Grandmaster William Cheung on Meeting Bruce Lee

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2016
  • Grandmaster William Cheung was a childhood friend of Bruce Lee and was responsible for introducing Bruce Lee to Yip Man and the Wing Chun Style of Kung Fu and the rest as they say is history. Grandmaster Cheung talks candidly about meeting the Little Dragon for the first time, as well as the influence the young Bruce Lee had on him. Not to mention the superstition the Lee family had over the male children in the family! We shot this at a Seminar in London in 2010. Hope you enjoy! Sifu Dom Békés

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  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds 6 років тому +40

    Bruce's speed and power were dominating the whole exercise. WoW.

  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds 6 років тому +15

    Thank you Grandmaster William Cheung for your testimony. I appreciate you mentioned about focussing on building the basics (foundation), etc

  • @technotronicboy
    @technotronicboy 5 років тому +64

    How blessed were people who met Master Bruce Lee. What a honor !

    • @stevebrindle1724
      @stevebrindle1724 4 роки тому

      Heroes always have feet of clay and only children make heroes out of other people! Mr Lee was a good Martial artist and a good actor who gave Chinese kids something to aim for. There were many Wing Chun practitioners better than him, he was just better at self-promotion and nowadays his name is still being used by people like Mr Cheung to claim bragging rights! Don't misunderstand me, Mr Lee was a competent martial artist, but he was a much better actor who knew how to influence so-called celebrities in order to make lots of money! Have you ever seen the video of Bruce training with James Coburn, he was useless and if Mr Coburn is the standard of his students then he was a shit teacher as well!

    • @iggiesparx4772
      @iggiesparx4772 4 роки тому +9

      @@stevebrindle1724 bruh, what's the point of your commentary? you sound like a world class hater.. A couple heroes in your life let you down ?
      It's of particular importance and necessity for humans to have heroes. It shows us the heights we can reach, it teaches us how to dig into ourselves to discover higher elevation.
      Bruce was one of the Pinnacles of that understanding...
      Get with the program.

    • @iggiesparx4772
      @iggiesparx4772 4 роки тому +8

      And do you even know Bruce? nah... But you do who does? Other REAL Fighting greats of his era... Listen to them talk about Bruce.. .You can get an idea of the extraordinary prowess this man possessed..
      watch Joe Lewis talk about Bruce... Real Warriors, friends of Bruce, respected him as a Master..
      That says a lot, when what you've done and who you are still reverbrate from the mouths of OTHER legends.

    • @kevinmurphy3307
      @kevinmurphy3307 4 роки тому +3

      Well Master Cheung has his own legacy believe it or not.....

    • @i.o4766
      @i.o4766 4 роки тому +5

      @@stevebrindle1724 u just hating lol

  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds 6 років тому +59

    1 important thing, I realized from Grandmaster Cheung's sharing is that we need to master the basics as a foundation. Simple and yet profound.

    • @7071t6
      @7071t6 4 роки тому +1

      Be water my fired, its the softest yet the water can break hard rocks into 2, be water my friend . :) Flow like Water, soft in the mind yet hit like a rock. :) also bruce lee did study various psychological and various palosyphys as well, which is why he looked at every basic move and then added the art of balance with in yourself, but if required be masterfull of fighting without force, always avoiding force as the first move, but always at the ready with his eyes and mind to attack and defend oneself from almost anything, including knives swords and even a pistol, he truly was one of a kind human and i believe if all the grandmasters were just like william chung then this world would be a better place to life?

    • @raimundosilva4382
      @raimundosilva4382 4 роки тому

      não sei amiga e se inscreva aí você já seja foi colocado um montão de vezes para todo lado que eu vou escrever colocado que vocês apresentam para mim fala claramente que os filhos que vocês são a família do bem e sua família linda vocês são uma família muito linda aqui

    • @raimundosilva4382
      @raimundosilva4382 4 роки тому

      Pessoas que nem vocês que a gente tem prazer de conhecer a família linda que todos vocês e sua família a sua famíliaseres humanos de verdade vocês são seres humanos de verdade não são aqueles do congresso que fingir que sou amigo do povo e são os inimigos da congresso dos congressos governantes os governantes na forma que estão agindo mostra que são os inimigos da sociedade agoravocês da colocação das palavras da defesa vocês mora aqui em São amigos de verdade e sua família ainda bem que nesse mundão aí afora

