The Adventurous Martial Artists

A large portion of Japanese martial art today was derived from Chinese Kung Fu. In the late Ming Dynasty, a Chinese Kung Fu master Chan went Japan to teach this ancient technique. It was a form of more subtle technique which can be used in hand-to-hand combat.

The samurais were used to studying Confucian and so called Zen marital art. The Kung Fu master Chan began to teach classes in Tokyo and the Japanese eventually accepted it and combined it to the martial art they had been practicing. The skills of Chinese Kung Fu deeply inspired them and this vastly changed the outlook of Japanese Martial Art.

After three hundred and forty years, Bruce Lee went to the North America alone, conquering the world with Yip Man Wing Chun. He made a very effective effort that changed the adverse position of Chinese Kung Fu overseas. This is also because of the fact that he was benefited from the thousand year history of ancient martial art.

He was a young man who was still studying. He faced the problem of making a living and paying his tuition, because he did not want the support of his family. He chose to work part time and continue studying in San Francisco.

Lee’s father wrote letters to his friends in San Francisco to ask them to take care of Lee. After three months, Bruce Lee went to Seattle because he didn’t like the environment in San Francisco. A friend of Lee’s father, Yeung, lived in Seattle and helped get Lee there.

Yeung and Lee lived together in Seattle. Yeung practiced martial art from very young age. He taught Bruce Lee many kinds of Chinese Kung Fu, including Shaolin, Wing Chun, South and North Mantis. Lee was very hard working and diligent in his Kung Fu practice.

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