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Look at the obvious changes here.

Here as well.

Let's do another physical examination on him.

Mrs. Lee, as you can see, his recovery is better than expected.

The patient has recovered to the best state.

Are you saying it won't be better than now?

Mrs. Lee, this is science.

I can't give you an impossible anticipation.

So there might be a possibility.

Am I right?

Although your husband's recovery is better than expected...

but getting back to the condition before the injury,

I must say, that chances are very small,

it's almost impossible.

Can't a miracle happen?

The stage of his recovery is already a miracle.

Bruce, you have to watch out the amount of your exercise.

Don't overdo it and don't rush yourself.

Okay.

How was it, Linda?

What did the doctor say?

-Do you want to hear the truth? -Of course.

The doctor said your recovery is very good. It's such a miracle.

-Really? -Yes, Bruce.

He was surprised after examining your x-ray.

He didn't expect your recovery to be this good.

But I still can't stand up yet.

You will.

The doctor said that?

What did I say?

Bruce is a miracle maker.

-Exactly. -Come.

-Let's go. -Come.

-Linda, we'll wait for you down there. -Okay.

-Do you want some water? -No.

Bruce, I'm planning to go pick up Brandon tomorrow.

I don't want my mom to be too tired.

-It's not easy to take care of a baby. -It looks like...

I am competing with our little baby.

I can't let Brandon see his father in a wheelchair.

Linda, Bruce.

-Hi. -Uncle Shao.

-How are you guys? -How are you?

I was about to call you.

What a coincidence that we are here now.

What's up?

I wanted to discuss with you guys about reopening the martial arts school.

That's great!

What's great about it?

He closed it the moment he decided to do it.

And now you think you can reopen it just like that?

What exactly do you mean?

Actually, I feel that my condition is getting better every day.

With this pace, I should recover in about half a month or so.

The first thing I need to do is to reopen the martial arts school.

Bruce, some things take time.

You are too rushed.

This can be difficult, but it can also be very simple.

In my opinion, right now, your most important task is recovery.

It's not too late to talk about this by that time, right?

Uncle Shao is right, Bruce.

Reopening the martial arts school is not easy task. Wait until--

I mean, you don't need to rush it.

You guys don't have confidence in my recovery, right?

No...

that's not what I mean.

You shouldn't be too distracted by other things now.

I stopped by there a couple days ago. The door was still locked.

When you are ready, just make a call.

It will be reopened right away.

-Moreover-- -Good.

Those former students would like to come back when we reopen.

Good. That's great!

You hear that?

I've been thinking a lot lately.

Our martial arts school must follow my martial arts concept.

Do you understand?

-Which means... -Keep going.

...we need to establish our own martial arts system

and provide training based on our theory about martial arts.

Will that make you think I'm too arrogant?

Bruce...

I don't know about the others, but to me, you're not arrogant at all.

All I can say is your martial arts system has already been formed.

Kimura, what are you thinking?

Why aren't you talking?

What I want to say is...

a great master of martial arts is born.

Look, look, look.

This world is hopeless now.

Even Kimura has learned to compliment others.

Bruce, I'm totally being honest.

Linda, what's going on?

Recently, Linda has been helping me to summarize my martial arts system.

Now, we are about to start with the training outline.

That's great, Bruce.

You must continue your therapy.

At the same time, you should also coordinate with acupuncture treatment.

This way, you will recover very soon.

Mrs. Lee, this is science.

I can't give you an impossible anticipation.

Although your husband's recovery is better than expected...

but recovering to the condition before the injury--

I have to say that chances are very small.

It's almost impossible.

Kimura, is Bruce really recovering that fast?

Yes, when he was injured,

I truly believed that his career would end there.

But in a few months’ time, I start to see hope in him.

Great!

His fast recovery proves that...

his treatment plan is very effective.

Most importantly, it proves that he has very strong will.

You know what?

He has a very tough personality, ever since he was a little boy.

It's actually beneficial to his recovery.

Here, please.

-Hello. -Hi.

What brought you here? Please come in.

-Okay. -Linda.

-Hi. -Please come in.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

Uncle Shao, Kimura...

I know you guys want to reopen the martial arts school.

I don't mean to discourage you guys but...

What happened?

Bruce's recovery stage at the moment is already a miracle.

But he has an unrealistic thought.

He thinks he's able to return to the condition before injury.

What do you mean?

I lied to you guys about the examination result.

What?

What did the doctor say?

The doctor said it's impossible for Bruce to fully recover like before.

No, that's impossible.

He's getting better every day. Why can't he fully recover?

This is science.

This--

Earlier, we were just...

celebrating his recovery. How could--

Why?

What I worry most is Bruce doesn't know the actual result yet.

He's confidently preparing to reopen the martial arts school.

