Bruce Lee Facebook Community Q&A with Shannon Lee

Always great seeing Shannon Lee answer some questions or post up some videos. I especially like the little tidbit about WMAC Masters. I'm going to post some footage later of that show.

Bruce Lee Walk On! Warrior Hoodie - BruceLee.Com VLOG Series

This is a really great hoodie with a very powerful message that even correlates to the things I'm doing currently. Often times, we get so plagued by what's going on in life that we kind of neuter ourselves on our own walk. I love the message, "Walk On!" It's especially powerful because at the time Bruce Lee wrote that message..he could not walk....

Also, a lot of the doctors were saying, he would never be able to practice Martial Arts nor possibly walk ever again. Well, he showed them...To me, walk on means to take it one step at a time. Each foot well placed going forward and not going back...The Ryu symbol definitely resonates with me because I'm a huge Street Fighter fan. I'm really into symbolism and signs and different styles of learning. This is a great clip and a great hoodie. You can cop it at BruceLee.com

Also, if you want some more motivating/powerful messages, check out my blog specifically the Bruce Lee post in an interview on the Pierre Berton show.

BruceLee.Com VLOG Series - "I Am Bruce Lee" Feature Documentary

Here's a cool VLog from Shannon Lee talking about the upcoming documentary, "I am Bruce Lee". It looks like it's going to be an excellent feature film dealing with a perspective not quite shown in the media just yet. I love the fact that she is not exploiting her father, but preserving the raw core elements of Bruce Lee. I really want to see this film. I feel Bruce Lee has a certain aura that all of us embody one way or another. He's a big influence on not only the Martial Arts, but just life as a whole. As of right now, the movie will be played in select theaters from February 9th-15th. It also be airing on Spike TV in the month of March. For more information on dates, theaters, and times, check out IAMBruceLee.com. Also, make sure to check the iambrucelee twitter page as well as the Bruce Lee page run by Shannon Lee. Check out the VLog as well as trailer right under it:

Bruce Lee Dance, Art & Self-Expression

This is what I'm talking about right here! What I really loved about Bruce Lee is the fact that he was a dancer before he truly became an incredible martial artist. When you see his movements on camera particularly before and after his moves, you can tell he was a gifted dancer. He has a lot of grace, fluidity, and really knew his fundamentals. Yes, he created his own style that's really a mix of many yet not catering to one. However, you can see he had a tight grip on his forms, and did them full out and correctly. Just like how I'm b-boying..the foundation is there, and you FLIP it for your use!! Remember, Bruce said it best, "Absorb what is useful; discard what is not". PERFECT QUOTE RIGHT THERE! Shannon Lee, who recently followed me on Twitter by the way (^_-), posted this a few weeks back. I feel this is a very great and rare clip to really see who he was besides the Martial Arts. It's a great clip with some good dancers in it that can correlate how the moves and movement flow together!

Bruce Lee - The Art of Expressing The Human Body

Shannon Lee shows a brief excerpt from Bruce Lee's workout regiment which includes isometrics, cardio, diet, and also putting martial arts (focuses on certain punches and kicks) within his daytimers. Bruce Lee was not exactly the biggest guy (5'7" roughly 150 lbs on average), but what he lacked in "bulk" stature..he made up for in physicality, speed, and ingenuity. Imho, he had the "perfect" body. He utilized/maximized each of his muscles past the typical peak of the human body. This is actually pretty cool, and I will definitely cop his book Bruce Lee - The Art of Expressing the Human Body, in the near future. Check out the video:




You can cop the book right now:

Rare pictures of Enter The Dragon

Enter the Dragon was one the biggest movies to come out that kicked off the whole Martial Arts craze in the United States. Bruce Lee was definitely at the helm of this. At a time where a lot of social, political, and economical changes occurred, this was definitely needed. The United States was still pretty separated even the 70's. Many of Bruce Lee's enemies were non supporters of his movement. They were not only in dispute to his self made artform "Jeet Kune Do" but also his ideology of sharing it with anyone willing. The Si-Fu's wanted to keep it with the Chinese lineage. Bruce Lee was completely against that. His idea was sharing, creating unity. I respect him humbly for that. He caught a lot of flack for that. What Bruce Lee did was revolutionize martial arts on film. No fairy flying, no wires, none of that. Raw Martial Arts at it's finest. The beauty and simplicity of just the plain movement made it greater due to the fact that it was all truth.  Make sure you also support: the Bruce Lee blog by Shannon Lee (Bruce Lee's daughter). Definitely a lot of bombs and great things happening with that. You can also follow her on twitter: @bruceleedotcom
Here's some footage and rare screenshots of Enter the Dragon that Shannon Lee put together.