"But even in death, as in life, he rose above such crass consideration with a simple but profound philosophy: Walk on." – Linda Lee Cadwell
             If someone were to ask you this question – "who do you think is the greatest martial artist of all time?" How would you reply?" The only answer I can think of is the legendary, notorious and inspirable Bruce Lee. His wife's quote signifies Bruce's way of life through the learning and teaching of philosophy.
             Born on November27, 1940, the year of the Dragon, Bruce Lee came into the world with an unsuspecting reputation that would set the world in an interracial whirlwind. Lee's parents had their share amount of traveling abroad; his father, Lee Hoi Chuen, was a popular actor in the Cantonese Opera Company and had his wife Grace accompany him on trips. So then it came to be that in the Jackson Street Hospital in Chinatown of San Francisco, their second son was born and named Bruce, referred to by an attended nurse, as an English name and Jun Fan, his Chinese name meaning "to arouse or shake foreign countries."
             At the age of 3 months, Bruce's family moved to Hong Kong also known as "the Queen of Exotic Cities" and "the Pearl of the Orient". There they lived in an upstairs apartment with a living room, 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, his widowed aunt and children, plus his parents, and brothers Peter (oldest) and Robert (youngest), and older sisters Phoebe and Agnes (the maid) with a variety of birds, fish, cats, and lastly, dogs.
             From an early age, Bruce was full of boundless energy, always talking and moving constantly, even at times he would be caught sleepwalking. In order to cease his energetic behavior the family decided to have him take on a hobby of reading. Soon after, he became an avid reader; he had spend late nights devouring page after page with determination and fascination, but soon his reading visi...