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The “definitive” (The New York Times) biography of film legend Bruce Lee—the martial arts icon who made kung fu a global phenomenon, shattered Hollywood stereotypes of Asian and Asian American actors, and became one of the most influential pop culture figures of the 20th century...

Within the chapters of Striking Thoughts, you will find the secrets of Bruce Lee's incredible success—as an actor, martial artist, and inspiration to the world. Consisting of eight sections, Striking Thoughts covers 72 topics and 825 aphorisms—from spirituality to personal liberation and from family life to filmmaking—all of which Bruce lived by. His ideas helped energize his life and career and made it possible for him to live a happy and assured life, overcoming challenging obstacles with seeming ease.

The Art of Expressing the Human Body, a title coined by Bruce Lee himself to describe his approach to martial arts, documents the techniques he used so effectively to perfect his body for superior health and muscularity.

During his lifetime, legendary martial artist Bruce Lee formulated a complex personal philosophy - a synthesis of Eastern and Western ideals - that extolled the virtues of knowledge and total mastery of one's self. Most of his philosophical writings could be found only within the personal library of the Bruce Lee estate - until John Little was given permission to publish them for the wider world.

Bruce Lee remains the gold standard that all martial artists are compared to. But could he actually fight? World Champions in karate competition have gone on record to point out that he never once competed in tournaments. Were his martial abilities merely a trick of the camera? For the first time ever, Bruce Lee authority and bestselling author John Little takes a hard look at Bruce Lee's real-life fights to definitively answer these questions with over thirty years of research that took him thousands of miles.

Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon is a fascinating glimpse of the private Bruce Lee behind the public image—a man with the patience and concern to dedicate as much effort to crafting a thoughtful personal answer to the letter of a young fan as to those from his old friends and associates; an extremely active man never too busy to make time for an old family friend in need of simple companionship; a man who never wrote without careful thought, and never thought from the head alone, but always from the head and heart together.

""Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff Chang is blessed with the vision to see things we do not yet see, thinking and writing with a restless, chasm-crossing, almost...

On this season of the Bruce Lee Podcast, join Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee as she engages in conversation with special guests from all walks of life about their approach to living life fluidly and the wisdom they have gained along the way. In concert with themes from her book Be Water, My Friend and the year of the dragon, Shannon continues to share Bruce Lee's philosophy as she and her guests dive deep into the challenges and joys of being human. See how guests have aligned with and been inspired by Bruce Lee and his philosophies and how they've motivated themselves to step into their own...

Se chiedete a qualcuno un nome da associare alle arti marziali, probabilmente vi sentirete rispondere Bruce Lee.Anche se l'immagine del suo corpo in posa da combattimento è diventata un’icona contemporanea, in Bruce Lee c'era molto di più: avrebbe potuto essere una rock star o un leader spirituale o qualsiasi altra cosa avesse desiderato e le arti marziali sono state solo un canale per la sua energia. Nonostante Hollywood lo abbia rifiutato più e più volte a causa di pregiudizi razziali, Lee, più o meno da solo, ha cambiato la percezione degli asiatici in Occidente.Le sue intuizioni ...

Marching Orders tells the story of how the American military's breaking of the Japanese diplomatic Purple codes during World War II led to the defeat of Nazi Germany and hastened the end of the devastating conflict. With unprecedented access to over one million pages of US Army documents and thousands of pages of top-secret messages dispatched to Tokyo from the Japanese embassy in Berlin, author Bruce Lee offers a series of fascinating revelations about pivotal moments in the war.

Bruce Lee, having had access to more than one million pages of US Army documents and thousands of pages of daily top-secret messages dispatched to Tokyo from the Japanese embassy in Berlin, assembles fascinating revelations about pivotal moments in the war, including the reason Eisenhower stopped his army at the Elbe and let the Russians capture Berlin, the invasion of Europe, and the battles on the African and Eastern fronts.

Bruce Lee es un artista marcial y comediante. Considerado el mayor maestro de artes marciales del cine mundial del siglo XX, allanó el camino para otros actores de cine de artes marciales asiáticos. Bruce Lee encarna para muchos el hombre fuerte que alcanza la cima de la perfección física, y la invencibilidad en el combate cuerpo a cuerpo. Su fama ha tenido un papel importante en el interés del público occidental en las artes marciales chinas. Su prematura muerte a la edad de 32 años contribuyó a que se convirtiera en una leyenda del cine y las artes marciales.

