Fifty years after the death of Bruce Lee, who galvanized the imaginations of generations of young people worldwide with feats of kung fu immortalized on screen, it sometimes seems as if his legacy of the martial art he practised is fading in Hong Kong.
Born in San Francisco but brought up in the Asian financial hub which would make him famous, Lee died of brain edema aged 32 on July 20, 1973, just six days before the release of "Enter the Dragon", his most popular film.
"I discovered it's actually a martial art suitable for women as well, emphasizing softness to overcome hardness," said Tam, as she stood beside a bronze bust of Lee's teacher, the late grandmaster Ip Man. He helped popularise kung fu through such blockbuster films and a hit American television series, "The Green Hornet", but Wing Chun exponents have struggled to win disciples.
Dennis Lee, 52, a disciple of the teacher's son, was also drawn to Wing Chun by the example of the actor, and eventually set up his own school, though it has not been easy.
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