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Cung Le

United States
Born 1972-05-25

Description

American san shou fighter and mixed martial artist. His trainer Javier Mendez talked him into MMA in 2006.

Teachers (1)

  • Javier Mendez
    swordsMixed Martial Arts Probable
    Probable
    Single source; his own account.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Single source; his own account.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Actually it was Frank Shamrock’s old trainer, and now my trainer, Javier Mendez. He talked me into doing MMA.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Sources

“He also studied tae kwon do and other striking arts, and found the opportunity to combine the two with the Chinese fighting art called san shou.”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1FR4AN9KY04F6V2G7FF65
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Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Cung Le. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1FR4AN9KY04F6V2G7FF65 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M6C1FR4AN9KY04F6V2G7FF65, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Cung Le}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1FR4AN9KY04F6V2G7FF65}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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