Editing Bruce Lee (section)

=== 1959–1964: Move to Seattle ===
In his late teens, Lee's street fights became more frequent and included beating the son of a feared [[Triad (organized crime)|triad]] family.<ref name="LeeLee1989">{{cite book |author1=Linda Lee |author2=Mike Lee |title=The Bruce Lee Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NAuMRjSUSIC&pg=PA26 |year=1989 |publisher=Black Belt Communications |isbn=978-0-89750-121-7 |pages=26–|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727141228/https://books.google.com/books?id=2NAuMRjSUSIC&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1958, after students from a rival [[Choy Li Fut]] martial arts school challenged Lee's [[Wing Chun]] school, he engaged in a fight on a rooftop. In response to an unfair punch by another boy, he beat him so badly that one of his teeth was knocked out, leading to the boy's parents making a complaint to the police.<ref name="Burrows 2002">{{cite web |last=Burrows |first=Alyssa |title=Bruce Lee |publisher=HistoryLink |year=2002 |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3999 |access-date=May 30, 2008 |archive-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508051639/http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3999 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Lee's mother had to go to a police station and sign a document saying that she would take full responsibility for his actions if they released him into her custody. Though she did not mention the incident to her husband, she suggested that her son return to the United States to claim his U.S. citizenship at the age of 18.<ref>{{cite news |title=What you didn't know about: Bruce Lee Bruce Lee in Seattle — Part 1 |url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2022/08/what-you-didnt-know-about-bruce-lee-bruce-lee-in-seattle-part-1/ |work=Northwest Asian Weekly |date=August 25, 2022 |access-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702104232/https://nwasianweekly.com/2022/08/what-you-didnt-know-about-bruce-lee-bruce-lee-in-seattle-part-1/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Lee's father agreed as Lee's college prospects were not very promising if he remained in Hong Kong.<ref name="Burrows 2002" />

{{blockquote|The police detective came and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Lee, your son is really fighting bad in school. If he gets into just one more fight I might have to put him in jail".|[[Robert Lee Jun-fai|Robert Lee]]<ref name="Bruce Lee 2002" />}}
In April 1959, Lee's parents decided to send him to the United States to stay with his older sister, Agnes Lee ({{lang|zh|李秋鳳}}), who was already living with family friends in San Francisco. After several months, he moved to [[Seattle]] in 1959 to continue his high school education, where he also worked for [[Ruby Chow]] as a live-in waiter at her restaurant. Chow's husband was a co-worker and friend of Lee's father. Lee's elder brother [[Peter Lee Jung-sum|Peter Lee]] ({{lang|zh|李忠琛}}) joined him in [[Seattle]] for a short stay, before moving on to [[Minnesota]] to attend college.<ref name="Wing Chung Gung Fu">{{cite web |url=http://hardcorejkd.com/wing_chun.php |title=Wing Chung Gung Fu |publisher=Hardcore JKD|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514160028/http://www.hardcorejkd.com/wing_chun.php|archive-date=May 14, 2008|access-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref>

In 1959, Lee started to teach martial arts. He called what he taught Jun Fan Gung Fu (literally Bruce Lee's Kung Fu).{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=114}} It was his approach to [[Wing Chun]].<ref name="Wing Chung Gung Fu" /> Lee taught friends he met in Seattle, starting with Judo practitioner [[Jesse Glover]], who continued to teach some of Lee's early techniques.{{sfn|Polly|2018|pp=92-94}} Lee's early student group was the most racially diverse group of practitioners of Chinese martial arts until that time.{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=97}} During this time period, Lee invented his [[one-inch punch]].{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=98}} He also became interested in [[boxing]] and the techniques of [[Muhammad Ali]] and [[Sugar Ray Robinson]].{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=100}}

[[Taky Kimura]] became Lee's first Assistant Instructor and continued to teach his art and philosophy after Lee's death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bruceleefoundation.com/index.cfm/page/Biography/pid/10585 |title=Bruce Lee Biography |publisher=Bruce Lee Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119051316/http://bruceleefoundation.com/index.cfm/page/Biography/pid/10585|archive-date=November 19, 2012|access-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> Lee opened his first [[Kwoon|martial arts school]], named the Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, in Seattle.

Lee completed his high school education and received his diploma from [[Seattle Central Community College|Edison Technical School]] on [[Capitol Hill (Seattle)|Capitol Hill]] in Seattle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2014 |title=Bruce Lee and his Seattle roots — A retrospective comes to the Wing |url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2014/08/bruce-lee-seattle-roots-retrospective-comes-wing/ |access-date=November 25, 2021 |website=Northwest Asian Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125022933/http://nwasianweekly.com/2014/08/bruce-lee-seattle-roots-retrospective-comes-wing/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 1961, Lee enrolled at the [[University of Washington]].<ref>{{harvnb|Little|2001|p=32}}</ref> Despite what Lee himself and many others have stated, Lee's official major was drama rather than philosophy, according to a 1999 article in the university's alumni publication.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/dec99/j_o.html |title=U. of Washington alumni records |publisher=Washington.edu |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221043919/http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/dec99/j_o.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In his junior year, he took two classes in psychology and two classes in philosophy; both of these became core interests for him for the rest of his life.{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=108}} He socialized with wealthy young people, but lived in relative poverty and worked as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant.{{sfn|Polly|2018|pp=108-109}}