If he finds out about the truth, it will destroy him.

I can't think of another way.

So I came to discuss with you guys without telling him.

Linda.

Don't pressure yourself too much.

I mean, let's not tell Bruce about it first.

I believe he's a very strong guy.

He will accept the fact.

There shouldn't be a problem. Don't worry.

I know. I guess this is the only way.

Okay, I'm going back now.

-Okay. -Goodbye.

Linda!

You must stay strong for Bruce.

I will.

Kimura, stop drinking.

Leave me alone.

Kimura...

give me that.

Calm down. Stop drinking.

-Leave me alone! -Kimura.

Bruce will not recover.

The world has lost a true martial artist.

This is so unfair!

It's unfair!

-Calm down. Stop drinking! -Go away! Leave me alone!

This is a mess caused by you rascals!

Japanese started teaching martial arts publicly as early as 20 years ago.

That's how their karate and judo become so successful nowadays.

But you Chinese martial artists

only teach martial arts to your son,

and the son teaches the grandson.

Look what happened today!

There's finally a Bruce Lee.

He brought great honor to the Chinese.

What did he do wrong?

Why do you rascals challenge your own people?

No.

The world is dull without Bruce Lee.

Stop! I'm telling you to stop!

Give that to me.

Do you think I'm feeling great? I'm feeling even worse than you!

What's the point of drinking?

I brought Bruce here from Hong Kong.

If everything Linda said is true, then we should face the reality.

We should be strong and face the reality.

Daddy's over here.

Come here, son.

Let daddy hold you.

-Come on, son. Let me hold you. -We don't want to.

Son, smile for daddy.

We're going to perform a show for daddy.

-Brandon will perform a show for daddy. -Come here, son.

Brandon, come on.

Son, over here.

Go to daddy.

Come over, son

Go to daddy.

My son!

-You scared daddy. -Bruce!

You stood up.

Linda, Brandon made me stand up.

Bruce!

Okay, I'll hold him, honey.

Honey, I'm so proud of you.

Come!

-I'll take a walk with you two men. -This is great!

Let's go for a walk. I stood up because of Brandon.

-This is unbelievable. -You're able to walk.

Yes, I can walk now.

This is great! I'm so happy.

I can walk.

Bruce, Bruce. What do you need?

I'm sorry, Kimura.

I need some help from you.

Will you get this product for me?

One minute equals to 200 push-ups?

-Is it really this amazing? -Yes, I saw it by chance.

Sounds good to me.

It exercises muscles and should be helpful to me.

It's for exercising muscles?

Yes, I didn't work out for a few months.

The strength of my muscle has declined a lot.

This should be effective in helping me to regain my strength.

Please get one for me, as soon as possible.

-Let's do some preparation. -Please roll up your sleeves.

Come.

This is how the product works. In the beginning,

you might feel a little uncomfortable.

You'll feel better after a while. Are you ready?

You may start.

Hold it, just a little longer.

Okay.

First-time user shouldn't use it for too long.

Is this harmful for the body?

It won't harm the body at all but very helpful to our muscles.

You tried it earlier, I'm sure you can feel it.

How do you use this? Let me try it.

Bruce, it's quite suffering the first time.

Kimura, did you try it?

I did.

After using it, other than a little muscle sore and pain,

I don't feel any other discomfort.

No worries. Kimura tested it.

Let me try it.

Kimura, are you sure this equipment is safe?

-Don't worry. It's safe. -Kimura, all right.

Okay, are you ready?

Yes.

Let's begin.

-How are you feeling? -I feel good.

-I'll increase its strength. -Okay.

-Okay, I'll turn it off. -No, no.

Keep going.

What are you thinking?

Nothing.

I think my martial arts system should have a correct title.

Your new system should be independent.

Yes, Bruce...

we must think of a good name.

It must be more powerful than the others.

Should we make your new system more straightforward?

No.

In my opinion, the name is just a name.

If we make the name too complicated,

it will confuse the students.

It'll only trap them in the wrong place.

Zhi Kune Do, Jeet Kune Do...

Liao Kune Do, Dang Kune Do.

All these are fine.

It's just a name.

Not good, Zhi Kune Do is not a good choice.

It sounds like we only know how to hit straight.

Then...

how about Jeet Kune Do?

Good, I think we can call it Jeet Kune Do.

Good, we'll call Jeet Kune Do.

Jesse, I think the doctor's right.

What do you think?

I thought Bruce would welcome us at the door.

Is he still reading in the room?

Maybe.

I'll check out the practice room in the back.

Bruce!

Bruce, where are you?

Where is he?

Here, Kimura.

Watch my little Brandon

-Be careful. -Okay, no worry.

Go ahead. Just go.

Jesse, come.

Okay.

Bruce!

Are you okay? Are you okay?

