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Striking Distance Bruce Lee and the Dawn of Martial Arts in America

Charles Russo

In the spring of 1959, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lee returned to San Francisco, the city of his birth. Although the martial arts were widely unknown in America, Bruce encountered a robust fight culture in the Bay Area, populated with talented and trailblazing practitioners such as Lau Bun, Chinatown’s...

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It was mentioned as a book that focused on a specific fight in Bruce Lee's life, a fight that was thoroughly researched and discussed by its author.

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There was another guy named Charles Russo who wrote a book called Striking Distance. He spent a decade on that book and he interviewed 100 people just for that fight alone.

— Episode: How Bruce Lee Worked

Episode: How Bruce Lee Worked

It was mentioned as a book that focused on a specific fight in Bruce Lee's life, a fight that was thoroughly researched and discussed by its author.

"

There was another guy named Charles Russo who wrote a book called Striking Distance. He spent a decade on that book and he interviewed 100 people just for that fight alone.

Episode: How Bruce Lee Worked

It was mentioned as a book that took a decade to write and included 100 interviews about a legendary Bruce Lee fight.

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There was another guy named Charles Russo who wrote a book called Striking Distance.

Episode: How Bruce Lee Worked

It was said that Charles Russo spent a decade writing this book, interviewing 100 people, specifically about one legendary Bruce Lee fight.

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There was another guy named Charles Russo who wrote a book called Striking Distance.

Monday Morning Podcast

Bill Burr mentioned reading a book about Bruce Lee, where he learned that he would act effeminate to trick people into underestimating him before beating them up.

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Bruce Lee used to do that. Bruce Lee used I read this book used to walk around, he would act all effeminate and then these guys would come up and fuck with him and then he would kick the shit out of h...

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-17-17

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-17-17

Bill Burr mentioned reading a book about Bruce Lee, where he learned that he would act effeminate to trick people into underestimating him before beating them up.

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Bruce Lee used to do that. Bruce Lee used I read this book used to walk around, he would act all effeminate and then these guys would come up and fuck with him and then he would kick the shit out of him.

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