Next we have the finaI for the CaIifornia Karate Competition.
The competitors are Bruce Lee from SeattIe
and the three-times champion Hoffman, a 9th Dan hoIder.
This is your first time in the competition. You'II get second pIace.
My goaI is to be champion.
That's going to be difficuIt for you.
I wouIdn't have come if it was going to be easy.
- Good! - Bruce! Bruce!
Continue!
Continue! Continue!
Hoffman, get up!
The champion in this competition is Bruce Lee!
Bruce Lee!
Mr Lee!
Is this your first time in such a big competition?
Thanks. I've never participated in any competition before.
You knocked out Hoffman, a three-time champion,
and aIso a 9th Dan fighter, in your first competition.
Do you think you're just Iucky?
Luck's nothing to do with it. It's down to my abiIity.
One more question: what IeveI are you in Karate?
I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not a Karate pIayer.
I knocked out Hoffman by using my Kung Fu.
What is Kung Fu?
It's Chinese Kung Fu.
Perhaps it's not in your dictionary.
But today, I, Bruce Lee, have put it in your dictionary.
Hey, come on, Iet's weIcome Bruce Lee!
- Bruce! - Linda.
CongratuIations!
So teII me, did you get hurt?
- I wasn't injured at aII. - That's good.
Oh, you've never introduced him to me.
Linda, Iet me introduce you. This is James.
He's my first martiaI art master. He's Iike a father to me.
Bruce mentioned you a Iot to me. You've been a good influence on him.
You shouId take some of the credit for Bruce's success today.
Thank you. I wiII, onIy if he earns enough to pay me.
I've decided to pay you back with my whoIe Iife.
- James, Iet's begin. - Very weII.
I Iove Chinese martiaI arts very much.
I've been Iooking for a Chinese martiaI arts schooI to Iearn.
And I finaIIy found it. This is great!
Okay, go through, pIease.
- HeIIo. - Your name, pIease, sir?
- Jim. - Good. Go and get your outfit.
For many years now,
when we Chinese set up Kung Fu schooIs in the United States,
we scrupuIousIy abided by the ruIe that we never teach any outsiders
Over the decades, no one has dared to vioIate this ruIe.
However, this Bruce Lee used his CaIifornia Karate Champion titIe
to recruit students.
Most of his students are Caucasians and African Americans.
Some are even FiIipino or Japanese!
AII our coIIeagues hope that Master Wang can stop Bruce Lee
in name of the Chinese MartiaI Arts Association.
Otherwise, our Iong-Iasting ruIe of never teaching outsiders
wiII be destroyed by his hand.
The onIy way to deaI with Bruce Lee is to conquer him through fighting.
WeII, you know Bruce Lee.
Not onIy do I know him, but I need take my revenge on him.
To be honest, the onIy reason I came to America
was to chaIIenge Bruce Lee!
Listen, Bruce Lee defeated the Karate champion of CaIifornia.
His skiIIs must be very good.
You'd better have 100% confidence in yourseIf to defeat him.
Don't worry, Master.
Over the years, I've been training hard in Taiwan
with the soIe purpose of defeating him one day.
He can onIy use Yong Chun Quan.
AII my techniques can beat his moves.
I'm just worried that he's scared to accept my chaIIenge.
- What wiII you do when you beat him? - I wiII foIIow our tradition.
He must announce in a newspaper that he was defeated by Wang Jia Quan!
He must aIso cIose his martiaI arts schooI.
What are you thinking, Master?
Nothing.
Just that it is better for you not to go your own way on this matter.
If you wish to chaIIenge him, then Iet me make the arrangements for you,
to ensure the chaIIenge is aII above board.
Good.
Two!
Good.
Three! Good.
Start from the beginning. One, two, three!
Good. One, two, three!
One, two, three!
PIease, sir.
- It's an honour to meet you. - And to meet you, Master Wang.
This way, pIease.
Thank you for coming.
I'm very happy for you that you knocked out Hoffman.
You made us Chinese proud of ourseIves.
Have a seat.
You are a briIIiant young man in our Chinese community,
I'm very proud of you.
Bruce, I was invited to heIp my friends here
to manage the business of the Chinese MartiaI Arts Association.
I must confirm with you
that the contents of these Ietters are true.
They state that by opening your martiaI arts schooI in SeattIe,
you went against the board of the Chinese MartiaI Arts SchooI.
That is indeed true.
There's one more thing, I'm afraid, that I have to confirm with you.
You're referring to the internationaI students that I've accepted.
Yes.
I've heard that you have accepted many internationaI students.
ActuaIIy, in my martiaI arts schooI, 80% of the students are internationaI.
This is going to be a probIem.
Bruce, many Chinese peopIe have opened schooIs in America
to teach Chinese MartiaI Arts, but none of them has acted Iike you.
For some time, everyone here has foIIowed an unofficiaI ruIe
of instructing Chinese students onIy.
I invited you here today in the hope that you can correct your mistake
by expeIIing aII the internationaI students
to avoid any further compIaints from others.
Sir, these unofficiaI ruIes are not good at aII
for the deveIopment of our martiaI arts.
If we want our martiaI arts to move forward,
we have to abandon these antiquated ruIes.
Mr Lee, haven't you considered the ramifications of teaching foreigners?
Isn't Karate from Japan?
The Japanese brought it to America and taught it openIy to aII students.
You can see Karate cIubs everywhere in America.
In America, there are nationaI and internationaI Karate competitions.
If the Japanese had never opened their cIasses to aII,
do you think Karate wouId be so popuIar here?
Very weII, Mr Lee.
I was trying to be poIite, but now that seems futiIe.
Mr Wang, it Iooks Iike a Hongmen banquet for us today.
Then, I must advise you on behaIf of the Association
to abide by the ruIes we have set out!
Higher. Higher. Raise your hands higher.
Higher.
Master...
I don't suppose it's an invitation you're deIivering today.
No, I'm deIivering this Ietter of a chaIIenge to you,
from the Chinese MartiaI Arts Association.
- A chaIIenge? - Yes.
What if I accept the chaIIenge?
And what if I don't?
If you accept, then there wiII be a winner and a Ioser.
The Ioser must accept aII ruIings from the Association.
You must obey our wishes. There are two choices here.
Either stop teaching foreign students.
Or cIose this martiaI arts schooI.
Very weII. I accept.
Bruce Lee!
Is that you, YeIIow-skin?
- I bet you didn't expect this. - It's unexpected indeed.
Bruce Lee...
It doesn't matter how many Americans or Japanese you've defeated.
Because today...you wiII Iose to me!
- You're just a ghost. - Right. I am a ghost!
Wherever you go, you'II never escape me.
In actuaI fact, the winner was decided years ago.
Today, this chaIIenge shaII be fair and square.
Let everyone here bear witness.
Let them watch how you faII defeated before me.
Bring it on.
Let's begin!
Stop!
- Time's up! - I'm not done yet!
- I haven't Iost yet! - I said stop.
I won, right? From now on, I can teach whoever I want.
I can do whatever I want with my martiaI arts schooI!
This is great news!
Watch out, Bruce!
Bruce!
Be carefuI. Watch out.
Bruce...
I can't faiI.
I must stand up...
What did the doctor say?
We're stiII waiting for the resuIts.
I'II teII you as soon as we know.
Jessie, Iet's go and taIk to the doctor.
Linda...
- Do I Iook awfuI? - No.
What did the doctor say?
He said you'd be fine.
- Linda... - Yes?
Don't Iie to me, teII me the truth.
From their Iooks, I couId teII my injury must be severe.
Bruce, don't think that too much.
You'II recover for sure.
FortunateIy we've had our baby.
Bruce, don't taIk too much.
You shouId controI your emotions. I beIieve you'II be fine.
If our son, Brandon, were to see his father Iike this...
I think our IittIe Brandon wouId feeI very bad.
He won't. He is sure to be proud of you.
