Bruce Lee (Luke)

      We visited the Bruce Lee Exhibition in the Hong Kong National Heritage museum. It was really cool. I was really surprised about a lot of things like how he was born on Jackson Street in San Francisco. Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940. He was in love with Martial Arts from the start.  He was also an actor when he was young he appeared in a Cantonese show called Golden Gate Girl. He then became famous though for starring in the Film Program The Kid which he was amazing in. He moved to Seattle and Oakland as a teen where he became incredible. It was his turning part when he knew he had exceptional powers and that he should raise the bar when he faced Wong Jack man in a duel and won. Wong Jack Man was a karate instructor in San Francisco who was very good. We were laughing when we found out that Bruce Lee says "Wada" and that is the name of the place that we stayed at last in Guilin. That was why the logo of the hostel was a picture of Bruce Lee kicking and saying "Wada".

     Bruce Lee not only did one type of Martial Arts but he combined all that he knew together. His big role in the U.S. was being Kato  in the Green Hornet. They said that people hadn't seen Asian Martial Arts yet so he was like the guy. I read that at one point he was more popular than the the Green Hornet even though he was the Green Hornet's sidekick! Bruce Lee acted in a ton of other films where he fought Chuck Norris or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (a famous basketball player). This was funny because I saw a little 3 minute fight between them and it is hilarious. The height difference is about 30 inches. He was very successful as a Martial Artist and an actor. He founded the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. He was a very interesting little dude.
   
     Unfortunately, when he was 33 years old he died on a bad reaction to a medicine on July 20 1973. I was really amazed by the exhibit. It had a lot of his stuff when he was younger like his records for Junior High or his suits that he wore for movies. What I was most surprised to learn was that I was almost the size of Bruce Lee and my arms are bigger. He had really tiny arms and was a very small person but was a great Martial Artist. He could jump up in the air and kick somebody that is 7 feet in the face!! I really enjoyed the Bruce Lee Exhibition and if you ever visit Hong Kong in the next couple of years it is a must see.