The birth anniversary of renowned Bruce Lee’s birth anniversary is celebrated on 27 November every year, with gaiety and pomp on grand scale for the last 12 years by Chitah Jeet Kune Do Global Sports Federation’s chairman and Bollywood’s popular martial art expert Chitah Yajnesh. However due to COVID 19, this year, the 80 th birth anniversary of Bruce Lee was celebrated in unique way at Andheri (West), Mumbai on 27 November 2020.
Chita Yajnesh Shetty
On the occasion, a huge poster of Bruce lee was unveiled by Trishaan Shetty, William Bond from Hong Kong,Chitah Yajnesh and children, The poster depicted how to drive away the COVID-19 with Bruce Lee prowess, social distancing, wearing face mask and the use of sanitizers. Over 50 underprivileged children were given face masks, books, clothing and food packets, in the program.The initiative was supported by Deshi thread dot com, Napple, Empty Hand Combat, Chitah JKD and Standstone Entertainment Pvt Ltd,Boy zones.
Addressing the gathering, Chitah Yajnesh said that earlier Bruce Lee’s birth anniversary was dedicated to the issues such as global warming, women empowerment, save the forest, blood donation, self defence training to the girls, and rehabilitation of the anti- COVID-19 regulations. A host of people from India and abroad extended good wishes to Chitah Yajnesh Shetty for celebrating 80 th birth anniversary of Bruce Lee in India. Some of them are as follows: ‘Afghan Bruce Lee’ Abbas Alizada, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of Kalmakiya Russian Federation and President of FIDE(the International Chess Federation), Sifu Cosmo Zimik, Nampha, Idaho and empty hand combat, USA, Stephan Chapovskiy, Actor, Director, Producer and President, Natural Body Building Federation of Russia and Sifu Phil Ross, American Eagle MMA and Kettle Bells, New Jersey, USA.