Doctor, I don't want you to Iie to me.
Just teII me my husband's reaI condition.
Sit down, Mrs Lee. I don't want to waste your time either.
Your husband's injury is worse than I thought.
WiII he be disabIed for the rest of his Iife?
This section of his spine is severeIy injured and disIocated.
I don't want to hear about his spine.
I just want to know the finaI prognosis.
He won't be abIe to stand for the rest of Iife?
He has hardIy has any body fat, with unbeIievabIe muscuIar conditioning.
With mentaI determination, maybe he can use a wheeIchair.
A wheeIchair?
You mean he has to Iive in the wheeIchair?
I can't promise anything.
I can't promise that your husband wiII be abIe to stand.
I can't imagine he'II be abIe to do his Karate.
No, it's Chinese Kung Fu!
AII right, Chinese Kung Fu.
Isn't this the best you can do?
OnIy if there's a miracIe
So, Linda...
Did the doctor say when they'II reIease me?
The American medicaI authorities praised your muscuIar conditioning.
What eIse did they say?
The doctor said there's hardIy any fat on your body.
He can bareIy beIieve your heaIth condition.
You've sustained an injury,
but with such an exceIIent physique and your strong wiIIpower,
there might be a miracIe.
A miracIe?
Linda, just be straight with me.
TeII me the truth.
TeII me the truth now!
- Bruce... - TeII me!
Bruce, Iisten to me...
Linda...
I can handIe it. Just teII me the truth.
You must...
- Bruce, I... - You must teII me the truth.
I won't be abIe to stand. Right?
True or not?
TeII me quickIy.
Is it true or not?
Don't ever visit me again.
Get out! Get out of here!
The next couple is Bruce Lee and Qin Xiaoman.
Please give them a big round of applause.
Great performance.
The champions of the Hong Kong Cha-cha Competition
the couple of Bruce Lee and Qin Xiaoman!
Bruce Lee! You Iook pretty satisfied with yourseIf.
Are you trying to pick a fight with me?
Right! You can kiss my ass, you sick man of Asia!
- Easy, now. - Get him!
Let's go.
- Let's go, guys. - You sick man of Asia!
Yeah, sick man of Asia!
- Let's go drinking tonight. - It's your treat.
BIair, you just wait and see.
Sick man of Asia!
James!
- Why are you up so earIy today? - Aren't you due back in the US soon?
I want to Iearn a few moves from you when you're stiII here in Hong Kong.
Okay, go and practise your stances over there.
You have to practise every morning. Never miss a singIe day.
But I want to Iearn something more practicaI.
You're too anxious. ReIax.
Anxiety is a big mistake when practising Kung Fu.
- I'm aIways anxious. - Bruce...
you shouId know, to master this technique
isn't a matter of one or two days or even one or two years.
You have to practise it every morning. Never miss a day.
To gain true perception of the martiaI arts,
it is essentiaI to have superior perseverance.
If you cannot cuItivate this, you wiII attain nothing.
Take this.
What? Are you here for revenge, or waiting for me to beat you?
I shouId teII you, my fists are weII-trained.
- I've come to teach you a Iesson. - A Iesson?
Then we have to find a pIace.
Let's do it right here.
BIair, if you kiss my ass right here, I'II fix my bike myseIf.
What arrogance! Looks Iike I'II be teaching you another Iesson!
Let's start, then.
AII teachers and students wiII cIearIy see
how a foreigner Iike you is beaten by me.
BIair, come on!
Ah Lin!
- Bruce! - Do you see that?
I'II beat him down to the ground so we can waIk over him!
Come on.
Bruce! Bruce!
So you're back finaIIy!
Bruce, admit what you've done to your father now!
Father, don't beat me before I expIain.
Don't say anything!
I know aIready! I've toId you, no more fighting.
I toId you when you waIked out this morning! You heard me!
I never promised you that I wouIdn't fight.
Bruce, get away! Get away, Bruce, hurry!
Get away quickIy, Bruce!
- AII you know is how to fight! - Father! Father!
What's wrong with you? You can't beat mother!
- You must never do that! - It doesn't matter, I'm aII right.
I wiII never run away even if you beat me to death.
- I couIdn't feeI happier! - Happy?
You've caused great troubIe and you stiII feeI happy?
You swear to me that you won't fight any more!
- Don't you hear me? - Dad, stop!
I'II promise...
I won't fight any Ionger.
But don't ask me to promise you not to fight back
when others insuIt me!
Today it was you who picked a fight with BIair at the schooI entrance.
But yesterday at Yu Dang Street he insuIted me.
Do you understand what it's Iike?
He broke my sister's bike.
He did aII this on purpose and I didn't provoke him!
The bike is broken but I can get it fixed.
Stop creating troubIe! You must've done something to offend him!
No.
What did I do to offend him?
My onIy offence was winning the championship for the Cha-cha.
He's British and I'm Chinese.
I'm not quaIified to win the championship!
Bruce, that's enough. Don't say that any more.
Yes, we are Chinese. China is a nation of etiquette.
You can't scoId or strike back even if you are wronged.
Father!
He caIIed me a sick man of Asia.
The son of a sick man of Asia!
You are Bruce Lee?
Yes.
Let's Ieave here quickIy.
You must compete with someone of superior Kung Fu skiIIs.
I just want to compete with you.
You want to fight me?
Come on.
Bruce!
Stop!
What's your name?
Kung Fu. I'm trying out my Kung Fu skiIIs.
Kung Fu?
Kung Fu...
I just want to teII you,
that it seems Bruce has made up his mind.
He has come to a decision by himseIf.
ReaIIy?
Haiquan, you didn't aIIow him to Iearn martiaI arts before.
I fuIIy agreed with you
PeopIe Iike us, who are actors or Kung Fu masters,
find it hard to make a Iiving, so what's the point of Iearning it?
But I taIked about it with him this evening.
AII he wants, in his heart, is to Iearn Kung Fu.
I'm afraid this time neither you nor I can change his mind.
As oId saying goes, "It is a wise father that knows his own chiId."
Let me ask you, do you know your own son?
He's my son. How can I not know him weII?
But you don't!
To be frank with you, Bruce is a very smart kid.
Once he dedicates himseIf, he puts his whoIe heart into it.
And if he wants to Iearn, he can Iearn faster than anyone.
That's right. Take the Cha-cha for exampIe.
Why do you think he Iearned it?
Haiquan, you have no idea.
Let me teII you the reason.
His foreign cIassmates Iook down upon him,
so he wanted to show them how good he couId be.
But Bruce doesn't aIways remain committed to one thing.
See, he won the Cha-cha championship this time, right?
But then he changed his mind.
This is what you don't understand about him.
I think that from today, we shouId seriousIy consider
getting a reaI Kung Fu master to train him.
James, if Bruce reaIIy wants to Iearn Kung Fu,
you'd be the best master, why bother asking anyone eIse?
To teII you the truth,
if Bruce reaIIy wants to Iearn Kung Fu, I cannot train him.
I'm not among the top Kung Fu masters in Hong Kong.
So I want to introduce him as soon as possibIe
to the head teacher of the schooI of Yong Chun Quan: Master Ye.
It's 1 :30am and he's stiII practising!
It's after midnight. What the heII is he doing?
Let's go.
What are you doing here?
- I'm here to see Master Wang. - What do you want?
I'm here to chaIIenge that yeIIow-skin master.
Fight him.
WeII done!
Father...
Bruce, grab your shirt and foIIow me. I'm taking you to meet someone.
Hurry up!
QuickIy!
Come on, foIIow me!
Father...
Come on!
Hurry up!
I won't give up, Father.
Bruce, you didn't give up. You've done weII.
Master Ye, I have brought my son to you.
I foIIowed your instruction.
I made him run here from Kingsburg Park.
Bruce made the distance.
Not so many peopIe can run here directIy from Kingsburg Park.
So he has passed your first test.
WeII, come in. I'II accept him.
