https://www.scmp.com/rss/506125/feed Be Water is a 2020 documentary which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on ESPN on June 7 and June 15. The film focussed on Lee's influence on Hollywood culture and documents his early rejections and his eventual emergence as one of history's most iconic actors and martial artists. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sports fans spend more time sitting in front of a screen than most, especially when the league they follow is on another time zone, and this year has been no exception. What has been markedly different is that much of the year saw no live sport at all as the coronavirus pandemic spread throughout the world. With normal service interrupted there was a lot of time to fill but there was also plenty to fill it, with several stand-out sporting documentaries stepping up to the plate in the absence... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3114915/best-2020-last-dance-all-or-nothing-and-years-best-sports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3114915/best-2020-last-dance-all-or-nothing-and-years-best-sports?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Dec 2020 07:00:07 +0000 We are living in unprecedented times in which the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for all businesses to adapt to a new normal. The property sector is no different. Now, more than ever before, real estate industry players need to transform their business models to tackle the inherent inefficiencies throughout the purchase and rental processes. Although these flaws were previously superficially hidden by the actively growing housing market, they have become more apparent as a result of... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3110056/property-agents-must-adopt-digital-tools-thrive-post-covid-19-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3110056/property-agents-must-adopt-digital-tools-thrive-post-covid-19-world?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Nov 2020 04:00:11 +0000 3/5 stars This documentary about the life of Bruce Lee, by Vietnamese-American director Bao Nguyen, focuses mainly on how Lee’s time in America affected his outlook. That is certainly a valid take, but Hongkongers may find it strange that only three members of the Hong Kong film industry, including film critic Sam Ho and the late producer Raymond Chow, are among its long list of interviewees. First premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, before it was broadcast on Sunday as part of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3088152/be-water-film-review-bruce-lees-life-revisited-espn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3088152/be-water-film-review-bruce-lees-life-revisited-espn?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:00:17 +0000 Bruce Lee altered the course of martial arts history when he walked out on to the auditorium floor at the inaugural Long Beach International Karate Championships on August 2, 1964. It would take the best part of a decade for Lee’s vision to seriously go global but those in the crowd that day knew they’d seen something very special. Ron Van Clief was there in California among them. “He was a maverick,” Van Clief said. “All the great fighters were there and it was a spectacular event. You know it... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3088028/espns-30-30-be-water-revisits-day-bruce-lee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3088028/espns-30-30-be-water-revisits-day-bruce-lee?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:15 +0000 UFC welterweight star Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson believes Bruce Lee would not only match today’s MMA stars if he were still alive, but that the martial arts master would be challenging the likes of Conor McGregor at the very top of the sport. “If Bruce Lee was in his prime today, we would see him in the UFC. He’d be where Conor McGregor is now. He would be that guy,” said Thompson, in likening the Hong Kong star to the Irish former featherweight and lightweight champ. “Bruce Lee could talk, he... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087998/bruce-lee-would-be-match-conor-mcgregor-ufc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087998/bruce-lee-would-be-match-conor-mcgregor-ufc?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jun 2020 06:19:11 +0000 Bruce Lee’s influence continues to resonate across the global sporting landscape but the connection the man had, and continues to have, within the NBA is among the remarkable aspects of his lasting legacy. It all started with the friendship the martial arts master forged with the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving have all turned to Lee for inspiration. Abdul-Jabbar once revealed to the Post he thought Lee continued to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kung-fu/article/3087983/how-bruce-lee-has-inspired-nba-kareem-abdul-jabbar-kobe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kung-fu/article/3087983/how-bruce-lee-has-inspired-nba-kareem-abdul-jabbar-kobe?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jun 2020 04:46:53 +0000 Zhang “Magnum” Weili’s rise to become the UFC’s first Chinese champion has been etched into MMA folklore. The victory came, on August 31 last year in Shenzhen, when Zhang demolished Brazil’s Jessica Andrade in just 42 seconds to claim the strawweight crown. The seeds of inspiration had been sown years before, when Zhang had dreamed that one day she might “fly” like the martial arts heroes she had witnessed in China’s famed wuxia films, and she had seen a clip of Bruce Lee’s famous “Be water, my... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087912/be-water-how-bruce-lee-inspired-ufc-champ?