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Striking Distance Striking Distance Bruce Lee & the Dawn of Martial Arts in America Charles Russo University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln & London © 2016 by Charles Russo Cover image © iStockphoto.com / Pascal Genest All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Russo, Charles, 1975– Title: Striking distance: Bruce Lee and the dawn of martial arts in America / Charles Russo. Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2016] Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015035013 ISBN 9780803269606 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 9780803290495 (epub) ISBN 9780803290501 (mobi) ISBN 9780803290518 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Lee, Bruce, 1940–1973. | Martial artists—United States—Biography. | Martial arts—United States—History. Classification: LCC GV1113.L44 R87 2016 | DDC 796.8092—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015035013 The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third- party websites or their content. For Angelo and Cel . . . As Grandpa Charlie told me— “Keep punching!” Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. —Sun Tzu, The Art of War Contents Prologue: The Dissident Part 1. San Francisco 1. The Patriarch 2. Native Son 3. The Good Long Fist 4. The Little Dragon 5. The Soft Arts 6. Three Moves or Less Part 2. Oakland 7. The Innovator 8. The Hawaiian Connection (Part One) 9. The Hawaiian Connection (Part Two) 10. Way of the Integrated Fist Part 3. 1964 11. Year of the Green Dragon 12. Long Beach 13. Incident at the Sun Sing Theater 14. Exchanging Hands 15. Aftermath Epilogue: Screen Test Acknowledgments Author’s Note Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations 1. Lee family immigration documents 2. Lau Bun, patriarch of San Francisco’s early martial arts culture 3. Lau Bun with his senior students 4. Members of the Hop Sing Tong 5. Wong Tim Yuen, another martial arts pioneer 6. A martial arts demonstration at the Central Guoshu Institute in China 7. T. Y. Wong during a San Francisco street demonstration 8. The cover of T. Y. Wong’s 1961 book on martial arts 9. Tai chi master Choy Kam Man 10. Master Choy Kam Man with his students 11. Modern martial arts pioneer James Yimm Lee 12. James Lee demonstrating the Iron Palm 13. A young Bruce Lee 14. Bruce Lee working out on the wooden dummy 15. Wally Jay and Professor Henry Okazaki 16. Students from Henry Okazaki’s advanced jujitsu seminars 17. Ed Parker, a martial artist of the Hawaiian school 18. Bruce Lee, Ralph Castro, and Ed Parker 19. Leo Fong during his semipro boxing days at Hendrix College 20. Notable figures at the inaugural Long Beach International Karate Championship
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