The OED records the first usage of gung-ho in 1942 ( referring to Evans Carlson's Marines ) and of kung-fu in 1966 ( referring to Bruce Lee's movies ).

This was Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973.

He called what he taught Jun Fan Gung Fu ( literally Bruce Lee's Kung Fu ).

Linda Lee recalls Bruce Lee's waist fluctuated between 26 and 28 inches ( 66 to 71 centimetres ).

Inosanto holds the 3rd rank ( Instructor ) directly from Bruce Lee in Jeet Kune Do, Jun Fan Gung Fu, and Bruce Lee's Tao of Chinese Gung Fu.

Other Jeet Kune Do instructors since Lee's death have been certified directly by Dan Inosanto, some with remaining Bruce Lee signed certificates.

Also inspired by the success of James Bond ; specifically the Asian-influenced You Only Live Twice, martial-arts-themed action movies exploded onto the western cinema screens with Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon ( 1973 ), and his imported films like Way of ( or Return of ) the Dragon ( 1972 ).

JKD as it survives today — if one wants to view it " refined " as a product, not a process — is what was left at the time of Bruce Lee's death.

Bruce Lee's theories have been especially influential and substantiated in the field of Mixed Martial Arts, as the MMA Phases of Combat are essentially the same concept as the JKD combat ranges.

Bruce Lee's personal JKD ) thinking them to be one and the same.

In an interview with The New Yorker, David Belle acknowledges the influence of Lee's thinking: " There's a quote by Bruce Lee that's my motto: ' There are no limits.

Patrick Bruce " Pat " Metheny (; born August 12, 1954, Lee's Summit, Missouri ) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

The name of the game is probably a play on Bruce Lee's fighting system Jeet Kune Do, which can be translated to " Way of the Intercepting Fist ".

The Chinese given name usually has two characters which are usually combined into a single middle name for better organizational purposes, especially with Cantonese names, such as Bruce Lee's middle name, Junfan.

Inosanto is one of three people allowed by Bruce Lee to teach his Martial Arts system ( Taky Kimura and James Yimm Lee being the other two ), and the only one to be given Instructorship in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do of the third level.

After Bruce Lee's death, he has become the principal spokesperson and historian for Jeet Kune Do.

He has had minor roles in a number of movies, including Bruce Lee's uncompleted last film Game of Death ( 1972 ).

Herbie Pilato in The Kung Fu Book of Caine, also comments that Bruce Lee's son, Brandon Lee, was involved in sequels related to the series:

He did appear in Bruce Lee's 1973 Hollywood debut Enter the Dragon.

According to the supplementary materials for some of the games, the fictional martial art style of Billy and Jimmy is named, a nod to Bruce Lee's fighting method of Jeet Kune Do, also known as the " Way of the Intercepting Fist ".

It was due in part to Bruce Lee's portrayal of this character that martial arts became popular in the United States in the 1960s.

The game is considered by many to be the first beat ' em up video game, and contains elements of Bruce Lee's Game of Death.

Bruce Lee's first major film, it was written for James Tien.

Watanabe, however, made no secret that, in addition to Lupin III, the series paid subtle tribute to his favorite American films and series, which were shown in Japan during the 1970s and ' 80s including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( the relationship between Spike and Jet ), Bruce Lee films ( Spike's martial-arts practice ), films with blues or jazz soundtracks ( the music of the series ), as well as Blaxploitation films ( the series has a very racially diverse supporting cast ).

Kung fu films are an obvious influence – Spike practises the martial arts and philosophies of Bruce Lee and some of the kung fu fights in the series seem to be lifted directly from Bruce Lee ’ s films.

* Supplements: Audio commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and screenwriter Michael Allin, Isolated music score, an all-new introduction and interview with Linda Lee Cadwell, " Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon " original 1973 documentary, " Backyard Workout with Bruce ", " Bruce Lee In His Own Words ", theatrical trailers, TV spots, cast and crew biographies, " Significance of Belts in Martial Arts " notes, " Heir to the Throne " – Jackie Chan notes, retrospective of Hong Kong martial arts films notes and stills, behind-the-scenes notes, reel recommendations – 16 movies

The kick was exhibited by Bruce Lee on numerous occasions in his films Enter the Dragon and The Big Boss.

Martial arts films have been produced all over the world, but the genre has been dominated by Hong Kong action cinema, peaking from 1971 with the rise of Bruce Lee until the mid 1990s with a general decline in the industry.

In Chinese-speaking world, martial arts films are commonly divided into two subcategories-the wuxia period films ( 武俠片 ), and the more modern Kung fu films ( 功夫片, best epitomized in the films of Bruce Lee ).

Raimi became fascinated with making films when his father brought a movie camera home one day and he began to make Super 8 movies with childhood friend Bruce Campbell.

These films propelled the careers of modern celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone to international recognition.

* April 2 – Kate Bruce, veteran silent screen actress, made many films with D. W. Griffith ( b. 1858 )

She has had her greatest commercial successes with the films Bruce Almighty ( 2003 ), The Break-Up ( 2006 ), Marley & Me ( 2008 ), Just Go with It ( 2011 ) and Horrible Bosses ( 2011 ).

This began in the early 1970s with the martial arts movies of Bruce Lee, which led to a wave of Bruceploitation movies that eventually gave way to the comedy kung fu films of Jackie Chan by the end of the decade.

Bruce Willis played a Western-inspired hero in the popular Die Hard series of action films.

The 1970s and 80s are regarded by many as a ' golden age ' of Australian cinema, with many successful films, from the dark science fiction of Mad Max ( George Miller, 1979 ) to the romantic comedy of Crocodile Dundee ( Peter Faiman, 1986 ) and the emergence of such film directing auteurs as Gillian Armstrong, Phillip Noyce and Bruce Beresford.

The Barry McKenzie films saw performing-artist and writer Barry Humphries collaborating with director Bruce Beresford.

Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am, where they dominated from 1967 to 1971.

Clements was succeeded in the Tribune chair by Chris Mullin, who steered the paper into the supporting of Tony Benn ( then just past the peak of his influence on the Labour left ) and attempted to turn it into a workers ' co-operative, much to the consternation of the old Bevanite shareholders, most prominent among them John Silkin and Donald Bruce, who dominated the paper's board.

The economy of Kincardine is dominated by the Bruce Nuclear Power Development which is currently operated by Bruce Power, a private company under lease from Ontario Power Generation.

According to traveller James Bruce the coin, not debased as other currencies, dominated the areas he visited in 1768.

On-track, the series was initially dominated by Lola, followed by a period in which it became known as the ' Bruce and Denny Show ', the works McLaren team dominating until the Porsche 917 was perfected and became almost unbeatable.

McLaren so dominated the 1967-1971 seasons that Can-Am was often called the " Bruce and Denny Show " after the drivers who very often finished 1-2.

More recently, recreation and the nearby Bruce Nuclear Generating Station have dominated the local economy.