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Mar 13, 2024 · As a youth, Bruce Lee disliked Tai Chi, but quickly took to Wing Chun, a “soft” form of kung-fu built around reflexive moments, speed, and timing. Instead of concentrating on developing raw strength, Wing Chun fighters are taught to redirect their opponents’ attacks and disrupt their balance.
Mar 14, 2021 · In the 1960s, Bruce Lee founded a Kung Fu style called Jeet Kune Do. Here's why the actor was determined to create his own form of martial arts.
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Jeet Kune Do (Chinese: 截拳道; lit. 'way of the intercepting fist'; abbreviated JKD) is a hybrid martial art conceived and practiced by martial artist Bruce Lee. It was formed from Lee's experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought. [12][13]
Oct 9, 2021 · In 1967, Bruce Lee was not yet a movie star but was already an accomplished and respected martial artist in the Hollywood area. He officially created June Kune Do and taught it in kung fu schools that he operated in California.
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Some say kung fu was invented by the fabled founder of Chinese Buddhism, Bhodidharma; or by the demon-turned-deity Vajrapāni, in defending the Shaolin temple from a historical raid by the Red...
Bruce Lee's martial journey from Wing Chun Gung Fu to his own art of Jeet Kune Do.
Trailblazer. There is no doubt that Bruce Lee was a modern day pioneer of martial arts, on a global scale. Bruce's martial journey, of almost 20 years, begins at age 13, with him learning the Chinese art of Wing Chun Gung-Fu and ends with the development of his own art of Jeet Kune Do.
