Top 10 Coolest Things About Bruce Lee

he's got more going for him than just his fists of fury welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top ten coolest things about Bruce Lee oh don't hit back for this list we've narrowed down the most interesting facts that made Bruce Lee stand out from his peers as opposed to simply listing major fights he had or successful movies he was involved with number 10 Bruce Lee was unbeatable the myth is that Bruce Lee was invincible and never lost a fight in his life and in fact the only real proof to

the contrary are tales of fights he lost in his early teen years growing up in Hong Kong like when he was jumped beaten and robbed by a gang of boys Bruce was so embarrassed and upset he dedicated his time to training to become a martial artist and we all know how that worked out [Music] [Music] say wouldn't that make a great movie we all have inner demons to fight we call this demons fear and hatred and anger if you don't conquer them then damn life a hundred years is a tragedy number nine Bruce Lee was

a dancing pro not only could Bruce Lee pack a punch during his fights his dancing shoes packed a punch all their own he took up cha-cha dancing after he started taking wing chun and he entered a contest when he was just 18 years old the end result he became the 1958 Hong Kong cha-cha champion and when he first travelled to America he made cash by teaching locals how to dance won and of course his skill on his feet paid dividends in the martial arts world [Applause] number 8 Bruce Lee was too strong for punching bags

for normal puny humans regular heavy punching bags usually weigh around 70 pounds each with some more substantial ones weighing more than twice that at 150 pounds but for a fighter like Bruce Lee that was hardly any weight at all [Music] in fact his strikes were so strong that he apparently needed his punching bags to weigh a whopping 300 pounds he also needed those bags to be full of metal otherwise the bag would be too easy for him to kick clean through number seven Bruce Lee used the vampire taunt there are reasons why Bruce Lee's opponents

shouldn't have let him taste his own blood why because it made him an even better fighter well in the middle of a battle in his film Enter the Dragon he licks the blood from one of his wounds and uses that as motivation we guess to whoop his opponent [Music] if anything tasting blood gave Bruce an even bigger advantage against you than he already had because no one makes him bleed his own blood number six Bruce Lee was too fast to film if you told someone you thought Bruce Lee was superhuman back in his day it

would be hard even for those who filmed his movies to disagree with you while filming The Green Hornet his punches and kicks turned out to be so fast that he looked like a blur [Music] because of that his footage needed to be refilmed at a higher rate so they could capture his awesomeness on camera there is a finger jab there's the punch there was the back fist and then low of course then they used lay straight at a gone or come up number five Bruce Lee was a chopstick master even while he was eating Bruce

Lee was showing off his out-of-this-world skills in fact as a means of improving the quickness of his reflexes he would take his chopsticks throw grains of rice in the air and then catch the mid-flight as they were coming down and you thought mr. Miyagi catching flies with chopsticks and the karate kid was cool and we'll catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything catch one number four Bruce Lee mastered the one-inch punch if there's anything that should indicate to you just how strong and focused Bruce Lee was it's this his punches were so powerful that he could

land a devastating blow against his opponents from not even an inch away and send them flying he was so good at it that he could even break wooden boards from that distance and also apparently taught his punch to inner-city kids but we're betting no one has ever pulled it off quite like Bruce number three Bruce Lee did two fingered exercises Bruce's workout routine was just as intense as his movies and his fighting abilities need proof he could not only do more push-ups and pull-ups than your average health nut but he could also do it while

barely needing to use his limbs one-armed pull-ups or two-fingered push-ups anyone he also sat in an elevated V position for upwards of thirty minutes although you may think it's showboating on his part let's be honest you'd probably do it too if you could number two Bruce Lee created jeet kune do-- martial art is be combative form of the art of expressing the human body though bruce lee has a reputation for being one of the best mixed martial artists of all time he was also a pioneer of many different aspects of his craft martial art include

all the combative arts like karate karate judo Chinese going for Chinese boxing whatever you call it one example is his creation of a hybrid martial arts style listen to the beat and listen to my rule [Music] translated into English as the way of the intercepting fist jeet kune do-- combines martial arts with philosophy and teaches its practitioners ways to improve their skills as well as help them discover themselves badass to us before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions [Music] MT Oh mind be formless shapeless like water now you put water

into a cup it becomes the cup you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle you're putting in a teapot it becomes the teapot number one Bruce Lee beat Chuck Norris although Chuck Norris's fighting skills are praised and revered to no end by some even to this day there was one thing he never quite accomplished beating Bruce Lee in fact the complete opposite happened in the film way of the Dragon Bruce and Chuck square off for almost 10 minutes though Chuck puts up a good fight at first heat Bruce and a kitten stare each

other down before Bruce takes the contest when Chuck Norris goes to sleep he checks the closet for Bruce Lee [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] do you agree with our list what do you think is the coolest thing about Bruce Lee emotional content with new top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com be water my friend [Music]