Locations (1)
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location_onKowloon
6, 大角咀海泓道, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Instructors (1)
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Edward Muss
Instructor
1952 – 1975
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Two independent secondary sources name him the boxing coach of the school.
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“taught for 42 years in Tientsin, Shanghai and Hong Kong”
“He was mentored by Brother Edward Muss, F.M.S., a Bavarian-born teacher and
coach of the school boxing team”
— Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Bruce Lee.
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“At St. Xavier's College (a high school) in Kowloon, Hong Kong, Lee got
caught by Brother Edward Muss (1913-1975) fighting in the toilet [...] the
Catholic brother thought Lee had the right spirit for his boxing club.”
— Carnes, Tony. (2024). Hero for our Year of the
Dragon: Bruce Leelink
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Trained here (1)
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Bruce Lee
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Edward Muss
(1956 – 1958)
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Brother Edward Muss was boxing coach at St. Francis Xavier's College;
trained Lee for the Hong Kong schools boxing tournament which he won in 1958;
confirmed by multiple independent sources including school records and a
detailed biographical article
“He was mentored by Brother Edward Muss, F.M.S., a Bavarian-born teacher and
coach of the school boxing team”
“At St. Xavier’s College (a high school) in Kowloon, Hong Kong, Lee got caught
by Brother Edward Muss (1913-1975) fighting in the toilet, according to the
school. Rather, than reporting Lee to get him kicked out of the school, the
Catholic brother thought Lee had the right spirit for his boxing club.”
— Carnes (2024) - Hero for our Year of the Dragon:
Bruce Leelink
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hong-kong · school · boxing · bruce-lee
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). St. Francis Xavier's College. In
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