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Auction: 13051 - The Bruce Lee Memorabilia sale
Lot: 13

Bruce Lee’s Bamboo Whip from Game of Death A historic and symbolic weapon... Handmade to Bruce’s exact specifications by the props department at Golden Harvest Studios in Hong Kong, this unique flexible whip was designed to help illustrate the core principles of his revolutionary martial arts system, Jeet Kune Do. As JKD was a system without fixed positions, Bruce wanted to vividly demonstrate through the use of unconventional weapons that he was not affiliated to any traditional martial arts style or philosophy. The whip, in this instance, becomes a metaphor for speed, flexibility elusiveness and unpredictability. Bruce can clearly be seen employing the whip (the only one made for him) during his celebrated ‘first floor’ pagoda fight sequence against Guru Dan Inosanto in Game of Death. Prior to facing off against his opponent, who is armed with two red kali sticks, Bruce comments on the whip, as follows: “This bamboo is longer, more flexible and very much alive”. He then uses it to frustrate and beguile his skilled opponent, who has great difficulty defending against such an unconventional weapon. The Bamboo Whip is 105cm (45.5 inches) long. Bruce Lee was a true innovator in every sense, and this unique bamboo weapon, reinforced with a rubberized protective coating, is a striking example of his ability to illustrate complex principles through dynamic visual means. Ex George Lee

Sold for
HK$80,000