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Image
taken from
20th Century Warriors
Bruce
Lee's body measurements at
age 24:
Height: 5' 8 "
Weight: 140 pounds
Calves: Left =
12.875", Right = 13
"
Thighs: Left =
22.5", Right = 22.5
"
Waist : 29.5 "
Wrist : Left = 6.75
", Right = 6.875 "
Forearms: Left =
11.75 ", Right = 12.25
"
Biceps: Left = 13.75
", Right = 14.25 "
Chest: Normal = 39
", Expanded = 44.25
"
Neck: 15.5 "
"In
early 1971, when he was
living in Los Angeles, Lee
had weighted better than 145
pounds. By late 1972, he was
down to 126; in April 1973,
his doctor said he was at
122."
Note:
Other sources claim his
weight was 126 pounds at the
time of death, in July 1973.
"..Bruce's
body must have been less
than one per cent fat, sais
Dr Donald Langford, the Lee
family's physician in Hong
Kong. It was obscene how
little body fat he had."
Exerts
from
the Davis Miller book:
Tao
of Bruce Lee
Bruce
Lee's Abdominal Routines:
Stomach
Exercises:
1.Waist twist - 4
sets of 70 reps
2.Sit-up twist - 4
sets of 20 reps
3.Leg raises - 4 sets
of 20 reps
4.Leaning twist - 4
sets of 50 reps
5.Frog kick - 4 sets
of as many reps as possible
Stomach/Waist
Exercises: (2 sets)
1.Roman chair sit-up
2.Leg raises
3.Side bends
Running:
1.Sit-up - 4 sets of
20 reps
2.Leg raises - 4 sets
of 20 reps
3.Side bends 4 sets
of 15-20 reps
Bruce
also used to ride for 45
minutes (10 Miles) on a
stationary bike.
For
more info on Bruce's workout
routines: The
Art of Expressing the Human
Body
Stories
about Bruce
Dan
Inosanto
"Bruce was always a dapper dresser. Once he asked me to go with him to a clothing store so we went to one where most college students shopped, now bruce never liked people to touch him. Inside an employee came up to us and said
hey you have some nice threads what do you do for a living? Bruce ignored him and he kept asking the same thing until he touched him. Eventually bruce said, I do a thing called gung fu, the employee asks whats gung fu? bruce replied let me show you. He stands him in front of a clothes rack and says, now this is the one inch punch and he sends the guy across the store into the clothes rack with his feet up in the air, I said looks like its time to leave so the guy ended up in the sports jacket section. It was like a scene from his
movies."
Exert
from the Joe Lewis book:
How
to master Bruce Lee's
Fighting Style
Tom
Bleecker
"Two men entered through the rear door and were greated by Parker. The shorter more reserved of the two were James Lee. James had often driven from Oakland to visit Parker, and this time he brough with him an unknown Kung Fu practitioner from Hong Kong, who was meeting parker for the first time. His name was Bruce Lee.
He was a well dressed, good looking man in his early twenties In sharp contrast to Parker, Bruce stood a mere five feet seven inches and weight around 140 pounds. Soon Parker and Bruce started to exchange ideas, with Bruce often using James Lee (no relation to Bruce) to demonstrate his point.
Above all else, what instantly impressed
me about Bruce was his unmistakable self confidence. In the two years since I had begun training with Ed parker, Bruce Lee was the first man who didnt seem intimidated by this massive hawaiian. Although this meeting took place over thirty years ago, three distinct characteristics still stands out in my mind: the intense level of enthusiasm with which Bruce expressed his art; his awesome physical and emotional energy; and most notably the
incradable speed of his hands."
Exert
fromTom Bleecker's book:
Unsettled
Matters
Davis
Miller
"It
is hard to overstate how
visible the martial arts
disciplines have become
because of Bruce Lee. If he
had not existed, few of us
would have heard of martial
arts or kung fu. Before
Lee's death there were fewer
than 500 martial arts
schools in the world; by the
late 1990s, because of his
influence, there were more
than 20 million martial arts
students in the United
States alone.
There
isnt a martial artist on
this planet who hasn't been
influenced by Bruce, George
Tan claims. And this seeming overstatement is
probably true."
"..Internationally,
Enter the Dragon was Warner
Brother's highest grossing
movie of 1973. A cinema in
Iran played the film daily
until January 1979, when Sha
Pahlavi was overthrown by
the Ayatollah Khomeini."
