00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:22,175
of each individual.
823
00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:25,078
- I do not believe
in styles anymore.
824
00:32:25,078 --> 00:32:27,814
I mean, I do not
believe that there is
825
00:32:27,847 --> 00:32:29,983
such thing as like a Chinese
826
00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:31,518
way of fighting or
827
00:32:32,986 --> 00:32:35,522
the Japanese way of fighting
or whatever way of fighting
828
00:32:35,555 --> 00:32:38,591
because, unless human beings
829
00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:40,827
have three arms and four legs
830
00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:43,229
we will have a different
form of fighting.
831
00:32:43,263 --> 00:32:46,099
But basically, we have only
two hands and two feet.
832
00:32:46,099 --> 00:32:48,301
So styles tends to not only
833
00:32:50,003 --> 00:32:51,805
separate man because they have
834
00:32:51,838 --> 00:32:53,440
their own doctrines,
and then their
835
00:32:53,473 --> 00:32:55,241
doctrines became
the gospel truth,
836
00:32:55,275 --> 00:32:58,111
that you cannot
change, you know.
837
00:32:58,945 --> 00:33:00,347
But, if you do not have styles
838
00:33:00,380 --> 00:33:02,182
if you just say well here I am,
839
00:33:02,215 --> 00:33:06,386
you know, as a human being,
how can I express myself
840
00:33:07,420 --> 00:33:08,855
totally and completely?
841
00:33:08,888 --> 00:33:10,924
- Then it's just
two people who are
842
00:33:10,957 --> 00:33:13,393
being aware of
their own movements,
843
00:33:13,426 --> 00:33:16,162
who are observing the
other person's movements
844
00:33:16,196 --> 00:33:19,332
and being able to fit in
with that person's movements,
845
00:33:19,366 --> 00:33:23,236
so that there's no set
pattern of movements.
846
00:33:23,269 --> 00:33:26,439
No, well, when he does
this, then I do this.
847
00:33:26,473 --> 00:33:29,909
It's just a total
freedom to react
848
00:33:29,943 --> 00:33:31,978
to what the other person does.
849
00:33:32,078 --> 00:33:34,347
In fact, Bruce
inscribes it perfectly
850
00:33:34,381 --> 00:33:36,850
on the back of this medallion
851
00:33:36,883 --> 00:33:40,120
where he wrote the words
that have become his motto,
852
00:33:40,153 --> 00:33:43,089
and it says, "Using
no way as way
853
00:33:43,123 --> 00:33:46,159
"having no limitation
as limitation."
854
00:33:46,192 --> 00:33:48,495
Over the years this
phrase has been
855
00:33:48,528 --> 00:33:50,563
somewhat misinterpreted.
856
00:33:50,597 --> 00:33:51,831
People think of using
857
00:33:51,865 --> 00:33:54,300
"no way as way" to mean
858
00:33:54,334 --> 00:33:56,169
"anything I do is okay
859
00:33:57,437 --> 00:34:00,707
"and anything I do is my way."
860
00:34:00,740 --> 00:34:02,509
I don't think Bruce
really intended it
861
00:34:02,542 --> 00:34:03,677
to mean that way.
862
00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:05,645
He just meant not to be
863
00:34:06,613 --> 00:34:09,315
boxed in by a certain way,
864
00:34:09,349 --> 00:34:12,519
so that you never
get into a situation
865
00:34:13,453 --> 00:34:15,889
where there's only one response.
866
00:34:15,922 --> 00:34:19,159
You adapt to what the
situation calls for.
867
00:34:19,192 --> 00:34:21,961
I think Bruce had
that down pretty well.
868
00:34:22,062 --> 00:34:23,263
- When there is a way,
869
00:34:23,296 --> 00:34:26,299
then there lies the limitation.
870
00:34:26,332 --> 00:34:27,934
To me, okay, to me,
871
00:34:28,968 --> 00:34:31,304
ultimately, martial art means
872
00:34:31,338 --> 00:34:33,840
honestly expressing yourself.
873
00:34:33,873 --> 00:34:36,609
Now it is very difficult to do.
874
00:34:36,643 --> 00:34:38,311
I mean, it is easy for me to put
875
00:34:38,345 --> 00:34:41,181
on a show and be
cocky and be flooded
876
00:34:41,214 --> 00:34:42,582
with a cocky feeling
877
00:34:42,615 --> 00:34:45,385
and then feel like
pretty cool and all that.
878
00:34:45,418 --> 00:34:48,355
Or I can make all
kinds of phony things,
879
00:34:48,388 --> 00:34:49,289
you see what I mean,
880
00:34:49,322 --> 00:34:50,657
blinded by it, or I can show you
881
00:34:50,690 --> 00:34:52,926
some really fancy movement.
882
00:34:54,094 --> 00:34:56,463
But to express
one's self honestly,
883
00:34:56,496 --> 00:34:58,965
not lying to one's self.
884
00:34:58,998 --> 00:35:01,101
And to express myself honestly,
885
00:35:01,134 --> 00:35:05,138
now that, my friend,
is very hard to do.
886
00:35:05,171 --> 00:35:07,307
- That's the whole
key right there.
887
00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:08,141
Do you know yourself?
888
00:35:08,174 --> 00:35:09,075
Do you know your skills?
889
00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:10,710
Do you know your weaknesses?
890
00:35:10,744 --> 00:35:14,080
Are you able to adjust your life
891
00:35:14,114 --> 00:35:16,783
to compensate for
whatever's happening
892
00:35:16,816 --> 00:35:18,885
and take advantage of
whatever's happening
893
00:35:18,918 --> 00:35:21,521
in terms of pluses and minuses?
894
00:35:22,489 --> 00:35:24,791
That was his approach.
895
00:35:24,824 --> 00:35:28,161
And he was an incredible
example of that
896
00:35:29,963 --> 00:35:31,431
a walking model of that.
897
00:35:31,464 --> 00:35:33,066
- [Narrator] In his critically
acclaimed performance
898
00:35:33,066 --> 00:35:35,435
on the television
series, Longstreet,
899
00:35:35,468 --> 00:35:37,437
Lee attempts to
teach his student,
900
00:35:37,470 --> 00:35:39,105
played by James Franciscus
901
00:35:39,139 --> 00:35:41,841
this higher purpose
of his martial art.
902
00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:42,776
- Lee, I want you to teach me
903
00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:45,645
what you did the other night.
904
00:35:45,679 --> 00:35:49,282
- I already told
Miss Sparrow I can't.
905
00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:50,617
- I'm willing to empty my cup
906
00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:52,919
in order to taste your tea.
907
00:35:54,521 --> 00:35:56,656
- Your open-mindedness is cool,
908
00:35:56,690 --> 00:35:58,658
but it doesn't change anything.
909
00:35:58,692 --> 00:35:59,726
I don't believe in system,
910
00:35:59,759 --> 00:36:02,462
Mr. Longstreet, nor in method.
911
00:36:02,495 --> 00:36:05,231
Without system, without method,
912
00:36:05,265 --> 00:36:06,533
what's to teach?
913
00:36:06,566 --> 00:36:08,034
- But you had to learn.
914
00:36:08,034 --> 00:36:09,202
You weren't born
knowing how to take
915
00:36:09,235 --> 00:36:10,904
apart three men in
a matter of seconds.
916
00:36:10,937 --> 00:36:13,039
- True, but I found the cause
917
00:36:13,073 --> 00:36:14,407
of my ignorance.
918
00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:16,476
- Now help me find mine.
919
00:36:16,509 --> 00:36:17,477
- [Narrator] Having
discovered the truth
920
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:19,813
of, "using no way as way
921
00:36:19,846 --> 00:36:22,549
"having no limitation
as limitation"
922
00:36:22,582 --> 00:36:24,551
Bruce Lee's mission now becomes
923
00:36:24,584 --> 00:36:27,721
to communicate this
truth to the world.
924
00:36:27,754 --> 00:36:29,756
The most effective
approach, he decides,
925
00:36:29,789 --> 00:36:32,192
is not in private
one-on-one instruction
926
00:36:32,225 --> 00:36:33,460
but in bringing this truth
927
00:36:33,493 --> 00:36:34,961
to the big screen.
928
00:36:35,061 --> 00:36:36,763
His quest: To create a new genre
929
00:36:36,796 --> 00:36:38,565
of film that will
reveal the higher
930
00:36:38,598 --> 00:36:40,233
purpose of martial art.
931
00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:41,835
His challenge: To overcome
932
00:36:41,868 --> 00:36:44,637
the prejudices of Hollywood.
933
00:36:44,671 --> 00:36:48,441
(melodic instrumental music)
934
00:36:49,609 --> 00:36:50,810
- Bruce, at that
point in his life,
935
00:36:50,844 --> 00:36:52,779
had decided that he
was going to make
936
00:36:52,812 --> 00:36:55,248
the film business
his career rather
937
00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:58,785
than teaching martial
arts on a mass basis.
938
00:36:58,818 --> 00:37:01,054
So he tried to pursue the idea
939
00:37:01,087 --> 00:37:03,723
of getting roles in film and TV.
940
00:37:07,027 --> 00:37:07,794
- Okay.
941
00:37:09,696 --> 00:37:11,865
(thuds)
942
00:37:11,898 --> 00:37:14,034
(shouting)
943
00:37:14,034 --> 00:37:17,037
(glass shattering)
944
00:37:17,037 --> 00:37:18,605
(shouting)
945
00:37:18,638 --> 00:37:20,907
(thudding)
946
00:37:25,512 --> 00:37:28,415
(crowd chattering)
947
00:37:33,687 --> 00:37:35,221
- He had a great deal of trouble
948
00:37:35,255 --> 00:37:37,424
securing really leading roles.
