The Chinese community in San Francisco forebade Bruce Lee from teaching white people his innovative approach to kung fu, unless he could defeat their best Chinese master.
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According to Bruce's wife, Linda, during the match the Chinese master ran around the room for about 3 minutes trying to escape Bruce until he finally caught up to him and beat his ass, winning the right to teach whoever he wanted.
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What conclusions do you draw from this story?
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That it's a hagiographic story about Bruce Lee and not accurate history. https://www.amazon.com/Showdown-Oakland-Story-Behind-Bruce-ebook/dp/B00AR0KE1I/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VCYRWRFU6343&keywords=showdown+in+oakland&qid=1571498192&sprefix=showdown+in+o%2Caps%2C217&sr=8-1 …
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From the book: "Another facet of this confrontation between Wong Jack Man and Bruce Lee is that most of the people who were there do not agree on what happened." Says the author, who is also a student of Jack Man. Hmm, hagiography indeed.
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Indeed, on both sides. Bottom line: no way to know exactly what happened.
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