    • @raimundosilva4382
      @raimundosilva4382 4 роки тому

      Eu nunca imaginei de conhecer a família do Bruce Lee Bruce Lee do que imaginei desse uma família tão boa igual aqual a família do Bruce Lee se apresenta nunca pensei que dizia estou de boa desse jeito né são pessoas boas por isso que a história do Bruce Lee ainda continua porque eles são plantasmeu bem e o bem que você me fez de bom de melhor hoje continua como se estivesse aqui na terra entre nós da mesma formasim sou eu essa minha história com certeza vai continuar para frente na caminhada na na visão de todos todos todos que colaboram comigo e defende voz esses vão levar plante o bem o bem e nunca sai do coração quem faz o bem aqui na terra a gente morre mas a família continua levando nosso se um dia eu morrer essa minha sementinha foi plantada no coração de vocês como exemplo do país

    • @raimundosilva4382
      @raimundosilva4382 4 роки тому

      Quem não vai ter como que é o número de voz até vocês no meu lugar eu daria em vozquem ama de voz fazendo bem com a sociedade plantando bem com as pessoas do bem até você se fosse no meu lugar eu levaria

  • @archangel8876
    @archangel8876 3 роки тому +7

    I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” It's a quote that emphasizes the importance of focused practice and a high level of proficiency. Bruce Lee

  • @matteagles2363
    @matteagles2363 5 років тому +33

    William Cheung, Grand-master, was Bruce Lee's close friend when they were teens and shared the same instructor.
    -BruceLee Fans

    • @edlin6760
      @edlin6760 3 роки тому +3

      their instructor was Wong Shuen Lung. THE best student Ipman EVER had. He trained bruce lee when Ipman had severe troat cancer caused by smoking cigarettes. Wing trained bruce lee up until he went to America. you thought bruce lee was fast and precise, imagine how fast and precise Wong was..

    • @axelstone3131
      @axelstone3131 3 роки тому +1

      @@edlin6760 not as fast or as a powerful as Bruce

    • @edtv2365
      @edtv2365 3 роки тому +1

      @@axelstone3131 He was even faster. I said *HE* trained Bruce to become fast, because Bruce wanted to be *AS* fast as Wong. Know your Wing Chun history, buddy.

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 2 роки тому +5

    Grandmaster Leung that taught Bruce is amazing to still be around

  • @koseanimation118
    @koseanimation118 6 років тому +45

    As a child i trained in wing chun under master keith mazza a student of william cheung. Grandmaster cheung came to our school a few times and i use to always ask him about bruce lee XD

    • @mrnubbygaming6147
      @mrnubbygaming6147 3 роки тому +3

      Dang your lucky

    • @Drivethebeat
      @Drivethebeat Рік тому +1

      I touched hands with Keith Mazza when Grandmaster Cheung visited NYC.

    • @deanmarshall1650
      @deanmarshall1650 Рік тому +1

      Master Mazza is my Sifu's Instructor. The man is a Martial Arts Marvel

  • @russellbuchanan7291
    @russellbuchanan7291 3 роки тому +3

    A great story about special men, KISS is best principle, this video gives me a feeling money can not buy. Thank you Grandmaster Cheung. Maybe I can train with a fluid feeling after so long avoiding the work ethic myself.

  • @paralentor
    @paralentor 6 років тому +18

    Love every little story about the Legend. Great Video.

  • @jimmyortiz4
    @jimmyortiz4 7 років тому +15

    Excellent Interview With Grandmaster William Cheung.

  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds 6 років тому +6

    I love this kind of interview. Thanks to Sifu Dom Békés.

  • @kevinmurphy3307
    @kevinmurphy3307 4 роки тому +3

    WOW ! What a blessing to see Grandmaster Cheung. I havent heard from or about him in many years.

  • @davidmohr1920
    @davidmohr1920 5 років тому +10

    These videos are priceless Thank You for sharing :-)

  • @jamesbond4633
    @jamesbond4633 5 років тому +12

    Very cool information. You can see the joy in his face and voice when he talks of Bruce Lee. What a great thing to have known Bruce Lee like this gentleman did. Also I like what he says about traditional Wing Chun. Not everyone is taught this....only a modified version. Lots of secrets out there..I am sure Bruce had many too!!

