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Wong Jack-man; Born: 1941 () British Hong Kong: Died: December 26, 2018 (aged 76–77) California, U.S: Native name: 黃澤民: Nationality: Chinese: Style: Chinese martial arts. Tai chi; Xingyiquan; Northern Shaolin; Rank: Grandmaster: Years active: 1960–2005: Occupation: Martial artist: Chinese name; Chinese: 黃 澤 民: Jyutping: wong4 ...
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Jan 2, 2019 · We are sad to announce the passing of Northern Shaolin Sifu Wong Jack Man. Known long before his famous fight with Bruce Lee, Wong Sifu had become a major proponent of Bak Sil Lum, Iron Body, and Golden Bell skills. With the death last year of Kwong Wing Lam, Gu Ru Zhang’s lineage has lost two of its aficionados.
Jan 9, 2021 · Wong says that when they approached each other, Lee faked a friendly handshake in order to score a cheap poke to the eyes. According to Wong, things only escalated from there, with Lee executing numerous attacks with an aim to kill. Wong said that he genuinely felt Lee did intend to kill him.
Shaolin Grandmaster Wong Jack Man with Michael Dorgan, San Francisco Chinatown 2017. MD: Tell us about the San Francisco Chinatown martial arts scene in the early 1960's, when some schools were aligned “tong” organizations, the fraternal and social groups that sometimes ran gambling, prostitution and racketeering operations.
Aug 15, 2022 · Michael Kovac/Getty Images. In Wong Jack Man's version of the fight, Bruce Lee told him, "We are going to fight to the death," and when Wong went to shake his hand before the fight, Lee pretended to return the handshake before shooting his arm out toward Wong's eyes, his hand curved "like deadly claws," per the Michael Dorgan interview.
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On September 26, 1964, Bruce Lee’s wife, Linda Lee Caldwell, recalls that around 13 people, including herself and Wong Jack Man, gathered at Lee’s Oakland martial arts studio at 6 pm. James Lee, Bruce’s associate, who died shortly before him, is the only other she identified. Wong Jack Man remembers around seven attendees, including the ...
Oct 4, 2016 · CR. by Charles Russo. October 4, 2016, 9:30am. Illustration by Andrew Strawder. In late autumn of 1964, Wong Jack Man piled into a brown Pontiac Tempest with five other people as the sun set on ...
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