Illustrations

1. Lee family immigration documents

2. Lau Bun, patriarch of San Francisco’s early martial arts culture

3. Lau Bun with his senior students

4. Members of the Hop Sing Tong

5. Wong Tim Yuen, another martial arts pioneer

6. A martial arts demonstration at the Central Guoshu Institute in China

7. T. Y. Wong during a San Francisco street demonstration

8. The cover of T. Y. Wong’s 1961 book on martial arts

9. Tai chi master Choy Kam Man

10. Master Choy Kam Man with his students

11. Modern martial arts pioneer James Yimm Lee

12. James Lee demonstrating the Iron Palm

13. A young Bruce Lee

14. Bruce Lee working out on the wooden dummy

15. Wally Jay and Professor Henry Okazaki

16. Students from Henry Okazaki’s advanced jujitsu seminars

17. Ed Parker, a martial artist of the Hawaiian school

18. Bruce Lee, Ralph Castro, and Ed Parker

19. Leo Fong during his semipro boxing days at Hendrix College

20. Notable figures at the inaugural Long Beach International Karate Championship

21. Bruce Lee performs his “closing the gap” demonstration

22. Bruce Lee and Diana Chang Chung-Wen

23. An original sketch by Bruce Lee

24. Bruce Lee with Oakland student Barney Scollan

25. Al Novak and longtime friend Allen Joe