  • @paulJkiely
    @paulJkiely 5 років тому +24

    William Cheung and Bruce Lee were born in 1940
    I spent about three months learning Wing Chun from Sfu William Cheung in London near Euston, if I rightly remember , around the year 1982. I cycled after work from Barking in East London to the centre in northish London, for about 1.5 hours , attended Wing Chun class, then cycled home another 1.5 hours !

    • @kevinmurphy3307
      @kevinmurphy3307 4 роки тому +7

      Thats DEVOTION and dedication !....I remember walking 7 miles in a snowstorm to go to class back in 1973..Sifu said to me "Ahhh Devotion important but must have common sense, no class today!...LOL

    • @russellhawkins366
      @russellhawkins366 4 роки тому

      Paul Kiely
      Did you know a dude named Alex Scattergood?

    • @TerenceSpencerYT
      @TerenceSpencerYT Рік тому +1

      Awesome!

  • @Aikunle78
    @Aikunle78 7 років тому +8

    Thanks very much for sharing - Excellent video. Thanks to Grandmaster William Cheung too

  • @Jiren0420
    @Jiren0420 5 років тому +4

    I know who is him, however I never thought on looking for him. Thanks for sharing! This people (who met Bruce Lee) are golden people! So much knowledge that you can't get enough

  • @robbietheking69
    @robbietheking69 5 років тому +20

    good Bruce Lee,
    he wanted to master the few techniques to have a strong foundation,

  • @dunringill1747
    @dunringill1747 4 роки тому +1

    Great Video and Excellent Interview With Grandmaster William Cheung.

  • @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098
    @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098  7 років тому +54

    Bruce Lee was a child actor in movies in Hong Kong. Bruce's father was a theatre and film actor and Bruce was in a number of films when he was a young boy. Often fighting bullies. You can see clips of Bruce's childhood rolls in the Legend documentary. Or just search for them on UA-cam. William met Bruce at Bruce's 9th Birthday party. Later when Bruce told William he wanted to train in Wing Chun, William told him he needs to look after his face for his acting. Bruce really wanted to train so William introduced him to Yip Man. Peace

    • @skywalker6940
      @skywalker6940 6 років тому

      Traditional Wing Chun Kuyng Fu uh

    • @NDoraku
      @NDoraku 3 роки тому +2

      Well sir, no disrespect but your numbers are incorrect. I mean the dates.
      With all respect to Sifu William Cheung, but the author of the book "Bruce Lee - A Life", Matthew Polly, pointed out with very good arguments and documents that Sifu Cheung was a little bit wrong with the dates.
      He met Lee for the first time in September 1956, when Lee was 15 years old, and Mr. Lee invited him to his 16th birthday party on November 27th that year.
      Shortly after Cheung introduced Lee to Yip Man and Wing Chun. Lee did not study Wing Chun before he was 16, only some fundamentals of Tai Chi, Hung Gar and Choy Li Fut before (between 7 and 16).
      So he did not met grandmaster Yip already in late 1953, more in late 1956.
      Sifu Cheung also stated he prepared Lee for the school boxing tournament on March 29, 1958, and that Lee won the fight vs the briton Gary Elms via knockout.
      Text documents and witnesses like Rolf Clausnitzer, a schoolmate of Elms, stated this is not true at all.
      Lee knocked Elms down several times, but Lee won by decision, not KO.
      So it seems Sifu Cheung - as great man and martial artist he certainly is - did some mistakes when he talked about Lee.
      But thx very much for this great upload!

    • @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098
      @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098  3 роки тому +2

      @@NDoraku Perhaps try Bruce Lee.com the official site run by Bruce's family. Click on Bruce Lee in the menu.
      The Long bio states - 'Bruce's most prominent memory was the occupation of Hong Kong by the Japanese during World War 2 (1941 - 1945) At the age of 13, Bruce was introduced to Master Yip Man, a teacher of the Wing Chun style of Gung Fu. For five years Bruce studied diligently and became very proficient. He greatly revered Yip Man as a master teacher and wise man and frequently visited with him in later years'. -
      Bruce was born in 1940 and was 13 years old in 1953.
      Grandmaster Cheung actually met Bruce Lee on Bruce's 9th Birthday (10th in Chinese as you are already considered one year old before birth). GM Cheung's uncle took him to the birthday party of the child movie star, but William and Bruce didn't speak at that time. It was later on when they were 13 years old and GM Cheung had already started Wing Chun that Bruce asked him about Wing Chun and convinced William to introduce him to Sifu Yip Man. William was hesitant at first, Bruce being a child actor William thought Bruce should look after his face, so initially he didn't take Bruce seriously until Bruce finally convinced him.