949
00:37:37,457 --> 00:37:39,726
He had a number of
roles in small pictures.
950
00:37:39,759 --> 00:37:42,262
But as far as really
promoting his career
951
00:37:42,295 --> 00:37:43,697
as a leading man
952
00:37:43,730 --> 00:37:45,298
he had a lot of difficulty
953
00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:46,566
in America at that time.
954
00:37:46,599 --> 00:37:47,834
- In the United States,
955
00:37:47,867 --> 00:37:50,170
I think something
about the Oriental
956
00:37:50,203 --> 00:37:52,205
I mean the true Oriental
957
00:37:53,406 --> 00:37:54,874
should be shown.
958
00:37:54,908 --> 00:37:56,543
- Hollywood sure as heck hasn't.
959
00:37:56,576 --> 00:37:58,078
- You better believe it, man.
960
00:37:58,078 --> 00:37:59,179
I mean, its always the pigtail
961
00:37:59,212 --> 00:38:00,847
and bouncing around, chop chop,
962
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,048
you know, with the eye slanted
963
00:38:02,082 --> 00:38:03,149
and all that.
964
00:38:04,451 --> 00:38:05,885
- [Narrator] A screenplay
written by Lee,
965
00:38:05,919 --> 00:38:07,153
entitled The Silent
Flute, which detailed
966
00:38:07,187 --> 00:38:08,588
the personal quest
of self-discovery
967
00:38:08,621 --> 00:38:10,023
of a young martial artist
968
00:38:10,056 --> 00:38:11,658
is torpedoed by Hollywood.
969
00:38:11,691 --> 00:38:13,560
- He was in a kind of
a poverty status then.
970
00:38:13,593 --> 00:38:15,095
He was having a tough time,
971
00:38:15,128 --> 00:38:16,563
and he would write in a letter
972
00:38:16,596 --> 00:38:17,564
and tell me he was working
973
00:38:17,597 --> 00:38:19,632
on a vehicle, and something like
974
00:38:19,666 --> 00:38:21,301
The Silent Flute or
equivalent to that,
975
00:38:21,334 --> 00:38:23,503
and then the letter
I got the next month
976
00:38:23,536 --> 00:38:25,105
he would tell me that
that fell through,
977
00:38:25,138 --> 00:38:27,607
because in one instance
978
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,310
he told me that
they just felt that
979
00:38:30,343 --> 00:38:31,945
a young Asian couldn't carry
980
00:38:32,045 --> 00:38:34,180
the lead in something like that.
981
00:38:34,214 --> 00:38:36,549
- [Narrator] Undeterred,
the young man forges on.
982
00:38:36,583 --> 00:38:38,918
He conceives an idea
for a television series
983
00:38:38,952 --> 00:38:41,621
that will feature
martial art philosophy.
984
00:38:41,654 --> 00:38:43,690
Originally to be
called The Warrior,
985
00:38:43,723 --> 00:38:46,059
but later renamed Kung Fu.
986
00:38:46,059 --> 00:38:48,128
- Even when he
conceived the idea
987
00:38:48,161 --> 00:38:49,929
of the Kung Fu series
988
00:38:49,963 --> 00:38:52,599
had many, many
planning discussions
989
00:38:52,632 --> 00:38:54,334
with the eventual producers
990
00:38:54,367 --> 00:38:55,769
of the Kung Fu series.
991
00:38:55,802 --> 00:38:57,637
When it got right down to it,
992
00:38:57,671 --> 00:38:59,439
they did not hire Bruce
993
00:38:59,472 --> 00:39:01,741
to play the part of
994
00:39:01,775 --> 00:39:03,376
the leading part in Kung Fu
995
00:39:03,410 --> 00:39:06,346
instead, going for
a Caucasian man.
996
00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:08,415
And the word was that Bruce
997
00:39:08,448 --> 00:39:09,683
because he was Chinese,
998
00:39:09,716 --> 00:39:12,419
was not considered a
bankable commodity.
999
00:39:12,452 --> 00:39:13,386
- Let me ask you, however,
1000
00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:15,055
about the problems
1001
00:39:15,088 --> 00:39:17,691
that you face as a Chinese hero
1002
00:39:18,758 --> 00:39:20,360
in an American series.
1003
00:39:20,393 --> 00:39:22,295
Have people come up in
the industry and said:
1004
00:39:22,328 --> 00:39:23,530
"Well, we don't know
how the audiences
1005
00:39:23,563 --> 00:39:26,166
are going to take
a non-American"?
1006
00:39:27,934 --> 00:39:31,037
- Well, such a question
has been raised.
1007
00:39:31,071 --> 00:39:33,340
In fact, it is being discussed.
1008
00:39:33,373 --> 00:39:35,075
And that is why The Warrior is
1009
00:39:35,108 --> 00:39:37,043
probably is not going to be on.
1010
00:39:37,043 --> 00:39:37,911
- I see.
1011
00:39:37,944 --> 00:39:40,513
- You see, because unfortunately
1012
00:39:41,648 --> 00:39:44,484
such thing does
exist in this world,
1013
00:39:44,517 --> 00:39:46,619
you see, like I don't know
1014
00:39:46,653 --> 00:39:48,855
certain part of
the country, right?
1015
00:39:48,888 --> 00:39:53,360
Where, like, they think that,
business-wise, it's a risk.
1016
00:39:53,393 --> 00:39:55,061
I don't blame them,
and I don't blame them.
1017
00:39:55,061 --> 00:39:57,230
In the same way, it's
like in Hong Kong
1018
00:39:57,263 --> 00:40:00,333
if a foreigner came
and became a star.
1019
00:40:00,367 --> 00:40:01,468
If I were the
1020
00:40:03,737 --> 00:40:05,538
the man with the money,
1021
00:40:05,572 --> 00:40:07,507
I probably would
have my own worry
1022
00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:10,076
of whether or not the
acceptance would be there.
1023
00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:12,312
But that's all right,
1024
00:40:12,345 --> 00:40:15,982
because if you honestly
express yourself,
1025
00:40:16,016 --> 00:40:17,617
it doesn't matter.
1026
00:40:17,650 --> 00:40:19,452
- [Narrator] Lee now
realizes that Hollywood
1027
00:40:19,486 --> 00:40:21,588
only wants Asians
to play grossly
1028
00:40:21,621 --> 00:40:23,556
inaccurate stereotypes.
1029
00:40:23,590 --> 00:40:25,992
Despite his dire
economic circumstances,
1030
00:40:26,026 --> 00:40:27,660
he refuses to accept roles
1031
00:40:27,694 --> 00:40:29,763
that would portray
the Chinese race
1032
00:40:29,796 --> 00:40:31,498
as anything less than equal
1033
00:40:31,531 --> 00:40:33,366
to other cultures.
1034
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,036
With a wife and now two
small children to support
1035
00:40:36,069 --> 00:40:38,571
Lee's dignity and
philosophical principles
1036
00:40:38,605 --> 00:40:40,640
come at a huge price.
1037
00:40:40,674 --> 00:40:42,409
With money rapidly running out,
1038
00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:43,877
he now realizes that he is
1039
00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:46,579
wasting his time with Hollywood.
1040
00:41:09,569 --> 00:41:11,204
- With that rejection in mind,
1041
00:41:11,237 --> 00:41:13,073
I guess you could
say that was an overt
1042
00:41:13,073 --> 00:41:15,642
expression of racism
in the film industry
1043
00:41:15,675 --> 00:41:17,410
in the early '70s.
1044
00:41:17,444 --> 00:41:19,879
And at that time, we
went to Hong Kong.
1045
00:41:19,913 --> 00:41:22,615
Bruce having decided that
if he couldn't make it
1046
00:41:22,649 --> 00:41:24,417
in the American film
industry through
1047
00:41:24,451 --> 00:41:25,952
the front door, he
would go to Hong Kong
1048
00:41:25,985 --> 00:41:28,221
and come back in
through the side door.
1049
00:41:28,254 --> 00:41:30,523
Which is precisely
what he was doing.
1050
00:41:30,557 --> 00:41:32,525
- [Narrator] At the time,
Chinese action films
1051
00:41:32,559 --> 00:41:34,661
were largely sword-play films
1052
00:41:34,694 --> 00:41:37,430
or as Bruce Lee so
aptly described them,
1053
00:41:37,464 --> 00:41:40,567
"simply one long, armed hassle."
1054
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,769
- He would say he didn't invent
1055
00:41:42,802 --> 00:41:45,672
the gore in Mandarin films
1056
00:41:45,705 --> 00:41:49,209
but that the
violence in his films
1057
00:41:49,242 --> 00:41:51,378
were always with just cause.
1058
00:41:51,411 --> 00:41:54,147
- I hope that the
picture I am in
1059
00:41:56,116 --> 00:41:58,118
would either explain why
1060
00:41:59,753 --> 00:42:01,921
the violence was done
1061
00:42:01,955 --> 00:42:03,890
whether right or
wrong, or what not,
1062
00:42:03,923 --> 00:42:06,393
but unfortunately, pictures,
1063
00:42:06,426 --> 00:42:08,294
most of them, are done mainly
1064
00:42:08,328 --> 00:42:09,829
just for the sake of violence,
1065
00:42:09,863 --> 00:42:10,764
you know what I mean?
1066
00:42:10,797 --> 00:42:12,098
Like fighting for 30 minutes,
1067
00:42:12,132 --> 00:42:13,833
or getting stabbed 50 times.
1068
00:42:13,867 --> 00:42:15,168
- I'm fascinated.
1069
00:42:15,201 --> 00:42:17,070
Let me give you your
microphone back.
1070
00:42:17,070 --> 00:42:19,372
I'm fascinated
that you came back.
