Tja, we zullen het nooit weten. Maar als je naar een aantal fysieke prestaties van Bruce kijkt ga je toch enigszins twijfelen..
Quoted van Wikipedia:
* Lee's striking speed from 3 feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.
* Lee caused a 235lb opponent to "fly and crash" 15 feet away with a one inch punch, according to John Little.
* Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24fps, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.
* Lee performed a stunt where he could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
* Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs
* Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
* Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
* Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger
* Lee performed 50 reps of 1 arm chin-ups.
* From a standing position, Lee could hold a 125lb barbell straight out.
* Lee could break broke wooden boards 6 inches thick.
* Lee performed a sidekick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-pound punching bag
* Lee could cause a 300-lb bag fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick.
* Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.
* Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened cans of Coca Cola, at a time before cans were made of the softer aluminum metal.
* Lee would use one finger to leave indentations on pine wood.
Alhoewel elk van deze 'feiten' wordt ondersteund door een bron, betwijfel ik toch of ze allemaal waarheidsgetrouw zijn.
Hij is in ieder geval een martial arts legende en jammer genoeg veel te vroeg heengegaan. Net als zijn zoon for that matter.. hoe die aan zijn einde is gekomen is helemaal dodgy as hell.
