title: Bruce Lee's Fighting Method Basic Training, Vol. 2
author:  Bruce Lee 
description: <DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B>Bruce Lee</B></B> flashed like a meteor through the world of martial arts and motion pictures. On July 20, 1973, the iconic figure died in Hong Kong at the age of 32. He starred in several classic martial arts movies, including <I>The Big Boss</I>, <I>Fists of Fury</I>,<I> Enter the Dragon</I>, and <I>Way of the Dragon</I><B>.</B></P></DIV></DIV>
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  **Editor’s Note:** This piece was originally published in the February 2009
  issue of _Black Belt_ as “The Trainer and the Fighter: Joe Lewis Recalls His
  Glory Days Training With Bruce Lee and Competing on the Circuit.” For more
  articles about Joe Lewis, [**click
  here**](http://www.blackbeltmag.com/category/joe-lewis/). For more articles
  about Bruce Lee, [**click here**.
  F](http://www.blackbeltmag.com/category/bruce-lee/)or Bruce Lee books, DVDs,
  e-books and video downloads, [**click here**.
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  In the summer of 1968, Joe Lewis sold to Lee’s house to pick him up, then
  