He developed Kung Fu and it was acclaimed to be the fastest most lethal of all fighting skills. This skill lasted for centuries. After 2,000 years, the art was forgotten by the people of China....until an Indian monk called Dat Mor Jo Si visited the now legendary Shaolin Temple. This Temple is perched high on the Lau Fou San mountain in southern China. The year was 900. Jo Si (meaning First Master), found the monks weak and constantly under attack from bandits and robbers.

Translated Kung-Fu Wu-Su means a weapon master - 'Wu-Su', to use ones body, stick or sword as a weapon, and 'Kung Fu' a person who has mastered his weapons. When applied to the Martial Arts Kung-Fu Wu-Su means something far more that just a weapons expert, it describes a whole way of life based on a strict, unbreakable code.

The code is this; no disciple shall kill or injure anyone deliberately, even though they have the power to do so. An example of the seriousness of the training and traditions takes years to master, the Shaolin monks on leaving the Temple for the last time, lift a cauldron of extreme heat, burning the dragon and tiger into their arms.

Today the Chinese Martial Arts can be divided into two different schools - the North and South Chinese. In the North where people are larger and stronger, the Kung Fu style is based on kicking. In the South, people are slightly smaller, they are lighter and faster ... so use the fist fighting methods. In addition there are of course other schools, such as the Korean Kempo and Hap Ki Do (often called Aikido).

Bruce Lee used his own style Jeet Kune Do. He developed this from observing and learning other styles - then he adapted them to suit his own skill and style.

Films of the late great Bruce Lee.