A very good book to read about Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is an Icon and today he getting new fan everyday.

Jim Kelly Said: But Bruce Lee....Was Untouchable...

Bruce lee the best in the world for ever

Bruce Lee is god like.

Thank you for sharing, sir.

The book is more like the other books you see of other famous people books in the library and in book stores that have been done in being big with a lot pages to the book big size book that really makes bruce lee finally got a book that people have of a popular that you can not believe that bruce lee has gotten his own of that kind book that most people get that you see looking around the library and book stores with other people

Matthew Polly you’re back! I was just about to re-read ‘American Shaolin’ but I will go grab this new book!

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

How awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Dear Mathew, do you know if the Hong Kong press reported anything about Bruce Lee’s gradual weight loss during his last years in HK?

@MatthewPolly

2 жыл бұрын

An excellent question. I did not find any press reports related to his weight loss.

@Dad_Brad

2 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewPolly thank you so much!

He collapsed twice within two months wasn't heat stroke autopsy program says overuse of quarterzone

Mr Baryshnikov iisn't only a CHA CHA Dancer, but is one of they to Best Living Ballett Dancer, which I was so lucky to have met!

Dear Mathew, I’ve read your biography “Bruce Lee, A Life” twice now. I’d like to ask a question about Bruce that I’m curious about in 2020. Do you feel his popularity is still stronger in the US or Hong Kong today? Thanks! Brad

@MatthewPolly

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed my book! Great question. I think since his death in 1973, Bruce has been more popular in the West than in his hometown of Hong Kong, where the scandal surrounding how he died damaged his popularity.

@hongfu1104

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely (from US, Silicon Valley)

Oh, you wrote more books. Well well

Sorry but i don t buy the heatstroke. A heatstroke doesn t change your skin tone. His skin tone became brownish redish at in the last months, and he was losing much weight. I go more with Dr. Michael Hunter in the Doc "Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bruce Lee" from 2017. His conclusion makes the best sense, it was an adrenal crysis because of using cortisone after his back injury. Using Cortisone 3 years attacks your kidneys. But i still respect you Mr. Polly and your work!

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

There are two serious problems with Dr. Michael Hunter's adrenal crisis theory. 1) Bruce Lee died from a cerebral edema. Adrenal crisis does not cause cerebral edema. 2) There is zero evidence that Bruce was abusing cortisone in 1971, 1972 or 1973. We have records that he was given cortisone injections on a weekly basis for 3-6 months after his back injury in 1970. After that, as far as we know, the injections stopped. If that is the case, then it would be impossible for him to suffer from an adrenal crisis in July of 1973.

@NDoraku

6 жыл бұрын

Did you see the whole Autopsy Episode about Lee? Unfortunately it s not here on KZread anyomore, but Hunter gives a very good and logical explanation. To point 1) The cerebral edema was just at the end of the chain. To point 2) There are many documented side effects which go into the direction Lee never quit to use cortisone because of his pain killing effect, it is much more effective as cannabis or something else. The point with the sweat gland removal is something Hunter also mentioned, and he mentioned the back injury of 1970 was not - like many documenaries in the past claim - a "sacral nerve", it was a slipped disc instead, and nobody with a slipped disc can perform martial arts anmore...except if he uses a VERY strong pain killer. If you have time please watch the whole documentary. If your spanish is good, here it is in full lenght: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lnl-0amhhtyrnco.html

@silverfoxsilverfox6932

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Polly Doctor Hunter picked up pictures from enter the dragon showing bruce lee had signs of cortisone abuse, as well as his constant weight loss another symptom of obusing cortisone, how do you explain his first collapse? And which medical experts are backing up the heat stroke theory?