Oh honey, I'm fine. Don't worry.

Let the American medical science go to hell.

Honey.

All right, Jesse, let's do it again.

Come on.

What? Again? No, no, no...

I'll do it.

Very good, very good.

Bruce, you are my hero.

I really admire you.

Bruce, I love you so much.

Throwing a punch, must be powerful.

Like this.

Look at your opponent and be very quick.

Just like that.

Stay in control in order to beat down your opponent.

Okay, again.

Kimura.

The advertisement has been posted for three days.

Aren't there any more applicants?

After your injury, you closed down the martial arts school.

Maybe those who want to learn martial arts don't trust us so far.

How many students do we have now?

Other than seven Chinese students,

there are 11 more.

The total is 18.

Students are way to less.

I'm afraid the rental--

Maybe,

we should try what we did back in Seattle.

Begin classes on Jeet Kune Do in the universities.

No!

Even if there's only one student...

we will still open the class.

I'm actually worried that...

there isn't enough space for those who wish to join our martial arts school.

Okay, in formation.

Okay. Today, we are going to learn something new.

Come here, everyone.

I'll demonstrate.

Good, use more strength.

Faster.

Good, again.

Right, that’s right. Again.

Understand?

Yes.

Use your elbow to block, upward.

Do this when dealing with Western Styles.

All right, use more strength. Get it?

Come on.

Elbow attack.

Yes. Push right hand up.

Like this, down.

Understand?

-Yes! -Yes!

You may ask Mr. Lee your questions now.

Mr. Bruce Lee.

Can you still participate in competitions? We'd like to know more details.

Of course! Ask me.

Bruce Lee, how's your recovery?

Bruce, did you read today's newspaper?

There's this article called "The Miracle Return of Bruce Lee".

Do you know what it means to us?

The applicants are almost over capacity.

Bruce, are you listening?

Kimura is usually very slow-paced with everything.

He's so excited about the good news today and came right away to tell you.

I have expected this a long time ago.

Come here, Kimura.

Come here.

Kimura, hit me with Wing Chun Fist.

Again.

Understand?

While you were attacking me, you also gave me a chance to attack you.

Come on. Use your best move to fight me.

This is the Jeet technique.

In order to reach the highest level of martial arts,

you must get rid of all of the meaningless movements

and knock out the opponent within the shortest time possible.

You just said a word

that I shall never forget.

Jeet technique.

How do you interpret it?

The nature of fighting is actually one of Jeet techniques.

Exactly. Do you know what is Jeet Kune Do actually?

It is a practical fighting style,

instead of those fancy but meaningless forms.

In another word, turn the intangible into tangible.

There are no fixed forms to this,

which is the best form.

It doesn't belong to any certain style.

It can use any style, but is not limited to any of them.

It works with the techniques of all styles,

while all forms or skills can fit into it.

Kimura, you must remember this.

No style and no form.

-Understand? -Yes.

Also, I mentioned this earlier.

You must empty your glass in order to refill it again.

Do you understand this?

Empty the glass, in order to refill it again.

Watch closely. Don't move.

What's this? This is natural defense.

Natural defense with accelerated attack.

This is the most straightforward definition of Jeet Kune Do.

I understand.

-May I ask you something? -Sure.

As you can see, I look very weak.

-Can I learn martial arts well? -Of course, you can.

You are better than I am.

I'm telling the truth.

When I was born, I was barely five pounds.

I'm not lying. Look!

Do you see this?

My feet are flat.

Do you see that? Look at my eyes.

I'm far-sighted.

If you stand 20 steps away from me, I can't even tell who you are.

As long as you guys have confidence...

you can do well. Okay?

Yes!

Okay?

-Yes! -Yes!

I checked it earlier.

It's inside.

Jesse, it'd be better if moved in more.

Yeah. Yes.

Let me see.

What's going on here?

Like this?

Honey.

Honey!

-No. -What?

You can't use my washer as a juice maker. You can't do that.

-You can’t, Bruce -Don't be upset.

-Come have a seat and listen to me. -Bruce!

Honey, this is my blender.

During my recovery, I found this very good way to blend juice.

From now on, this will be my juice maker.

Come on, Jesse. Let this special thing start to work.

What? This is a juice maker?

-How is that possible? -Why not?

Did anyone say a laundry machine cannot be a juice maker?

Here, I'll show you how it's done.

Don't doubt it. Here.

-Oh God! This-- -I'll show you how it's done.

Okay.

Here, Jesse, try it.

What's this?

Vegetable juice.

Vegetable juice? Let me taste it.

What do you think?

It's great!

Of course, it tastes great.

Just leave it there.

Welcome!

-Thank you. Thank you. -Please come in.

-Come, over here. -Thank you.

Bruce, look who's here.

-It's good to see you! -Hi, Professor.

