There would be hardly any person in the world who would not know about “Bruce Lee”. In the 90s, the martial arts king and film actor Bruce Lee called the superstar of the children of every household, died at 32. However, at the age of 32, this person has achieved that position in the world, which many spend their whole life to achieve.
When Bruce Lee died 49 years ago, he was writing a new chapter of success in martial arts and acting. At the time of his death, he was busy with his Kung Fu school and shooting. When he died in July 1973, he was neither sick nor had any problems. Suddenly his health deteriorated, and he said goodbye to crores of fans and this world.
Many stories are famous about his sudden death. Some people believed that Bruce Lee was murdered by Chinese gangsters, while some thought his ex-girlfriend was behind his death. It was said that Bruce Lee’s old girlfriend had poisoned him. One of the reasons for his death has also been believed to be heatstroke. Amidst all these rumours, the real cause of Bruce Lee’s death remained a mystery even after so many years, but now after 49 years, it seems to be solved for the first time.
In fact, according to recent research, scientists claimed that the cause of Bruce Lee’s death was not a disease, but his life was lost by drinking too much water. According to the study, his body had become a victim of hyponatremia due to drinking excessive amounts of water, taking certain medicines and drinking alcohol. In hyponatremia, the quantity in the blood becomes unbalanced due to increased sodium in the body.
Researchers argue that Bruce Lee used to take more liquid things in his diet and mix marijuana, i.e. hemp, in that liquid diet or protein diet. Due to marijuana, his thirst increased further, and he used to consume more water. Apart from this, he also used to take alcohol and many types of painkillers, due to which his kidney was damaged.
Used To Take Liquid In Diet
Bruce Lee used to take more liquid in his diet; it was also mentioned in a book written on him. It has also been said in the book that he was drinking water again and again on the day he died. Apart from this, according to the report of the New York Post, Bruce Lee’s wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, also talked about her liquid diet of “carrot and apple juice” in one of her interviews.
It has been 49 years since Bruce Lee said goodbye to the world. But even after so many years of his death, his fame has not diminished. Even today, when it comes to martial arts, Bruce Lee is remembered.
In 2013, an exhibition was started in Hong Kong’s HK Heritage Museum, remembering him. This exhibition lasted for five years. During this, 600 things related to Bruce Lee were displayed.
Documentary Made In Memory Of Father In 2012
Apart from this, in 2012, remembering her father, Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee also made a documentary on him. The documentary’s name is ‘I am Bruce Lee’; in this, he has been described as the father of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
Bruce Lee’s daughter said in an interview with the BBC while releasing this documentary, “My father used to keep his ideas about being a perfect fighter of martial arts, adding philosophy to it and teaching it belatedly.
Maybe even before him, some people thought of mixing one or two martial arts styles, but my father took it to ordinary people.
Why Was Bruce Lee Called The Father Of Martial Arts?
Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940, at the Chinese Hospital in Chinatown, San Francisco, China. He is called the most dangerous and best martial artist in history. But do you know why he chose to learn martial arts? There is something to be said about this.
Bruce Lee’s childhood was spent in Hong Kong. In his childhood, he used to beat other children while playing. Due to this, his friends formed a group by mixing some friends and started beating Bruce Lee every day.
Troubled by being beaten every day and coming home injured, his mother one day sent Bruce Lee to the great martial artist Ip Mann to take him for training. He recognized this talent of Bruce Lee and gave him martial arts training.
After the training, he was sent to America for further studies. There Bruce Lee started teaching Kung Fu for the first time at the age of 18. He completed his university studies with the help of the money he used to get from Kung Fu. However, the Chinese people living there did not like his teaching kung-fu to the American people. The Chinese living in America said it was a crime to teach martial arts to non-Chinese.
Wong Defeated Jack-Mann
Because Bruce Lee was teaching kung fu to non-Chinese, he was challenged by Wong Jack-Man, a well-known Chinese American fighter of that era. Bruce Lee also accepted his challenge and the fight started between the two. It is said that Bruce Lee’s speed was so fast that he defeated Wong Jack-Mann in one and a half minutes.
Bruce Lee’s speed was estimated when during a fight in the year 1962, he delivered 15 punches and a kick one after the other to his opponent. Bruce Lee did this feat in just 11 seconds.
His speed was so fast that while shooting a film, the shoot had to be slowed down 34 frames so that the audience did not feel that Shashak, who was doing martial arts on the screen, was only acting.
Film Career
Bruce Lee gained a lot of fame in his 32 years of life. As such, all his films were excellent, but the names of his notable films are ‘The Good and the Obvious, The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Way of Dragon and Inter the Dragon’. He had worked in more than 20 films, but only 18.
In an interview given to the BBC about Bruce Lee’s martial arts, his daughter Shannon says, “He developed his separate art of martial arts in his life. He called it Jeet Kune Do.”
He always considered himself a martial artist before being an actor or writer. He felt simplicity, simplicity and freedom paramount in his art. Freedom from the old and traditional ways was the basis of his art.
According to the BBC, even after five decades of death, Bruce Lee’s name does a business of $ 5 million a year. Although this amount may seem less compared to other stars of today’s era, the person who said goodbye to the world 49 years ago, to be remembered even today, is the biggest achievement of one’s life.
