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Bruce believed that the most important thing in the world is the individual and that each individual mush have knowledge of himself before he can relate to other people. An innovative martial artist, not only in training but on film. Politically, socially, and economically diverse, Hong Kong, the asian equivalent of Manhattan. If he could make it their he could make it anywhere. But Bruce had an bad start as a well known local trouble maker in Hong Kong as a kid. Throughout his entire life, he fought the circumstances of his childhood, an natural physical weakness and the lack of parental guidance. Bruce Lee faced all the fears, doubts, and insecurities of his life. In doing so, he began to free and combine powerful energies which he then directed into becoming a highly motivated and determined young man. After experiencing this, Bruce committed to personal growth with a set of goals and ambitions. Emigrating to the United States as the age of nineteen would be a significant turning point for him. He opened his own kung fu school and established an acting career in America. Before fulfilling his acting career fully, Bruce had a severe back injury that jepordized his work. But being Bruce Lee, this couldn't stop him. Yet Bruce Lee's biggest fight was always himself. Bruce Lee, born in San Fransico in the year of the dragon. But raised in Hong Kong till his late teens. Growing up in Hong Kong he displayed his natural acting abilities starring in many films as a kid. Hong Kong started his legacy in kung fu and in life. Bruce Lee returned to the United States and attended the University of Washington in Seattle where he studied as a philosophy student, and trained people who wanted to learn the art of kung fu. Lee later opend up schools in Oakland and Los Angeles. Becoming a celebrity in America, getting into American media films. Bruce Lee drove himself to realize his highest potential as a human and became the supreme figure of martial arts in modern time.

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