Yong Chun Quan was created by Master Wu Mei from Fujian.
It is simpIe and highIy practicaI.
The pattern that Guo XinIi is practising now is caIIed "The LittIe Idea".
WeII, then. Get ready to train.
Practise "free combat" in smaII groups.
Yong Chun Quan requires the coordination of hands and feet.
The technique incIudes San-Pang Fist,
Po-Pai Fist and Xun-Qiao Beat.
The steps incIude: the CIamp Step,
the Tripod Step, the Chasing Step
and aIso One-Leg Standing.
What he's doing is caIIed "Striking Fists",
which invoIves Iaunching an attack whiIe defending.
He's practising "Chasing Step",
a move that requires both speed and ferocity.
And he's "Grabbing and Striking", which is used for fighting cIoseIy.
Yong Chun Quan is a form of boxing
that combines Neijia Quan with the fists being heId cIose to the body.
It's for combat, not competitions.
Come, ZhongIiang. Show him the "One-inch Punch".
Give me a board.
It's caIIed the "One-inch Punch", because within the span of an inch
one must unIeash aII one's strength to beat down the opponent.
- Within the span of an inch? - That's right.
NormaIIy when boxing, you're drawing strength from your waist and arms,
but with Yong Chun Quan
the force comes from the movement of your whoIe body.
Thus, one can strike a powerfuI bIow within the distance ofjust one inch.
HoId it.
Good morning, Master.
Did you run over here?
Yes. FoIIowing your instructions, I've been running 10 kms every day.
Five kiIometres here and back.
Good. Maintain that.
Master, what are you going to teach me today?
Do you see that corner?
Go over there and practise your stance. Do it for two hours.
Just the stance position?
Master, I want to Iearn techniques that are used in actuaI combat.
- I can practise that at home. - Enough.
Make a stance.
Yes, Master.
- Morning, Master. - Morning.
Master, can I practise one-to-one with my brothers today?
I've been practising my stance for a week.
ZhongIiang, work with him on strengthening his wrists.
Let's go.
Let's go, Bruce.
Bruce, can you Iift it, or is it too hard?
- Why shouId we practise it? - No, not Iike that.
Grab the poIe from one end and then Iift it evenIy.
PIant your Iegs.
Let me try.
See, I can Iift it evenIy.
Can you hoId it stiII for an hour?
Brother, can I just stop practising this nonsense?
I don't want to spend my hoIiday in this way.
You'II achieve nothing if you don't practise the basic skiIIs.
Just do whatever the Master teIIs you.
Master, Bruce is stiII practising.
Bruce, you're aImost done.
- You may rest. - Leave me aIone.
So, you thought the Master wouIdn't keep to his word?
But do you know why I asked you to keep pIanting your Iegs?
It seems that you stiII don't understand the essence of MartiaI Arts.
The essence?
What were you thinking of when you were pIanting your Iegs just now?
What couId I be thinking?
I was just thinking why my Master had changed his mind.
- And anything more? - I'II do whatever you ask of me.
Trust me, Master. I'II keep standing untiI you are satisfied.
Bruce, I have to say,
that what you have done over the past days was aII a waste.
What? I don't understand that.
Do you know why you have to pIant your Iegs?
James toId me that to pIant the Iegs is to practise skiIIs.
Achievements in Kung Fu wiII be Iost if one does not practise basic skiIIs.
I beIieve Master wiII teach me reaI Kung Fu soon.
If Master wants me to Iift poIes for the rest of my Iife, I'II just do it.
So, James has taught you the importance of pIanting the Iegs.
However, you haven't perceived its true meaning.
For aII peopIe who practise Kung Fu, pIanting the Iegs is a basic skiII.
It's not onIy Ieg work,
but more importantIy, it's to strengthen your mind and spirit.
The essence of practising Kung Fu is to practise your mind and spirit,
and that means to strengthen your mind and spirit.
PIanting the Iegs strengthens one's mind and spirit?
You are right, Bruce. You're too anxious and impetuous.
It is vitaI to a practitioner of Kung Fu
to make both his body and mind as caIm as stiII water.
A caIm mind can reach a pIace thousands of kiIometres away.
When pIanting your Iegs, you shouId stand as stiII as a tree.
Imagine you are a taII tree reaching for the sky.
No matter how taII the tree is, it stands on its root.
So your entire body and mind
shouId take root in the earth under your feet.
The deeper your root enters the earth, the better your Kung Fu is.
Kung Fu builds up yourself inside and outside at the same time.
Finally you melt into heaven and earth as a whole.
lf you can reach this level,
at that time your entire body and mind will become one with water.
From a tree, you turn into water, which infiltrates everything on earth.
Then, you will reach an even higher level of Kung Fu.
Only when you are consciously or unconsciously
becoming one with water,
can your body and mind melt into the earth under your feet.
Only at that time, can you discover the right way of Kung Fu.
The Master is back!
- Master! - Master!
Keep practising.
Did you ask him to Iift two poIes at the same time?
No. He did it himseIf.
I've been out for too Iong. Has he been Iike this aII the time?
Yes. He's been doing it the whoIe day.
WeII done. He has the makings of a martiaI artist.
It seems he disIikes boring exercises,
and he just wanted to do something against your orders.
What a character!
Watch your posture.
Master.
Bruce, from today
you may pair up with your EIder Brother to practise.
ReaIIy? That's great.
Go over there and train.
Thank you, Master.
SIow down. Don't drag me.
Hurry up!
Why did you bring me here so earIy? You want to be beaten again?
Come in with me.
Use your head and try to get YeIIow-skin over here.
Bruce, I reaIIy can't do that for you.
You've just recovered.
You can't just find someone to beat you.
- Hurry up and come on. - AII right, then.
- Go. - Okay, I'II go.
What shouId I say when I get in?
Just teII him his worst nightmare is waiting for him.
What?
Whose nightmare are you?
Yours, of course.
- Mine? - I'd Iike to Iearn something from you.
It seems I didn't kick you hard enough Iast time.
What do you want me to break, your ribs or your Iegs?
What if I break your ribs or your Iegs?
Then I'II say you are great.
Come on.
Bruce, do you want to die here?
A kick?
Kick, then!
- ZhongIiang, begin. - Yes, Master.
XinIi, pIay the defending roIe today.
Bruce?
- Yes, Master. - Master!
You two get ready.
Make sure you can reach your target. Ready? Begin!
Bruce, when fighting with Yong Chun Quan,
don't stick to its pre-arranged patterns, do whatever you feeI Iike.
XinIi, continue.
Good!
- Are you aII right, Brother? - I'm fine.
You used the One-inch Punch.
WeII, I did it invoIuntariIy.
I didn't know you couId do it. You've not been training Iong enough.
- Good one, Bruce. - WeII done, Bruce.
Bruce,
though you used the skiIIs of the One-inch Punch just now,
you didn't do it very weII.
Your Brother didn't expect you to be abIe to use it in such a short time.
He was therefore off-guard, and you were very Iucky.
Yes, Master. I didn't expect that either.
I think Bruce's punching is quite powerfuI now.
Bruce, to Iearn a certain type of boxing,
it's essentiaI to grasp the fundamentaI skiIIs.
Your Brother has taught you,
but if you want to perform it perfectIy,
you must put your whoIe heart into it.
And that takes time.
Get a board.
Have a try.
More strength.
WeII, you have Iearned the essentiaIs of the One-inch Punch.
But smashing the board with one punch can't be Iearned in one day.
Bruce, remember that what you are Iearning now is reaI MartiaI Arts.
The more you progress,
you'II see how fundamentaI hand and step movements
become Iess important.
The more you practise, the more you wiII understand this.
To put it simpIy,
you must gain power from your feet and punch from the heart.
Attack when you can, and defend each inch of Iand.
Gain power from your feet and punch from the heart.
Attack when you can, and defend each inch of Iand.
Just Iike a chiId hoIding a mirror...
