Bruce Lee’s Mentor: THE KING FIGHTER! (Wing Chun Book)
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Long, long before BruceLee put Wing Chun on the map of the world, it was his mentor Sifu Wong Shun-leung who was the art’s poster boy. Founded by a woman, Wing Chun had a ‘sissy image’* and it did not endear itself to those keen to take lessons in kung fu and were, understandably, more impressed with the highly stylized macho movements executed by the other schools. Consequently, Wing Chun’s sign-up rate was poor. Undeterred, Sifu Ip Man encouraged his students to put Wing Chun theory and the lessons he taught them to practice on the streets and rooftops. Wing Chun’s straight punches and boring low kicks carried the day – thanks largely to one man: Wong Shun-leung, THE KING FIGHTER. He fought the most and the hardest for the good name of Wing Chun! With his unbroken string of victories on the rooftops, all lasting but a few brief seconds, Wing Chun’s popularity grew. Wong Shun-leung was Wing Chun’s walking advertisement. He let his hands do the talking. That’s why these fights were known in local parlance as Kong Sau or TALKING HANDS: “Let’s cut the crap and mumbo-jumbo as to whose style is better. Stamp our style’s superiority on the rooftops.” Just as Rocky Marciano was the undefeated champion in the ring, Wong Shun-leung was the undefeated champion in the rooftop fights. He only ended his illustrious rooftop fighting exploits
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