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

When you read my book, you'll have the answers to your last two questions: The first collapse was most likely heat stroke in a hot dubbing room where they turned off the air conditioning on the hottest day of May. Dr. Lisa Leon, who is the top researcher on heat stroke in the country and works for the U.S. Army on the subject because heat stroke is such a danger to soldiers stationed in hot climates like Iraq, Afghanistan, and, say, Hong Kong. Also the experts at the Korey Stringer Institute, which specializes in heat stroke and is named after the Minnesota Viking's football player who died from it. Korey was 28, a professional athlete, and in perfect shape. It was hot day in July. What pictures? Does Dr. Hunter have photos of injection sites on Bruce's body? Because the coroner didn't find any. Weight loss can be caused by any one of hundred different reasons. For example, filming 8 hours of kung fu scenes every day for months in the hot Hong Kong sun. Bruce struggled to maintain weight his entire life. You might as well be arguing, "Bruce lost weight, so he must have been abusing heroine. Steven McQueen tried heroin. Bruce probably picked it up from Steve. Therefore, Bruce died of a heroin overdose." Yes, Bruce received cortisone injections from doctors for about four or five months in 1970. There's no concrete evidence he ever received them again afterwards, let alone that he was chronically abusing cortisone before his death in 1973. Finally, I have found no suggestion in the medical records that adrenal failure is linked to cerebral edema, which is what Bruce died from. So Hunter's theory fails on two fronts.

@silverfoxsilverfox6932

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Polly I still don't get how you can dismiss a qualified doctors opinion here is the autopsy show in full he does come to the conclusion it was cerebral edema. I am reading your book and I am noting some points which i will debate you further on kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYFkr82bmL2XXaQ.html

I'm a longtime jeet kune do practitioner and have never heard the heatstroke and sweat gland removal stuff! You wouldn't think that at this point I could hear something new about someone who lived so long ago, but Matthew Polly is as amazing as ever!

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, brother. I appreciate it!

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kelvendyson1508

6 жыл бұрын

Haad Naqvi ..I did read about the sweat gland removal..that might be true...the heat stroke...not buying it!

@MindBat

6 жыл бұрын

There was a book published or a website prior to Matthew Polly's which made reference to Bruce having his sweat glands removed. I can't remember which one it was.

@haadnaqvi2305

6 жыл бұрын

TheMagnificentPower oh I'm sure someone else has had that idea before him, but it was unfamiliar to me (at least, to take seriously)

Wait wait wait... so the accidently loaded gun was his son, and not Bruce that died that way? Wow, so many people got it wrong out there

I am not Bruce Lee's fan and read many biographies of the outstanding people... but it is clear to everyone how he died if you watched interview with doctor Wu who saved his life after first stroke... And what some his friends talked about him... It was Nepalese hashish in which he developed allergic reaction and cerebral edema... After Lee used hashish he felt strong headache and lost consciousness...He was hospitalised from Honk Kong studio and warned by doctor that it will take his life if he will use hashish again and if he had no good doctors he would die.. but Lee ignored advice because he believed hashish is not a reason as Steve McQueen did not recommend it to use to get rid of stress if it would be harmful. Then he died in betty ting Pei's apartment...after severe headache he took aspirin and went to sleep and then he could not be waked up and help was late...in his stomach was found insignificant remaining of hashish and aspirin...his friends said Bruce Lee died because of allergic reaction to aspirin so that to save his reputation in the eyes of millions of fans around the world and millions of dollars after movie called enter of dragon which was upcoming after a one month he passed away. That is it. And it is well known that Bruce Lee cared about his reputation. He would be against to tell people that his death cause was illegal hashish from Nepal. Even today in Nepal there are lot of neurological reactions especially cerebral edema because of this drug. And just imagine million people will read newspapers and will see illegal drug as the main and official version of death ? Of course, many of them would say bruce Lee was not great martial artist but drug user and would not go to watch enter the Dragon after he died and business people involved in making this movie did not benefit from it...

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

You are correct that Bruce Lee's doctors in Hong Kong, specifically Dr. Peter Wu, believed that Nepalese hash was the cause of his cerebral edema. However, I talked to a number of medical and forensic experts and they all said it is scientifically impossible for hash to cause cerebral edema.