...to set a piece of paper aIight.
The mirror coIIects the sunIight
concentrates it on one point, and then the fire wiII bIaze.
I understand, Master.
And what's more, you can utiIise your opponent's power.
The power from the opponent can be utiIised
by redirecting it back on him in a spIit second.
That way, we save our own energy and defeat the opponent.
WeII, meditate upon this and you wiII attain it some day.
For effective Kung Fu when you attack,
you must be able to concentrate all your energy
to strike all of a sudden on one point.
When you defend,
you must be abIe to eIiminate the opponent's attack fast,
to turn your position from defence to offence
with the suddenness of a thunder boIt.
When you launch an attack at your opponent
as sudden as lightning,
you can combine defence with offence,
weakening and hitting the power of your opponent.
This is the level you should achieve while fighting with Yong Chun Quan.
Defend while you're attacking, and attack while you're defending.
This requires speed and skill.
This is what you should practise as a martial artist.
Bruce...
I aIways see you as a man of iron.
You are a hero in my heart.
But now you act...
...differentIy.
You are weak and scared sometimes.
You know... you've disappointed me.
The tragedy has aIready happened.
We can't change that fact, Bruce.
But you are Bruce Lee and won't be beaten down by anyone.
Your physique and wiII power are strong.
You can make miracIes happen.
We can face it together.
We can overcome any obstacIes.
Bruce, I Iove you.
No matter what happens,
I wiII aIways be with you.
But you must stay strong.
You must face up to reaIity.
You have to accept it.
Understand?
Linda...I understand.
To heII with American medicaI science! I won't Iet it happen to me.
Trust me, Linda. I'II make the miracIe happen.
I won't faiI Iike this.
- I won't. - I trust you, Bruce.
I beIieve in you.
You'II be fine.
James...
Kimura...
I'm sorry.
Why are you here?
Wang Yunsheng,
there's an oId saying that death Iurks just over your shouIder.
You have injured Bruce Iike this.
What do you want from him today?
James, don't misunderstand us.
We heard about Bruce's severe injury.
We are truIy sorry.
We just came to visit him today.
Mr Lee, how are you feeIing?
That shouId be obvious from the sight of me.
Yes, right...
Such an incident was totaIIy unexpected.
What he has done to you is absoIuteIy unforgivabIe.
I've aIready dismissed him.
You can feeI at ease and justified now that he has Ieft.
Master Wang, that's a very smart course of action.
Mr Lee, you misunderstand.
I feeI very bad that such an accident happened.
The Iast few days, my coIIeagues and I have been thinking...
We are aII Chinese here,
Iiving in a foreign country.
We shouId have negotiated everything peacefuIIy,
instead of ending up Iike this.
I feeI fuIIy responsibIe.
I have discussed it with aII my Chinese martiaI arts coIIeagues in CaIifornia,
and we have come as representatives of the Association of MartiaI Arts
to offer you our apoIogies, Mr Lee.
Master Wang...
Masters, I don't deserve this.
PIease stand up.
Master Wang said that we are aII Chinese.
For that, I am satisfied. I bIame none of you.
Bruce is right. PIease stand up.
Master Wang, pIease rise.
Linda, Iift him up.
Master Wang, pIease rise.
James? Kimura?
HeIp Master Wang up.
Master Wang,
we Chinese have a very Iow sociaI status in foreign countries.
We are cursed as the Sick Men of Asia
or pigtaiIed yeIIow dogs.
How dare they treat us Iike this?
Isn't it because we're not united but aIways fighting among ourseIves?
If we can put a stop
to aII our internaI squabbIes and fighting and the chaos it causes,
I wiII admit the fact even if I might never stand up again.
I most sureIy wiII.
PIease, Master Wang...
PIease stand up.
Bruce Lee...
...you are my master on how to be a reaI man.
One.
Two.
Three.
Bruce, if it is too painfuI, Iet's take a break.
I can do it.
Your strength is three times stronger than others.
- No probIem. - Okay, go ahead.
Bruce, be carefuI.
How is it? Can you continue?
Bruce, can you feeI it?
FeeI what?
I think you're graduaIIy recovering the strength in your Iegs.
So the physiotherapy's working.
You are doing great!
What are you doing? Just a IittIe more. Drink it aII.
You must drink it aII.
AII of it!
I'm useIess. I even got food on your cIothes.
That doesn't matter at aII.
The herbaI medicine stimuIates the growth of heaIthy energy.
If you want your inner body's energy
to traveI to the injured area and cure the wound,
the first thing you shouId do is take herbaI medicine.
At the same time, I think you must start with acupuncture.
This wiII open up the meridians in your body
and boost your bIood circuIation.
- I see - You know...
The magic of Chinese acupuncture is not onIy for head-aches or sprains.
We aIso provide treatment
through the reIationship between our body and our environment.
This is simpIy a concept of the whoIe.
- A concept of the whoIe? - Yes.
ActuaIIy the concept of the whoIe can aIso appIy to martiaI arts.
For exampIe, when attacking and defending,
it's important to maintain the whoIe body's harmony
to fuIIy empIoy Yong Chun Quan skiIIs.
You're crazy about martiaI arts!
Everything can be reIated to your martiaI arts.
- I remember a competition.. - What competition?
I just reaIised that Chinese martiaI arts have a drawback in actuaI combat.
For exampIe, in both the Hong Quan that you've taught me
and the Yong Chun Quan Master Ye has taught me,
there's some distance between them and reaI combat.
You're making an interesting point.
I think traditionaI martiaI arts styIes, their movements and patterns,
are aII outdated and suffer from a Iack of innovation.
I want to...
I want to empty the gIass and then refiII it.
- This is how I'm thinking. - Empty the gIass and then refiII it?
What you are doing now is phiIosophising!
LateIy, since I'm not abIe to move around,
I've had pIenty of time to think about these things
and the theory of maritaI arts.
I must make use of this period of time to empty my own gIass.
I beIieve I wiII fiII it with what I need.
Learning Kung Fu influences our thoughts and lifestyle.
By training in the skills from certain schools,
one can reach the highest levels,
but you still won't develop greatly.
Following the traditional models,
you can only learn something old.
ln your martial training,
don't limit yourself to any school or any tradition.
The core of martial arts is freedom.
- Daddy's over here. - Come on, son.
Let Daddy hoId you.
- We won't do that, wiII we? - Let Daddy hoId you!
SmiIe for Daddy!
Brandon wants to perform a show for Daddy.
- Come over here, son. - Brandon, come on.
Come on.
- Come on, son. - Go to Daddy.
- Come over here, son. - Go to Daddy.
Son!
- You scared me then. - Bruce...
You stood up!
Linda, it's Brandon that heIped me stand up.
Bruce...
Give him to me, honey.
Oh, darIing, I'm so proud of you.
Come on. Let me take a waIk with you two men.
Let's go.
I stood up because of Brandon. I reaIIy didn't expect it.
You can waIk!
Yes, I can waIk.
Bruce, have you read today's newspaper?
You don't know what "The MiracIe Return of Bruce Lee" means to us.
The number of appIying students is aImost at capacity.
Did you hear what Kimura say?
UsuaIIy he's very sIow-paced,
but when he got the good news today, he rushed over to teII you.
I've known for a Iong time.
Master Yamamoto,
Bruce Lee is going to show his Kung Fu at our arena.
- Is he going to be there? - Yes.
I just came back from the Committee. The secretary that toId me.
Now we have the chance.
AII SeattIe wiII know my name.
I'II make sure this arrogant brat can't stand up.
So you mean we'II chaIIenge him?
Isn't this a chaIIenge? Just you wait for the show.
Come and see the hero of SeattIe!
Bruce Lee's Kung Fu is the best in the worId!
Its 5000-year history and civiIisation wiII be on show.
Don't miss this opportunity!
Come on!
You're reaIIy awesome.
How did you beat me just now?
What I used was Chinese Kung Fu.
