Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Page #3

are studying it all the time.

- that's how l

put myself through school.

- okay, I'll give you that.

so let's get down to

the real issue:
children.

after all, linda, that's what

marriage is really about: children.

we wanna have children,

someday.

ah. but what

will they be?

they won't be white

and they won't be oriental.

they'll be some kind of half-breed, and

they won't be accepted by either side.

they'll be american.

linda's american, I'm american.

you're an american citizen.

you're not really an american.

- bruce.

- you'd better put

a band-aid on that cut.

bruce. bruce!

I spoke to him like a gentleman.

you heard me.

- my favorite china.

- mom--

you can do better than that. believe me,

you'll forget about him in a month.

do you really wanna

have yellow babies?

- can you imagine that,

yellow babies? oh, linda.

- yes, I can.

all this will do is bring you pain.

linda, listen to me.

- I can't allow it. I'm sorry,

but I can't allow it. linda--

- It's not up to you.

- mom, it's not up to you!

- linda!

linda! linda!

- stop! wait!

- no! no! no!

bruce!

bruce!

- what's this?

- all-purpose loan.

- where're you going?

- to a wedding!

- hi, honey!

- hi, hon.

- anything?

- not yet.

- what are you doing?

- just giving the place

a little blessing.

well, we don't need a blessing

because we've got advertising.

you open?

come in, come in.

caught the flyer.

thought I'd check it out.

see?

seen some of them

chop-socky flicks, man.

some cool sh*t.

name's jerome.

jerome sprout.

bruce lee.

my wife, linda.

- hey.

- hi, jerome.

- I'd like to take some lessons.

- I like to give them.

- solid. now, you know

I'm not chinese?

- I've noticed that.

some of them other chinese teachers,

man, they turn me down flat.

- some of 'em wouldn't

even let me in the door.

- you got yourself a teacher.

I can dig it, man.

you got yourself a student.

keep repeating it.

now backwards. go for a switch.

- like that?

- yeah. yeah.

we're gonna speed up a little bit.

all right, ready?

oh! whoop!

one! two! one!

two! one! two!

one! two!

one! two!

one! two!

one! two! one!

one! two! one! two!

thank you.

one! two!

one! two!

one! two!

one! two!

bruce. I know you

like to be called bruce.

you've been charged with

violating the martial arts code.

we've had several complaints

from wu zuolin and wong jack man

and many others.

you've been teaching the gwailo.

this must stop.

I'll teach whoever

wants to learn.

bruce, we do things

differently here.

one of the things we do not do is

teach our secrets to whites, blacks.

they are the enemy.

they are not the enemy.

they just don't know us.

we've been so closed

for so long,

they've never seen the real beauty

of our culture.

- let's show it to them.

- no. no. no.

I'm sorry. we do not agree. you are

ordered to stop teaching the gwailo.

or what?

or we will settle this

by combat.

prepare yourself.

- not hungry?

- nah.

- you canceled all your classes today.

- I had to take care of some business.

- what business?

- oh, nothing much.

tax stuff.

- I better get going.

- there's something

you're not telling me.

do we owe

a lot of money?

I owe everything...

to you.

see you.

what'd you find out?

-bookies are laying 20 to 1 against you.

-who is this guy?

johnny sun. he's got a school

on thompson. he's a killer, man.

- what are you, his press agent?

- he's a real killer.

a couple of brothers

tried to rob him last year.

one went to a hospital.

one with a gun went to a funeral home.

you're a real confidence

builder, jerome.

man, they eat their

wheaties in that family.

tiny there's his

younger brother luke.

bruce, forget

about this stuff.

forget about all us gwailo and let's

get the hell outta here right now.

yah!

do you give up?

do you give up?

- do you give up?

- I give up. I give up.

- I give up.

- right on!

I teach who I want.

the decision is mine.

dr. donan, come to the hospital

administration office.

dr. craig and dr. donan,

to the hospital administration office.

- mrs. lee, I'm dr. arlo.

- how is he? Is he okay?

- let's not talk in here.

- Is he okay?

there are some papers

to sign, mrs. lee.

- mrs. lee.

- huh?

some-- there are some papers.

some papers.

you know, this thing's kinda sexy. maybe

we can keep it after you're better.

I'm sorry.

It was a bad joke.

I know you're mad. don't be mad.

lt'll only make things worse.

worse? couldn't take a hell of a lot

to make things worse.

- you should've told me

where you were going.

- why?

because I'm your wife, that's why!

I had a right to know.

you might wanna think about that.

the wife part, I mean.

- what're you saying?

- take a good look at me, linda.

- so we've got a little trouble.

- this is more than a little trouble!

okay, so we've got

big trouble!

you're always going on about

the beauties of your chinese culture!

let me tell you about the beauties

of my culture! we love big trouble!

that's what you say now! In six months,

you'll be looking for the back door!

oh, no, it's never gonna be over

between you and me! you get it?

go back to your mother, linda!

I'm finished!

tell her I made

a mistake. do it!

you hear me? tell her

you made a mistake! don't touch me!

I don't want you here!

I don't want you! get out! go!

leave me alone!

don't look at me

like that!

who is it? who's there?

who is it?

who's there?

hi. I thought

I'd improve the view.

oh, look at

the big kung fu man.

- first sign of trouble

and all he does is quit.

- shut up! shut up!

see this notebook? looks like the

ones we had in school, right?

wrong.

this is your future.

- I don't have any more future.

- sure, you do.

you know, all I keep hearing

is the fight took too long.

too much tradition,

too much classical mess...

too many fixed positions

in wing chun.

you know everything

that's wrong, so fix it.

stop whining

and start fighting.

fight back

with your mind.

- I can't write, I can't move!

- you talk, quitter. I'll write.

- I'm waiting.

- It would take forever.

you goin' anywhere?

I'm not.

oh, yeah, there's

just one more thing.

I'm pregnant.

the great mistake is to anticipate

the outcome of the engagement.

you ought not

to be thinking...

of whether it ends

in victory or defeat;

but let nature

take its course...

and your tools will strike

at the right moment.

the consciousness of self

is the greatest hindrance...

to the proper execution

of all--

the knowledge and skill you have

achieved are meant to be forgotten.

so you can float-- to obtain

enlightenment in martial art...

means the extinction

of everything which--

the way to transcend karma lies in

the proper use of the mind and the will.

jeet kune do

is not to hurt...

but is one of the avenues through which

life opens its secrets to us.

relaxation

is essential...

for faster and

more powerful punching.

let your lead punch

shoot up loosely and ea--

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