Did you know that Bruce Lee wanted to add comedy to his films, and was a fan of samurai films? Bone up on the martial arts icon on what would have been his 82nd birthday.
Bruce Lee’s sudden death bred many conspiracy theories, among them that triads or Chinese gangs had ordered a hit on him, and even a curse. Letters referring to alleged drug use have rekindled speculation.
Martial arts star Jackie Chan, in a previously unpublished 1997 Post interview, reveals how seeing himself in Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury made him realise ‘I wanted to be a star myself’.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood director dismisses critics of fight scene in the film between fictional stuntman Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, and Bruce Lee, played by Mike Moh.
Hong Kong’s Jason Tobin says ‘I would rather there not be this kind of violence against Asians than our show coming back’ as ‘Warrior’ finds new life after demise of Cinemax.
Kung fu practitioner Jake Pinnick, who left the US in 2010 for China’s Wudang Mountains in the Hubei province, has found a sense of philosophy and self through cultural immersion.
An action-movie star couple used their enforced down time to create a reality-TV show, Fight’n Chance, in which complete novices learn a martial art and fight a veteran practitioner of it.
Chen Yong posts on social media to say that ‘Mad Dog’ win was a ‘fluke’ and tai chi cannot generate force on soft ground.
Chinese MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong returns with brief bout against tai chi master Chen Yong – then points out someone is pretending to be him online despite social media ban.
Kung fu film star – picked because of his popularity among Bosnian Muslims, Croats and Serbs – has been immortalised globally but the first was in Mostar not Hong Kong.
Bruce Lee would have turned 80 on Friday had he lived. We gauge the influence of the jeet kune do fighting technique the martial arts superstar developed, with its ‘be water’ philosophy.
Ma says film will ‘break box office records’ as online ridicule continues, with one newspaper saying ‘acting is his real strength’.
Ma Baoguo, who went viral in May after being knocked down three times in 30 seconds, announces he has ‘returned to peaceful life’ as netizens mark six-month anniversary with spoof videos.
Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon has taken sections from Lee’s handwritten notebooks and broadened them out into a guide for modern life in Be Water, My Friend.
Shannon Lee reflects on Quentin Tarantino row with no love lost more than a year on – ‘it’s started this narrative where some people are saying Bruce Lee was an [expletive]’.
Shannon Lee says Hong Kong protesters adopting her father Bruce Lee’s famous ‘Be Water, My Friend’ mantra, which is also title of her new book, ‘is the point of his philosophy – to help you figure out how to move through life’.
The Hong Kong actor and Ip Man star posts on social media in tribute to Chan, who died of cancer last weekend.
Chinese Wushu Association warns practitioners not to appoint themselves as ‘kung fu masters’ or ‘authentic masters’ and stop faking documents and certificates about their ‘alleged prowess’.
Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen posts a video of himself playing the piano for Chinese leader before replying to a user that he is ‘fighting for the Chinese people’.
Jason Tobin weighs in on ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ debate, as ESPN 30 for 30 ‘Be Water’ returns the spotlight to Bruce Lee – ‘if you’re a fan, you would’ve been more fair’.
Bruce Lee’s legendary exhibition at Long Beach International Karate Championships in 1964 ‘changed things up’ and began martial arts movement that’s still developing today.