BRUCE LEE: As a young boy, Bruce Lee (1940-
1974) wandered the streets of HONG KONG 
picking up streetfighting methods until he 
began formal study of the classical Kung-fu 
form of WING CHUN under the grand 
master Yip Man. As a young man he moved 
to the United States where he continued to 
train and developed his own form of KUNG-FU
called JEET KUNE DO, or "way of the 
intercepting fist." While perfecting his own 
martial art he was accepted to play the role of 
Kato in a television series, the Green Hornet. 
This launched his acting career and in 1967 
he returned to his native Hong Kong to make 
the KUNG-FU movies that would popularize 
the martial arts in the West, including "The 
Big Boss" and "Enter the Dragon." In 1974, at 
the height of his career, Lee died under 
mysterious circumstances. (See also Kung-fu 
article).