1071
00:42:19,406 --> 00:42:20,774
- [Bruce] I am a martial artist.
1072
00:42:20,807 --> 00:42:22,108
- [Narrator] He's
offered very little money
1073
00:42:22,142 --> 00:42:23,977
to star in his first film.
1074
00:42:24,077 --> 00:42:25,245
But then, money has never been
1075
00:42:25,278 --> 00:42:27,080
his sole objective.
1076
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,582
The film is entitled,
The Big Boss,
1077
00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:31,184
and it will become
the highest-grossing
1078
00:42:31,217 --> 00:42:34,087
film in Southeast Asian history.
1079
00:42:34,087 --> 00:42:35,655
Lee follows up the unprecedented
1080
00:42:35,689 --> 00:42:37,290
success of his first film with
1081
00:42:37,323 --> 00:42:39,793
a second, Fist of Fury.
1082
00:42:39,826 --> 00:42:41,761
It proceeds to
smash the record set
1083
00:42:41,795 --> 00:42:43,163
by The Big Boss.
1084
00:42:43,196 --> 00:42:44,898
- Bruce didn't want
to be segmented,
1085
00:42:44,931 --> 00:42:47,767
in that he could only
do Chinese movies
1086
00:42:47,801 --> 00:42:50,603
or only do Chinese martial arts.
1087
00:42:50,637 --> 00:42:54,607
He didn't view himself
as only a Chinese man.
1088
00:42:54,641 --> 00:42:55,842
He viewed himself as
1089
00:42:55,875 --> 00:42:58,912
a citizen of the world
who had a mission
1090
00:42:58,945 --> 00:43:00,747
that really had nothing to do
1091
00:43:00,780 --> 00:43:03,550
with what his nationality was.
1092
00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:05,051
He wanted to bring
1093
00:43:05,051 --> 00:43:08,688
his views of martial
arts and of life
1094
00:43:08,722 --> 00:43:11,257
and of the culture
that he had experienced
1095
00:43:11,291 --> 00:43:13,293
in his short lifetime to
1096
00:43:14,461 --> 00:43:16,563
the audiences all
over the world.
1097
00:43:16,596 --> 00:43:18,932
- [Narrator] Lee does just
this with his next film,
1098
00:43:18,965 --> 00:43:20,467
The Way of the Dragon,
1099
00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,335
which he also directs.
1100
00:43:22,369 --> 00:43:24,104
In the film's climactic battle,
1101
00:43:24,137 --> 00:43:26,740
Lee takes on one-time
student Chuck Norris,
1102
00:43:26,773 --> 00:43:29,476
in a fight set in
the Roman Coliseum.
1103
00:43:29,509 --> 00:43:31,711
Lee's character, using classical
1104
00:43:31,745 --> 00:43:34,381
gung fu techniques,
is losing the fight
1105
00:43:34,414 --> 00:43:36,649
until he begins to
employ the formless
1106
00:43:36,683 --> 00:43:39,853
and adaptive approach
of jeet kune do.
1107
00:43:43,656 --> 00:43:44,457
(shouting)
1108
00:43:44,491 --> 00:43:47,293
(rapid thudding)
1109
00:43:47,327 --> 00:43:49,129
(shouting)
1110
00:43:49,162 --> 00:43:51,765
(thudding)
1111
00:43:51,798 --> 00:43:53,400
The Way of the Dragon
also affords Lee
1112
00:43:53,433 --> 00:43:55,101
the opportunity to include
1113
00:43:55,101 --> 00:43:56,703
deeper elements of his personal
1114
00:43:56,736 --> 00:43:58,838
philosophy of life.
1115
00:43:58,872 --> 00:44:00,573
After reluctantly
taking the life
1116
00:44:00,607 --> 00:44:02,442
of his adversary in the film,
1117
00:44:02,475 --> 00:44:03,843
Lee's character pauses
1118
00:44:03,877 --> 00:44:06,146
to make a symbolic
gesture of respect
1119
00:44:06,179 --> 00:44:08,448
to a fellow human being.
1120
00:44:08,481 --> 00:44:10,650
It was yet another
example of Bruce Lee
1121
00:44:10,684 --> 00:44:12,519
communicating to
his audience a piece
1122
00:44:12,552 --> 00:44:14,921
of his own personal
philosophy regarding
1123
00:44:14,954 --> 00:44:17,457
the brotherhood of all races.
1124
00:44:17,490 --> 00:44:18,725
- After the first two movies,
1125
00:44:18,758 --> 00:44:21,227
then Bruce progressed
into making
1126
00:44:21,261 --> 00:44:22,328
The Way of the Dragon,
1127
00:44:22,362 --> 00:44:24,064
which was his own creation.
1128
00:44:24,064 --> 00:44:25,598
Then Game of Death, of course
1129
00:44:25,632 --> 00:44:28,068
and then Enter the
Dragon came along.
1130
00:44:28,068 --> 00:44:29,669
And I think as you can see
1131
00:44:29,703 --> 00:44:31,237
there's a progression
in those films
1132
00:44:31,271 --> 00:44:34,240
where the fighting has even more
1133
00:44:34,274 --> 00:44:36,743
justification and
that there's more
1134
00:44:36,776 --> 00:44:38,912
material built
around the fighting
1135
00:44:38,945 --> 00:44:41,848
to explain, first of
all, the reason for it
1136
00:44:41,881 --> 00:44:45,352
and to also find
expression for the
1137
00:44:45,385 --> 00:44:48,655
philosophy underlying
the martial arts.
1138
00:44:51,191 --> 00:44:52,992
(fist whooshes)
1139
00:44:53,093 --> 00:44:54,527
- Do I bother you?
1140
00:44:55,462 --> 00:44:57,364
- Don't waste yourself.
1141
00:44:58,698 --> 00:45:00,300
- What's your style?
1142
00:45:00,333 --> 00:45:01,301
- My style?
1143
00:45:03,069 --> 00:45:04,537
You can call it
the art of fighting
1144
00:45:04,571 --> 00:45:06,139
without fighting.
1145
00:45:06,172 --> 00:45:09,309
- The art of fighting
without fighting?
1146
00:45:09,342 --> 00:45:10,744
Show me some of it.
1147
00:45:10,777 --> 00:45:11,611
- Later.
1148
00:45:18,284 --> 00:45:19,119
All right.
1149
00:45:21,955 --> 00:45:24,791
Don't you think
we need more room?
1150
00:45:25,925 --> 00:45:27,060
- Where else?
1151
00:45:28,161 --> 00:45:30,764
- That island, on a beach.
1152
00:45:30,797 --> 00:45:32,632
We can take this boat.
1153
00:45:40,373 --> 00:45:41,207
- Okay.
1154
00:45:49,649 --> 00:45:52,485
(water splashing)
1155
00:45:54,888 --> 00:45:56,723
Hey, what the hell
are you doing?
1156
00:45:56,756 --> 00:45:58,324
Hey, are you crazy?
1157
00:45:58,358 --> 00:46:01,194
(men laughing)
1158
00:46:01,227 --> 00:46:02,362
Pull me in!
1159
00:46:02,395 --> 00:46:03,763
- [Narrator] After
filming Enter the Dragon
1160
00:46:03,797 --> 00:46:06,066
Lee is now ready to
complete the film
1161
00:46:06,099 --> 00:46:08,601
that will embody his
greatest message,
1162
00:46:08,635 --> 00:46:11,538
a film Lee calls
The Game of Death.
1163
00:46:12,672 --> 00:46:16,443
(melodic instrumental music)
1164
00:46:18,878 --> 00:46:22,315
- I believe that this
background of research
1165
00:46:22,349 --> 00:46:24,351
and the building of a philosophy
1166
00:46:24,384 --> 00:46:26,519
of jeet kune do is what Bruce
1167
00:46:26,553 --> 00:46:28,221
intended to relate
1168
00:46:28,254 --> 00:46:29,789
through The Game of Death.
1169
00:46:29,823 --> 00:46:31,057
He had an idea
1170
00:46:32,559 --> 00:46:33,760
of how he wanted
1171
00:46:33,793 --> 00:46:35,795
to show the martial arts
1172
00:46:35,829 --> 00:46:39,766
to the viewing public,
these various steps
1173
00:46:39,799 --> 00:46:41,601
in finding your own way
1174
00:46:41,634 --> 00:46:42,969
in martial arts,
1175
00:46:44,170 --> 00:46:46,940
the different styles
and what styles mean
1176
00:46:46,973 --> 00:46:49,109
and more importantly,
what they don't mean.
1177
00:46:49,142 --> 00:46:51,211
That was Bruce's big message.
1178
00:46:51,244 --> 00:46:52,846
The style of no style,
1179
00:46:52,879 --> 00:46:55,382
and Game of Death was
going to be the platform
1180
00:46:55,415 --> 00:46:56,883
for these expressions.
1181
00:46:56,916 --> 00:46:58,251
- [Narrator] While we may
never know how the film
1182
00:46:58,284 --> 00:47:00,720
would've turned out,
had Bruce Lee lived,
1183
00:47:00,754 --> 00:47:03,123
we do know with
unimpeachable certainty,
1184
00:47:03,156 --> 00:47:05,091
the vision that he
had for the movie
1185
00:47:05,125 --> 00:47:08,028
during the time he was
filming its finale.
1186
00:47:08,028 --> 00:47:10,130
According to Lee's
12-page storyline,
1187
00:47:10,163 --> 00:47:12,032
he would play a
retired undefeated
1188
00:47:12,032 --> 00:47:13,867
martial arts
champion by the name
1189
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:16,036
of Hie Tien, who
had been approached
1190
00:47:16,036 --> 00:47:17,904
by members of the
Korean underworld
1191
00:47:17,937 --> 00:47:19,572
to take part in a daring raid
1192
00:47:19,606 --> 00:47:21,374
on a five-story pagoda,
1193
00:47:21,408 --> 00:47:23,443
said to contain a
valuable treasure
1194
00:47:23,476 --> 00:47:25,645
on its uppermost level.