    • @NDoraku
      @NDoraku 3 роки тому +1

      @@traditionalwingchunkungfu6098 With all respect, but ive been a Lee fan since 1990 and know how "acurate" his estate is. They are not really a credible source for truthfull informantions about him. Just read the section you told me about, they skipped completely he died in the appartment of an other woman, and they act like his widow was the only woman in his life between 1963 and 1973, which is obvously not true.
      Just watch "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story", this movie was based on the book from his widow, its a fairy tale, not a real historical biopic. Same with "The Legend of Bruce Lee".
      His estate is simply no credible source about him. So this link wont help me very much.
      I do respect Grandmaster Cheung very much and i believe his words when he said he met Lee on one of Lee´s birthday parties, but Mr. Polly showed a document that Lee came to the school he met Grandmaster Cheung on September 10., 1956 whe he (Lee) was 15.
      So it is very possible Grandmaster Cheung introduced Lee after Lee´s 16th birthday (November 1956) to Grandmaster Yip/Ip.
      Take a look at the beginning of the clip with Grandmaster Cheung and Lee. I know definately Lee was more like 15/16 on this foto, not 13.
      But on the other side i have to admit it looks like this:
      Who said he began Wing Chun at the age of 13:
      - Grandmaster Cheung
      - his sister Phoebe
      - his brother Robert
      - his mother Grace
      - his estate (widow* etc)
      - almost all of his students
      * again here you have to be sceptical. She also stated the fight between Lee and Wong Jack-man was because the chinese community didnt like Lee was teaching Kung Fu to non chinese, and if Wong wins he has to close his school.
      The widow stated this over and over again, and Polly found out it was not true. In reality Lee told the old masters they were Tigers without teet, basically what they were doing is BS and doesnt work.
      So they got mad at him. It had nothing to do with them being racistic.
      But Lee lied to his widow and stated it was about racism, simply because he didnt want to tell her it was his own fault for insulting the old chinese masters in Chinatown.
      And so his widow took it for a fact. And i am sure he also told her he began WC at the age of 13, same he told Hollywood reporter Alex Ben Block in the early 70s.
      Who said he began Wing Chun at the age of 16:
      - Matthew Polly
      - Grandmaster Wong Shun-leung
      - Duncan Leung
      So you can make a case for 13.
      A question about your post: You wrote in China a baby is already 1 year old before its born. I know in Japan its the same.
      But when you and Grandmaster Cheung say 13, do you mean 13 in China or 13 in the west?
      Because 13 in the west would mean 14 in China, and 13 in China would mean 12 in the west.
      Thanks, and thx very much for your reply!

    • @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098
      @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098  3 роки тому +3

      Bruce left Hong Kong for the US in April of 1959. He had 5 years Wing Chun under his belt. November of 1956 doesn’t allow for 5yrs Wing Chun. Only Two and 5 months. Bruce told his students he started Wing Chun at 13.
      GM Cheung’s Account of meeting Bruce for the first time reproduced from My Life with Wing Chun by William Cheung:
      - ‘Early one evening, on November 27, 1949, I had just finished my school homework, when my uncle turned up unexpectedly and took me to a party. Not until we got to 218 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon, did I realise we were going to the child star Lee Shiu-loong’s Birthday Party. I was very excited about having the honour of meeting a child star in person. This was really something special. I had seen two of his movies so far. One was called ‘The Beginning of Man’ the other I cannot recall now.
      There were lots of kids at the party, including Bruce’s five cousins, two elder sisters, his elder brother and two of Bruce’s best childhood friends - Raymond Cheung, son of a very famous film star and Unicorn, also a child film star. My uncle introduced me to the hosts. Mr Hoi Chuen and Mrs Grace Lee and Bruce. Mrs Lee asked Bruce to show me around. I followed Bruce to another room where all the kids were playing.
      The food was Chinese but served in buffet style. Everyone helped himself to a plate. But not many of us kids were interested. We stayed in the other rooms and played games. After the food, the lights were turned off. His mother brought out a birthday cake with nine candles. We sang a birthday song. Then Bruce blew out the candles after he made a wish.

