Original subtitles

Xiaoman!

-Mrs. Lee. -Why don't you come in?

I want to see Bruce, but I'm afraid he'd ignore me.

How could he ignore you?

Come in, come in.

Come in, please.

Have some tea.

Mrs. Lee, don't bother.

-Freshly brewed. -Xiaoman.

-Hi, Mr. Lee. -Sit down, please.

-Here you are. -Thank you.

Mrs. Lee, don't go out of your way. I'd like to talk to you.

Go ahead.

I'm worried about Bruce.

What's wrong with him?

I feel he's changed.

Why? Has he treated you badly?

I don't mean that.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee, I know what Bruce is like.

I'm not worried that he'll treat me badly.

I just feel that if he keeps practicing Wing Chun, he might get hurt.

Bruce,

does seem a little obsessed.

Mrs. Lee, I heard that he's injured.

I'd like to see him.

Be careful.

Come in.

What's going on?

Nothing.

What were you doing?

Looked like you had cramps.

I saw it too.

Don't you feel well?

What? I was catching a mosquito.

How can you catch it with the light off?

I can't move my legs...

until I catch the mosquito.

I'm testing my reflexes.

Really, my God...

You scared me!

Bruce.

Don't you see her? Say hi.

Why are you here?

How can you talk to her like that?

I came to see how you're feeling.

Does it still hurt?

Look! I brought you these boxing gloves from Singapore.

I don't want you to get hurt again. Don't get injured again, all right?

Bruce, thank Xiaoman.

Come on.

Thank her for the boxing gloves.

Come on, Xiaoman. I'll get you some tea.

Let's go.

Okay, okay. That's it.

Brother.

Bruce, it's you.

Have a seat.

I was bored at home anyway.

So I want to learn some moves from you.

Practicing martial arts makes you stronger.

At least wait until you've recovered.

My dad's gone to my school to request a few days' leave for me.

Since I've nothing to do, I'd like you to teach me something.

I couldn't sleep last night.

Why? Because of a mosquito?

-No, because of you. -Me?

It's because of what you told me.

What did I say?

You said you went to get kicked in order to...

test the power of Wang's kung fu.

You also compared Wing Chun with Wang's kung fu.

What's wrong?

Did I say something wrong?

Brother, I've been learning kung fu since I was six.

But I'm not as good as you.

Why do you say that?

-You don't wanna teach me? -I do.

When you punch, you must look calm but be tense inside.

Relax your muscles, but tighten your tendons.

Your arms should act like whips.

That way, when you strike...

they'll deal a powerful blow.

-Like this? -Try it.

When I'm punching,

are my arms too stiff?

A bit.

You're injured, so you might be protecting yourself subconsciously.

Remember,

only when your mind is relaxed will your arms be relaxed,

and vice versa.

"Only when my mind is relaxed will my arms be relaxed,

and vice versa."

Bruce, remember, only in this way, can your body and mind work in harmony.

What's more,

when you're fighting, you must punch continuously,

even if you feel you can't punch anymore.

If you can't keep it up, you'll look like a loser.

Avoid this when practicing kung fu.

Whoever lands the last hit will be the winner.

Also, remember...

you're using up your energy but so is your opponent.

Once you can't punch anymore,

your opponent won't be able to either.

So even if you don't have a powerful punch,

you can still beat him.

I understand.

-Okay, try it. -I'll try.

MARTIAL

Slow down. Don't drag me.

Hurry up!

Why'd you bring me here so early?

-You wanna get beaten again? -Go inside.

Your visit won't break the rules. Think of a way

to bring that yellow brat out here.

Bruce, I really can't help you.

You're barely recovered.

Can't you do anything else...

than get into fights every day?

We've got a Physics exam today.

You going or not?

I'm not.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Then I'll beat you up right here.

No, no, I'm not your punching bag!

-Go in! -Okay.

Go in.

I'm going.

What should I say?

Just tell him that his nemesis has arrived.

WANG YUNSHENG ACADEMY

What did you say?

Whose nemesis?

Yours, of course.

Mine?

I want to learn something from you.

Looks like I didn't kick you hard enough last time.