1195
00:47:25,679 --> 00:47:27,414
When he refuses to participate,
1196
00:47:27,447 --> 00:47:28,882
his sister and younger brother
1197
00:47:28,915 --> 00:47:31,117
are kidnapped,
leaving him no option
1198
00:47:31,151 --> 00:47:33,086
but to take part in the raid.
1199
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:35,055
At a briefing at
the boss's home,
1200
00:47:35,055 --> 00:47:36,189
Hie Tien is introduced
1201
00:47:36,222 --> 00:47:38,058
to his accomplices in the raid,
1202
00:47:38,091 --> 00:47:41,194
all of them highly-trained
martial artists.
1203
00:47:41,227 --> 00:47:43,163
The boss screens a
reconnaissance film
1204
00:47:43,196 --> 00:47:44,831
of the temple area explaining
1205
00:47:44,864 --> 00:47:46,733
to the accomplices
that since guns
1206
00:47:46,766 --> 00:47:48,301
are prohibited in the village
1207
00:47:48,335 --> 00:47:51,471
the pagoda is guarded by
martial arts mercenaries.
1208
00:47:51,504 --> 00:47:54,407
One on each level of the pagoda.
1209
00:47:54,441 --> 00:47:56,076
Their instructions
are to fight their way
1210
00:47:56,076 --> 00:47:59,612
to the top of the pagoda
and retrieve the treasure.
1211
00:47:59,646 --> 00:48:02,282
Lee selected the Buddhist
temple of Pope Jusaw
1212
00:48:02,315 --> 00:48:04,317
as the setting for the film.
1213
00:48:04,351 --> 00:48:06,386
The temple's most
striking object,
1214
00:48:06,419 --> 00:48:09,122
the 33-meter-high Buddha statue
1215
00:48:09,155 --> 00:48:12,625
is clearly indicated in
Lee's storyline sketches.
1216
00:48:12,659 --> 00:48:16,429
Cast in one mold with
150 tons of bronze,
1217
00:48:16,463 --> 00:48:18,331
it's said to be the largest such
1218
00:48:18,365 --> 00:48:21,034
standing figure in all of Asia.
1219
00:48:22,736 --> 00:48:24,738
In front of the Buddha
is the five-story
1220
00:48:24,771 --> 00:48:26,439
wooden pagoda that Bruce Lee
1221
00:48:26,473 --> 00:48:28,108
had chosen as the backdrop
1222
00:48:28,141 --> 00:48:31,177
for the climactic
battles in the film.
1223
00:48:31,211 --> 00:48:33,113
- Thus, the idea
started from there.
1224
00:48:33,146 --> 00:48:35,281
He took some of the ideas
he had been gathering
1225
00:48:35,315 --> 00:48:39,052
about the levels of
martial arts combat
1226
00:48:39,085 --> 00:48:40,854
in the pagoda
1227
00:48:40,887 --> 00:48:43,056
and Kareem came out
and I believe that
1228
00:48:43,056 --> 00:48:45,058
the first scenes that they shot
1229
00:48:45,091 --> 00:48:47,894
were the fight scenes
between Bruce and Kareem.
1230
00:48:47,927 --> 00:48:50,063
- The first day's rushes
after we saw those,
1231
00:48:50,096 --> 00:48:51,564
we had to slow
everything down because
1232
00:48:51,598 --> 00:48:52,799
we were moving too fast.
1233
00:48:52,832 --> 00:48:54,501
It looked too jerky
on film, and we had to
1234
00:48:54,534 --> 00:48:56,803
slow it down so the
film could follow,
1235
00:48:56,836 --> 00:48:58,371
so the camera could follow us
1236
00:48:58,405 --> 00:49:00,306
and people could see things.
1237
00:49:00,340 --> 00:49:03,576
'Cause we were doing things
like we practiced it.
1238
00:49:03,610 --> 00:49:04,778
And in practice with Bruce,
1239
00:49:04,811 --> 00:49:08,181
we'd do several things
in a split second.
1240
00:49:09,049 --> 00:49:11,251
The audience would miss the
1241
00:49:12,485 --> 00:49:13,920
subtleties of what
he was trying to do
1242
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:15,588
if we didn't slow it down.
1243
00:49:15,622 --> 00:49:16,523
- [Narrator] Of what were to be
1244
00:49:16,556 --> 00:49:17,824
his accomplices in the film
1245
00:49:17,857 --> 00:49:20,126
Lee wanted one to
be slightly devious
1246
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:22,829
and antagonistic
toward his character.
1247
00:49:22,862 --> 00:49:24,731
This would create an
interesting dynamic
1248
00:49:24,764 --> 00:49:26,900
in the relationship
between the two men
1249
00:49:26,933 --> 00:49:28,601
not letting the
audience know whether
1250
00:49:28,635 --> 00:49:30,370
or not Lee's
partner was actually
1251
00:49:30,403 --> 00:49:32,906
with him or against him.
1252
00:49:32,939 --> 00:49:35,041
For the role of the
antagonistic accomplice
1253
00:49:35,041 --> 00:49:37,444
Lee chose James Tien, an actor
1254
00:49:37,477 --> 00:49:38,778
who had appeared with Lee in two
1255
00:49:38,812 --> 00:49:41,915
of his previous three
films in Hong Kong.
1256
00:49:41,948 --> 00:49:43,850
The second accomplice
was to be a strong
1257
00:49:43,883 --> 00:49:46,353
but simple-minded
martial artist.
1258
00:49:46,386 --> 00:49:47,787
These would be
character attributes
1259
00:49:47,821 --> 00:49:49,322
that would allow
for a different type
1260
00:49:49,356 --> 00:49:51,057
of dynamic to occur between
1261
00:49:51,091 --> 00:49:52,592
the accomplices as
they fought their
1262
00:49:52,625 --> 00:49:55,562
way up each level of the pagoda.
1263
00:49:55,595 --> 00:49:56,830
Lee ultimately settled on
1264
00:49:56,863 --> 00:49:58,698
Hong Kong stuntman, Chieh Yuan
1265
00:49:58,732 --> 00:50:00,633
to play the role
of this accomplice.
1266
00:50:00,667 --> 00:50:02,168
It would be the
first time these two
1267
00:50:02,202 --> 00:50:03,970
had worked together.
1268
00:50:04,004 --> 00:50:05,905
At the time of filming,
the rest of Lee's
1269
00:50:05,939 --> 00:50:08,341
accomplices had
not been decided.
1270
00:50:08,375 --> 00:50:10,377
Within the pagoda, Lee
and his accomplices
1271
00:50:10,410 --> 00:50:13,313
would have to battle
upwards past five levels,
1272
00:50:13,346 --> 00:50:15,081
each guarded by a martial artist
1273
00:50:15,115 --> 00:50:17,117
of a particular style.
1274
00:50:17,150 --> 00:50:19,919
The first level was to be
guarded by Whong In Sik,
1275
00:50:19,953 --> 00:50:21,087
who was to be portrayed as a
1276
00:50:21,121 --> 00:50:23,323
master of a kicking style.
1277
00:50:23,356 --> 00:50:25,058
Whong had worked with Lee before
1278
00:50:25,091 --> 00:50:26,459
appearing as one
of his opponents
1279
00:50:26,493 --> 00:50:27,894
in The Way of the Dragon.
1280
00:50:27,927 --> 00:50:30,764
(thudding)
1281
00:50:30,797 --> 00:50:32,032
Lee had chosen his real-life
1282
00:50:32,065 --> 00:50:34,567
senior-most student, Taky Kimura
1283
00:50:34,601 --> 00:50:36,803
to play the guardian
of the second floor.
1284
00:50:36,836 --> 00:50:38,571
According to Kimura,
Lee wanted him
1285
00:50:38,605 --> 00:50:41,307
to utilize praying
mantis gung fu
1286
00:50:41,341 --> 00:50:43,843
as well as some
elements of wing chun,
1287
00:50:43,877 --> 00:50:46,079
both arts that
emphasize infighting,
1288
00:50:46,112 --> 00:50:48,014
use of hands predominantly,
1289
00:50:48,048 --> 00:50:50,250
with kicks limited
to below the waist.
1290
00:50:50,283 --> 00:50:54,454
I think it was in October
of '71, 72, in that era.
1291
00:50:55,355 --> 00:50:57,157
He called me and said that he
1292
00:50:57,190 --> 00:51:01,494
wanted me to be in the
movies, in that movie.
1293
00:51:01,528 --> 00:51:02,696
Again I said, "Look, Bruce,
1294
00:51:02,729 --> 00:51:04,197
"I've got two left front feet.
1295
00:51:04,230 --> 00:51:05,765
"You know it and I know it.
1296
00:51:05,799 --> 00:51:07,167
"There's probably
1,000 people over
1297
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,437
"in Hong Kong that can
do it better than I can.
1298
00:51:10,470 --> 00:51:11,604
"Just let me sit here
1299
00:51:11,638 --> 00:51:13,940
"and enjoy the fruits
of your success.
1300
00:51:13,973 --> 00:51:17,277
'Cause I said, "You know me,
I don't need to be in that."
1301
00:51:17,310 --> 00:51:19,112
He said, "No, I want you in it.
1302
00:51:19,145 --> 00:51:21,147
"I'm the technical director
and the co-producer.
1303
00:51:21,181 --> 00:51:22,716
He said, "Don't worry about it."
