Before Bruce Lee became one of the most recognizable figures in the world, he was a young man finding his footing in Seattle. The story is often told from the end point. The films, the speed, the philosophy, the global image of Bruce Lee as the martial artist who changed cinema. That version is true, but incomplete. Long before Enter the Dragon, before Hollywood fully understood who he was, Bruce Lee was moving through Seattle’s neighborhoods as a student, worker, teacher, and young immigrant...

Before the Dragon: Bruce Lee’s Seattle Years

Before the world knew Bruce Lee, Seattle knew him up close. For AAPI Heritage Month, Bruce Lee’s story reminds us that cultural history often begins locally.

Before the Dragon: Bruce Lee’s Seattle Years

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