"...As
for the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Lee's death,
including worldwide video
and television sales, Enter
the Dragon has grossed over
400 million dollars and had
been listed, for more than
twenty years, as one of the
twenty most profitable
movies in the history of
cinema."
"...On
20th of July 1986, Betty
Ting Pei gave birth to a
son, who, she told friends,
was the reincarnation of
Bruce Lee."
Exerts
from
the Davis Miller book:
Tao
of Bruce Lee
About
Bruce's Fighting Ability
PaulBax: You once mentioned Joe Lewis in regard to a conversation you had with Dan Inosanto in which Danny claimed that during a workout session with Bruce Lee that Lewis "could not do anything." Can you expound on this?
JamesDemille: It is hard to recall the exact conversations that took place many years ago. But this was the gist of the talk. Danny had seen Bruce Spar with Joe and Chuck Norris and said he would neutralize everything they tried. His ability to close, trap and shut down any attack was amazing. I did not doubt this since I had had personal experience with his skills. Bruce was a street fighter, and they were tournament players. There is a definite difference between the two. I have always been more than happy to explain the differences to those who think that winning trophies and smashing heads is the same thing.
PaulBax: It seems he learned it well. Joe Lewis once said, "I remember I fired at him three times in a row and he (Lee) couldn't touch my hand. And I thought, "Ha, I finally got him!" Then he went to that alpha state of consciousness, sort of self-hypnosis he did on himself and then asked me to try again, and then of course, he popped me every single time. I couldn't touch him. He was great with those little mind games." You’re thoughts?
JamesDemille: I was not there, so it is hard to qualify what happened. I saw Joe back in the early 70's when he was in a full contact tournament here in Hawaii. He was good but not especially fast. He was very aggressive but I would personally question his ability to touch Bruce at any time. Bruce did use his ability to focus within, but again, his speed of motion and reactions were constant and I doubt anyone could touch him unless they were very close to him and knew how to move. However, Bruce would play games and maybe he wanted to give Joe a moment of .................
Movie
buget info
The Big Boss -Budget: US $100,000
Fist Of Fury - Budget: US $100,000
Way Of The Dragon - Budget: US $130,000
Enter The Dragon - Budget: US $850,000 - Gross (Worldwide): US $90,000,000
Game Of Death - Budget: HK $3,500,000
aka
(US released titles)
Fists
Of Fury
-Budget: US $100,000
Chinese Connection - Budget: US $100,000
Return Of The Dragon - Budget: US $130,000
Vote
results
Filmfour.com
had a vote running for the
100 Best Actors of all time.
Bruce Lee ended on spot nr
40. Such names as
Schwarzenegger and Tom
Cruise is farther down the
list. Jackie Chan ended on
nr 56. And with Chow Yuen
Fat farther down the list.
13500 have people voted for
their favorite.
There
were also a vote for the
best movies of the 20th
century, Enter the Dragon
ended on spot nr 85.
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Bruce
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Philosophy
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http://ww.philosophyofahumanbeing.com
-Join me in my quest for world peace as I offer my philosophy and wisdom on how we can change attitudes as human beings and solve
the problems on Earth. I Also pay tribute to the greatest martial artist
of the 20th century, Bruce Lee.
1973
Bruce Lee
http://www.geocities.com/jatl
-A few pics and some info.
Bruce
& Brandon Lee Autographs
http://www.bruceleeautographs.com
-A few pics and some info.
All
About Bruce Lee
http://www.allbrucelee.com/
-Info, articles, downloads and pictures.
20th
Century Warriors
http://www.20th-centurywarriors.com/
-The site for Bruce Lee
and Hong Kong movie
pictures. Make sure to visit the forum
for daily rare pictures.
Temple
of the Unknown
http://www.cityonfire.com/unknown/
-At writing moment this is
probably the biggest Bruce
Lee forum
on the net. The site
itself contains pictures,
and some very nice and
rare interviews.
Bruce
Lee Foundation
http://www.bruceleefoundation.com/
-The Bruce Lee Foundation, California nonprofit 501 (c)(3), was founded in April of 2002 by Bruce Lee’s wife, Linda Lee Cadwell and daughter, Shannon Lee Keasler. The Foundation was created to preserve and perpetuate the art, philosophy and legacy of Bruce Lee for generations to come. The Lee Family, together with three original students of Bruce Lee and several hand-picked business professionals form the Board of the new Bruce Lee
Foundation.
