Lee Hoi-chuen

Also known as

Lee Moon-shuen

Description

Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actor, one of the 'Four Great Clowns of Cantonese Opera'. He practiced Taijiquan for decades and was his son Bruce Lee's first martial arts teacher, introducing him to Tai Chi. He was part of a touring Cantonese opera company that was in San Francisco when Bruce was born.

Teachers (1)

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  Xiao Sheng Yi

  (1911)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Baidu Baike states Lee Hoi-chuen apprenticed under the Cantonese opera performer Xiaosheng Yi (小生奕) from 1911, who gave him his stage name and taught him both opera performance and martial arts.

  “1911年，李满船在这里遇到粤剧名伶小生奕。得到父母的同意后，李满船正式拜小生奕为师学戏。小生奕为他起了一个艺名叫李海泉，之后李海泉跟他学戏亦习武。”

  — Baidu Baike. 李海泉（中国粤剧丑生、小生演员、粤剧四大名伶之一）link history info

Students (1)

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  Bruce Lee

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  Lee Hoi-chuen practiced Taijiquan for decades and was Bruce Lee's first martial arts teacher, introducing him to Tai Chi as a child

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Lee Hoi-chuen practiced Taijiquan for decades and was Bruce Lee's first martial arts teacher, introducing him to Tai Chi as a child

  “Lee's first introduction to martial arts was through his father, from whom he learned the fundamentals of Wu-style tai chi.”

  — Bruce Lee (Wikipedia EN)link history info

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