What do you want me to break today?

Your ribs or your legs?

What if I break your ribs or legs?

Then what?

Then I'll say you're amazing!

Come on!

Bruce, do you want to die?

Get out the way!

Kick me! Kick me!

What's up? You guys started fighting early today.

Stop!

Master Wang, I want to learn some moves from your apprentice.

Stop!

You again! You want to learn something here?

If you hadn't told us to stop, I would have beaten him.

Are you Bruce Lee,

Mr. Lee Haiquan's son?

I am.

Last time your brother came to apologize to me.

-Why did you come back to cause trouble? -I didn't.

I...

-I came to-- -Seek revenge?

Revenge for that kick?

But, I didn't go inside your academy.

I didn't break any rules.

You're just a daring brat.

If you're not convinced,

I can arrange a fight between Wang's heel

and your Wing Chun fist when your master gets back.

I don't have time for you today.

Don't you know what day it is?

Go get ready!

What a pity! I would have been so relieved if I'd kicked him down.

I'm worried about you.

Why?

If Wang Yunsheng hadn't stopped him,

he would've died in front of me today.

I'm exhausted.

-Look at you! You're out of breath. -Slow down, okay?

Although I'm not as strong as you are,

you still need me to help you with your studies.

You're right.

So, I'll teach you kung fu,

you help me with my studies.

You need to pass me some notes this afternoon.

But Xiaoman sits closer to you. Why ask me?

I'd never ask her for help.

What's wrong with you?

Xiaoman always treats you so well.

If I pass you notes

and get caught,

then we'll both be expelled.

You don't wanna help me?

Then I'll kick you down. I'm still in a foul mood. Come on!

You're such a bully.

So?

Okay, I'll help you.

That's right.

You also gotta help me with my homework for this afternoon's classes.

Where are you going?

You're going to fight?

Don't!

-Take it. -What is this?

It's all right.

I'll tell you what.

These days, if you wanna live a good life,

you need money.

Without money, how can you run your kung fu academy?

I know you've been doing good for society...

but how can you support all the apprentices

at this academy?

Brother, please accept this.

It's just a token.

You're too kind.

Don't be embarrassed.

Come.

When you're with Master Wang,

you'll be his "hand and foot".

The hand and foot can be broken,

but you must protect Master Wang from danger at all costs.

Do you understand?

I do.

What's this kid's name?

Sorry,

he's been so pale and skinny since I adopted him.

He doesn't have a name.

We just call him Yellow Brat.

Yellow Brat?

Lichao, if you feel it's inappropriate,

just give him a new name.

No, no. It's fine.

He's Yellow Brat. Okay?

Come!

-Lichao, are you-- -I'll tell you what.

These poor guys on street

have handed in quite a lot of money.

I'm here to give you some rice, flour, oil, and cloth.

You can keep them

for your apprentices.

I thank you on behalf of my apprentices.

I'm off then.

Bruce, take a look.

Go bother Blair.

You should show some respect.

-Long time no see. -Master! You're back!

You're all here. It's like a small army.

We've been expecting you.

That's right.

Master.

Bruce heard you were coming back. He skipped class...

and came here early to see you.

You're really impetuous.

I've got two questions,

First, have you got in any trouble since I left?

Second, how 's school going?

Well, I got in some trouble, and I've never done well at school.

MARTIAL SPIRIT

Our visit to Taiwan for kung fu exchanges and lectures...

has been very productive.

We not only introduced Wing Chun

to our fellow martial artists in Taiwan,

we also learned some tips

that'll improve our skills in combat.

In order to share this new knowledge with those who didn't go to Taiwan,

those of you who stayed here will practice

with those who went to Taiwan.

Let's see what you can learn from them.

All right. Who will go first?

Master, I will.

Xinli, go practice with him.

Okay.

It seems that Bruce has changed a bit.

Come on.

Xinli, are you all right?

I'm fine.

-Master. -Not bad.

So you've been training hard

while we were gone.

Bruce, tell me about it.

How have you been training since we left?

Master, I'm sorry. I've brought trouble upon you.

I went to Wang Yunsheng's academy.

-What? -What?