1304
00:51:22,749 --> 00:51:25,251
So, I reluctantly,
for fear that he'd
1305
00:51:25,285 --> 00:51:27,754
kick my butt if I said
no, at that point,
1306
00:51:27,787 --> 00:51:29,089
I said okay.
1307
00:51:29,122 --> 00:51:30,657
He'd already sent me
an airline ticket.
1308
00:51:30,690 --> 00:51:32,926
But really, I think at
this point in his life
1309
00:51:32,959 --> 00:51:36,529
I think he had transcended
all the gimmicks
1310
00:51:37,497 --> 00:51:39,165
that are usually
in these movies.
1311
00:51:39,199 --> 00:51:41,167
And I think that he
had gotten to that
1312
00:51:41,201 --> 00:51:43,837
plateau where you
could just simply do
1313
00:51:43,870 --> 00:51:45,305
the simple, you know,
1314
00:51:45,338 --> 00:51:48,475
normal things and yet
create that excitement
1315
00:51:48,508 --> 00:51:50,677
within that simplicity.
1316
00:51:50,710 --> 00:51:51,878
- [Narrator] Lee
selected another
1317
00:51:51,911 --> 00:51:54,247
of his real-life
students, Dan Inosanto
1318
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,282
to be guardian of
the third floor.
1319
00:51:56,316 --> 00:51:57,317
As he was not only adept
1320
00:51:57,350 --> 00:51:59,386
in Lee's art of jeet kune do
1321
00:51:59,419 --> 00:52:00,787
but in addition, was also
1322
00:52:00,820 --> 00:52:02,722
an advanced
practitioner in the arts
1323
00:52:02,756 --> 00:52:06,393
of kempo karate and
Filipino escrima.
1324
00:52:06,426 --> 00:52:08,261
Lee opted to have
Inosanto employ
1325
00:52:08,294 --> 00:52:09,896
methods from both arts
1326
00:52:09,929 --> 00:52:11,097
which he believed would add
1327
00:52:11,131 --> 00:52:13,066
an exciting visual
element to the film
1328
00:52:13,099 --> 00:52:14,200
and serve to break up
1329
00:52:14,234 --> 00:52:16,636
the unarmed combat sequences.
1330
00:52:16,670 --> 00:52:18,838
Inosanto was also a
brilliant exponent
1331
00:52:18,872 --> 00:52:21,074
of the nunchaku,
allowing Lee to film
1332
00:52:21,074 --> 00:52:22,942
the first-ever nunchaku battle
1333
00:52:22,976 --> 00:52:25,078
between two opponents.
1334
00:52:25,078 --> 00:52:26,813
Grappling or
joint-locking would also
1335
00:52:26,846 --> 00:52:28,848
serve to add a fresh,
visual element to
1336
00:52:28,882 --> 00:52:30,350
the fight sequences.
1337
00:52:30,383 --> 00:52:33,887
For this reason, Lee settled
on Korean hapkido grand master
1338
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,723
Ji Han Jae, who at
the time of filming
1339
00:52:36,756 --> 00:52:39,325
was a seventh-degree
black belt in the art.
1340
00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:40,493
Ji would be the guardian
1341
00:52:40,527 --> 00:52:42,462
of the fourth level
of the pagoda.
1342
00:52:42,495 --> 00:52:44,931
- Andrews Air Force Base.
1343
00:52:44,964 --> 00:52:46,633
I did teaching time.
1344
00:52:47,767 --> 00:52:51,504
Jhoon Rhee, TaeKwonDo
master Jhoon Rhee,
1345
00:52:51,538 --> 00:52:55,275
he held an international
karate championship.
1346
00:52:56,476 --> 00:52:59,245
I was there to do
a demonstration.
1347
00:52:59,279 --> 00:53:01,281
At that time Jhoon
Rhee introduced
1348
00:53:01,314 --> 00:53:02,882
me to Bruce Lee.
1349
00:53:02,916 --> 00:53:04,951
I showed him, he
looked at my technique
1350
00:53:05,051 --> 00:53:06,820
and he liked my technique.
1351
00:53:06,853 --> 00:53:09,756
That's why he came to the
Andrews Air Force Base.
1352
00:53:09,789 --> 00:53:11,624
He learned several techniques.
1353
00:53:11,658 --> 00:53:13,493
Then, he go back
to the Hong Kong.
1354
00:53:13,526 --> 00:53:14,694
He invited me.
1355
00:53:14,728 --> 00:53:15,795
- [Narrator] Lee
decided to have yet
1356
00:53:15,829 --> 00:53:17,063
another of his students,
1357
00:53:17,097 --> 00:53:19,165
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
play the role of the
1358
00:53:19,199 --> 00:53:22,102
guardian of the highest
floor of the pagoda.
1359
00:53:22,135 --> 00:53:24,237
He fights with an unknown style,
1360
00:53:24,270 --> 00:53:27,073
which symbolized the highest
level of martial art.
1361
00:53:27,107 --> 00:53:28,742
This unknown style was
1362
00:53:28,775 --> 00:53:30,977
the essence of jeet kune do.
1363
00:53:31,077 --> 00:53:34,214
- I was at the top of
the pagoda because,
1364
00:53:34,247 --> 00:53:36,750
you know, I was the
most effective fighter.
1365
00:53:36,783 --> 00:53:38,651
And I didn't have any style.
1366
00:53:38,685 --> 00:53:41,521
And I was also in
a place where my
1367
00:53:42,489 --> 00:53:43,656
strengths were
1368
00:53:46,326 --> 00:53:47,827
enhanced by the environment.
1369
00:53:47,861 --> 00:53:49,095
So it was dark in there.
1370
00:53:49,095 --> 00:53:50,563
I was supposed to
be light-sensitive.
1371
00:53:50,597 --> 00:53:52,098
My eyes were light-sensitive,
1372
00:53:52,098 --> 00:53:53,800
and that was a problem for me.
1373
00:53:53,833 --> 00:53:56,369
But other than that,
I was an incredible
1374
00:53:56,403 --> 00:53:58,104
human specimen, etcetera.
1375
00:53:58,104 --> 00:53:59,839
That was the whole
idea about it.
1376
00:53:59,873 --> 00:54:02,242
And he started
knocking out the panes
1377
00:54:02,275 --> 00:54:05,578
in the walls, so
more light came in.
1378
00:54:05,612 --> 00:54:07,080
I couldn't see.
1379
00:54:07,113 --> 00:54:08,782
And that's when he got his
advantage in the fight.
1380
00:54:08,815 --> 00:54:10,050
- [Narrator] The fact
that Lee's character
1381
00:54:10,050 --> 00:54:11,384
in The Game of Death
would be taking
1382
00:54:11,418 --> 00:54:13,453
on advocates of different styles
1383
00:54:13,486 --> 00:54:15,121
on each level of the temple
1384
00:54:15,155 --> 00:54:17,057
was significant in
a larger context
1385
00:54:17,057 --> 00:54:19,059
than might be initially evident.
1386
00:54:19,059 --> 00:54:21,061
For Lee was not just
taking on the various
1387
00:54:21,061 --> 00:54:23,129
exponents of particular styles,
1388
00:54:23,163 --> 00:54:25,665
but the very notion
of styles itself.
1389
00:54:25,699 --> 00:54:28,301
- I think it's evident
in The Game of Death
1390
00:54:28,335 --> 00:54:30,637
how he planned to fight a person
1391
00:54:30,670 --> 00:54:33,940
of a different style,
a very precise style,
1392
00:54:33,973 --> 00:54:36,376
on each floor of the pagoda.
1393
00:54:36,409 --> 00:54:38,678
And show how he could fit in
1394
00:54:38,712 --> 00:54:40,613
with anybody else's style
1395
00:54:40,647 --> 00:54:43,083
thus having no style of his own.
1396
00:54:43,083 --> 00:54:44,751
- [Narrator] In the
battle of the third floor,
1397
00:54:44,784 --> 00:54:48,188
Lee's character makes use
of a green bamboo whip.
1398
00:54:48,221 --> 00:54:50,790
The whip represents flexibility,
1399
00:54:50,824 --> 00:54:52,125
an attribute which Lee felt
1400
00:54:52,158 --> 00:54:54,227
a martial artist must
possess if he was
1401
00:54:54,260 --> 00:54:56,529
to be successful in combat.
1402
00:54:56,563 --> 00:54:59,666
Since combat, like life,
is not predictable,
1403
00:54:59,699 --> 00:55:01,334
Lee held that one must possess
1404
00:55:01,368 --> 00:55:03,303
a pliable adaptability
1405
00:55:03,336 --> 00:55:05,905
in order to change with change.
1406
00:55:05,939 --> 00:55:07,107
Lee has his character
1407
00:55:07,140 --> 00:55:09,476
dressed in a one-piece
yellow track suit
1408
00:55:09,509 --> 00:55:11,077
to symbolize no affiliation
1409
00:55:11,111 --> 00:55:13,079
with any known
martial arts style.
1410
00:55:13,113 --> 00:55:15,448
- I think the wearing
of the yellow track suit
1411
00:55:15,482 --> 00:55:18,785
was an expression
of how he felt about
1412
00:55:18,818 --> 00:55:21,154
the martial arts
that it need not,
1413
00:55:21,187 --> 00:55:22,655
you need not be dressed in
1414
00:55:22,689 --> 00:55:26,426
a traditional uniform in order
to be an effective fighter.
1415
00:55:26,459 --> 00:55:27,360
That yellow track suit is
1416
00:55:27,394 --> 00:55:28,895
something that's comfortable
1417
00:55:28,928 --> 00:55:32,932
it's flexible, you can
move without restriction.
1418
00:55:34,067 --> 00:55:36,503
So I think that was
why he chose that.