Aleister Cooper's Bruce Lee Website
http://www.geocities.com/aleistercooper/
-This
website contains Films,
Quotes, Gallery, Jeet
Kune Do, Promotional Posters and Bruce Lee's original Game Of
Death. Which includes Bruce Lee's Script Notes. So Come and Enter the
Dragon.
Bruce
Lee Articles
http://www.martialinfo.com/A
-Some Bruce Lee related articels.
Bruce
Lee - Game of Death
http://www.bruceleegameofdeath.tk
-Various of info, timeline and quotes.
Temple
of Anime
http://www.templeofanime.cjb.net/
-Nice collection of Bruce Lee related cartoons, anime and video clips.
Urban
Kung-Fu!
http://www.livelife.4t.com/
-Displays a superb Bruce Lee collection. The site is dedicated to all the die hard Bruce Lee and Martial Arts film collectors. From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan, this site is a celebration of the finest in Asian Action Cinema!
Bruce
Lee: A Tribute
http://www.geocities.com/brucetribute
-Info, pictures and
downloads.
Bruce
Lee section: Jessica Karate
http://www.angelfire.com/nh/
-Got a few pictures and
graphics.
Bruce
Lee
http://hem.passagen.se/ch
-Info and nice pictures.
Bruce
Lee Sculpture Site
http://www.onenet.com.hk/bal_life/sculpt
-All kinds of info,
pictures and info on Bruce
Lee sculptures and figures.
BruceLeeEve
http://bruceleeeve.homestead.com/Bruce
-Robert's collection is one of the largest in the world. It contains items from all over the world, and is complete in
scope, everything from Bruce Lee key chains to a hand written letter by Bruce to a Green Hornet fan (signed by Bruce both in
english and Chinese - making this even more rare). The collection contains over 1250 items. Robert has sadly passed away
now. But there is still possible to order a tape of his BruceLeeEve events over the years.
Bruce
Lee.com
http://www.brucelee.com
-Pictures, info and multimedia. Get the scanned version of Bruce's JKD manuscript.
The
Bruce
Lee & Brandon Lee Association
http://www.bbla.co.uk/
-You can become a member
if you want to. Their site
is updated on various
upcoming Bruce Lee events
and holds competitions.
They also got a few items
for sale.
Bruce
Lee Fan Club UK
http://www.brucelee.org.uk/
-One of the good old sites
still being around. Check
it out.
Bruce
Lee Review
http://www.bruceleereview.co.uk
-This sites focus is to
review Bruce Lee related
books and DVD releases.
Very updated on the new
stuff.
The site is also holds
competitions with
prizes to win.
Bruce
Lee - The Little Dragon
http://davidlancashire.tripod.com/
-Pictures, info and
downloads.
Bruce
Lee Archive UK
http://www.bleejunfan.demon.co.uk/
-Bruce, Brandon and
Shannon Lee info.
Bruce
Lee`s Awesome Page
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavend
-Nice pictures of various
rare scans, and a few
book/video reviews.
Bruce
Lee Biography
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bo
-A biography/timeline on Bruce`s
life.
Bruce
Lee - China Star
http://1chinastar.com/ee/1/20008.shtml
-Profile and various other
info.
Bruce
Lee Collection
http://www.bruceleecollection.com
-Bruce Lee memoribilia
site specializing in rare
Bruce Lee items.
Everything from Rare Bruce
Lee photos, magazines,
books, T-shirts, videos,
Green Hornet items.
Bruce
Lee - The Early Years
http://www.earlyears.org.uk/
-Info, great pictures,
dowloads. The site is
dedicated to the young
Bruce Lee.
Bruce
Lee Fan Club INDIA
http://www.zen-india.nstemp.com
Alot of Info on Bruce and
JKD, pictures, very nice
downloads and a forum.
Bruce
- Flash Site
http://www.geocities.com/kieronwilliam
-A Flash generated Bruce Lee
site.
Very cool and interactive,
with info, great pictures
and a few sounds.
Bruce
Lee in Action
http://hometown.aol.com/manchu/b
-Has some very nice movie
clips for download. Also check
out the quiz.
Bruce
Lee Lives!