I knew there was something odd about your kick!

You broke into someone else's kung fu academy? How dare you!

Tell me. Why did you go there?

After you and the other students left,

I ran into this Yellow Brat on the street.

I fought with him

and got kicked.

So I wanted to find him.

I finally found him at Wang's academy.

I went there to fight him and learn his skills.

No wonder your kick looked a little strange to me.

So you broke into someone else's academy.

You seem to have a very high opinion of yourself, don't you?

Fortunately, Master Wang was kind enough to let you go.

But you were too presumptuous.

Master, I just wanted to learn some skills.

Master, I already told Bruce, off.

Stand up.

Why don't you get up?

That said, it looks like you learned a lot from it.

I can tell from your moves.

Your attacking and defending skills

are more concise and practical.

You and the brothers may discipline me.

Bruce. Listen.

Go ahead

and share with the other apprentices

what you learned from being kicked at Wang's academy.

What techniques did your opponent use to kick you?

Tell them everything you can.

That's how you can atone for your crimes.

All right, Master. Don't worry.

Xinli...

go ahead and teach Bruce and the others

everything you learned during your trip.

Everything, okay?

Go ahead.

-Carry on. -Okay.

Come with me. Next pair.

Brother Xinli! Brother?

-What's up? -Come here!

Brother Xinli,

I'll tell you all about my experience of being kicked.

Come on.

Xinli, why are you still here?

Eldest Brother, I'd like to speak with you.

What's up? Why didn't you tell me earlier?

You're the only one I can talk to.

Why is Master

always so protective of Bruce?

Brother, it's been many years since we became our Master's apprentices.

But Bruce, hasn't been here for long.

He's always showing off in front of Master.

I feel that...

our kung fu academy will become Bruce's playground.

Xinli, where's all this coming from?

If you have a complaint,

take it up with Master.

Master doesn't like people talking behind his back.

Besides, it's forbidden at our academy.

I know I shouldn't talk behind his back.

But in my opinion,

Bruce has ill intentions.

If you and Master don't punish him for breaking into other academies,

he could bring us misfortune in future.

You're the Eldest Brother. That's why I'm telling you all this.

Xinli, you need to understand Bruce.

No, I don't.

Here, brother.

I've learned so much.

And I've taught you everything I learned.

You trained with so many people. What kind of tricks did they use?

How do you counter them?

Please tell me.

Bruce.

Their techniques were nothing special.

I didn't even learn much in Taiwan.

What you learned from that kick was more valuable.

But I've told you everything I've learned.

Didn't I say that

our Wing Chun kick is a fast but short-range one.

Its kick, feels like a hammer.

But Wang's style is different.

It's powerful, with large movements.

That kick feels like a heavy club.

I need to mull over this.

But, brother, you need to teach me what you learned.

Bruce, if I'd learned anything, wouldn't I have told you?

Let's drink.

Zhongliang.

-Master. -Tell them to come over.

Brothers, come here!

Bruce, Xinli.

You two have been comparing notes for about a week.

I'd like to see

what you've learned from each other.

Today, I'd like to watch you both fight.

A real fight.

Okay, Master.

Great!

Bruce, to me it looks like

your skills haven't improved much this week.

All right. One more round.

Good.

Brother, that's an awesome technique!

I haven't seen you use it before.

Come on. Do it again!

Let me see how much you've learned.

It's nothing. Maybe you just weren't prepared.

Come on!

Bruce, there's a way to counter-attack against these moves.

Why didn't you use it?

Counter-attack?

How? I don't understand.

Tell me. Who has won?

I'm asking you. Who's won?

Xinli!

No. I'd say...

Bruce's won.

On the surface, Xinli won.

But in terms of martial virtues, he lost!

Everyone has seen that...

Xinli's kick is based on

what Bruce learned from Wang's students.

Bruce taught it all to Xinli.

However, Xinli...

you went with me and fought with that Nanquan master.

You've learned a lot.

When we were in Taiwan,

I remember you telling me about your feelings and experiences.

I also helped you learn how to counter those moves.

-Isn't that right? -Yes, Master.

But you didn't teach Bruce any of it.

You didn't teach the other brothers either.