@diongibbsbpwp160

5 жыл бұрын

It was NOT Cannabis or he would be the only man in history to die of Cannabis, he died from Equagesic it was the Texan fat doctor who spoke of Marijuana doing it, well it cannot otherwise Bruce own brain would of killed him because every humans brain produces it's own Endogenous Cannabinoids, he died from Equagesic, this was the final accepted caused by numerous not just 1 specialist and Bruce's Chinese Doctor later said on review, he admits it was the Aspirin type not Aspirin itself drug mixed with muscle relaxant called Equagesci.

@diongibbsbpwp160

5 жыл бұрын

Get educated this was not the final cause of death agreed by 5 different doctors, only 1 said it was Cannabis and only 1 other stuck to the Cannabis story, when in reality it would take 1.5tons used in 15minutes to kill you and then your likely to die from bloat or suffocation not from the Cannabis herbal drug itself. In 2018 we know that Cannabis cannot kill a human being, when we are made up of Cannabis produced by our own body.

@diongibbsbpwp160

5 жыл бұрын

there we agree Sir, Cannabis in any form cannot kill why, because our body is essentially made up of water, salts, known as electrolytes, plasma and the last thing before the body created the Nervous System, the production from our brain to keep us stable and not a Manic Depressive all the time without any emotional control, is Endogenous Cannabinoids such as Anandamide and 2-AG the most known lipids. Our brain and spine has CB1 Receptors, our Liver and Immune System CB2 Receptors our Skin CB3 Receptors and now we found CB4 Receptors but I forgot the part of the body it is found, we are a walking Marijuana plant with blood and water and electrolytes in essence. So we cannot die from what our own body produces, when Science says it will take 1.5 tons in 15 minutes to cause fatal overdose, no man can do this unless it drops on his head from a cop Helicopter and sure he dead from Weed then but no real chance of it causing death it never has in the 10,000 years if known Cannabis existence and it's 5000 years of documented use@@MatthewPolly

Thank you Mr Mathew polly for sharing this amazing interview about master Lee ...I hope you could keep ..that is not true he died because of been grapple twice and got hit on the head with a karate chop .Brandon Lee was close to the murder of his father and they also set him up to ...

@MatthewPolly

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the interview.

Died from overdose from painkillers... celebrity forensics had a really good reason for this. Makes most common sense, imo

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Which painkillers did he overdose from? Have you seen the Coroner's Report? All that was found were traces of cannabis and the remnants from a single pill of Equagesic, which contains aspirin and meprobamate, a mild muscle relaxant. Have you read the transcript of the Coroner's Inquest? The forensic experts discounted the possibility of drug overdose. Two of the experts' conclusion is that it was an allergic reaction to aspirin. If you are going to spout off, at least do your homework.

Hello Mr. Polly, i read many great things about your book in the last days. Of course as a german it was always nice to think Bruce was 1/4 german, but it seems he was english instead, but that s ok to me. "It s coming home" did not happen this summer at the soccer WC, but they can get Bruce instead. :-D Question: Is there a chance your book will come out in german language? English is not a problem for me (i can t write it perfect but read and understand very good), but of course if you say there will be a german version available, i gonna buy it in german. If not it s ok, then i gonna buy it in English. Thank you very much and congratulation for your work and research! Best regards from Germany

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, Thanks so much for your note. Yes, the English got Bruce this year but not the World Cup :) If it makes you feel any better, Bruce's great, great, great grandfather on his mother's side was German-Jewish, before they moved to Rotterdam, Holland sometime in the 18th century. To answer your question, we are still working on selling the German-language rights to the book. We haven't yet and not sure when it will happen. If we do, it'll take about 1-2 years before it comes out. So if you are keen to read the book, probably the English version is the best. Cheers, Matt

@NDoraku

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, thank you very much for your reply! :) Ok then i gonna buy the english version first, because 1-2 years or even a little bit longer it s too long to wait. I have two other books about Lee in german and english ("Tao of JKD" and "Chinese Gung Fu - The Philosophical Art of Self Defense"), so i gonna buy the german version later to compare if the translation is right, in the other two books are some little mistakes. Sorry for my late reply, but i am not online here very often, usually i watch KZread on TV through Xbox One, and there you don t see any comments, so it can take 1-2 weeks until i reply. Maybe i write you a PM (private message) or email if it´s ok to you? Not specially about Bruce, more about soccer or combat sport, English soccer team, Heavyweight situation in Boxing with Wilder, Fury and Josuha. And yes, if Bruces grand grand grand grandfather was jewish-german, that s also ok to me. :D Cheers from Germany, Chris

