" ▁films . ▁These ▁films ▁include ▁but ▁are ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁The ▁Matrix ▁Tr il ogy , ▁Kill ▁Bill , ▁and ▁The ▁Trans porter . ▁ ▁Mart ial ▁arts ▁them es ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁found ▁on ▁television ▁networks . ▁ ▁A ▁U . S . ▁network ▁TV ▁western ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁called ▁K ung ▁Fu ▁also ▁served ▁to ▁popular ize ▁the ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁on ▁television . ▁With ▁ 6 0 ▁episodes ▁over ▁a ▁three - year ▁span , ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁North ▁American ▁TV ▁shows ▁that ▁tried ▁to ▁convey ▁the ▁philosophy ▁and ▁practice ▁in ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁techniques ▁can ▁now ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁most ▁TV ▁action ▁series , ▁although ▁the ▁philosophy ▁of ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁is ▁s eld om ▁port rayed ▁in ▁depth . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁on ▁H ip ▁Hop ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Bruce ▁Lee ▁was ▁beginning ▁to ▁gain ▁popular ity ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁for ▁his ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁mov ies . ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁non - white ▁male ▁who ▁port rayed ▁self - re liance ▁and ▁r igh te ous ▁self - dis cipl ine ▁reson ated ▁with ▁black ▁aud ien ces ▁and ▁made ▁him ▁an ▁important ▁figure ▁in ▁this ▁community . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁K ung ▁Fu ▁mov ies ▁became ▁a ▁hit ▁in ▁America ▁across ▁all ▁background s ; ▁however , ▁black ▁aud