Bruce Eee, Kung Fu Sound Effects

Oh man, those hilarious kung-fu movie sound effects - cracks me up every time. Bruce Eeee for sure! :-)

Just to be clear - this is not late great Bruce Lee of course. Here we're talking about the not so great Bruce Li...

Bad Car Kung Fu

October 5, on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, an embarrassed actor Terrence Howard explained how he ended up injuring himself with some impromptu car-fu.

Explaining the accident he said: "I'm sitting in the car and I'm thinking about the Bruce Lee days and all of the kung-fu stuff that people used to do, and I'm trying to drive and I made a fool of myself in the process," he said according to hollywood.com and tvsquad.com.

"You know how Bruce Lee used to do that little short one-inch punch? I'm thinking I can do that in front of the rear view mirror. That one-inch punch. That mirror hit back. (...)."

So now we know - boards don't hit back (or so said Bruce), but mirrors apparently do. Good to know :-)

Bad Kung Fu Shoe

New Zealand - It appears that the kung fu shoes - made popular by none other than legendary Bruce Lee - has made a reappearance, at least according to nzherald.co.nz.

They also report that people are experiencing foot problems from walking around in these soft shoes. Well duh, they are training shoes. If you are used to having foot wear with a strong support of the foot, is it really that strange you will experience some problems when you're basically walking around in slippers?

'Bruce Liberty'

China -- A red-painted 30-meter-high ceramic sculpture of kung fu legend Bruce Lee has been in Foshan, Guangdong, according to chinadaily.com.cn.

The city reportedly bills itself as "home of Chinese kung fu", and the local artists apparently hope the sculpture eventually will become a landmark on the scale of the (New York City) Statue of Liberty.

Nunchaku Painting

China -- Way cool (and finally a worthwhile usage for the usually daft "numb-nuts")!

Anyhow, here's a young street painter in Beijing, who reportedly is creating a sketch of legendary Bruce Lee. He's seen in this picture using nunchaku dipped in paint.

Paint fu for sure! And what better way to combine two arts...

Black Belt Great Grandma

Oklahoma -- 74-year-old Jeannie O'Connor form Owasso is know to everyone as "Mamaw". She has seven great grandchildren, holds a third-degree black belt in taekwondo and teaches a beginners taekwondo class in Claremore.

"I saw a picture of Bruce Lee," she said, "and I thought maybe that could help my grandson," according to newsok.com.

"I like the discipline," she says. "And attaining something."

Ping-Fu

Here's a way cool video of "Bruce Lee" use "numb-nuts" in a ping-pong match. It's an ad for a Nokia phone - very well done :-)

Flying Karate Kick

...And a Taser take-down.

Story:
Colorado -- On a Sunday, a 55-year-old known criminal was been arrested in Boulder for allegedly attempting to kidnap a child from a restaurant back patio, according to dailycamera.com.

Then, near where investigators were gathered outside the restaurant to investigate the incident, a 25-year-old man reportedly executed a "flying karate kick". Officials say the man was Tasered and subdued.

A witness to the incident told media, "It was a classic Bruce Lee karate chop."

Real-Lee?

A huge fan, a tad vain, or just a real-lee big ego?

Story:
A Hong Kong man paid $5,000 on Saturday for a car license plate that read "BRUCELEE," after the late kung fu movie star.

"When I studied in England, foreigners would only know two Chinese people. One is Bruce Lee. The other is Chairman Mao (Zedong)," the buyer, identified only by his surname, Wong, said on a Hong Kong cable television station.

The Lee-inspired plate was among several vanity plates to be auctioned Saturday by the Hong Kong Transport Department, according to the department's Web site. The results of the auction weren't immediately available.

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Confuse-Us Speaks #16

Ah what the heck - it's all ai-kung-fu-kwon-do-karate-jutsu after all ... Not?

Story:
Karate's connection to the animal kingdom is legendary. So it doesn't come as a surprise that a 20-year-old who is studying for a master degree in zoology is good at this Chinese marital art.

The old monks in Bruce Lee movies spoke about speed of a cobra and stealth of a leopard. These were the things Rajasthan's Titikesha Jain studied for the gold medal she got for her bachelors degree in the science that deals with animal behaviour.

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Confuse-Us Speaks #13

Really... If this is anything remotely close to true, then we have a long way to go!

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The word "karate" conjures up many vivid images for most of us — katana-wielding bad guys; ninjas throwing stars at a Bruce Lee lookalike while he moves with lightening speed; Jackie Chan shimmying gracefully up a wall, or boards being broken with various limbs or a head. Also, the average person may think of the mysticism commonly associated with martial arts.

