Thursday, May 31, 2012

Interesting facts about Bruce Lee


  1. Bruce Lee could land a punch in around five hundredths of a second (0.05 second) from 3 feet away, and from 5 feet away it was around eight hundredths of a second (0.08 second). 
  2. Lee could take in one arm a 75 lb barbell from a standing position with the barbell held flush against his chest and slowly stick his arms out locking them, holding the barbell there for several seconds. 
  3. Lee could perform one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger. Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups. 
  4. Lee could cause a 300-lb (136.08 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick. 
  5. Lee could hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer. 
  6. Lee performed a sidekick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150 lb (68 kg) punching bag. 
  7. In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso horizontal midair.
  8. Bruce Lee was able to jump 8 feet from a stand still (this was shown in pictures and his films such as the one where he kicked the light bulb out). 
  9. Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick. 
  10. Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks. - Witnessed by many such as Joe Hyams 
  11. Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened cans of Coca-Cola. (This was when soft drinks cans were made of steel much thicker than today's aluminum cans).


Source: Wikipedia 

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