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From his autobiography "Remembering Bruce Lee: And Jon Benn's Other Adventures":
"When I saw Bruce, he always seemed to possess an abnormal, almost "super" strength. He stood just 1.72 meters tall and usually weighed only about 130 pounds. But another time he did a one-inch punch on me, and I flew back 1.5 meters.
Between scenes, as we waited for the crew to change the lights, he would say, "Hey, watch this." Then he would drop down from a standing start and balance on his thumbs and forefingers to do 100 pushups very fast.
On one occasion, I watched several would-be tough guys play around with a 300-pound punching bag that hung by a strong chain. One of them would hit it a few times, causing it to move an inch or two. Next, someone else would kick it, and at most, it might move 10 inches.
Then Bruce decided to intervene. "Stand back," he warned. Seconds later, he ran at the bulky bag and hit it with a fierce flying kick. Damn! The bag flew up to the ceiling and broke in half. Stuffing from its innards flew everywhere, dropping down all around us, like an unprecedented Hong Kong snowstorm.
As often happened, even Bruce looked slightly astonished by his destructive force. "Oh, my God," he said, staring at the eviscerated punching bag. "I am so sorry. Forgive me."
Showing a creative flair, Bruce arranged to have several unusual training devices specially made to his own designs. I recall seeing one of those, a box-like contraption with four holes. One of the holes measured just big enough for Bruce's fist. Others accommodated three fingers and two fingers while the smallest hole looked just right for one finger. Each hole had razor-sharp edges.
Out of curiosity, I once made the unfortunate mistake of sticking one of my fingers into the biggest hole. Zap! I recoiled, having taken the biggest shock of my life! The box had been electrified to deliver a very powerful jolt. I never again touched anywhere near those holes.
Believe it or not, Bruce would jab at that box hundreds of times, aiming at the various holes, and if he missed, even slightly, he would get badly cut. Meanwhile, the shocks that he received made him pull back very fast. That explains how he developed his remarkable speed and accuracy.
People on the movie sets sometimes slowed down the cameras in amazement because no one could believe Bruce's fantastic speed. Having worked out with that shocking box accounted for a big part of how he did it.
I wonder if anyone alive today would go to the extremes and endure all of the things that he did in a quest to become the greatest possible martial artist. Always, I arrive at the same conclusion - that no one else would devote the same effort and make the big sacrifices that Bruce did - at least no one that I have met or know about.
To this day, I firmly believe that his almost constant struggle for perfection is what really killed him. The human body can take only so much. Bruce drove himself to extremes and a small blood vessel in his brain finally gave out, ending his life."5 years ago