Jeet Kune Do was founded by the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee. He was born in Hong Kong. Bruce Lee has lived in Hong Kong and various places in the America and developed his career as a martial artist and a movie star.
Throughout the places he lived, Hong Kong is definitely the place that gave Lee the most impact. He started learning marital arts in Hong Kong. Among all the disciplines he learned, Wing Chun is the most important one and gave a lot of inspiration to Jeet Kune Do.
Although Bruce Lee had most of his properties in the America, including his wife and kids, his Jeet Kune Do school and many of his writings, Hong Kong is most important place in his life. We all now the great movie star was from Hong Kong. Even now, you can see bronze statue in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong.
Bruce Lee studied and researched about all kinds of martial arts. He tried to absorb the strength of all disciplines and disregard the unnecessary parts of them. Among them, three has been chosen to be the building blocks of Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Boxing and Fencing. And among these 3, Wing Chun is definitely the most important one.
Why did Wing Chun that has no traditional forms and focus on practicality spread all over the world? And why did Jeet Kune Do that has no traditional forms and focus on practicality spread all over the world? Simply because they have scientific theories, simple and direct, westerners are willing to accept them.
Recently, Yip Man has become the most popular Kung Fu master in Hong Kong due to a couple of Wing Chun movies. Yip Man teaches very practical Wing Chun in Hong Kong for 22 years and made it well known to the world now.
Throughout the places he lived, Hong Kong is definitely the place that gave Lee the most impact. He started learning marital arts in Hong Kong. Among all the disciplines he learned, Wing Chun is the most important one and gave a lot of inspiration to Jeet Kune Do.
Although Bruce Lee had most of his properties in the America, including his wife and kids, his Jeet Kune Do school and many of his writings, Hong Kong is most important place in his life. We all now the great movie star was from Hong Kong. Even now, you can see bronze statue in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong.
Bruce Lee studied and researched about all kinds of martial arts. He tried to absorb the strength of all disciplines and disregard the unnecessary parts of them. Among them, three has been chosen to be the building blocks of Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Boxing and Fencing. And among these 3, Wing Chun is definitely the most important one.
Why did Wing Chun that has no traditional forms and focus on practicality spread all over the world? And why did Jeet Kune Do that has no traditional forms and focus on practicality spread all over the world? Simply because they have scientific theories, simple and direct, westerners are willing to accept them.
Recently, Yip Man has become the most popular Kung Fu master in Hong Kong due to a couple of Wing Chun movies. Yip Man teaches very practical Wing Chun in Hong Kong for 22 years and made it well known to the world now.