1419
00:55:36,536 --> 00:55:38,505
- [Narrator] With his
cast now firmly in place
1420
00:55:38,538 --> 00:55:40,073
Lee spends the next three months
1421
00:55:40,073 --> 00:55:44,177
of his life from August
to October of 1972
1422
00:55:44,210 --> 00:55:47,681
putting his martial
vision on celluloid.
1423
00:55:47,714 --> 00:55:50,250
- Bruce was a perfectionist
on a film set.
1424
00:55:50,283 --> 00:55:51,618
He always choreographed all
1425
00:55:51,651 --> 00:55:54,654
of his own fights in detail
1426
00:55:54,688 --> 00:55:56,756
writing them down,
every movement,
1427
00:55:56,790 --> 00:55:58,358
every single movement,
rehearsing them
1428
00:55:58,391 --> 00:56:01,361
endlessly with the stuntmen.
1429
00:56:01,394 --> 00:56:04,330
And having many many takes
1430
00:56:04,364 --> 00:56:06,132
so that it was
always just perfect.
1431
00:56:06,166 --> 00:56:08,668
Bruce was very aware of how
1432
00:56:08,702 --> 00:56:11,504
camera angles worked
in fight scenes.
1433
00:56:11,538 --> 00:56:14,140
I visited him on The
Game of Death set
1434
00:56:14,174 --> 00:56:15,542
on more than one occasion.
1435
00:56:15,575 --> 00:56:17,777
The children, Brandon
and Shannon, and I
1436
00:56:17,811 --> 00:56:20,513
were always welcome
on the film sets.
1437
00:56:20,547 --> 00:56:22,048
We enjoyed going there because
1438
00:56:22,048 --> 00:56:24,451
he was having a
lot of fun with it.
1439
00:56:24,484 --> 00:56:27,387
First of all, Kareem
was his good friend,
1440
00:56:27,420 --> 00:56:29,255
as was Dan Inosanto
1441
00:56:29,289 --> 00:56:31,524
and some of the other
martial artists as well,
1442
00:56:31,558 --> 00:56:33,059
were his good friends.
1443
00:56:33,093 --> 00:56:34,561
He had worked with them
1444
00:56:34,594 --> 00:56:36,730
many times in the past.
1445
00:56:36,763 --> 00:56:39,065
As you know, Kareem
was his student,
1446
00:56:39,065 --> 00:56:42,168
Dan was his student and
assistant instructor
1447
00:56:42,202 --> 00:56:44,904
and so he had a real
fun time working
1448
00:56:44,938 --> 00:56:48,441
with these fellows and
constructing the fight scenes.
1449
00:56:48,475 --> 00:56:50,844
- [Narrator] The results
are three carefully crafted
1450
00:56:50,877 --> 00:56:52,512
and meaningful sequences
1451
00:56:52,545 --> 00:56:55,181
that resonate on
many different levels
1452
00:56:55,215 --> 00:56:58,551
as well as the most graceful
and dynamic presentation
1453
00:56:58,585 --> 00:57:01,321
of the human form in
hand-to-hand combat
1454
00:57:01,354 --> 00:57:03,189
ever captured on film.
1455
00:57:04,891 --> 00:57:08,628
(melodic instrumental music)
1456
00:57:10,630 --> 00:57:12,032
What you're about to
see has never been
1457
00:57:12,065 --> 00:57:14,434
seen before in its entirety.
1458
00:57:14,467 --> 00:57:16,269
It's the footage
that Bruce Lee shot
1459
00:57:16,302 --> 00:57:17,904
for The Game of Death.
1460
00:57:17,937 --> 00:57:20,540
the takes he had indicated
as the ones to be selected
1461
00:57:20,573 --> 00:57:22,475
for inclusion in the film,
1462
00:57:22,509 --> 00:57:24,744
and the dialogue he had written.
1463
00:57:24,778 --> 00:57:27,881
The footage, like the
film, is incomplete.
1464
00:57:27,914 --> 00:57:29,649
Approximately two
minutes of footage
1465
00:57:29,683 --> 00:57:30,817
that represented the beginning
1466
00:57:30,850 --> 00:57:32,952
of the film's finale
have been lost
1467
00:57:33,053 --> 00:57:35,055
to the ravages of time.
1468
00:57:35,055 --> 00:57:37,691
In that missing footage,
Lee's two allies
1469
00:57:37,724 --> 00:57:40,226
James Tien and
Chieh Yuan, come up
1470
00:57:40,260 --> 00:57:42,262
the stairs ahead of
Lee and enter into
1471
00:57:42,295 --> 00:57:44,264
the third level of the pagoda,
1472
00:57:44,297 --> 00:57:46,199
the Hall of the Tiger.
1473
00:57:46,232 --> 00:57:48,234
There they meet
the escrima master,
1474
00:57:48,268 --> 00:57:49,903
whose habit is to
beat out a teasing
1475
00:57:49,936 --> 00:57:53,740
rhythm on his sticks prior
to killing his adversary.
1476
00:57:53,773 --> 00:57:56,076
Chieh Yuan sets out to
attack the escrima master
1477
00:57:56,109 --> 00:57:58,111
with a large heavy club
1478
00:57:58,144 --> 00:58:00,013
but is quickly disarmed.
1479
00:58:00,013 --> 00:58:01,648
The escrima master then casts
1480
00:58:01,681 --> 00:58:03,016
his sticks aside
1481
00:58:03,016 --> 00:58:04,184
and battles Chieh Yuan,
1482
00:58:04,217 --> 00:58:06,119
whom he proceeds to
render unconscious
1483
00:58:06,152 --> 00:58:08,321
with a series of
strikes and kicks
1484
00:58:08,355 --> 00:58:10,457
known in kempo karate circles as
1485
00:58:10,490 --> 00:58:12,092
the Dance of Death.
1486
00:58:13,193 --> 00:58:16,096
Now, it is James
Tien's turn to battle
1487
00:58:16,129 --> 00:58:17,931
with the escrima master.
1488
00:58:18,031 --> 00:58:20,133
It is at this point
that Bruce Lee's final,
1489
00:58:20,166 --> 00:58:21,601
never-before-seen footage
1490
00:58:21,634 --> 00:58:24,070
for The Game of Death begins.
1491
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,743
(dramatic music)
1492
00:58:42,255 --> 00:58:44,591
(whooshing)
1493
00:58:56,369 --> 00:58:57,170
(shouting)
1494
00:58:57,203 --> 00:58:58,438
(sticks clacking)
1495
00:58:58,471 --> 00:59:01,408
(sticks whooshing)
1496
00:59:09,015 --> 00:59:12,452
(sticks clacking rapidly)
1497
00:59:18,358 --> 00:59:19,893
(sticks clacking rapidly)
1498
00:59:19,926 --> 00:59:21,928
(thuds)
1499
00:59:29,069 --> 00:59:32,038
(sticks whooshing)
1500
00:59:36,042 --> 00:59:37,577
(shouting)
1501
00:59:37,610 --> 00:59:39,612
(thuds)
1502
00:59:47,954 --> 00:59:48,855
(shouting)
1503
00:59:48,888 --> 00:59:50,824
(sticks clacking rapidly)
1504
00:59:50,857 --> 00:59:53,126
(shouting)
1505
00:59:58,565 --> 01:00:00,633
(groans)
1506
01:00:09,309 --> 01:00:12,012
- Do you speak any English?
1507
01:00:12,045 --> 01:00:14,381
- Of course I speak English.
1508
01:00:18,218 --> 01:00:21,588
- I hope you don't mind,
if we move our man,
1509
01:00:21,621 --> 01:00:22,789
so that the two of us will have
1510
01:00:22,822 --> 01:00:24,491
more room to groove.
1511
01:00:27,193 --> 01:00:29,195
- But have your men stay
1512
01:00:30,463 --> 01:00:33,967
as far away from the
stairway as possible.
1513
01:00:44,177 --> 01:00:47,180
(suspenseful music)
1514
01:00:52,552 --> 01:00:54,654
(grunts)
1515
01:01:04,164 --> 01:01:07,067
(sticks whooshing)
1516
01:01:25,852 --> 01:01:28,688
(sticks clacking)
1517
01:01:36,162 --> 01:01:37,564
- You know, baby,
1518
01:01:39,099 --> 01:01:40,934
this bamboo is longer,
1519
01:01:42,869 --> 01:01:45,772
more flexible, and
very much alive.
1520
01:01:48,108 --> 01:01:49,876
And when your flashy
routine cannot
1521
01:01:49,909 --> 01:01:52,579
keep up with the
speed and elusiveness
1522
01:01:52,612 --> 01:01:54,114
of this thing here,
1523
01:01:54,147 --> 01:01:55,949
all I can say is
1524
01:01:55,982 --> 01:01:58,118
that you will be
in deep trouble.
1525
01:01:58,118 --> 01:02:01,054
(sticks clacking)
1526
01:02:01,054 --> 01:02:03,757
- That, we will
have to find out.
1527
01:02:05,258 --> 01:02:08,161
(sticks whooshing)
1528
01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:16,136
(dramatic music)
1529
01:02:17,404 --> 01:02:20,240
(bamboo clacking)
1530
01:02:24,077 --> 01:02:26,279
(shouting)
1531
01:02:29,883 --> 01:02:32,719
(bamboo snapping)
1532
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:36,589
(shouting)
1533
01:02:40,226 --> 01:02:41,795
- I'm telling you,
1534
01:02:41,828 --> 01:02:44,431
it's difficult to have
a rehearsed routine
1535
01:02:44,464 --> 01:02:45,632
to fit in with
1536
01:02:46,733 --> 01:02:47,901
broken rhythm.
