Wing chun bruce lee4/7/2024 ![]() Here, he met his future wife, a Seattleite, Linda Emery. At 18, Bruce returned to the states to complete his higher education at Edison Technical School (now Seattle Central College) and then at the University of Washington. ![]() When he was 16, he was trained in a strategy-based and specialized form of martial arts called Wing Chun. Lee was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong until his teen years. His time in Seattle was challenging and a time of much sacrifice, but was also a time for a great deal of personal growth. Perhaps what is lesser known around the world is that this prominent figure, a man who broke restrictive media stereotypes of Asian Pacific Americans, spent a great deal of his life right here in Seattle. We all know Bruce Lee as one of the most influential martial artists of his time and if you're into Kung Fu movies, The Way of the Dragon is probably a favorite. ![]() Do you know Bruce? The rhetorical question is top of mind this week as the new exhibit titled with that same phrase opened at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience this past Saturday.
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