Bruce Lee learned that Huo Yaowen would stay in the United States for a while, so he also specially asked director Robert Close for a day off to accompany Huo Yaowen to visit his new martial arts hall in Chinatown with Zou Wenhuai.

Speaking of the Zhenfan Martial Arts Hall, in 68 years, when Huo Yaowen and Lin Yanni came to the United States to participate in the International Writing Exchange Program, they once went to Bruce Lee's martial arts hall to stay for one night, but the martial arts hall at that time was still relatively simple and the area was very small.

But now Bruce Lee has spent a lot of money to rent a house with an area of about 200 square meters in Chinatown, and after renovation, it reopened at the end of last year. They are also one of the few apprentices who have been studying closely behind Bruce Lee and have not left.

Early in the morning, the group drove from Hollywood to Los Angeles' Chinatown.

Los Angeles' Chinatown is located on Sunset Avenue North, and although it is not as famous as Chinatown in New York and San Francisco, it is one of the oldest Chinatowns in Europe and the United States. It stretches roughly along Broadway Street to Bernard Street, with its quaint Chinatown archway as its signature, and like most Chinese neighborhoods, there are many Chinese restaurants and shops.

"How about Awen, how is my new martial arts hall?" As soon as I stepped into the new martial arts hall, I saw that there were about twenty or thirty students practicing Jeet Kune Do or exercising with fitness equipment.

"Very good, it seems that Brother Xiaolong has put a lot of effort into this martial arts hall. Huo Yaowen swept his eyes around, the area is quite large, the ground is made of solid wood flooring, all kinds of sandbags, dumbbells, wooden piles and other practice equipment is also very complete, especially in the center of the martial arts hall There is a 7.00*7.00 square meter big ring, which is much larger than the previous small ring.

"Yes, this one martial arts gym cost me 150,000 US dollars, and the martial arts halls in New York and San Francisco are currently under renovation, and they will be able to officially reopen next month. ”

Perhaps because of the identity of the honorary president and director of the World Mixed Martial Arts Association, unlike the original history, Bruce Lee did not give up the idea of continuing to open a martial arts gym after embarking on the road of film, but invested most of his salary in this area.

Hearing that Bruce Lee was still opening a martial arts gym, Huo Yaowen asked with a smile: "Have you ever thought about going back to Hong Kong to open a gym?"

"Yes, of course, but I don't have time now, maybe after the filming of this movie, I will ask Kimura to bring a few assistants back to Hong Kong with me. Bruce Lee nodded, he recently planned to wait for the filming of "Enter the Dragon" to be completed, and then return to Hong Kong to open another Zhenfan martial arts gym, and he can also teach students Jeet Kune Do in person when he has time.

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen touched his chin, and looked blankly at Mark, Luo Cheng, Zou Wenhuai and others who were curiously watching Kimura Takeshi teach people to practice, and after a while, he turned sideways and said, "Brother Xiaolong, have you considered opening a martial arts hall into a chain?"

"Chain?" Bruce Lee didn't quite understand the word.

"Just like Wal-Mart, a supermarket in the United States, every city has a martial arts gym, and this is a chain. Speaking of this, Huo Yaowen suddenly paused for a few seconds, thinking that it seems that Walmart only went public last year, should you buy some stocks and wait for appreciation?

"Open a martial arts gym in every city?" Bruce Lee was slightly stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "If you can really open a martial arts gym in every city, I must think about it, but this is not realistic." Not to mention the lack of funds, there are only a few qualified teachers under me, Kimura counts one, Danny counts one, and there are two other people who all have their own jobs and are unlikely to come to work with me. ”

"Your requirements are too strict, in fact, there is no need to open a martial arts gym according to the old ideas, you can completely make the age of the students younger, so that the ability of the instructors can naturally lower the standard. ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head, although he didn't know the strength of Takeyuki Kimura and Danny, but since Bruce Lee said that only the two of them were qualified to teach people, it meant that the ability was there, but if it was really so strict, it would not be possible to maximize the benefits of the martial arts hall.