The reason we share knowledge is so that we can all improve together.

If everyone keeps it for himself...

how can we improve ourselves?

Xinli,

It seems that you no longer need to stay at this academy.

If you keep acting like this...

you'll never succeed.

Master.

Master, please don't cast me out.

You've been here for years.

You're supposed to know the principles of kung fu.

I feel...

that you should leave.

At least, this'll be a warning to other apprentices.

They'll learn what kung fu virtues are

and how they should behave!

Guo Xinli. If you stay here...

you'll be no good to the Wing Chun academy.

Master!

Master! Master! Master!

Here you go, Bruce.

I invited you brothers to come today

to help me.

Xinli.

You've gone too far.

Our Master just can't turn a blind eye to this.

He may look calm as he hovers through the academy...

but he sees everything.

I've been so busy learning from Bruce these days,

so focused on learning Wang's kick.

It's not that I didn't want to teach him. I just didn't get the chance.

Bruce, please accept my apology.

It's all right.

I'll go tell Master. Don't worry.

-Master. -Bruce, what's the matter?

What? Did you get into trouble?

Master, I'm here to apologize.

This week,

Xinli has taught me a lot.

Many useful sequences.

He beat me in that competition, and...

I felt I was losing face,

so I said he hadn't told me how to counter-attack.

Please don't let Xinli go.

Bruce. Look into my eyes.

Bruce, never drink again.

Alcohol is kung fu's worst enemy.

And... don't lie.

Never lie.

Master, I didn't lie.

I just don't want Xinli to leave

because of me.

I understand your intentions. Get up.

Bruce, please remember,

never lie.

If you lie...

you'll pay for it.

You see,

even though you had good intentions for lying to me...

you'll need even more lies

to maintain that pretense.

You follow?

I do.

Good lad. I like you...

because you never lie.

But I'm not happy about a few things today.

Master, please don't be that way.

I really don't want you to let Xinli go.

I really don't.

Okay. Watch out!

Kick out! Kick out when you need to. Watch out for my fist!

This is what Xinli learned...

from the Nanquan master in Taiwan.

Today, I'm going to teach you how to counter this attack.

Thank you, Master.

Did you invite Bruce for a drink yesterday?

Yes, Master. I don't want to leave you.

You made a mistake by not teaching Bruce that technique.

Furthermore...

you made another mistake by asking Bruce to lie for you.

As your master, I can forgive your ignorance,

I can even forgive you guys for causing trouble.

But there's something I can't abide.

That's lying and insincerity.

Master, I made a mistake.

But don't send me away. I'll make up for it.

Then I'll see what you're going to do in future.

Bruce, we've just practiced on our own.

Now let's practice one-on-one.

Okay.

Bruce, your kicks have improved.

Brother, so has your boxing.

-Let's all practice together. -Okay.

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

Five!

Six!

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!,

Five!

Six!

Seven!

Come here! Come over here!

Everyone.

-Amazing. -It's different to kung fu.

-Come here! -No feet!

Bruce, that foreign devil Blair is really good at boxing.

I've counted. He's beaten his opponent four times.

It looks like...

he's trained by a real master.

How else could he have won second prize at the High School Competition?

I heard that

our school's sending him to challenge David Cafeld.

Our school's always wanted to win the High School Boxing Championship.

I need a way to get on the boxing team.

Would they accept you?

Look, they're all foreign students.

It depends on whether they want to win the championship.

I should be the one to fight David Cafeld,

not him!

Speaking of fighting,

he's not as good as you.

But this is boxing. He's pretty good.

Good?

Look at all those weak points when he's defending.

Anyway,

you have to help me get on the boxing team.

Bruce, don't be foolish.

I was there last time.

Blair knocked you down after a few punches.

I don't want you to lose face again.

Boxing isn't kung fu.

You can use any method in kung fu,

but there's lots of rules in boxing.

Speaking of rules, you can't learn all of them at short notice.

Let's go.

If we don't go back to class, Ingrid will scold us.

I still wanna fight him. You can go.

Bruce. Bruce!

Go in.

Mr. Smith, I'd like to join the boxing team.

You?