- Who are you? Give your name. - Yamamoto.
I've waited so Iong for you and now you're here.
It's a good opportunity.
Bruce Lee, you can fight in any styIe.
I've heard that you're arrogant. You said you had no equaI in SeattIe.
That's right, that's what I said.
WeII, just wait and see how I teach such arrogant Chinese.
Okay. Come on.
You're quite flexibIe, you brat! Come on, again!
Bruce Lee! That shouId give you a taste of the might of Japanese Karate!
There's no pIace for you in SeattIe! Leave!
Bruce!
Bruce, what are you doing?
Kimura, these Iast few days I've been struggIing aII the time.
It's Iike a deviI has been foIIowing me.
Isn't the deviI Yamamoto?
Yes.
He's a weII-known martiaI arts expert in Japan,
and in the US as weII.
He pays reaIIy great attention to his martiaI arts training.
He's opened martiaI arts schooIs in many pIaces,
but mostIy in America,
to teach students.
He rareIy competes with others.
I just wonder how he couId buiId up such a soIid foundation.
ProbabIy, it has something to do with the iron man.
Iron man?
What's that?
l've heard of it, but l've never seen it.
l was told about it by his students.
He beats down an iron man every day,
which is twice his size, made of pig iron.
What a man! Practising martiaI arts that way.
WeII, I'd Iike to meet him again.
- Bruce Lee? - Am I not weIcome?
You didn't Iearn your Iesson Iast time? Are you feeIing aII right?
Bruce Lee, you Iow-Iife sneak!
I'm not here to spy on your training.
I've just come to deIiver my Ietter of chaIIenge.
- You're not eIigibIe for it. - I am.
You deserve a good beating.
Very weII.
- Where's he got to? - Where can he be?
Didn't he go to schooI?
No. I've just come from there. He wasn't around.
That's bad news. He must have gone to Yamamoto.
Let's go and find him.
Get out!
Bruce!
Are you okay?
Bruce, why don't you get some rest?
I can't sIeep.
If I don't get to compete against different masters,
how can I Iearn the refined skiIIs of their Quanshu?
Kimura, I want to set up my own styIe.
- Your own styIe? - That's right, my own styIe.
That's not easy.
When I was IittIe,
I Iearned Tang Lang Quan,
Shao Lin Quan, Hong Quan, Chang Quan,
and many other styIes from James.
Later I Iearned Yong Chun Quan from the Master.
In my opinion, Yong Chun Quan was the most powerfuI in the worId.
Then I joined a western boxing team
and Iearned something usefuI from that as weII.
Now I've perfected some Japanese Karate routines.
Right.
More and more, I feeI that each styIe
has its own advantages and disadvantages
which can be Iearnt and utiIised.
I haven't Iearned enough boxing styIes,
but I beIieve that through my study and research of various boxing styIes,
I can improve Yong Chun Quan and make it more practicaI.
- Improve Yong Chun Quan? - Right.
I think we shouId go to Professor Kein
to discuss deveIoping a new form of Kung Fu.
Good idea.
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Professor Kein,
l know that l have to acquire a lot of knowledge about martial arts.
l have to understand the essences of many different schools.
l have to analyse, compare and research them thoroughly.
ln order to reach my goal, there's no better way than competing
with masters from other schools.
Then l can find out what's practical and what's not.
Auguste Rodin once said, "There is beauty in all of Nature.
"What's lacking is the eye's ability to perceive it."
To put it another way, it's not that you lack a master to instruct you,
it's just that you don't see him.
- You can compete with yourself. - Compete with myself?
Yes. No one is a greater rival than oneself.
The course you've chosen is the best way
to find how to compete with yourself.
My understanding of martial arts is that it cannot solely build up your body
nor solely compete with your rival.
The most important thing to learn from each martial art
is how it is an embodiment of its culture.
Spend time contemplating how to develop your own martial arts theory.
You have great potential.
Our Jujutsu is the most powerfuI art.
No other styIes can defeat us.
Come.
Attack.
UnbaIanced him first. And then it'II be easier.
This is caIIed "defeating the enemy by a singIe attack".
Yong Chun Quan has its strong points
and its weaknesses as weII.
Are you stiII thinking about WiIIy Jay's Jujutsu?
We shouId Iearn anything that is usefuI to us.
I'II deIiver Ietter of chaIIenge.
Kimura sent me a Ietter of chaIIenge today.
Bruce Lee wants to compete with me.
He wants to compete with you? Won't he injure his spine and his ribs?
James, I reaIIy cannot understand it.
Bruce Lee's smaII and sIim, weighing onIy 140Ibs.
How can he chaIIenge me?
- Where's it going to take pIace? - A pubIic venue.
If it's in pubIic, I guess there won't be such thing.
- I guess he must be crazy. - WeII, I think he's just too cocky.
TotaIIy arrogant. OnIy a maniac pIays games Iike this.
That's why I'm here to discuss it with you.
It seems that I'II have to ask a friend of mine for heIp.
- Who's that? - Inosanto.
I know him. He's a professor at an athIetic coIIege.
That's right.
You know, he's caIIed the king of FiIipino Stick Fighting.
ReaIIy? Is he that strong?
HeIIo, WiIIy Jay.
HeIIo, Bruce Lee.
PIease come.
Today, the master of Bruce Lee's Kung Fu schooI,
Bruce Lee wiII chaIIenge WiIIy Jay,
the master of WiIIy Jay's Jujutsu schooI.
As the host of this chaIIenge today,
I'd Iike to invite Professor Inosanto to be our supervisor.
The ruIes are:
if one side can render his opponent unabIe to stand,
he shaII be decIared the winner, is that cIear?
PIease get ready.
PIease, Mr Inosanto.
Ready.
Now, begin!
Good!
Continue. Continue.
Your teacher Bruce Lee is exceIIent!
- Your Jujutsu is reaIIy powerfuI. - Thank you, Mr Lee.
You didn't make a fooI of me.
I knew you showed me mercy, aIIowing me to get the edge on you.
If you'd gone aII out, maybe I wouIdn't have remained standing.
AIso when I feII to the ground, you actuaIIy dominated me.
If you'd used the "eyebaII trick", I'd have been bIinded aIready.
I understand what you're doing is not to win or Iose,
but to get to know me and to improve your skiIIs,
to Iearn something about my Jujutsu, right?
Yes.
My chaIIenges to various masters are not in order to win,
but to improve my Kung Fu and take it to a higher IeveI.
So I hope you can heIp me.
It wouId be an honour to teach you Jujutsu.
Thank you. Thank you very much, Master.
CIass is over.
Bruce, the Professor is here.
HeIIo, Professor Inosanto. We've met before.
Yes. I wanted to know, when you chaIIenged WiIIy Jay the other day,
why did you hoId back?
I didn't want to beat WiIIy Jay
and Iose the opportunity to Iearn Jujutsu from him.
WeII, wouId you pIease grant me such a chance?
You're too humbIe.
I've heard you're a great martiaI artist with many attainments.
I just haven't had a chance to Iearn from you.
- You flatter me. - Watch out!
You're fast indeed. Let's see who's faster.
- I'm indebted to you. - I sincereIy admit defeat.
You're too humbIe.
Professor lnosanto, l feel the Filipino Boxing is quite flexible,
with rapid changes in speed, but it's not powerful enough.
Yong Chun Quan stresses simplicity and directness.
You attack while you're defending yourself,
one of its fundamental points.
But there are some weaknesses in its footwork.
lt's quite practical at shorter distances,
while it cannot work between the middle to far distance.
Kimura, I want our Kung Fu schooI
to be more influentiaI in the society.
It's very important to exchange martiaI arts with different schooIs.
But how? Just break into other schooIs?
Come on, then.
It's not a good idea to break into other schooIs.
I suppose it's better to ask them to come here to chaIIenge us,
than to go to theirs to compete.
What are you considering?
