A large portion of Japanese martial art today was derived from Chinese Kung Fu. In the late Ming Dynasty, a Chinese Kung Fu master Chan went Japan to teach this ancient technique. It was a form of more subtle technique which can be used in hand-to-hand combat.

The samurais were used to studying Confucian and so called Zen marital art. The Kung Fu master Chan began to teach classes in Tokyo and the Japanese eventually accepted it and combined it to the martial art they had been practicing. The skills of Chinese Kung Fu deeply inspired them and this vastly changed the outlook of Japanese Martial Art.

After three hundred and forty years, Bruce Lee went to the North America alone, conquering the world with Yip Man Wing Chun. He made a very effective effort that changed the adverse position of Chinese Kung Fu overseas. This is also because of the fact that he was benefited from the thousand year history of ancient martial art.

Bruce Lee travelled on a ship for many days and finally came to San Francisco. The first problem he faced after he arrived is how to make a living. He didn't want the help of his family, so he worked part time to continue his study.

A man called Yeung received a letter from Lee's father asking for help for his son in San Francisco. Yeung went to San Francisco and talked to Bruce Lee knowing that he wanted to move to Seattle. Yeung assisted Lee.

Seattle is at the North West part of America. It is only two hours of driving away from Vancouver of Canada. It is a big coastal city developed from a forest in Washington. There are lakes in Seattle which made the air very fresh. Bruce Lee went there and did not think about moving in awhile.