You must know that in later generations, almost all the cities in the interior of the country were full of martial arts gyms in taekwondo and karate, and did those people really have the ability to fight in real combat? I am afraid that 90 percent of them did not have them, and at best they were good-looking, with all kinds of chain kicks and whirlwind legs.

Of course, it can't be said that there is no actual combat ability at all, at least to deal with ordinary people, one-on-one situation, it should be no problem, after all, a long-term exercise, a lack of exercise, light reaction and speed are enough.

"Younger students?" Bruce Lee frowned, thought for a few seconds, and asked: "You mean to teach children? I'm afraid this won't work, children have no independent ability, and if they learn kung fu with fists and feet, it is easy to cause problems in fights." ”

"No one asks you to teach a child too much kung fu. ”

Huo Yaowen recalled the teaching method of the taekwondo gym at the door of the later family, sorted it out in his mind, and then opened his mouth and said: "You can first teach the children how to press their legs, practice standing horse steps, and hit wooden stakes, or teach them some simple and fancy moves, such as taekwondo's chain kicks." ”

"Still not right. Bruce Lee thought for a while, shook his head and refused: "The Jeet Kune Do I founded is different from taekwondo and karate, it doesn't have too many moves, it purely relies on personal strength, speed and reflexes, and most of the content we teach is to tell students how to most effectively knock down and defeat opponents." ”

"Then you have to teach the students how to make moves, for example, if someone punches them straight, you have to dodge and fight back. ”

"It's nature. ”

"That's fine. ”

Huo Yaowen continued: "To teach children, you can use the way of exercising, and you can set a level, just like those black belts and white belts in karate. ”

"I have already divided the promotion system, you come with me. Bruce Lee took Huo Yaowen to a wall diagonally opposite the ring, pointed to a picture on the wall and said: "This is the level division I set, there are eight levels in total, and only Kimura, Danny and my other two students have reached the eighth level at present." At the same time, in my opinion, only those who have reached level 8 are qualified to teach students. ”

Looking at the eight Taiji diagrams of different colors, Huo Yaowen was dazzled for a while, I have to say that it looks good, but it is too cumbersome and fancy, it is a golden and yellow Taiji diagram, and a pure white Taiji diagram, in general, it is not as simple as a white belt and a black belt in karate.

"The promotion system is fine, but the patterns and colors are too complicated to be used for internal audits, but externally, it's better to redesign the logo. In my opinion, the most direct and straightforward pattern is to take the horizontal bar, one bar, two bars. ”

"Hmmm......"

When Bruce Lee heard this, he looked at the pattern he designed on the wall and pondered, the pattern is good-looking, but as Huo Yaowen said, there are too many colors, and it is difficult for people to distinguish which pattern corresponds to the review standard for a while.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "You're right, maybe I should simplify these patterns so that people can see them at a glance." ”

Huo Yaowen said with a smile: "The pattern design is best simple and straightforward, and then specially customize badges and stickers of different levels, the badges can be worn on the chest by the students, and if they are practicing, they can wear the stickers, which is not only convenient for travel, but also can let people know that he has learned Jeet Kune Do to that point." It should be of great help in promoting your Jeet Kune Do. ”

Bruce Lee's eyes lit up, "Very good method, I'll ask Kimura to find someone to order it when I go back." ”

"There's no rush for this, I think we should first apply for a global Jeet Kune Do association in the United States, and slowly plan to open a martial arts gym to promote Jeet Kune Do. ”

Huo Yaowen made so many suggestions, so he naturally wanted to get involved. After all, decades later, taekwondo and karate have martial arts gyms all over the world, not only to make money, but also to be famous and influential.

But now that these two factions are not fully developed, coupled with Fok Yaowen's later experience, and Bruce Lee's recent filming of "Enter the Dragon", he is confident that he will promote Jeet Kune Do to the same as taekwondo and karate in later generations.

Bao Buqi can also rely on the mixed martial arts concept that is becoming more and more popular in the United States, take a step ahead of taekwondo, and successfully apply for the Olympic Games!

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