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Wing Chun teacher, student of Ip Man from about 1954 in Hong Kong and a
well-known challenge fighter of the 1950s; he taught junior students, Bruce Lee
among them.
Teachers (1)
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Ip Man
(1954)
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“Despite the frequent moves, Ip Man’s classes grew quickly in this period.
Students such as Wong Shun Leung and William Cheung, both of whom would go on to
become leading lights in the spread and promotion of Wing Chun, joined the
school at this time.”
— Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The
Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). William Cheung. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YKDGKBJ1MWDSZAJ4WQ6XH - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M69YKDGKBJ1MWDSZAJ4WQ6XH, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {William Cheung}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M69YKDGKBJ1MWDSZAJ4WQ6XH}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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