Thе mаn, the myth, the lеgеnd, Bruсе Lее wаѕ far frоm a myth, but was a lеgеndаrу mаn whо соmрlеtеlу сhаngеd mаrtiаl arts. He redesigned its fоundаtiоn so ѕignifiсаntlу аnd рrесiѕеlу thаt nо mаn or woman саn perfect it anymore. Tоdау, mаrtiаl artiѕtѕ саn only build оn that foundation and help finе-tunе his idеаѕ. Bruce wаѕ a mоtivаtоr, аn innоvаtоr, аnd аn amazing philosopher. Most importantly he wаѕ a true martiаl artiѕt.

Bruce Lee was a brand well before that became commonplace. Step into the Dragon’s mind and explore how he thought about business, life, and goals. The Bruce Lee Code focuses on the business strategies prevalent in Lee’s life and teachings that helped unlock his full potential. Bruce Lee’s attention to brand is a major reason why he continues to influence pop culture today, and he was a pioneer, being one of the first Hollywood stars to start his own production company.

In the new Mini Movers and Shakers children’s book series comes a cast of characters who have failed, yet succeeded despite overwhelming obstacles. In the fifth volume, we meet Bruce Lee. Find out what happens in this kids book about pursuing your passions. Sometimes, we are faced with challenges that seem insurmountable. But with grit and hard work, one can achieve great things!

Come Ibra, Kobe, Bruce Lee è un libro sullo sport che parte dalla convinzione che "chi sa tutto soltanto di sport non sa niente neanche di sport". Nell'agonismo e nella dedizione di cui si nutre lo sport c'è qualcosa che lo supera ed è lì che si forma gran parte della mitologia di cui abbiamo bisogno in ogni azione della nostra vita. È grazie ai grandi atleti che hanno segnato la storia che oggi si possono raccontare quei valori e quelle attitudini che sono fondamentali per la nostra esistenza.

The name Bruce Lee is synonymous with martial arts superstar. Lee’s movie career was cut tragically short by his death at just 32 years old. Starring in six big-release feature movies, Lee revolutionized martial arts movie-making and challenged Western prejudices against the East. Challenging the status quo of martial arts practice, Lee created his own unique system, Jeet Kune Do. More than a martial art, Jeet Kune Do is a philosophy for life that is founded on the art of fighting without fighting.

Il coach migliore per forgiare la tua crescita personale, per tenere sempre viva la tua motivazione e per vivere la tua migliore vita: Bruce Lee. Dietro un campione c'è una grande mente. Bruce Lee è conosciuto e ammirato in tutto il mondo per le sue straordinarie doti fisiche e per le tecniche di combattimento che ha messo a punto e insegnato. Ma è stato molto di più: in lui come in nessun altro convissero Oriente e Occidente, pensiero e azione, talento e determinazione, gioia di vivere e insaziabile desiderio di oltrepassare i limiti umani.

Il metodo che ha ispirato Bill Gates e The Secret. Da Charles Haanel, figura di riferimento della Scienza della Mente, un metodo pratico di straordinaria efficacia per ottenere ciò che vogliamo, per scoprire e diventare ciò che sentiamo veramente di essere e per essere felici di ciò che siamo. A highly effective method to develop our inner power, to activate the law of attraction, to attract all forms of abundance in our lives, to get everything we want, and to be happy to be ourselves. By Charles Haanel, the method that inspired Bill Gates and The Secret.

Daryl Joji Maeda's account of Bruce Lee's legacy traces how movements and migrations across the Pacific Ocean structured the cultures Lee inherited, the milieu he occupied, the martial art he developed, the films he made, and the world he left behind. A unique blend of cultural history and biography, Like Water unearths the cultural strands intertwined in Lee's rise to a new kind of global stardom. Moving from the gold rush in California and the British occupation of Hong Kong to the Cold War, Maeda builds depth and complexity to this larger-than-life figure.