-You look good. -I miss you.

-Blair, how are? Good? -Thank you.

Please have a seat.

What is it?

Please, have a seat.

I'll be right back.

Now, I want to give all of you a surprise.

Look here.

Here, taste this.

I prepared this for you guys.

What's wrong? Try it.

I'm still worried.

Bruce.

I think you should take more time to recover. Don't rush.

I feel no problem.

During my recovery period,

I studied almost every book about martial arts.

Now, I have a deeper understanding about Jeet Kune Do.

I believe Jeet Kune Do will become the world's best fighting skill.

Therefore,

I plan to join America's highest level of competition.

Bruce, I believe you are a miracle maker

However, you just recovered. Maybe you shouldn't join this time.

You, British bastard, how could you say such nonsense?

What? With your current condition, how can you compete?

You are still an Asian weak man.

Bruce! What are you doing? Don't be stupid.

Bruce, you can't even take a joke?

-Are you okay? -I'm okay.

Blair, you should go back to school.

This way, I would feel better.

But you can't make that kind of joke with me.

Bruce, Blair really shouldn't joke with you.

But ever since he returned to Seattle, he kept talking about you.

He seriously wants to follow you.

Blair, there has always been a devil in my heart.

I'm sorry.

-This-- -Okay, okay!

Forget it.

Bruce, let's talk about American national fighting competition.

Bruce, do you feel that the devil in your heart was planted by me?

This is different.

I know that I might never become a real friend of yours.

Blair, Blair!

Blair!

-What were you talking about? -Blair!

I always treated you as my friend.

Thank you, I know. Goodbye, Bruce.

How many students do you have now?

Less than 200.

There are four different training sessions.

This is the evening class now.

Blair has told me about your situation here.

Actually, during your recovery period,

Blair didn't go to school after returning to Seattle.

He's very sad.

He thinks that with his health condition,

he can't fight competitions anymore.

Sit.

In fact, he can't fight in competitions for the rest of his life.

That's why he put all his hope on you.

I know what you are saying.

I also know that Blair is a true man.

Right.

He even asked me to franchise your martial arts school.

You're more than welcome.

It will be my pleasure.

Bruce, I think you should invite Blair back.

I have said that I see him as my friend.

But he decided to leave.

I really can't figure it out.

What kind of unsolvable problems do you guys have?

Mr. Inosando, I hope you can join me here.

Come on.

Bruce, let's practice with each other.

Today, we'll see the difference between Filipino and Western styles.

Western style has several ways of defense. Okay, left punch.

Okay, again.

You can also move away or get closer. Okay, look,

I avoided this punch. I can move backward as well.

See? Move backward as well.

As long as I move away from this range. I can also move to the side. Again.

See? That's it.

But our Filipino Style is different.

At the same time of fighting or defending, I can attack the weak spots.

There are many weak spots on our body.

Neck, and here.

Right punch.

See?

When I hit you, I aimed here.

You see?

Quickly. Come on.

Left punch.

-Okay, you try it. -All right.

Yes, here.

Be quick.

That's right.

During defense, keep in mind that we can also attack at the same time.

Get up.

Actually, I'm very interested in your theory about Jeet Kune Do now.

You know how I always like to make friends through martial artists.

But I've never met anyone your age who can establish a fighting style.

Professor, here, please sit.

Professor Inosando, I have a different view from you.

Jeet Kune Do is not a fighting style, but a mindset.

It does not have any limitations to techniques

nor does it belong to any fighting patterns.

To be precise, it's a type of fighting mind set.

It focuses on...

movements by the heart.

Master Bruce, according to your words,

the competitions between martial artists are merely outsiders fighting?

If everyone thinks like that,

will martial arts still exist in this world?

Look.

You didn't use any certain style...

nor prepared your mind.

You just reached out your arm and grabbed it.

Everything was a natural reaction, without wasting any time.

You did not squat...

or use any traditional pattern or move.

Otherwise, you can't grab it.

That’s right.

This is my theory about martial arts.

Bruce, this is very convincing.

Okay.

Professor.

Let's not talk about the theory anymore.

Come.

Analyze for me, on how to beat the US champion.

Bruce, I'm really worried about your health.

You've seen me.

No problem!

Okay. I'll talk about my opinion then.

This time, there are only three fighters who are the most competitive.

Rolex, you, and Piao Zhengyi.

Rolex is the toughest among all of you.

You and Master Piao must learn from each other's strength

and offset the weakness in order to win.

All right, I'll go see him right away.

Wait.

Don't be too hasty.

Being a master, Piao Zhengyi is not an arrogant person.

However, many people are looking for him to interchange skills.

He's very tired of it already.

I worry that he won't easily accept your request.

Professor.

I know what to do to make him accept me.

Subtitle translation by Loretta Kok