If you chaIIenge other martiaI artists here,
and you Iose before the students, won't it bring shame on us?
My goaI is to set up a new styIe of Quanshu.
I don't care about winning or Iosing. It's worth it, even if I Iose.
PIease write it down.
Like this...
No matter when, where and whoever
wants to compete with me, I'm ready to accept.
Bruce Lee is going to chaIIenge aII Americans.
Bruce Lee is reaIIy chaIIenging the circIe of American MartiaI Arts.
Bruce Lee has put up a sign at the gate of his Kung Fu schooI.
It says if anyone any time any pIace wants to chaIIenge him,
he's ready to accept.
He's too cocky.
He's just a whippersnapper!
He wouIdn't dare chaIIenge me.
That's why he's resorted to such a manoeuvre.
I'II smash his Kung Fu schooI.
- Did you hear me? - Yes!
It's difficuIt to defend an attack up and down.
What are you doing here?
HeIIo, Mr Yamamoto.
I'm gIad you're here to instruct me.
I'd Iike to experience your Quanshu.
I've aIways wanted to Iearn from you, Master.
Thank you for visiting me. I'm gIad to see you.
I want you to know there's no pIace for you, Bruce Lee, in America.
You're too arrogant!
You'II find out whether I'm arrogant or not after we compete.
If you Iose today, you have to be my coach.
AIso, I'II teach you Yong Chun Quan and some others skiIIs as weII.
You teach me?
If you beat me, I'II accept aII your requests.
- Come on! - Good. Let's begin.
WeII done!
Master, I'm sorry.
Mr Yamamoto!
I hope you can keep your promise.
I'II visit you in a coupIe of days.
- Jessie, put the sign up again. - Sure.
Here's $20. I'II bring you the ice hoIder Iater.
Come on, students. Get ready for cIass.
Master Lee!
Bruce Lee!
- Have some ice. - Okay.
So, I've met a reaI master.
You don't have to do that. I just want to cooI you down.
If you can beat me, I'II cooI down myseIf.
You know the resuIt of a fight between us?
I know. OnIy one person can waIk out of here.
If that's the case, Iet's stop pIaying the fooI.
You've barged into my schooI.
If I don't accept your chaIIenge, I'II become a Iaughing stock.
- Bruce, forget it. - Ask them to Ieave.
Kimura, take them out.
Everyone Ieave. AII of us.
You're a one-armed martiaI artist?
You are highIy skiIIed. Why didn't you attend the competition?
I don't agree with buiIding faIse reputations. It's boring and tiring.
Good one.
Now I've taught you a Iesson. None can be too arrogant.
- Bruce, Bruce! - Master! Master! Master!
Bruce, are you injured?
He was smarter than me.
Master, didn't you beat him?
Bruce, what did he say to you?
Yong Chun Quan has many advantages.
And disadvantages as well.
l want to combine it with the hand and foot techniques of Jujutsu.
l will also integrate into it the footwork of western boxing.
After this improvement,
Yong Chun Quan will absorb the essence of many other Quanshu,
and get rid of the miscellaneous yet unpractical stuff.
A new boxing style and a good thesis.
Professor Kein, are there any probIems with my thesis?
Bruce, I am very pIeased with the progress you have made.
I remember I toId you, not Iong ago, to defeat yourseIf,
because the biggest enemy is yourseIf.
But now, I feeI that you've revised that view.
But stiII, there are Iots of theoreticaI questions I don't understand.
PIease have a seat and Iet's taIk.
Professor Kein, I'm puzzIed by these questions aII the time.
Bruce, you're now quite cIear about the innovation of your new styIe.
You make use of your opponent's attacking power to counterattack him.
So far as boxing is concerned, it's a way of attacking.
As for styIe, it is muItifarious.
So, Bruce, you must be cIear
that the new styIe must be estabIished on the basis of Chinese PhiIosophy.
Thus, wiII it keep deveIoping. The essence of your new styIe
is Chinese martiaI arts.
Both Confucianism and Taoism have had tremendous influences
on the deveIopment of Chinese Kung Fu.
Confucianism vaIues harmony and moderation,
whiIe Taoism pays attention to diaIectics and perception.
You can draw strong points from other schooIs
and graft them onto the tree of Chinese Kung Fu theory.
You shouId directIy aim at the very core of Kung Fu
and simpIify those compIicated theories.
SimpIify... How do I do that?
Now I want to ask you a question.
What's the simpIest issue in compIicated Kung Fu theory?
WeII, it shouId be offence and defence.
Bruce, take a Iook at this diaIectic picture.
The coIours are persuasive and this is simpIe move, cIear and easy.
Professor Kein, you mentioned this simpIe move...
Right, you can adopt it to represent simpIicity.
SimpIicity wiII make you free and reIaxed.
SimpIify by cutting out the superfluous, eIiminate the faIse and retain the true.
ReIease myseIf from the shackIes of superfluousness.
ExactIy.
ReIax yourseIf and reIease yourseIf. Be your own master.
AII is transformation,
and whoever can controI this transformation is the reaI seIf.
Thank you, Professor.
Kung Fu is a specialist skill and a deeply subtle art.
lt is not simply a physical exercise.
lt is an art that combines wisdom and technique.
The principle of Kung Fu is to exert your body and mind scientifically,
with the highest principles of Taichi Yin-Yang.
Taichi Yin-Yang sets forth the essence of everything in the universe.
Taichi Yin-Yang simplifies the complexities of Kung Fu theory
into two words: defence and offence.
ln order to reach the highest level,
it is only by ridding yourself of all the specious techniques
that you can retain the essence of fighting
within the shortest possible time.
lt is actually a kind of "stop-hit" which is more practical in fighting
than those spurious ones.
ln other words, it turns the intangible into the tangible.
Jeet Kune Do has no fixed set patterns,
which is the best pattern to have.
lt belongs to no school, so it can make use of any school.
lt is not limited to any patterns.
lt's good at using all skills.
And all means and skills can be adopted.
lnstinctive defence with ordered attack.
This is the most straight-forward definition of Jeet Kune Do.
How many students do you have now?
No more than 200 with four different training sessions.
This is the evening cIass now.
Bruce, Iet's discuss the American NationaI Fighting Competition.
I think you shouId take time to prepare properIy. Don't rush.
I feeI on form now. WeII, come on, professor.
I'd Iike to hear your advice about how to win the US championship.
Okay, I'II offer you my opinion, Bruce.
This time, onIy three of the competitors stand a chance.
That's RoIex, you and Piao Zhengyi.
And RoIex is the best amongst you three.
You'd better have an exchange with Master Piao.
Learn from each other's strong points and offset the weaknesses.
AII right, I'II see him right away.
One, two, three!
- Yes? - I want to see Master Piao Zhengyi.
My master isn't receiving any guests.
Whether he Iikes it or not, I must see him.
Master?
Sorry for interrupting you, Master Piao.
I heard that you have competed in the US Karate Competition,
and you are honoured as the genius of Taekwondo.
But as far as I know, you stiII cannot rivaI RoIex.
If you want to defeat RoIex, we two must have an exchange.
- Who are you? - Bruce Lee.
- Bruce Lee? - Right, Bruce Lee.
What quaIifies you to exchange skiIIs with me?
Now you're Iooking down on me, I can understand that.
You are the famous genius of Taekwondo,
but I am nobody here.
But Iet me teII you something.
If you fight with me,
I wiII put you down on the ground within three rounds.
Stop!
Get ready. Continue!
Stop!
Bruce Lee wins!
Now we go to the final of the Karate Competition.
Let's welcome Bruce Lee from Oakland
with a big round of applause!
And presenting the champion of last competition, Rolex!
Please give him a round of applause!
Begin!
One, two, three!
Bout over!
I am Chinese!
RoIex, pIease can you teII us how you feIt about the match?
It's the worst of my fighting career.
I don't understand how Bruce Lee couId strike directIy at my punch.
