10 Facts about the Legend Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was born in Chinatown, San Francisco on November 27th, 1940. According to the Chinese zodiac, he was born in the hour as well as the year of the dragon, which is considered to be a rare omen. Even though Lee was born in the U.S., he was brought up in Hong Kong. His parents left the U.S. when Lee was just 3 months old. His father was a famous Cantonese opera and film actor. It was his father who introduced him to the film industry, and Lee appeared in many plays and movies as a child actor. He appeared in the movie My Son, a Chang when he was just 9 years old. Lee's father was also responsible for introducing him to martial arts and was his first teacher. Lee had a habit of getting into numerous street fights, so his dad thought it was time to teach him martial arts. Lee's involvement in street fights was also the reason he was compelled to leave Hong Kong. Apparently, he got into a street fight with a member of an organized crime family. Yip Man was responsible for turning street fighter Lee into a gentleman. He taught Lee Wing Chun Kung Fu. Lee wanted Yip Man all to himself so much that one afternoon, he told all the students that the master had cancelled the class so that he could train with Yip Man alone. His physical feats were out of this world. In 1962, Bruce Lee landed 15 punches and a kick and knocked out his opponent in a fight that lasted only 11 seconds. The timekeeper, Ed Hart, later recalled, The fight lasted only 11 seconds. I know because I was the timekeeper, and Bruce had hit the guy something like 15 times and kicked him once. I thought he killed him. Bruce Lee's one kick takes only about 300 milliseconds, including return time. This means that he could land 3 to 4 kicks easily in a second. His kicks were so fast that they almost looked like a glitch on the screen. During one scene in Into the Dragon, the crew had to reshoot the scene in slow motion so that they wouldn't look fake. Jackie Chan worked as Lee's stuntman in Into the Dragon. He was Lee's favorite and later recalled that all the people on set used to treat Lee like a god. Bruce Lee could perform push-ups with just two fingers. Bruce Lee's iconic one-inch punch involved a punch with the extended fingers of his fist, just one inch away from the opponent's chest. The punch had so much force that the opponent was sent backwards. Lee, on the other hand, did not even budge from his position. The volunteer on whom Bruce demonstrated the punch recalled, I had to stay home from work because the pain in my chest was unbearable. Lee was a master at multitasking. It was reported that Bruce Lee, while at home, would watch television or read a book and do dumbbell curls and leg stretching all at the same time. Apart from martial arts, Bruce Lee was a national dance champion who won the 1958 Cha-Cha Championship in Hong Kong. And that's not all of his hidden talents. He was a poet too and wrote any poems that reflected his emotions at a later stage of his life. Many of his works have been edited and later published. He was also an amazingly talented sketch artist and was seen sketching on movie sets. Wow, that's unbelievable. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for watching Unbelievable Facts and remember to like this on Facebook and share this with your friends.