  • @wingchunghost4450
    @wingchunghost4450 7 років тому +30

    Evidential proof this teacher is not a fake the rumours they spread unbelievable

  • @robertstclair244
    @robertstclair244 6 років тому +2

    ENJOYED.....INFORMATIVE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

  • @rangerrick222
    @rangerrick222 4 роки тому

    Thank you for this!!!
    Bill

  • @antarshakti3093
    @antarshakti3093 11 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful story 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Itemtotem
    @Itemtotem 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for the upload. You are an important part of the process. although the Greats get the credit, those couriers among us are responsible for any other people knowing

  • @nickbeggsaxl
    @nickbeggsaxl 3 роки тому

    Certainly some amazing times. It's always great to here the GM talk about Bruce, Bruce was clearly a standout student.

  • @dorjaytsewang5379
    @dorjaytsewang5379 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the video

  • @jaiconielwingchun3434
    @jaiconielwingchun3434 7 років тому +12

    This is so cool.

  • @rickythomas6060
    @rickythomas6060 2 роки тому +1

    Reading about this man in ‘Bruce Lee A Life.’ Bruce had to call him big brother because he was the Alpha in the gang Bruce joined. Great book!!

  • @scottsummers684
    @scottsummers684 Рік тому

    Master Cheung is a very classy guy and a real martial artist and not to say the least that he's a very humble person as well...!!!

  • @thamimbasha4140
    @thamimbasha4140 3 роки тому

    EXCELLENT SPEECH AND GUIDELINES

  • @kanyamagaraabdallah8300
    @kanyamagaraabdallah8300 4 роки тому

    je vous remercier trop de Sifu Grandsmaster william Cheun

  • @lumri2002
    @lumri2002 3 роки тому +3

    William Cheung even as a grandmaster is still humble and good nature.

  • @chrisd8180
    @chrisd8180 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you William, i have learned so much from just afew of your videos. Your an amazing man.!

  • @davidtrani190
    @davidtrani190 2 роки тому +2

    This is an honest man.

  • @honkers009
    @honkers009 Рік тому

    Sifu Cheung was my teacher in 1973

  • @truthhitman7473
    @truthhitman7473 7 років тому +16

    Bruce Lee is the greatest. But notice how people put Bruce Lee down by saying he was just an actor not a REAL fighter. Yet an imitator like Tommy Carruthers, with all due respect to Tommy, is highly rated, praised and given a big up. Racism is still alive.

    • @FoieGras
      @FoieGras 6 років тому +1

      Yeah, but Tommy doesn't get NEARLY the pop that Bruce does. EVERYBODY's heard of Bruce. It's not so much people being racist as it is people wanted to defame an icon, especially one as prominent as Bruce.

    • @stuartleggat7176
      @stuartleggat7176 5 років тому +1

      According to Bruce's first and best student, Jessie Glover, Tommy is THE only guy he ever came across, in a lifetime of travelling the world and mixing with the best martial artists around, who had the same explosive speed and power as Bruce. Tommy is used by Bruce's wife, Linda, to do demonstrations, when celebrating certain things about Bruce's life...this is high praise indeed and says much for Tommy's hard-earned abilities. Tommy is a self-confessed massive fan of Bruce and does everything he can to keep JKD the way Bruce was developing it...

    • @cooloutac
      @cooloutac 5 років тому +1

      No its racism dude. Bruce Lee gets denigrated while Chuck Norris gets praised memes online. We know why. When Chuck's memes and chat room quotes are myths. Bruce Lee has stuff just as amazing but is factual and real life.a Still blows my mind how subversive racism is still so controlling.

    • @Seastallion
      @Seastallion 5 років тому

      @@cooloutac
      I'm not saying that there is no racism, but I believe that you are confusing it with simple biases that may or may not have anything to do with race. Racism certainly exists, but it is far overused to socially attack other people most often for mere disagreements that aren't even tied to race. It is just a lazy way to discredit other people. Very much like this current fad of calling people Nazis, including actual Jews (Dennis Prager, Ben Shapiro) simply for political disagreements. Not unlike Candice Owens (a young black woman) being accused of white supremacy. Completely ludicrous, and incredibly lazy. Instead of attacking the debate position, some people would rather discredit the person so they don't have to defend their own positions at all. So-n-so is evil, debate over.
      By the way, I think Bruce Lee was an amazing person who deserves his reputation of strength and skill. His death was a loss for the world. I'm a fairly conservative white (mostly) American. I also think that he could take Chuck Norris with both in their primes. Anywho...