What's more, when I hit his fist, aII the power drained from my hand.
He didn't even push himseIf on the "Three Kicks".
That was amazing.
He didn't intend to hurt me. Otherwise, I wouIdn't be here now.
- Thank you very much. - Thanks.
A young man from China has changed the history of American fighting.
Neither ourjournalists nor the American Martial Arts authorities can figure out
why Chinese Kung Fu has exerted such a profound influence
on this young man called Bruce Lee...
Okay, that'II do for today. You may aII Ieave now.
That was great. Amazing stuff.
You Iook a IittIe bit regretfuI today.
What are you thinking, Mr Harrison?
What a pity.
I reaIIy shouId've gone over to watch it in the arena.
We shouId pay this Chinese guy a visit.
Bruce Lee's a Chinese hero. We shouId go and visit him.
WeII, Mr Harrison. I have an idea.
HoIIywood needs this kind of hero.
George, I have to say that you're indeed a good businessman...
And I'm a good fiIm-maker!
Bruce Lee!
HeIIo, Mr Lee. CongratuIations. We've been waiting for you.
Come in and taIk.
- It's George who wants to see you. - Who?
You've never heard of him? A big-name producer from HoIIywood.
You reaIIy shouId meet him. He's waiting for you upstairs.
James...
Sure you shouId go. Go and see him.
Okay, Iet's go.
It can't be bad when Bruce is asked to meet someone from HoIIywood.
Let's wait over there for the good news.
Let me introduce George from HoIIywood.
HeIIo, Mr Lee. I've been after you for a Iong time.
What can I do for you?
With your permission, I'd Iike to record your performance on fiIm.
Why?
After I saw the TV Iive show in which you beat the champion,
I was very impressed with your Kung Fu.
You were so fast. I'd Iike other peopIe to see your competition.
But my reaI purpose is to know more about your Kung Fu.
Maybe we can work together in some other fieId.
You mean in fiIm?
Yes.
I'd Iike to give you a chance to show your taIent in HoIIywood,
so that a worIdwide audience can enjoy it.
Not a bad idea. You've persuaded me.
That's great, Mr Lee. Then Iet's made a deaI.
- AII right, I'm Iistening to you. - That's great.
- Let's have a drink to ceIebrate. - Sounds good.
Good. Kato's make-up definiteIy gives peopIe a great impression.
Kato, you are a matchIess warrior.
Wearing the mask wiII onIy boost your charm as a warrior
and increase your mystery.
You may choose whatever you Iike from aII of the masks prepared.
So, George, you stiII pIan to cover my face?
Listen, it's not about covering your face.
Warriors usuaIIy wear masks.
After donning the mask, you'II exude even more charm.
That's why I want you to wear the mask.
You can decide yourseIf. You might even Iike it.
Mr Lee, these are the masks I've prepared for you.
They're to enhance your mysterious attraction.
I know that.
Great.
George, it seems Iike you prepared this one Iong ago.
How do you Iike it?
This time I don't want to argue with you anymore,
because I Iike the fiIm and the character.
But there's one thing you must hear about this fiIm...
But you must use Jeet Kune Do. Jeet Kune Do!
- You're right. - Bruce, I wish you Iuck.
- Thanks. - AII right, everyone!
Let's give Mr Lee a round of appIause to weIcome him on board!
WeIcome.
Get ready. Everyone stand by.
Action!
One Iast time. Where is the secret of The Green Hornet?
I know where it is, but I'm teIIing you nothing.
So you won't teII us? Right, Iet's kiII him.
Good. Cut!
Director, why did you stop? Why not Iet it go on naturaIIy?
What's going on?
Bruce, it's perfect. It's exactIy what I want.
It's reaIIy exceIIent.
You're being irresponsibIe. I haven't even hit them!
They aII just feII down. Stand up, stand up!
Stand!
HeIIo, Huang. Isn't that Bruce Lee?
The champion of Hong Kong High SchooI Cha-cha Competition?
Yes, that's him.
He's aIso champion of the Hong Kong High SchooI Boxing Competition.
And he acted in severaI movies when he was a kid.
Xi Lu Xiang? He was the Iead roIe in it.
That's right.
Try to make Bruce Lee stay here.
That way, we might have a hope.
- Linda! - Oh, Miss Shen. You're so quick.
I put the phone down and rushed straight over here.
- Bruce is waiting for you. Come in. - Okay.
- Do come in. - Thanks.
Bruce?
- Minzhi is here. - HeIIo, Minzhi.
- HeIIo. - Come in.
I've carefuIIy gone through the contract.
BasicaIIy I'II agree to the items.
However, there's one thing.
That is, I want to see the script first.
I brought it with me.
Good.
If everything is okay in the script, I can sign right away.
Bruce, to be honest with you, I just taIked to Boss Xu on the phone.
He said, even if he has to postpone for 6 months,
he'd wait for you to take the Iead roIe in our company's the first movie.
What kind of story is The Big Boss about?
PIease teII me a IittIe bit it.
It's actuaIIy based on a true story.
The main character is named Zheng Chao-an.
He's from mainIand China and he's the Ieader for overseas Chinese
in ThaiIand during the end of the Iast century and earIy this century.
He becomes a hero because he Ieads the overseas Chinese workers
to resist the IocaI eviI force.
The Chinese workers in ThaiIand caII him The Big Boss.
There's a bronze statue of him in a garden in Bangkok.
Good.
Someone Iike me who Iives abroad wouId weII understand
how difficuIt it is for us overseas Chinese to make a Iiving.
I can feeI for this character. We're the same kind of person.
No one eIse couId pIay the Big Boss better than me.
I Iike this kind of story. I'II sign the contract.
Scene 12. Action!
Come on!
Good! Beat him!
- Good! - Bruce, Bruce!
WeII done!
In my opinion this pIay is not at aII reasonabIe.
What?
I can hardIy tear myseIf away from it and I read it three times in one sitting.
AIthough it was midnight, I stiII woke up my wife
to teII her that it was the best script I've ever read
in my fiIm-making career.
Boss, you've just scared me. I thought you didn't Iike it!
Didn't Iike it? If I didn't Iike it, I'd be the most stupid fiImmaker in Hong Kong.
Let's get the new project started today.
I'II guarantee that I'II do a betterjob.
- Ready! - Scene 22, camera 16, first shot!
Cut!
- That was great! - WonderfuI!
Bruce, great moves. UnbeIievabIe.
- Hi, Bruce. That was fantastic. - Everyone did a great job. FabuIous!
- How was it, Director? - Great, Bruce.
- Let's stop here. - Go and take a break.
Bruce! What's wrong with him?
Bruce? CaII for an ambuIance!
I've read aII the reports. The probIem is...
- But you know what I mean? - Sorry, Doctor...
Mr Lee, is there anything wrong?
I'm sorry, doctor, but I've been in hospitaI for a week.
Why are there stiII no resuIts yet?
Mr Lee,
we're examining aII of your reports very cIoseIy.
And the resuIts?
Some of the reports wiII be ready tomorrow.
We'II have to wait for aII of them before we can reach any concIusion.
What's your prognosis?
You're 32, right?
What do you mean?
It's hard for us to beIieve that you have virtuaIIy no body fat.
Your body is Iike a piece of steeI.
Doctor, whatever it is, you can teII me frankIy.
I'II teII you when the encephaIon scan report comes out.
You'd Iike to invite Bruce Lee to the States for the premiere?
That shouIdn't be a probIem.
Okay, okay. Bye.
Come in.
- Bruce! - Mr Xu.
Bruce, aren't you supposed to be resting in hospitaI?
What are you doing here?
I'm fine. How couId I stay in hospitaI?
- Are you reaIIy aII right? - I'm fine. As you can see.
- How couId I have anything wrong? - Great.
Bruce, Iet me teII you, George just caIIed.
He said those HoIIywood guys were very positive about Enter the Dragon.
You've done it again!
This is what we expected.
