In celebration of the Year of the Dragon 2012, this documentary movie was released to pay tribute to the dragon himself - Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee is my hero for the following reasons:
1. He did not only want to be just good in his craft, he wanted to be the best; and he was willing to work his pants off to achieve that.
2. He was often the spokesman and fighter for the weak and the downtrodden.
3. He always used his brains first. He would not fight you unless your provocations left him no choice. He was also an original philosophical thinker in his own right.
4. If there ever was an innovator, he was the one. He did not believe in fixed fighting styles. He invented his own moves and was willing to learn from others while thinking all the time how his moves could be improved and adapted to actual fight situations.
5. In our present flap over racism and bigotry world-wide, we will do well looking up to him. Although he was a Chinese in America, he was full of self-confidence and had high esteem for his own culture. Yet, he was open to teaching this martial arts to students of every stripe as long as they were willing to learn.
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