Bruce Lee birthday: Here is how the legend impacted martial arts

It was 45 years ago that a legendary superstar named Bruce Lee passed away at young of 32. Today, vember 27, marks birthday of late star who would have completed 79 years h he still been alive. Bruce Lee pioneered various combat disciplines that paved way for mixed martial arts to become what it has become today.

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Bruce Lee: His impact on martial arts

Despite having done 20 roles as a child star in Chinese films, Bruce Lee always h a huge inclination towards martial arts. He wanted to pursue a career teaching it to people. After gaining popularity in his formative years through films, he moved on to supporting roles in movies and has also trained likes of James Coburn and Steve McQueen.

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Bruce Lee bridges gap between West and East

Bruce Lee is considered  first actor to bring toger West and East. He got his first big success with his film -  Big Boss. It turned out to be a huge success. next project was 1972 film Fist of Fury which performed even better and smashed records. biggest success came with Way of Dragon - a film that went on to showcase  unique talents of expressive performer. final colosseum battle between Bruce Lee and Chuck rris is still regarded as one of best fighting sequences to ever be filmed. As time progressed, Bruce Lee changed perception of Chinese culture and also helped to popularize sport of martial arts in West. Fans all over world were deeply fascinated by his sheer agility and brute power.

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Bruce Lee becomes a legend - Enter Dragon

Enter Dragon was first movie that was co-produced in Hong Kong and Hollywood. This is exactly what Lee h been waiting for as film led to an explosion of martial arts movies across world. Enter Dragon was going to make him a superstar, but inste, Bruce Lee became a legend as he passed away a few months before film premiered. film came out over 45 years ago, but still remains one of best movies in its genre.

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