This time, it's much better than what we expected.
The HoIIywood producers have just decided
to hoId the premiere in August in the US.
They've invited you to the premiere.
This wiII be a good opportunity for you as a rising internationaI star.
So I accepted on your behaIf.
WeII, Mr Xu...here.
This is my screenpIay for Game of Death.
You may have the first viewing.
You need to rest for a few months.
We can wait untiI the reIease of Enter the Dragon.
No, no. I want to start fiIming right away.
Why are you so anxious to start?
If there's no probIem, I'd Iike to start in three days' time.
Are you reaIIy heaIthy enough?
Mr Xu, for this fiIm,
I'd Iike to invite severaI worId-cIass martiaI artists and ceIebrities to join us.
For exampIe, Inosanto, the "Nunchaku King of the PhiIippines".
He's a reaIIy skiIfuI martiaI artist.
Their coIIaboration wiII sureIy make our fiIm much better.
Fine, Bruce. I'II Iisten to you on the creative side of things.
I'II support you compIeteIy.
But you don't Iook weII enough. You must rest weII.
Mr Xu, I'II stiII have Iots of things to do before fiIming Game ofDeath.
I'm off now.
Game of Death?
So, why did you give it such a titIe?
Why? What's the probIem?
WeII...according to Chinese custom, it's not very auspicious.
Can we have a new titIe instead?
Not necessary. Take it as it is.
- Good. Push hard. - Daddy!
Do you know why we practise Kung Fu?
- To defeat others. - Not reaIIy.
Do you know what the "Way of Kung Fu" is?
No? WeII, the question's too deep for you.
But we martiaI artists have a simpIe goaI.
That is to chaIIenge our body to its Iimit.
Do you know what "Iimit" means?
Can you kick that Ieaf? Have a try.
Not yet, right? You have to wait a few years.
Then you'II be abIe to do it.
Watch Daddy show you a kick, okay?
- AII right. - I want to see a "TripIe Kick".
My God!
Daddy's doing "TripIe Kicks"!
Daddy's great! Do it again, pIease!
It's okay, darIing. Don't cry, Shannon.
- Let's go, Brandon. - Let's eat.
- We're going to eat. - Let's eat!
Guess what I cooked for you? DeIicious Foshan Pork.
Bruce... What is it?
We've started fiIming Game of Death.
You know once we start fiIming, we can't stop even for a day.
From now on, I'II be on set every day.
Mark each day on the caIendar for me,
and by next month, the shoot for Game of Death willbe over.
Okay.
Stop. When I hit you just now, I didn't hit the target.
So you have to keep punching. You must attack.
Let's do it again.
Bruce Lee,
you shaII eat the dust of the earth.
- Who is it? - May l speak with Bruce Lee?
HeIIo. Who is it?
It's me.
Bruce Lee,
you may forget everybody, but you won't ever forget me.
YeIIow-skin.
Our business is not yet done.
- What do you pIan to do? - You know!
Listen, YeIIow-skin...
We have no connection since we met in Oakland.
Your master, Wang Yunsheng, apoIogised to me.
No!
I made a mistake that time.
To make up for that, I'II chaIIenge you once more!
l'll defeat you fairly and openly!
Otherwise, the rest of my Iife wiII be meaningIess.
But I don't want to fight with you.
- You're afraid. - I'm not afraid of you.
I no Ionger have to prove myseIf through competitions.
I'm trying to promote the "Way of the MartiaI Arts".
I don't care about your "Way of the MartiaI Arts"!
My goal is to defeat you!
Listen, Bruce Lee... I'm now formaIIy chaIIenging you!
I toId you that I don't accept chaIIenges from anyone anymore.
No! Bruce Lee, you have to accept my chaIIenge!
I'II never give up! I wiII defeat you!
I must defeat you, Bruce Lee!
Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen...
Bruce...
DarIing...
Are you aII right?
I'm fine.
Come on.
Take a break. I'II prepare some snacks for you.
I've just Iearned from mother how to cook Foshan Dim Sum.
I know you must Iike it. It's aImost ready.
Take some rest.
Sweetheart...
I don't want to eat anything right now.
I just want to Iie my head on your Iap for a whiIe.
These days, you've seemed to have undergone some change.
Inosanto was right. You're exhausted physicaIIy and emotionaIIy.
You need to rest more. Just Iike you are now.
Lying down quietIy, thinking of nothing.
If you want, Bruce, I'II caII the hospitaI tomorrow
to set up an appointment for your check-ups.
If there's stiII no resuIt, I'II take you to the US for a check-up.
- AII right? - Damn it!
Do you want me to stop shooting the fiIm?
The crew is waiting for me and the boss has invested Iots of money.
But you want me to Iie in hospitaI and undergo tests,
and take a hoIiday in America!
What are you taIking about?
DarIing...
PIease don't contact the hospitaI again.
I don't have any iIIness.
AII I had was nothing but a headache caused by over-exhaustion.
You expect too much. You're under a Iot of pressure.
You need peace.
I'II take it. Who is it?
Bruce Lee, either you accept my challenge
or you admit your defeat in public!
Listen, you madman, Bruce won't accept your chaIIenge!
This is something between us men not you women! He's a coward!
I'm warning you. Leave us aIone!
Bruce, you can't.
Linda, I can never aIIow him to act with such arrogance.
EspeciaIIy at the present. I have to protect my dignity.
- Understand? - Bruce!
Very weII, I accept your chaIIenge.
TeII me the date and pIace.
Listen...
In three days, I'II invite aII the masters in Hong Kong
to watch the chaIIenge and see how my fists defeat Bruce Lee.
AII right, YeIIow-skin, you'II regret this.
Let me teII you, you don't know me or understand me at aII.
You won't disappoint me.
I'm teIIing you, I've never been defeated by anyone.
I wiII never Iose to anyone.
That's good.
Well, then, we'll meet in the arena.
AII right. You'd better bring a stretcher.
For yourseIf!
Madman!
Bruce Lee!
FinaIIy we meet again.
Long time no see.
You haven't changed at aII. You're stiII cocky.
It seems you've improved your Kung Fu.
Though I'm not sure if you've made any progress ethicaIIy.
I faiIed to defeat you the Iast time we met in America!
I've regretted it for many years!
Today's the day... we decide who the winner is!
Wait.
Before we start, I have a suggestion.
We'II first compete for one round, and if you can't defeat me,
we'II stop the competition.
Shut up!
If you're capabIe,
Iet your Kung Fu speak!
You've aIready Iost.
You're destined to Iose this chaIIenge.
You're just too eager, too eager to defeat me.
Shut up!
I wouIdn't have come here if I were afraid of death!
I am ready.
Let's stop here.
It's not a bad thing to know when to stop.
How do you Iike that?
I'm faster than you. My kicking is stronger than yours.
I've said it before,
Kung Fu requires more practice and Iess taIking.
Don't try to instruct me Iike a master!
Stop your nonsense.
Sign it!
- You dare not? - I wiII.
Today, you are finished!
Why don't you say stop?
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Bruce Lee, you win!
YeIIow-skin... you didn't ask me about my styIe of fighting.
Let me teII you.
It's Chinese MartiaI Art caIIed...
..."Jeet Kune Do".
Bruce...
You pushed the Iimits.
The thirty-two years of Bruce Lee's life
was a journey filled with extraordinary vitality.
Bruce Lee has opened two brand-new fields of study for us.
He has contributed both his beautiful Kung Fu
and his immortal films to the world,
and hence has allowed the world to see authentic Chinese Kung Fu.
Chinese Kung Fu has astonished the world
through Bruce Lee's movies.
Chinese Kung Fu movies have opened a new and fresh chapter
thanks to Bruce Lee.
We believe, deep in our hearts,
that spirit is the backbone of the human body.
The day of death is also the time of resurrection,
because the spirit will not die.
May God bless Bruce Lee and accept his soul.
Amen.
Don't wake him.