5 Martial-Arts Pioneer

Chapter 4 Martial-Arts Pioneer When Bruce played Kato on The Green Hornet, he introduced millions of television viewers to the martial arts. Because of him, the popularity of kung fu soared in the United States. Bruce went back to teaching kung fu when the show was cancelled. He had a family to support, after all. He and Linda were busy raising Brandon, who liked to practice kung fu moves just like his dad. Then, in 1969, Bruce and Linda had their second child, a girl they named Shannon.

当布鲁斯在《青蜂侠》中扮演加藤时，他向数百万电视观众介绍了武术。 因为他，功夫在美国的人气飙升。 节目被取消后，布鲁斯又回去教功夫了。 毕竟他要养家糊口。 他和琳达忙着抚养布兰登，布兰登和他爸爸一样喜欢练习功夫。 1969年，布鲁斯和琳达生下了他们的第二个孩子，一个名叫香农的女孩。

When Bruce went back to teaching, stars

当布鲁斯回去教书时，群星闪耀

lined up at his door. Actor James Coburn wanted to learn from Bruce. So did actor Steve McQueen. One famous director paid for Bruce to fly to Switzerland to teach him there! Even seven-foot two-inch basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wanted Bruce to teach him. (Bruce and Abdul- Jabbar became good friends, and Bruce eventually got to cast him as his opponent in a movie.) Bruce choreographed the martial-arts scenes in some movies. That means he helped set up the fights called for in the script and showed the actors what to do. One of those movies was

在他门口排队。演员詹姆斯·科伯恩想向布鲁斯学习。 演员史蒂夫·麦奎因也是如此。 一位著名导演花钱请布鲁斯飞到瑞士去教他！就连7英尺2英寸的篮球传奇人物卡里姆·阿卜杜尔·贾巴尔也想让布鲁斯教他。 （布鲁斯和阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔成了好朋友，布鲁斯最终在一部电影中让他扮演自己的对手。）布鲁斯在一些电影中为武打场面编排舞蹈。 这意味着他帮助设定了剧本中要求的打斗场面，并向演员们展示了该怎么做。 其中一部电影是

called The Wrecking Crew. In it, actor Dean Martin plays a spy. Bruce taught Martin how to use kung fu. People in the movie business wanted to learn from the best, and Bruce was the best. Not everyone was happy about Bruce teaching martial arts. There were two reasons for that. The first reason was who Bruce was teaching. Some people thought it was a bad idea for Bruce to teach the martial arts to Westerners. (Westerners, or the Western world, is a term to describe cultures, not geography. For example, people from Europe and North America are considered Westerners. People from China,

叫做“沉船队”。在这部电影中，演员迪恩·马丁扮演一名间谍。 布鲁斯教马丁如何使用功夫。 电影界的人想向最好的人学习，而布鲁斯就是最好的。 不是每个人都喜欢布鲁斯教武术。 这有两个原因。 第一个原因是布鲁斯教的是谁。 有些人认为布鲁斯向西方人传授武术是个坏主意。 (西方人，或西方世界，是一个描述文化的术语，而不是地理。 例如，来自欧洲和北美的人被认为是西方人。 来自中国的朋友们，

Japan, and the Middle East are considered Easterners, or from the Eastern world.) For hundreds of years, martial arts, such as kung fu, had been taught only by Chinese masters to Chinese students. Many traditional Chinese people thought it was wrong for Bruce to share kung fu secrets with people who were not Chinese. In fact, when Bruce first started teaching kung fu in Oakland, California, a group of traditional Chinese teachers challenged him to a fight. If their representative beat Bruce, he would have to stop teaching non-Chinese people. Bruce took the challenge and easily won the fight. His studio stayed open, and he continued teaching whomever he wanted.

日本和中东被认为是东方人，或来自东方世界。)几百年来，武术，比如功夫，只由中国大师传授给中国学生。 许多传统的中国人民认为这是错误的布鲁斯与人分享功夫秘密不是中国。 事实上，当布鲁斯第一次在加州奥克兰教功夫时，一群中国传统教师向他挑战。 如果他们的代表打败了布鲁斯，他将不得不停止教非中国人。 布鲁斯接受了挑战，轻松赢得了比赛。 他的工作室继续营业，他继续教他想教的人。

The second problem some people had with Bruce was over what he was teaching. He wasn't sticking to the old ways of teaching martial arts. Bruce didn't believe that any particular martial art was best in all circumstances. After all, he had learned in street fights that opponents are

有些人对布鲁斯的第二个问题是他所教的内容。 他没有拘泥于传统的武术教学方法。 布鲁斯不相信任何一种武术在任何情况下都是最好的。 毕竟，他在巷战中学到了对手是什么