However, these images, this supposedly inherent Eastern-style religiosity, and even the term karate are all overused, generic clichés that limit one's perspective of what the martial arts really are.

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Chennai Karate Priest

India -- A visit to the Ashtalakshmi Temple in Chennai may astonish many, as there is a priest who is also a karate trainer.

The forty-six-year old priest has been practicing karate since his youth.

Sheshadri's is a big fan of Bruce Lee, and derives a lot of inspiration from his father, who was also a well-known karate exponent.

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Leisure-Lee

Chinese officials have confirmed plans to create a theme park inspired by martial arts legend Bruce Lee. However, the actor's only surviving child, Shannon Lee, who controls her father's legacy, is threatening to halt the plans.

She vows to visit the proposed site "to find out what else they are dreaming up over there". The $18 million park will also feature gardens and remote-controlled mannequin robots operated from within a giant statue of the actor.

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Hapkido master

Here's hapkido grandmaster Ing-Sik Whang in action. He may be old (born 1940), but he sure can move!

He's considered one of the true legends of martial arts, and has participated in movies such as Game of Death with Bruce Lee.

Grandmaster Whang has his school located in Canada.

In this clip you will see the resemblance between Korean hapkido and arts such as (Japanese) aikido and jujutsu.

The only downside is that the attacks (punches) are pulled - they would never hit the target. To me this is a major flaw in many demo clips, videos and exhibitions.

You can watch the clip here (flv file, 16.14 MB).

Download the free flv player here if you don't have it installed already. Flv is a flash format which produces smaller files, often used for streaming video. A similar quality clip in other formats, such as wmv, mpg or avi would easily be twice the size.

'Bruce Lee shot'

California -- The victim of a late Sunday shooting at a San Jose strip mall has been identified as Bruce Lee, a mini-mart owner and host of a local public access cable television show.

The San Jose resident, 49, was shot shortly before midnight Sunday at the Hello Hollywood Enterprises store.

Lee dabbled in the film industry, and on his Web site, he billed himself as a director, producer, screenwriter, acting coach, image consultant, talent manager and third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He produced and starred in a public access television show called 'Hello Hollywood News'.

The show's intro is a quirky take on James Bond, with Lee removing dark sunglasses to the tune of the familiar Bond theme song. In the closing montage, he is shown performing Tae Kwon Do moves, including breaking a stack of boards.

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Kung fu park

A massive kung fu theme park will be built in Shunde District of Foshan, the hometown of martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

Covering an area of more than 200 hectares, the park will include a Bruce Lee Memorial Hall and a large statue of the star.

The theme park is also set to become the Chinese mainland's biggest martial arts training centre.

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Buce Lee interview

Here's a great, and allegedly long lost, interview with Bruce Lee.
This is without a doubt a must see for any serious martial arts student! Lee talks about his art, and his philosophy - the deeper meaning of his art and his training.
The best part for me is really to witness the immense presence and charisma of the man.

You can get the clip here (10.03MB, flv file)

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Clarifying the legend

Hong Kong -- Bruce Lee's family is set to tackle unspecified "fabricated or exaggerated" stories about the late kung fu legend by making a movie and publishing a book about him, his brother said.

"To this day, many stories about Bruce Lee continue to be told, many of which are fabricated or exaggerated," Robert Lee, president of the Bruce Lee Club, said in a statement.

"Today, as Bruce's brothers and sisters are getting older, and in order to help the public understand the real life of Bruce Lee, Robert has been appointed a very heavy responsibility from the family to clarify the legend of Bruce Lee," the statement added.

Lee said the film would be planned and produced by the family, with auditions for the lead role beginning soon.

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Defying age

Three days a week, 60-year-old Jim Louth decides to defy his age.

He goes to his basement, fully equipped with a kickboxing ring, and teaches kids, some of whom are 40 years younger, how to perfect the martial arts style.

He began teaching kickboxing in 1981, six years after he received his black belt in tae kwon do. His martial arts interest sprang from an era when Bruce Lee doing push-ups on two fingers was entertaining American movie audiences.

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Kung fu nut

UK -- Police were yesterday hunting a man who lashed out with lethal martial arts sticks during a nasty street assault in the East End of Paisley.

The mystery attacker leapt out of a tenement close wielding Nunchakas – a Chinese martial arts weapon often used on the big screen by actor Bruce Lee in the popular Kung Fu movies.

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