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Lee next went to
Japan and visited Kyokushin Karate Master Mas Oyama’s school as well as the
headquarters for Kodokan, Judo. Lee traveled to Korea and visited the newly
constructed Tae Kwon Do headquarters in Seoul. In Nepal he studied the
rarely seen knife fighting techniques of the legendary Gurkah. He spent time
with the Headhunters of Borneo and the Maasai and Zulu warrior tribes of
Africa. In Israel, he studied the Israeli military sentry removal techniques
that later developed into the martial arts system now known as Krav Maga. He
traveled to Thailand and observed the traditional form of Muay Thai boxing
and to France where he researched the well known style of Savate. Lee went
to India to research the birth place of Buddhism and learn of the legendary
Bodidharma, 28th patriarch of Zen Buddhism and the oft regarded founder of
Shaolin Kung-Fu. It was also in India where Lee first observed the beauty
and magnificence of the rare white tiger. Inspired by its grace and power,
Lee adopted the Chinese translation of Bok-Fu for the name of his style of
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