1537
01:02:50,136 --> 01:02:51,104
(shouting)
1538
01:02:51,104 --> 01:02:53,406
(whooshing)
1539
01:03:00,513 --> 01:03:01,948
You see?
1540
01:03:02,048 --> 01:03:03,516
Rehearsed routines
1541
01:03:03,550 --> 01:03:06,052
lack the flexibility to adapt.
1542
01:03:10,724 --> 01:03:13,059
(grunting)
1543
01:03:15,061 --> 01:03:17,397
(whooshing)
1544
01:03:19,866 --> 01:03:22,435
(stick clacks)
1545
01:03:28,074 --> 01:03:30,310
(shouting)
1546
01:03:31,511 --> 01:03:34,180
(intense music)
1547
01:03:38,385 --> 01:03:40,720
(whooshing)
1548
01:04:07,313 --> 01:04:10,116
(whooshing)
1549
01:04:10,150 --> 01:04:12,485
(shouting)
1550
01:04:15,689 --> 01:04:16,523
Surprised?
1551
01:04:17,390 --> 01:04:19,726
(whooshing)
1552
01:04:31,871 --> 01:04:34,908
(shouting)
1553
01:04:34,941 --> 01:04:37,277
(whooshing)
1554
01:04:39,579 --> 01:04:41,815
(shouting)
1555
01:04:46,086 --> 01:04:48,288
(shouting)
1556
01:04:50,090 --> 01:04:52,425
(whooshing)
1557
01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:09,642
(intense music)
1558
01:05:14,180 --> 01:05:15,548
(whooshing)
1559
01:05:15,582 --> 01:05:17,851
(shouting)
1560
01:05:23,823 --> 01:05:26,059
(shouting)
1561
01:05:32,499 --> 01:05:33,299
(thuds)
1562
01:05:33,333 --> 01:05:34,934
(shouting)
1563
01:05:34,968 --> 01:05:37,303
(whooshing)
1564
01:05:49,616 --> 01:05:51,618
(thuds)
1565
01:06:01,428 --> 01:06:02,228
- How do you like that?
1566
01:06:02,262 --> 01:06:04,264
(thuds)
1567
01:06:09,169 --> 01:06:11,237
- How do you like that?
1568
01:06:11,271 --> 01:06:12,105
Uh-uh.
1569
01:06:18,378 --> 01:06:19,879
(shouting)
1570
01:06:19,913 --> 01:06:21,848
(whooshing)
1571
01:06:21,881 --> 01:06:24,117
(shouting)
1572
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:29,923
(shouting)
1573
01:06:29,956 --> 01:06:32,292
(whooshing)
1574
01:06:38,665 --> 01:06:41,634
(shouting)
1575
01:06:41,668 --> 01:06:44,070
(whooshing)
1576
01:06:45,238 --> 01:06:47,974
(dramatic music)
1577
01:06:50,977 --> 01:06:53,213
(shouting)
1578
01:06:57,217 --> 01:06:59,552
(whooshing)
1579
01:07:10,864 --> 01:07:13,500
(loud thud)
1580
01:07:13,533 --> 01:07:15,802
(groaning)
1581
01:07:24,611 --> 01:07:26,946
(whooshing)
1582
01:07:35,522 --> 01:07:36,322
(thuds)
1583
01:07:36,356 --> 01:07:39,392
(shouting)
1584
01:07:39,426 --> 01:07:41,961
(rapid whooshing)
1585
01:07:42,062 --> 01:07:44,264
(shouting)
1586
01:07:50,670 --> 01:07:52,472
(thudding)
1587
01:07:52,505 --> 01:07:54,741
(shouting)
1588
01:07:58,812 --> 01:08:01,114
(grunting)
1589
01:08:06,186 --> 01:08:08,455
(shouting)
1590
01:08:09,522 --> 01:08:11,524
(thuds)
1591
01:08:22,469 --> 01:08:26,039
(hands slapping)
1592
01:08:26,072 --> 01:08:28,641
(stick clacks)
1593
01:08:40,220 --> 01:08:42,889
(intense music)
1594
01:09:20,727 --> 01:09:22,829
- As you gentlemen know,
1595
01:09:22,862 --> 01:09:24,264
red means danger.
1596
01:09:24,297 --> 01:09:26,599
Therefore, I advise
to you people
1597
01:09:26,633 --> 01:09:29,169
not to step into
this warning arena.
1598
01:09:29,202 --> 01:09:32,172
If you want to go on
living, stop here.
1599
01:09:32,205 --> 01:09:33,206
Go back downstairs.
1600
01:09:33,239 --> 01:09:34,641
Life is precious.
1601
01:09:36,543 --> 01:09:38,778
(shouting)
1602
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:42,482
(thuds)
1603
01:09:44,084 --> 01:09:46,152
(laughs)
1604
01:09:47,420 --> 01:09:48,688
(shouting)
1605
01:09:48,722 --> 01:09:51,057
(thudding)
1606
01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,062
(shouting)
1607
01:09:57,430 --> 01:09:59,432
(thuds)
1608
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:02,969
(shouting)
1609
01:10:03,003 --> 01:10:05,238
(thudding)
1610
01:10:09,242 --> 01:10:11,511
(grunting)
1611
01:10:29,562 --> 01:10:31,831
(shouting)
1612
01:10:43,910 --> 01:10:45,845
(shouting)
1613
01:10:45,879 --> 01:10:47,881
(thuds)
1614
01:10:49,749 --> 01:10:52,118
(shouting)
1615
01:10:52,152 --> 01:10:54,154
(thuds)
1616
01:10:54,187 --> 01:10:56,322
(shouting)
1617
01:10:56,356 --> 01:10:58,625
(thudding)
1618
01:11:21,147 --> 01:11:22,582
(whooshing)
1619
01:11:22,615 --> 01:11:24,851
(shouting)
1620
01:11:26,486 --> 01:11:27,954
(grunting)
1621
01:11:27,987 --> 01:11:29,222
(thuds)
1622
01:11:29,255 --> 01:11:31,491
(crashing)
1623
01:11:34,094 --> 01:11:37,130
(shouting)
1624
01:11:37,163 --> 01:11:39,399
(thudding)
1625
01:11:39,432 --> 01:11:41,668
(grunting)
1626
01:11:45,638 --> 01:11:49,109
(intense dramatic music)
1627
01:12:38,391 --> 01:12:40,393
(thuds)
1628
01:12:47,901 --> 01:12:50,136
(shouting)
1629
01:13:02,649 --> 01:13:05,352
(shouting)
1630
01:13:05,385 --> 01:13:07,387
(thuds)
1631
01:13:08,488 --> 01:13:10,757
(thudding)
1632
01:13:32,078 --> 01:13:34,781
(dramatic music)
1633
01:13:40,153 --> 01:13:40,954
(shouting)
1634
01:13:40,987 --> 01:13:43,323
(whooshing)
1635
01:13:45,525 --> 01:13:48,094
(shouting)
1636
01:13:48,094 --> 01:13:50,096
(thuds)
1637
01:13:52,132 --> 01:13:54,367
(thudding)
1638
01:14:12,252 --> 01:14:14,254
(thuds)
1639
01:14:16,423 --> 01:14:18,425
(thuds)
1640
01:14:20,260 --> 01:14:22,262
(thuds)
1641
01:14:43,183 --> 01:14:45,885
(shouting)
1642
01:14:45,919 --> 01:14:47,087
(thuds)
1643
01:14:47,087 --> 01:14:49,322
(shouting)
1644
01:14:55,862 --> 01:14:58,098
(shouting)
1645
01:15:01,368 --> 01:15:03,470
(thudding)
1646
01:15:03,503 --> 01:15:05,772
(shouting)
1647
01:15:15,915 --> 01:15:18,184
(thudding)
1648
01:15:19,919 --> 01:15:22,188
(shouting)
1649
01:15:32,432 --> 01:15:34,434
(thuds)
1650
01:15:52,719 --> 01:15:54,954
(shouting)
1651
01:16:05,699 --> 01:16:09,102
(intense dramatic music)
1652
01:16:37,597 --> 01:16:38,398
(shouting)
1653
01:16:38,431 --> 01:16:40,433
(thuds)
1654
01:16:53,480 --> 01:16:55,949
(shouting)
1655
01:16:55,982 --> 01:16:58,251
(groaning)
1656
01:17:09,195 --> 01:17:11,031
(shouting)
1657
01:17:11,031 --> 01:17:13,233
(thudding)
1658
01:17:14,134 --> 01:17:16,369
(shouting)
1659
01:17:18,805 --> 01:17:21,808
(debris clattering)
1660
01:17:27,047 --> 01:17:29,315
(thudding)
1661
01:17:30,717 --> 01:17:32,952
(grunting)
1662
01:17:41,194 --> 01:17:43,196
(thuds)
1663
01:17:45,098 --> 01:17:47,367
(grunting)
1664
01:18:01,114 --> 01:18:03,316
(thudding)
1665
01:18:21,501 --> 01:18:25,338
(yelling in foreign language)
1666
01:18:30,710 --> 01:18:33,046
(thudding)
1667
01:18:42,689 --> 01:18:43,923
(shouting)
1668
01:18:43,957 --> 01:18:46,192
(thudding)
1669
01:19:01,041 --> 01:19:02,709
(thuds)
1670
01:19:02,742 --> 01:19:05,712
(shouting)
1671
01:19:05,745 --> 01:19:08,014
(groaning)
1672
01:19:18,692 --> 01:19:20,927
(shouting)
1673
01:19:28,068 --> 01:19:30,070
(thuds)
1674
01:20:15,348 --> 01:20:17,350
(thuds)
1675
01:20:22,255 --> 01:20:24,491
(coughing)
1676
01:20:33,633 --> 01:20:36,603
(chair squeaking)
1677
01:20:36,636 --> 01:20:37,437
(shouting)
1678
01:20:37,470 --> 01:20:39,739
(thudding)
1679
01:21:05,799 --> 01:21:07,067
(shouting)
1680
01:21:07,100 --> 01:21:09,336
(thudding)
1681
01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:15,875
(grunting)
1682
01:21:36,963 --> 01:21:39,366
(whooshing)
1683
01:22:13,466 --> 01:22:14,668
- Little fellow,
1684
01:22:14,701 --> 01:22:18,104
you must have given
up the hope of living.
