Bruce Lee's styles

[bigboywasim]

What were all the styles Bruce Lee knew. Did Bruce Lee knew BJJ or other ground fighting styles.

[LoneHusky]

His ground fighting style was doggy.

[LoneHusky]

Seriously I don't think he did BJJ but if was still alive I'm sure he would. I'm sure he's done some groundwork.

[shaolin-warrior]

1940
November 27--born in San Francisco, CA at the Jackson Street Hospital. Son of Lee Hoi-Chuen and Grace Lee. Named Lee Jun-Fan, meaning "Return again Lee" in hopes he'd return to the United States some day ["Lee" is pronounced "lay" in Cantonese].
1941
Returned with family to Kowloon, Hong Kong.
1952
Entered La Salle College, a Catholic boy's school.
1952-1959
Attended St. Francis Xavier College [this isn't a college as the word is used in the USA, but what we call a high school].
1954-1957
Studied Wing Chun under the instruction of Yip Man. Learned as far as the second hand form and part of the wooden dummy form. Didn't finish the wooden dummy form, learn the third hand form or weapons forms. With Wong Sheun-Leung, William Cheung, and others, made Wing Chun famous in Hong Kong by winning numerous challenge matches against other martial artists.
1957-1958
Continued Wing Chun under the instruction of Wong Shun-Leung.
1957-1959
Continued Wing Chun under the instruction of William Cheung.
1958
Appeared in Movie "The Orphan." Won Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship.
1959
April--returned to San Francisco, California, USA.
1959-1963
Moved to Seattle, Washington. Finished High School, then majored in Philosophy at the University of Washington. Since he hadn't completed his study of Wing Chun and faced now with larger opponents, he began to examine and incorporate aspects of other martial arts into his fighting style. This eventually led him to create and teach his own personal system.
1963
Wrote "Chinese Gung Fu: the philosophical art of self defense" (Burbank: Ohara, 1963) [this book isn't about Wing Chun].
Trip to Hong Kong.
1963-1964
Returned to Seattle. Moved to Oakland, California.
1964
August--gave first major demonstration at Ed Parker's Long Beach Karate Internationals.
Married Linda C. Emery in Seattle. Lived with James Yimm Lee family in Oakland.
1965
February 1--son Brandon born.
Visited Hong Kong.
September--returned from Hong Kong to Seattle.
1966
March--moved to Los Angeles.
1966-1967
9 September 1966-14 July 1967--appeared as Kato in the television series "The Green Hornet" [what you see in his TV and movie roles is not Wing Chun--instead this is his "movie" style].
1969
Appeared in "Marlowe" with James Garner.
April 19--daughter Shannon born.
1971
October--moved to Hong Kong.
Starred in "The Big Boss" and "Fist of Fury."
1972
Starred in "Way of the Dragon" and "Game of Death" (unfinished).
Assisted in the publication of "Wing Chun Kung Fu" with James Yimm Lee.
December 1--death of Bruce's Wing Chun Sifu Yip Man in Hong Kong. Bruce did not attend the funeral--conflicting reasons have been given.
1973
Starred in "Enter the Dragon."
July 20--died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. I won't go into the rumors about cause of death; instead read one of his many biographies--I recommend the one by Linda Lee, his widow.
Buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle.
If you with to pay your respects in person, Lake View Cemetery is at 1554 15th Avenue East, just north of Volunteer Park, in the Capitol Hill area east of downtown Seattle. After entering the cemetery, follow the road straight ahead towards the top of the hill. Then turn north from there and within a few feet you should find the gravesite of Bruce and his son Brandon just to your right (east) of the road. Gates are open from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.

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[EmptyneSs]

i think bruce lee knew some judo. didnt jean lebel teach him some judo grappling skills ?

[JkD187]

if im not mistaken some of the arts Lee used while trying to develop HIS OWN "style" of fighting were....western boxing,wing chun,muay thai,western wrestling,judo from gene lebell,silat,small circle jiu-jitsu from wally jay,savate,fencing and some other styles of kung fu i believe.Lee then tweeked these techniques around to make them work for his size,strength,speed and his other attribues and added them to his own SPECIFIC STYLE, he also encouraged others to do the same:find what you like from others arts and add them to your own specific style regardless of what art they were from.

[danfaggella]

Lee knew plenty, though he didnt DEVOTE to plenty. his base was obviously in Wing Chun under Yip Mann. He studied pretty much everything, judo, boxing, savate, jj, fencing, he wanted to understand different body mechanics and practical technique before creating his own style. when he hurt his back when lifting, he ended up just reading allot.

see some of his sketches and studies in his own handwriting in "Tao of JKD", its a cool book