Description
Wong Shun-leung (1935–1997) was a Hong Kong Wing Chun grandmaster, a student
of Ip Man, and the senior kung fu brother (sihing) who served as Bruce Lee's
primary instructor in Wing Chun. Known for over a hundred challenge fights
(beimo), he never lost a match.
Teachers (1)
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Ip Man
sports_martial_artsWing Chun
Confirmed
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Independent sources state it.
“Wong Shun-leung [...] was a Hong Kong martial artist who studied Wing Chun kung
fu under Yip Man (葉問)”
— Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Wong Shun-leung.
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“Wong Shun Leung, one of his most senior pupils, came from this first generation
of students”
— Maeda, Daryl Joji. (2022). Like Water: A Cultural
History of Bruce Leelink
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Students (1)
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Bruce Lee
sports_martial_artsWing Chun
Probable
(1953–1958)
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Wong Shun-leung was Ip Man's senior student and acted as Bruce Lee's
primary instructor (sihing) in Wing Chun; confirmed by Maeda (2022)
“Although Wong Shun Leung was only six years older than Bruce Lee, he was
considerably more advanced in Wing Chun. Both were students of Yip Man, but Lee
took most of his direct instruction from sihing Wong.”
— Maeda (2022) - Like Water: A Cultural History of
Bruce Leelink
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Wong Shun-leung. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYDPMZ5G4826TB15FPPVJBA1 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01KYDPMZ5G4826TB15FPPVJBA1, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Wong Shun-leung}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KYDPMZ5G4826TB15FPPVJBA1}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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