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087912/be-water-how-bruce-lee-inspired-ufc-champ?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jun 2020 02:00:12 +0000 The storied career of UFC’s flyweight champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko started in her native Kyrgyzstan and took her through successful stints in taekwondo, Muay Thai and kick-boxing before she found fame in MMA. But the 32-year-old has this week revealed she had always considered herself as someone who was simply following in the footsteps of the kung fu master Bruce Lee. “If in the future somewhere in the world a church of martial arts is founded, Bruce Lee would no doubt be the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087910/ufcs-valentina-shevchenko-says-bruce-lee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087910/ufcs-valentina-shevchenko-says-bruce-lee?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jun 2020 12:00:18 +0000 Georges St-Pierre believes his Hall of Fame career would never have happened if not for Bruce Lee and his famous words of inspiration: “Be water.” It was a philosophy for life as much for combat and St-Pierre revealed he looked to Lee when he was plotting his rise in MMA, a journey that would take in both the UFC’s welterweight and middleweight titles, an overall record in the sport of 26-2, and, coming soon, a place in the UFC’s Hall of Fame. “Bruce Lee changed my life,” St-Pierre told the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087905/ufcs-georges-st-pierre-says-bruce-lee-changed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087905/ufcs-georges-st-pierre-says-bruce-lee-changed?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jun 2020 11:00:17 +0000 Memories of the life and times of Bruce Lee will be rekindled for the martial arts master’s legions of fans this Sunday (US time), and his full story will be introduced to a whole new generation, with the screening of the documentary Be Water as part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series. UFC boss Dana White will be among those with eyes fixed to a screen. “There is a mystery that surrounds Bruce Lee and I think that he has almost become like this superhero to people,” said White, while shooting a video to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087888/espns-bruce-lee-30-30-be-water-returns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087888/espns-bruce-lee-30-30-be-water-returns?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jun 2020 03:10:26 +0000 As cities across the US burn through the night, engulfed in protests that devolve into riots and looting, we invariably find ourselves back at square one when it comes to modern culture: we collectively preach inclusivity, tolerance and acceptance for all walks of life, be it race, sex, religion or sexual orientation. But the reality in 2020 is different. We are still a world divided by colour, marred by religious intolerance and unable to accept those who are different than us. The death of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kung-fu/article/3087334/bruce-lee-30-30-espn-documentary-set-tackle-racism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kung-fu/article/3087334/bruce-lee-30-30-espn-documentary-set-tackle-racism?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:37:11 +0000 Justin Gaethje gives his head coach Trevor Wittman all the credit for transforming him into the fighter he is today, or “The Highlight 2.0” if you will. But the new interim lightweight champion revealed he also used another famous source of inspiration for his shock fifth-round TKO win against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249. Amid the chaotic peacefulness of going to war with “El Cucuy” in an empty VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville Florida, Gaethje was channelling none other than Hong... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3084694/ufc-justin-gaethje-says-he-channelled-bruce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3084694/ufc-justin-gaethje-says-he-channelled-bruce?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 May 2020 06:57:07 +0000 What can we expect in a new Bruce Lee documentary that we haven’t already seen in previous productions? By drawing on his own personal experience, Vietnamese-American director Bao Nguyen (Live from New York!), who lives between Los Angeles and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, has delivered something fresh with Be Water, a personal take on the challenges the martial arts superstar faced as he lived between Hong Kong and America. When the film premiered last week in the US documentaries competition at... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3048737/whole-picture-bruce-lee-person-documentary-be-waters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3048737/whole-picture-bruce-lee-person-documentary-be-waters?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:00:17 +0000 As Conor McGregor prepares for his comeback fight against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, it’s safe to assume this isn’t exactly the fight everyone was waiting for when it comes to “The Notorious”. Cerrone feels like a place holder, a prequel, a warm-up, as McGregor could then go a number of ways (if he wins), most probably towards Jorge Masvidal and his ‘BMF’ belt or a title shot against Khabib Nurmagomedov or Tony Ferguson for the UFC lightweight crown. With visions of “what if” fights in mind, let’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3044835/bruce-lee-vs-conor-mcgregor-imagining-mma?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3044835/bruce-lee-vs-conor-mcgregor-imagining-mma?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:21:14 +0000