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, That sounds great! I hope you enjoy the English version. And I pray we sell the German language rights to the book soon. You can always email me if you go to my website www.mattpolly.com

@NDoraku

6 жыл бұрын

Ok. :) Yes of course i will enjoy the English version. And if it comes out in German some day (don t matter if it s in 1-2 years or later), i gonna buy it too and compare the translation. Like i said in the two other books (Tao JKD, Philosophical Art of Self Defence) are some translation errors, not many, but the ones who were there gave a wrong description about certain things. Most Bruce Lee Books in the 80´s and 90´s in German language were printed by "Falken Verlag", but i don´t know if they still exist. About email: All right! Like i said it would be more about English Soccer Team or Heavyweight Boxing, so it would be totally Off Topic below this clip. Since you are also interested in Soccer and Combat Sports, i would like to share some opinions with you like potential English Soccer Team or Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury. I gonna use my emailadress i usually use for the internet, and in the subject i gonna write "ChrisB from KZread".

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, you can reach me at mattpolly.com. I'm not sure if I mentioned that before. My memory is going :)

Despite his influence and impact on culture, nothing has changed today in Hollywood. When was the last and first time since Enter the Dragon, 1973, an Asian actor has been cast in a lead role in Hollywood that didn't involve a "Kung fu" movie or it portrayed Asian life ? Crazy Rich Asians

Footnotes make up half the text I just hate I was so interested in this icon, and I got a portion of gossip and steak with no important details. You can read, but I read more interesting biographies. there are some misrepresentations and fears. in my opinion, the book published for the accident is not a coincidence during the film Tarantino. cash jump.

Pretty sure Bruce was using way way too much cortisone for the pain in his back. You might know someone who has had these type of shots. They are normally done over a period of months. Bruce was getting them almost daily. This was the only way he could perform his rigorous lifestyle. His body was overloaded with this stuff and basically just seized up...

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

No, that's incorrect. He got weekly cortisone shot after his back injury in 1970. This lasted for about 5 months. After that, there is no record of him getting any cortisone shots again. He certainly wasn't getting daily shots in 1973 before he died.

@2ntenz

6 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Polly : you’re wrong. Linda Lee Cadwell admitted in Shannon Lee’s current podcast that Bruce required daily massages after long hours of filming in HK, including taking pain killers... she said Bruce was in constant pain... go listen to Shannon’s podcast, she’s invited her mother several times, I think it was the 3 rd invite to the podcast. So sorry you wasted 10years writing this book... there are many.

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Did Linda say that he was getting daily cortisone injections and was abusing cortisone? Because if she didn't then I'm so sorry you wasted 30 seconds with your snarky post, because massage and pain pills are not the same as a cortisone shot.

@jasonlinnell109

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Polly, I wanted to let you know where I got the info about the cortisone shots. It was from a tv show called "Autopsy" that aired on the Reelz Channel. The research was done by Forensic Pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter. Hopefully this can give you a better narrative on what I was trying to explain. Have a good day Sir..

@MatthewPolly

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Jason, I saw that show, too. I know that cortisone abuse and adrenal failure is Dr. Michael Hunter's theory. But his theory has two major problems: 1) There is no evidence that Bruce was abusing cortisone prior to his death, 2) There is no scientific evidence that adrenal failure causes cerebral edema, which is what ultimately killed Bruce. If anybody can adequately counter those two massive holes, then I'm happy to reconsider Dr. Hunter's theory. But as of now, it seems fatally, pun intended, flawed. Several different forensic pathologists have offered conflicting theories over the last 45 years, ranging from aspirin allergy to epileptic seizure (or S.U.D.E.P.) to Reye's Syndrome. Dr. Hunter's theory is based on Tom Bleecker's book, Unsettled Matters. Bleecker is Linda Lee's ex-husband.