Bruce Lee’s Top 10 Incredible Skills on Screen: The Legendary Kick That Terrifies Opponents Takes #1

Bruce Lee is an extremely famous oriental martial arts legend, he has shown many different martial arts techniques in movies.

Martial arts legend Bruce Lee left a deep impression with his martial arts skills in movies. Photo: Collected.

Bruce Lee is an extremely famous Eastern martial arts legend, he left a strong mark through impressive martial arts performances on screen. Not only did he bring martial arts to a new level in the field of cinema, he also contributed to shaping the modern fighting style. His moves later became a popular foundation for many MMA (mixed martial arts) fighters.

According to Screenrant, 10 classic martial arts techniques of Bruce Lee in the movies he participated in were selected and evaluated as the most impressive performances, demonstrating his outstanding ability in martial arts.

1. Sidekick

Bruce Lee perfected his side kick technique by training with Taekwondo legend Jhoon Rhee. Some of Lee’s most memorable on-screen moments involved him throwing side kicks. In “The Way of the Dragon,” Lee throws a side kick that sends his sparring partner (who is holding a pad to block the blow) flying back about 10 feet.

This kick not only sent O’Hara flying backwards, but also caused those standing behind to support O’Hara to fall. Photo: Internet.

In the movie “Enter the Dragon”, Bruce Lee continued to use a powerful side kick when confronting the character O’Hara, causing the character to fly backwards. The force of Bruce Lee’s kick was so strong that even the people who supported O’Hara fell down. Screenrant commented that Bruce Lee’s side kicks were the most beautiful and impressive martial arts moves in his film career.

2. Fighting with nunchaku

The nunchaku has become an iconic weapon associated with Bruce Lee’s image in film. He demonstrated his skill and mastery with the nunchaku in many films, most notably in a fight scene against a group of opponents in the film “Enter the Dragon”.

Bruce Lee’s flexibility and speed when using nunchaku created memorable moments. Photo: Collected.

Bruce Lee’s agility and speed with the nunchaku created memorable moments that cemented his reputation as one of the greatest martial artists to ever grace the silver screen. His techniques were not only entertaining, but also inspired generations of martial artists to come.

3. 5 consecutive roundhouse kicks that knock the opponent down

During the fight with Chuck Norris’ character in the Roman Colosseum in the movie “The Way of the Dragon”, Bruce Lee launched five consecutive roundhouse kicks to the legs and head, sending his opponent rolling to the floor.

Bruce Lee demonstrates his skillful technique with five consecutive roundhouse kicks aimed at his opponent’s legs and head. Photo: Internet.

This is one of the most memorable and beloved moments of his film career. In addition, Bruce Lee also performed 5 similar roundhouse kicks in the movie “Enter the Dragon”, showing absolute power and precision in each kick, contributing to cementing his status as an immortal martial arts legend.

4. The continuous kicks in the movie “Fist of Fury”

Bruce Lee continued to demonstrate his excellent kicking ability when he single-handedly defeated 11 opponents.

In the movie “Fist of Fury”, Bruce Lee has a spectacular fight scene at the Hongkou martial arts school. Bruce Lee’s character Chen Zhen continuously launches powerful kicks to defeat the martial arts students of this martial arts school. Specifically, Bruce Lee defeats 8 martial arts students in the above scene. In the movie “Enter the Dragon”, Bruce Lee continues to defeat 11 different opponents with his kicks.

5. Grappling in “Game Of Death”

In the movie “Game Of Death”, Bruce Lee showed off his ultimate grappling skills when he finished the match with a 2 meter tall opponent, played by basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Bruce Lee’s chokehold is an extremely impressive highlight of the movie “Game Of Death”. Photo: Internet.

Bruce Lee’s chokehold is a very impressive highlight of the film, it is also one of the pioneering fighting techniques, later becoming a popular move in MMA (mixed martial arts) matches. This is a testament to Bruce Lee’s vision of combining different martial arts techniques into cinema.

6. Rotate and kick your heels

This is one of Bruce Lee’s signature martial arts moves and he performed it beautifully in the movies. This technique is the result of Bruce Lee’s tireless training and constant improvement.

This is one of Bruce Lee’s signature martial arts moves and he performed it beautifully in the movie. Photo: Internet.

In most of his fighting scenes, when he unleashes a heel kick, his opponents are often stunned or even instantly knocked unconscious. This move not only creates terrifying power but also demonstrates the outstanding flexibility and precision in the fighting style of the martial arts legend.

7. Fly and kick your opponent

The flying kick became an icon in Bruce Lee’s film career. Photo: Internet.

In the final fight scene of “Fist of Fury” (1972), Bruce Lee performs a flying kick that sends Han (Shih Kien) flying out of the room. This is also considered Bruce Lee’s signature move in movies. In “Fist of Fury” (1972), this scene was also filmed in slow-motion so that the audience could admire Bruce Lee’s beautiful moves.

8. Arm break

In the 1973 film “Enter the Dragon,” Bruce Lee performs an impressive armbar against Sammo Hung’s character. This fight scene takes place early in the film and is notable for the precision and power of the lock.

The arm lock demonstrates Bruce Lee’s pioneering work in applying a variety of martial arts techniques. Photo: Collected.

Sammo Hung’s character had to tap out to end the fight, highlighting Bruce Lee’s arm-breaking technique. This is one of the classic fight scenes, and can also be considered an MMA match before the UFC was born. This arm-breaking move demonstrates Bruce Lee’s pioneering use of a variety of martial arts techniques, proving that he was ahead of his time in the way he fought.

9. Strikes extremely fast, making it impossible for the opponent to dodge

Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do was developed based on inspiration from Wing Chun which he learned from Ip Man. Photo: Collected.

Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do was heavily inspired by Wing Chun, the martial art he learned from Ip Man. In the fight scene with O’Hara, played by karate fighter Bob Wall, in the movie “Enter the Dragon”, Bruce Lee demonstrated the “trapping hand” style of Wing Chun in a thorough manner. In this scene, Bruce Lee and Bob Wall’s hands were stuck together, but Bruce Lee struck at an extremely fast speed, hitting the opponent’s face. Notably, Bruce Lee performed this move twice, causing Bob Wall’s character to just raise his face and take the blow.

10. Broken ceiling light

One of Bruce Lee’s on-screen methods of intimidating his opponents was to jump and break a ceiling lamp. In the film “Marlowe” (1967), Bruce Lee, who played Winslow Wong, performed a jump kick to break a ceiling lamp. This move demonstrated his strength and skill, while also creating a powerful image to make his opponents feel intimidated.

The move shows strength and skill, creating a powerful image to make the opponent feel afraid. Photo: Internet.

Notably, this move was used again by Bruce Lee in the film “The Way of the Dragon” (1972), in which he not only starred but also directed and wrote the screenplay. The reenactment of this move in two different films demonstrated Bruce Lee’s creativity and influence, affirming the uniqueness of his way of presenting martial arts on screen.