How Bruce Lee Gave Martial Arts to the West, and Saw It Become a Blood Sport

Can martial arts ever be more than a weapon again?
How Bruce Lee Gave Martial Arts to the West, and Saw It Become a Blood Sport
Bruce Lee, in "Enter the Dragon." Warner Bros.
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In the humid, sweat-slicked kwoons of 1960s Hong Kong, Bruce Lee forged Jeet Kune Do, his own stripped-back martial philosophy. It was agile, explosive, and utterly radical. No stiff traditions. No ceremonial fluff. Just movement like water, precision like poetry. It pulsed with freedom.

And Bruce wanted to share it.

Nicole James
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Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.