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/friday
-Pictures, some of them
rare, loads of info and
interviews.
Bruce
Lee Page
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~
-A very nice collection of
articles by and about
Bruce.
Bruce
Lee Remembered
http://www.bruceandbrandon.info
-Very nice site. Contains
all kinds of info, quotes
and pictures. The site
also got a section on
Brandon.
Bruce
Lee Pictures
http://members.tripod.co.uk/
-Bruce Lee
drawings.
Bruceploitation
http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/
-Usefull info on Bruce
Lee, Bruce Le and Bruce Li
related films and
documentaries. Reviews of
movies of the Bruce
impersonators who tried to
cash in on Bruce Lee's
good name following his
death. Lots of reviews and
info on movies/actors and
you can vote for your
favorite Bruceploitation
movie. Very nice!
Japanese
Picture Forum
http://www11.big.or.jp/%7Edragon/joyful/
-Forum with a very nice
collection of pictures.
Bruce
Lee The Master
http://www.geocities.com/Coloss
-Info and pictures.
Bruce
Lee "the little
dragon"
http://leixialong.tripod.com
-A personal fan site and
humble opinions on Bruce Lee.
Info and pictures.
Building
the Bruce Lee Physique
http://members.tripod.com/~CenteneraL/
-Info on the Bruce Lee
training ways.
Bruce
World
http://www.geocities.com/bruceworld_com/
-Pictures, postcards, and
some info.
Bruce
& Brandon
http://bruce-lee.8m.com
-Bruce Lee & Brandon
Lee - La leyenda. Info and
pictures.
Christopher`s
BL Gallery
http://brucekickass.topcities.com/
-Great
pictures, quotes, quiz,
polls and timeline.
Christopher`s
Bruce Lee Site
http://hem3.passagen.se/chriscam/
-This site is dedicated to
one of the best known
actors and martial artists
ever, Bruce Lee. On this
site you will find reviews
of his four completed
films. The site also got a
very informative section
called "12 things you
never knew".
Enter
Bruce Lee
http://www.enterbrucelee.com
-Claims to be The unofficial Bruce Lee
fan site. Contains
pictures, quotes,
philosophies and other
info.
You need to be a member to
view some parts of the
site though.
Enter
the Dragon
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseu
-Bipgraphy, pictures,
sound and movie clips.
Hide's
site
http://hidesite.s55.xrea.com/x/index
-Site
dedicated to Bruce Lee.
Most of it in Japanese.
Contains history and info.
Be sure to visit their
great picture forum also!
Hong
Kong Heroes - Bruce Lee
http://surbrook.devermore.net/adapt
-Biographical info and
character adaptation stats
on Bruce Lee. For some
sort of game maybe?
Jas
Bains Bruce Lee Web Site
http://www.jsbains.co.uk/Default.htm
-Info and pictures.
Katoman.com
http://www.katoman.com
-This site contains a few rare clips. You can also buy rare videos and collectibles here.
Movement
# 4
http://www.geocities.com/move
-Contains original
soundtracks to movies
Bruce never got to make as
well as songs featuring
the man himeself.
Site by Kevin Thompson.
Nick`s
Bruce Lee Site
http://www.brucelee.tvheaven.com
-Pictures, a very nice
section with wallpapers
and a bloopers list from
Bruce's movies.
Rare
Bruce Lee Audio Interviews
http://www.geocities.com/BRUCE
-Download the Bruce Lee
Audio Interviews. Pierre
Berton, Alex Ben
Block, Ted
Thomas and the Dan
Lee telephone conversation.
Sidekick.it
http://www.sidekick.it/walk_on/welcome
-German site with biogrphical info. It also has a superb section in memory of passed away people in the Bruce Lee scene,
list of names, cause of death and date. Very interesting!
Siberia`s
Bruce Lee - Legend of a Dragon
http://www.angelfire.com/pq/siberia/
-Profile, biography,
articles, pictures,
animated GIFs, sound clips,
reviews, and profile
sections on Brandon and
Shannon.
Bruce
Lee Ultimate Fighter
http://www.colba.net/~xtlee/
-Probably the first Bruce
Lee site on the net.
Launced in 1994! Contains
info and pictures.
The
Shrine to Bruce Lee
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~chenj
-Very old site, never
updated. Has some video
clips, pictures and info.
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