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William Cheung

張卓慶

Description

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)

  • Ip Man
    swordsWing Chun Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1954)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “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 link info

Lineage

Sources

Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Artslink info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M69YKDGKBJ1MWDSZAJ4WQ6XH
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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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