1685
01:22:18,138 --> 01:22:20,206
- Uh-uh, on the contrary,
1686
01:22:21,307 --> 01:22:24,444
I do not let the
word death bother me.
1687
01:22:26,279 --> 01:22:27,781
- Same here, baby.
1688
01:22:29,916 --> 01:22:33,119
- Then what are you waiting for?
1689
01:22:33,153 --> 01:22:34,921
(whooshing)
1690
01:22:34,954 --> 01:22:37,190
(shouting)
1691
01:22:39,159 --> 01:22:41,428
(thudding)
1692
01:22:54,974 --> 01:22:57,210
(thudding)
1693
01:22:59,145 --> 01:23:01,548
(shattering)
1694
01:23:05,118 --> 01:23:07,887
(dramatic music)
1695
01:23:13,493 --> 01:23:15,762
(thudding)
1696
01:23:41,755 --> 01:23:43,289
(thudding)
1697
01:23:43,323 --> 01:23:45,592
(shouting)
1698
01:23:50,897 --> 01:23:53,133
(thudding)
1699
01:23:55,802 --> 01:23:57,904
(grunts)
1700
01:24:11,818 --> 01:24:13,853
(shouting)
1701
01:24:13,887 --> 01:24:16,156
(thudding)
1702
01:24:27,267 --> 01:24:28,335
(shouting)
1703
01:24:28,368 --> 01:24:30,637
(thudding)
1704
01:24:32,439 --> 01:24:34,708
(shouting)
1705
01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:48,922
(thuds)
1706
01:24:50,857 --> 01:24:53,093
(thudding)
1707
01:24:57,697 --> 01:24:59,933
(thudding)
1708
01:25:06,039 --> 01:25:08,241
(crashing)
1709
01:25:12,812 --> 01:25:15,115
(intense dramatic music)
1710
01:25:15,148 --> 01:25:17,384
(thudding)
1711
01:25:18,785 --> 01:25:21,054
(shouting)
1712
01:25:23,223 --> 01:25:24,691
(thudding)
1713
01:25:24,724 --> 01:25:26,960
(shouting)
1714
01:25:30,897 --> 01:25:32,899
(thuds)
1715
01:25:54,154 --> 01:25:56,156
(thuds)
1716
01:25:59,259 --> 01:26:01,528
(thudding)
1717
01:26:24,084 --> 01:26:27,754
- This tough son-of-a-gun
is wearing me out.
1718
01:26:52,078 --> 01:26:54,681
(paper tearing)
1719
01:27:14,267 --> 01:27:15,368
(shouting)
1720
01:27:15,402 --> 01:27:17,404
(thuds)
1721
01:27:51,938 --> 01:27:54,140
(panting)
1722
01:27:56,176 --> 01:27:57,977
Why continue?
1723
01:27:58,078 --> 01:27:59,412
Just let me pass.
1724
01:28:02,048 --> 01:28:05,218
- You have forgotten that I, too
1725
01:28:05,251 --> 01:28:07,153
am not afraid of death.
1726
01:28:09,155 --> 01:28:11,658
(thudding)
1727
01:28:11,691 --> 01:28:14,561
(shouting)
1728
01:28:14,594 --> 01:28:16,830
(grunting)
1729
01:28:32,612 --> 01:28:35,281
(crashing thud)
1730
01:28:38,852 --> 01:28:41,087
(groaning)
1731
01:28:53,199 --> 01:28:55,368
(sighing)
1732
01:29:09,649 --> 01:29:12,419
(dramatic music)
1733
01:29:23,830 --> 01:29:25,832
(thuds)
1734
01:30:00,667 --> 01:30:03,403
(dramatic music)
1735
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:30,063
(paper tearing)
1736
01:30:52,552 --> 01:30:53,687
- You know I've been categorized
1737
01:30:53,720 --> 01:30:54,921
as the keeper of the grave
1738
01:30:54,954 --> 01:30:57,791
up in Seattle and I
try to make it up there
1739
01:30:57,824 --> 01:31:00,927
at least once a month
oftentimes during
1740
01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:01,828
the month I might go up there
1741
01:31:01,861 --> 01:31:02,762
four or five times
1742
01:31:02,796 --> 01:31:04,064
depending on who comes in
1743
01:31:04,064 --> 01:31:05,465
from you know, other
parts of the world
1744
01:31:05,498 --> 01:31:07,400
or something like that.
1745
01:31:08,468 --> 01:31:09,969
I find that there are
1746
01:31:10,070 --> 01:31:11,204
many many people
that come up there,
1747
01:31:11,237 --> 01:31:12,405
they're not even
martial artists,
1748
01:31:12,439 --> 01:31:13,907
you would just normally expect
1749
01:31:13,940 --> 01:31:14,874
that the people
who come up there
1750
01:31:14,908 --> 01:31:15,909
are in martial arts
1751
01:31:15,942 --> 01:31:18,678
and they want to
try to have some
1752
01:31:18,712 --> 01:31:21,081
of that ability rub off on them.
1753
01:31:21,081 --> 01:31:22,282
I go up there and
I make it a point
1754
01:31:22,315 --> 01:31:24,484
to talk to people when
I see them up there.
1755
01:31:24,517 --> 01:31:25,819
And oftentimes they tell me,
1756
01:31:25,852 --> 01:31:27,487
"I'm not even into martial arts.
1757
01:31:27,520 --> 01:31:29,089
"But I just came to try
1758
01:31:29,122 --> 01:31:32,359
"to have some of that
inspiration of his
1759
01:31:32,392 --> 01:31:34,160
"come into my life,
because obviously
1760
01:31:34,194 --> 01:31:37,664
"I'm in a place where
I need something."
1761
01:31:37,697 --> 01:31:39,332
And personally, because of Bruce
1762
01:31:39,366 --> 01:31:40,867
I've been able to
help several young
1763
01:31:40,900 --> 01:31:43,303
people to find
themselves, to get out
1764
01:31:43,336 --> 01:31:45,171
of the drug scene
and things like that.
1765
01:31:45,205 --> 01:31:46,840
And I don't take
credit for that.
1766
01:31:46,873 --> 01:31:48,375
It's Bruce.
1767
01:31:48,408 --> 01:31:50,710
- I mean I get letters now,
1768
01:31:50,744 --> 01:31:53,446
27 years after he's been gone,
1769
01:31:53,480 --> 01:31:55,315
from people who
weren't even born
1770
01:31:55,348 --> 01:31:56,750
when he was alive.
1771
01:31:56,783 --> 01:31:58,318
They're telling me how
1772
01:31:58,351 --> 01:31:59,953
he has motivated them to be
1773
01:32:00,053 --> 01:32:01,888
a better person, to be,
1774
01:32:03,056 --> 01:32:04,491
to achieve their goals,
1775
01:32:04,524 --> 01:32:06,526
to be in better
physical condition,
1776
01:32:06,559 --> 01:32:08,161
to live their own life
1777
01:32:08,194 --> 01:32:10,530
from their own heart,
rather than just
1778
01:32:10,563 --> 01:32:13,266
following or emulating
somebody else.
1779
01:32:13,299 --> 01:32:15,135
It really does my heart good,
1780
01:32:15,168 --> 01:32:17,203
and I think that
Bruce would be smiling
1781
01:32:17,237 --> 01:32:20,073
down to know that
his work and his art
1782
01:32:20,073 --> 01:32:21,408
have continued to benefit
1783
01:32:21,441 --> 01:32:23,610
people all over the world.
1784
01:32:24,644 --> 01:32:25,478
- There were some lines that
1785
01:32:25,512 --> 01:32:26,913
express your philosophy.
1786
01:32:26,946 --> 01:32:27,714
I don't know if you remember
them or not, but you--
1787
01:32:27,747 --> 01:32:28,648
- I remember them.
1788
01:32:28,682 --> 01:32:29,382
- [Interviewer] Let's hear it.
1789
01:32:29,416 --> 01:32:30,316
- I said,
1790
01:32:30,350 --> 01:32:32,318
this is what it is, okay?
1791
01:32:33,453 --> 01:32:36,156
I said, "Empty your mind.
1792
01:32:36,189 --> 01:32:37,657
"Be formless.
1793
01:32:37,691 --> 01:32:39,592
"Shapeless, like water.
1794
01:32:40,894 --> 01:32:43,530
"Now, you put water into a cup,
1795
01:32:43,563 --> 01:32:44,664
"it becomes the cup.
1796
01:32:44,698 --> 01:32:46,132
"You put water into a bottle,
1797
01:32:46,166 --> 01:32:47,100
"it becomes the bottle.
1798
01:32:47,100 --> 01:32:48,001
"You put it in a teapot,
1799
01:32:48,101 --> 01:32:50,103
"it becomes the teapot.
1800
01:32:50,103 --> 01:32:53,173
"Now, water can flow
or it can crash.
1801
01:32:54,107 --> 01:32:55,875
"Be water, my friend."
1802
01:33:00,280 --> 01:33:03,049
(water babbling)
1803
01:33:09,055 --> 01:33:11,791
(dramatic music)
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