Editing Bruce Lee (section)

=== 1966–1970: American roles and creating Jeet Kune Do ===
[[File:Van Williams and Bruce Lee in The Green Hornet 1966.jpg|thumb|right|A publicity photo of Williams and Lee for [[The Green Hornet (TV series)|''The Green Hornet'']] in 1966]]
From 1966 to 1967, Lee played the role of [[Kato (The Green Hornet)|Kato]] alongside the title character played by [[Van Williams]] in the TV series produced and narrated by [[William Dozier]]<ref>{{cite web |title=American Heritage Center Blog: Bruce Lee Steals the Show in ""The Green Hornet"" |work=American Heritage Center |date=March 16, 2020 |url=https://ahcwyo.org/2020/03/16/bruce-lee-steals-the-show-in-the-green-hornet/ |publisher=The American Heritage Center holds the papers of William Dozier, who produced and narrated the TV series The Green Hornet, as well as the Batman TV series. | access-date=April 5, 2020 | archive-date=April 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410205242/https://ahcwyo.org/2020/03/16/bruce-lee-steals-the-show-in-the-green-hornet/ | url-status=live}}</ref> titled ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'', based on the [[The Green Hornet (radio series)|radio show by the same name]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 3, 1966 |title=Green Hornet's Creator Visits TV Scene |work=The Times Herald |volume=56}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The show ran for one season (26 episodes) from September 1966 to March 1967. Lee and Williams also appeared as their characters in three [[crossover (fiction)|crossover]] episodes of ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', another William Dozier-produced television series.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/batman/episode-51-season-2/a-piece-of-the-action/100051 |title=Batman {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115072502/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/batman/episode-51-season-2/a-piece-of-the-action/100051|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/batman/episode-52-season-2/batmans-satisfaction/100051 |title=Batman {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115072504/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/batman/episode-52-season-2/batmans-satisfaction/100051|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/batman/episode-599958/100051 |title=Batman {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115072503/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/batman/episode-599958/100051|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[The Green Hornet]] introduced the adult Bruce Lee to an American audience and became the first popular American show presenting Asian-style [[Modern history of East Asian martial arts|martial arts]]. The show's director wanted Lee to fight in the typical American style using fists and punches. As a professional martial artist, Lee refused, insisting that he should fight in the style of his expertise. At first, Lee moved so fast that his movements could not be caught on film, so he had to slow them down.<ref name="American Heritage Center">{{cite web |title=American Heritage Center Blog: Bruce Lee Steals the Show in 'The Green Hornet' |work=American Heritage Center |date=March 16, 2020 |url=https://ahcwyo.org/2020/03/16/bruce-lee-steals-the-show-in-the-green-hornet/ | access-date=April 5, 2020 | archive-date=April 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410205242/https://ahcwyo.org/2020/03/16/bruce-lee-steals-the-show-in-the-green-hornet/ | url-status=live}}</ref> The American martial arts community promoted the TV show and viewed Lee as their first mainstream star.{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=207}}

During the show's production, Lee became friends with [[Gene LeBell]], who worked as a stuntman in the show. The two trained together and exchanged martial arts knowledge from their respective specialties.{{sfn|Polly|2018|pp=187}} After the show was canceled in 1967, Lee wrote to Dozier thanking him for starting "my career in show business".<ref name="American Heritage Center" />

[[File:JeetKuneDo.svg|thumb|The [[Jeet Kune Do]] emblem is a registered trademark held by the Bruce Lee Estate. The [[Chinese character]]s around the [[Taijitu]] symbol read: "Using no way as way" and "Having no limitation as limitation". The arrows represent the endless interaction between [[Yin and yang|yang and yin]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bishop|2004|p=23}}</ref>]]
After filming one season of ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'', Lee found himself out of work and opened the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles]].{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=197}} The controversial match with Wong Jack-man influenced Lee's philosophy about martial arts. Lee concluded that the fight had lasted too long and that he had failed to live up to his potential using his [[Wing Chun]] techniques. He took the view that traditional martial arts techniques were too rigid and formalized to be practical in scenarios of chaotic [[street fighting]]. Lee decided to develop a system with an emphasis on "practicality, flexibility, speed, and efficiency". He started to use different methods of training such as [[weight training]] for strength, running for endurance, stretching for flexibility, and many others which he constantly adapted, including [[fencing]] and basic [[boxing]] techniques.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

Jeet Kune Do originated in 1967. The name means "way of the intercepting fist" in [[Cantonese]].{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=200}} This was a new hybrid system that took [[footwork (martial arts)|footwork]] from [[boxing]], kicks from kung fu, and technique from [[fencing]].{{sfn|Polly|2018|p=200–201}} Lee emphasized what he called "the style of no style". This consisted of getting rid of the formalized approach which Lee claimed was indicative of traditional styles. Lee felt that even the system he now called Jun Fan Gung Fu was too restrictive, and it eventually evolved into a philosophy and martial art he would come to call ''Jeet Kune Do'' or the ''Way of the Intercepting Fist.'' It is a term he would later regret, because Jeet Kune Do implied specific parameters that styles connote, whereas the idea of his martial art was to exist outside of parameters and limitations.<ref>{{harvnb|Thomas|1994|p=81}}</ref>

At the time, two of Lee's martial arts students were Hollywood script writer [[Stirling Silliphant]] and actor [[James Coburn]]. In 1969, the three worked on a script for a film titled ''The Silent Flute'', and they went together on a location hunt to India. The project was not realized at the time, but the 1978 film ''[[Circle of Iron]]'', starring [[David Carradine]], was based on the same plot. In 2010, producer Paul Maslansky was reported to have planned and received funding for a film based on the original script for ''The Silent Flute''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=April 15, 2010 |title=Bruce Lee's 'Flute' heads to bigscreen&nbsp;– Entertainment News, Film News, Media |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/bruce-lee-s-flute-heads-to-bigscreen-1118017805/ |magazine=Variety|access-date=February 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027034712/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017805.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|archive-date=October 27, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1969, Lee made a brief appearance in the Silliphant-penned film ''[[Marlowe (1969 film)|Marlowe]]'', where he played a hoodlum hired to intimidate private detective [[Philip Marlowe]], played by [[James Garner]], who uses his martial arts abilities to commit acts of vandalization to intimidate Marlowe.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Muss |first=H.P. |date=October 31, 1969 |title=Meet Master Of Jeet Kune Do |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/22951-MARLOWE?cxt=filmography |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608074317/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/22951-MARLOWE?cxt=filmography|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, he was credited as the karate advisor in ''[[The Wrecking Crew (1969 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]'', the fourth installment of the [[Matt Helm]] comedy [[Spy-fi (neologism)|spy-fi]] film starring [[Dean Martin]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23670-THE-WRECKING-CREW?cxt=filmography |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608074346/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23670-THE-WRECKING-CREW?cxt=filmography|url-status=live}}</ref> Also that year, Lee acted in one episode of ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'' and ''[[Blondie (1968 TV series)|Blondie]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1969 |title=Prospective Bridal Pair |work=The Journal Times |volume=113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 4, 1969 |title=Wednesday |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>

In 1970, Lee was responsible for producing the fight choreography of ''[[A Walk in the Spring Rain]]'', starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Anthony Quinn]], again written by Silliphant.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Harold |date=June 19, 1969 |title=Hollywood |work=The Times-Tribune}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/23437 |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com|access-date=November 19, 2019|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617032205/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/23437|url-status=live}}</ref>