Want to join the boxing team?

-Who told you to come? -It was my idea.

You Chinese...

Your physique isn't suited to boxing.

I respect your enthusiasm,

but boxing isn't a tussle. It requires years of training.

Not to mention mental and physical conditioning.

Bruce Lee, go back to class. I'll continue here.

Mr. Smith, you can look down on me.

You can also believe that Asian people aren't made for boxing.

But I know you want our school to win the championship.

If I could win it for our school,

would you accept me?

Don't you think that's a little far-fetched?

I'm just saying the truth.

I'll tell you one more time, boxing isn't a tussle.

I know you're always looking for a fight.

Sir, I didn't come to fight.

Please don't insult me like that.

I have the right to join the team.

Okay. Let's see if you're just bragging or not.

Come over.

Knock him down.

Don't forget that you cannot use your feet.

Okay.

Come on.

Oh, my!

That was amazing!

Get up. Get up.

-Get up. -Okay. Let me try.

Go, Blair.

-I've been waiting for you. -Get him, Blair!

-Blair! -Hit him! Hit him!

-Go, Blair! -Relax. This isn't a fight.

I won't kick this time.

Come on.

I'll knock you down in front of everyone.

Don't brag.

I'm going to teach you a lesson.

Punch me!

Come on.

No legs!

Xiaoman, where are you going?

Jones, I was told that

Blair and Bruce were fighting at the boxing club.

I want to take a look.

-Get him. -Go, Blair!

Go, Blair!

-Hurry up! -Go! Blair!

-Teach him a lesson for us, Blair! -Go, Blair!

-Hit him! -Go!

No feet!

Stop!

Why?

Bruce Lee, you don't have to fight anyone else.

You're qualified to join the team.

Blair, what's up?

My friend is amazing, right?

Blair! Blair.

Now we can win that championship.

Bruce Lee's not a boxer. He's a fighter.

A trashy street fighter.

He doesn't know the rules of boxing.

Maybe you're right. But he might win the title for our school.

What did you say? Disgraceful!

I don't want to hide anything from you.

Our school's sports coach, Mr. Smith...

has let me join the boxing team.

Why'd you want to join the boxing team?

I want to beat David Cafeld, the so-called "Little Boxing King".

Boxing and martial arts are quite different.

-Do you know that? -I know, Master.

That's why I didn't hide this from you.

Bruce.

I admire your winning spirit, I really do.

But I'm worried--

Master, if you don't think it's proper, I won't do it.

No, I don't mean that.

I mean, learning to box would be of benefit

to your kung fu training.

Wing Chun encourages learning from others' strengths.

Boxing may be a form of wrestling from the Western world

but it has its uses.

I just want to remind you that

once you're in the ring, you should never kick anyone.

You know what?

After learning kung fu,

especially Wing Chun, to a certain degree,

your body's reaction

is actually faster than your mind's.

When you're being attacked,

you instinctively counter-attack with your hands and feet.

And at that moment, rules no longer apply.

I'll keep that in my mind.

You...

practice hard, but don't let it interfere with your studies.

But if I go to boxing practice after school,

I won't have much time to come here.

That'll be fine as long as it benefits your martial arts training.

Bruce, Eldest Brother is a really skilled boxer.

If you have any questions

-you can ask him. -Okay.

You kept quiet about that skill.

Okay. Okay.

Bruce, come here.

Listen. Boxing isn't street fighting.

First of all, you need to hold your posture correctly.

If you let your arms hang down,

a skilled boxer will knock you down with one punch.

So you need to adopt this pose.

Why that pose?

I always keep my right hand forward.

Okay, which hand's more powerful?

-My right hand. -Then keep it behind.

Like this.

-Why? -Why so many "whys"?

Why do you put your powerful hand in front?

I'm learning Wing Chun so I'm used to doing it this way.

This is boxing, not Wing Chun.

Copy me.

Keep your left fist and left eye in line,

put your right fist down.

That's it. The left side of your body should face your opponent

and keep your feet shoulder-width apart.

Step forward.

Step back.

Look at this guy.

What's so funny?

Watch out for my fists!

Subtitle translation by Vicky Wang