How Does Bruce Lee Shaped Society
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, born in San Francisco, California November 1940, was raised in Hong Kong, China. Lee died at the early age of 33 in 1973 from a cerebral edema, but not before he changed not only American culture, but society throughout the world. Bruce Lee’s success that shaped society can be contributed to several phenomenons Malcolm Gladwell speaks about in his book Outliers.
At the age of 13 Bruce Lee began training with Master Yip Man, learning the arts of Gung Fu, a martial arts kept very sacred to the Chinese people and not shared with “outsiders.” Lee trained diligently everyday for over 5 hours after school. Lee became so proficient at martial arts that he began to create his own variations and is widely thought to be the best martial artist who has ever lived. Lee left Hong Kong at the age of 18 and returned to San Francisco where he taught the cha-cha as a dance instructor. After he gathered enough money, he abandoned his job as a dance instructor and enrolled in the University of Washington where he majored in Philosophy, the whole time practicing his martial arts. (Bruce Lee Foundation) …show more content…
Bruce Lee’s dedication to the practice of Gung Fu made him a master in his craft and allowed him to make a name for himself on the streets of Seattle. His hours of practice that sculpted his mastery in Gung Fu allowed him to make a career out of teaching his martial arts in his own large studios. Another man who had been trained in Gung Fu did not approve of him teaching non-Chinese people the martial arts; they both agreed to spar in Gung Fu on the terms of if Lee lost he had to stop teaching. Lee beat the man after three minutes but was very upset with his performance because it took him so long. Lee began training even more intensely.
Bruce Lee, born in San Francisco, California November 1940, was raised in Hong Kong, China. Lee died at the early age of 33 in 1973 from a cerebral edema, but not before he changed not only American culture, but society throughout the world. Bruce Lee’s success that shaped society can be contributed to several phenomenons Malcolm Gladwell speaks about in his book Outliers.
At the age of 13 Bruce Lee began training with Master Yip Man, learning the arts of Gung Fu, a martial arts kept very sacred to the Chinese people and not shared with “outsiders.” Lee trained diligently everyday for over 5 hours after school. Lee became so proficient at martial arts that he began to create his own variations and is widely thought to be the best martial artist who has ever lived. Lee left Hong Kong at the age of 18 and returned to San Francisco where he taught the cha-cha as a dance instructor. After he gathered enough money, he abandoned his job as a dance instructor and enrolled in the University of Washington where he majored in Philosophy, the whole time practicing his martial arts. (Bruce Lee Foundation) …show more content…
Bruce Lee’s dedication to the practice of Gung Fu made him a master in his craft and allowed him to make a name for himself on the streets of Seattle. His hours of practice that sculpted his mastery in Gung Fu allowed him to make a career out of teaching his martial arts in his own large studios. Another man who had been trained in Gung Fu did not approve of him teaching non-Chinese people the martial arts; they both agreed to spar in Gung Fu on the terms of if Lee lost he had to stop teaching. Lee beat the man after three minutes but was very upset with his performance because it took him so long. Lee began training even more intensely.