Interesting facts about Bruce Lee.

At the age of 32, during the filming of the movie "The Game of Death", Bruce Lee died unexpectedly. Interestingly, the film company rewrote the script as if Bruce's character faked his death to get away from the mafia. Moreover, the film included footage from the real funeral of Bruce Lee — including close-up shots of an open coffin.

Most martial arts movies speed up to make beautiful fighting scenes, but not in the case of Bruce Lee. His movements were too fast for the eye and therefore the battle scenes were shot at a frequency of 32 frames per second, and then slowed down so that the audience could see his movements.

Bruce Lee's family gave him the feminine name "Little Phoenix" because they believed that evil spirits did not like boys in the family (their first-born son died in infancy). And the name Bruce was recorded in his documents by a nurse from the hospital in San Francisco, where he was born (Bruce's father was traveling with an acting troupe at that time).

 

Interesting fact, Bruce Lee was not a pure Chinese, his maternal grandfather was German.

Bruce began studying martial arts with a Wing Chun master named Ip Man. After elementary school, Bruce went to college in Kowloon, Hong Kong, where he often got into trouble. Bruce was expelled from there because of aggressive behavior. Even after his parents moved him to another school, Bruce continued to participate in street fights. The mafia became interested in the young master and his parents sent Bruce Lee to America, out of harm's way.

Interestingly, Bruce Lee was an excellent dancer and studied dance as thoroughly as he studied martial arts. In 1958, at the age of 18, he won the Hong Kong Dance Championship!

In 1964, Bruce was invited to the karate championship in Long Beach, California. There he made his famous "One-inch Knockout", a crushing blow from a super-short distance.

Developing his own style, Bruce Lee spent hours watching the fights of Mohamed Ali and other great fighters.

Bruce Lee's son, Brandon, tragically also died on the set of the film.