    • @benkim2016
      @benkim2016 4 роки тому

      Sure he was just an actor and a fake martial artist. Then how come there is no actior who fights like him on screen with such believability? Either Bruce is the most amazing con artist on screen or the real McCoy.

  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds 6 років тому +8

    Thank you very much to Grandmaster William Cheung for this story. Also thanks to Sifu Dom Békés for sharing this video.

  • @alanweiss1288
    @alanweiss1288 3 роки тому

    wow, fascinating story!

  • @mukeshkc1065
    @mukeshkc1065 6 років тому +2

    very nice

  • @feelwang
    @feelwang 3 роки тому +1

    Basics is so powerful. I never forget a newbie dominated basketball game in my university simply because he out runs out jumps everybody

  • @dontdoittoyoself6786
    @dontdoittoyoself6786 5 років тому +1

    Cool stuff, my older was 5 years older I had issues with him but he couldn't beat me up.

  • @keradasilva6852
    @keradasilva6852 5 років тому

    I LOVE YALL AND NO ONE SHOULD HAVE EVER TOLD ANY OF YOU THAT THIS WAS NOT YOUR COUNTRY ... IT MAKES ME ANGRY ASS HELL .... THATS WHY EVERYONE IS MY FAMILY ... I HAVE NO ONE ... I HAVE MY BOYFRIEND AND WE ALL KNOW THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND YOU WONDERFUL MEN ALWAYS HAD RIGHTS ... I AM SO THANKFUL YALL CAME OVER HERE BECAUSE YALL HELPED ALOT OF US COPE WITH LIFE IN GENERAL.

  • @penguinpie5056
    @penguinpie5056 Рік тому

    i remember reading about this man and he kept a correspondence with bruce while in the US and bruce is frustrated because what he learned didn't seem completely right and I guess there may have been some subtle guidance and bruce kind of eventually realized he would need to change his approach and the method to do what he thought should be possible and when he finally came back, both william and yip man were impressed by the progress made. I feel like this was an interesting story especially since a lot of asian culture is based on following and accepting what you are expected to do.

  • @microsoft1665
    @microsoft1665 6 років тому

    thanks

  • @johnmariano47
    @johnmariano47 6 років тому +3

    Great revelation from and thanks to Grandmaster William Cheung! Bruce's philosophy of mastering 1 technique first and building on it is my take away here. It separates him from the rest. Thanks for sharing.

  • @carlisacar9328
    @carlisacar9328 Рік тому +2

    Imagine being able to tell people that you were Bruce Lee's bodyguard.

  • @fredbecvar7463
    @fredbecvar7463 2 роки тому

    I trained with Brian Leuadney(hope I spelt that right) in Thunder Bay Ontario. Great times and great teachers.

  • @pramodmishra9493
    @pramodmishra9493 3 роки тому

    I like this video.

  • @digipeeper
    @digipeeper 4 роки тому +11

    Some where down the line, Bruce and the rest of the Junction Street Tigers robbed a Triad Treasurer.
    The Triad wanted to teach everyone in Hong Kong a lesson by kidnapping a killing one as a example.
    Willian Cheung went on a negotiated with the thugs and ended up fighting them. They had knives while Sifu Chueng used his skills and a armor vest made out of bamboo!!!!

  • @johnnydingo8680
    @johnnydingo8680 4 роки тому +1

    This is the way

  • @shawntailor5485
    @shawntailor5485 Рік тому

    St.Francis Xavier, the church ,the bell ,mass on Latin. Right across the river from my home .

  • @cooloutac
    @cooloutac 5 років тому +1

    Wow.

  • @eddierivera7154
    @eddierivera7154 7 років тому +6

    william and ws leung were the one's who taught bruce lee wing chun. it was said only a handful of people learned WC directly from grandmaster yip man. yip and bruce did some chi sao practice but! not much more.

    • @LitOBOo
      @LitOBOo 6 років тому

      Eddie Rivera, that's very true most people didn't know that.

    • @robdcollector2808
      @robdcollector2808 5 років тому

      Eddie Rivera ....that is correct. Bruce had photos practicing with Ip man and they became iconic making everyone think he was his A number 1 student when it was most likely just a lucky photo day

  • @jewellui
    @jewellui 2 роки тому +2

    Can anyone give any more insight on how Wing Chun is passed on? It’s interesting William mentioned only one student can be taught? I’m curious if there is much difference between the modified version he mentioned.

    • @deanmarshall1650
      @deanmarshall1650 2 роки тому

      The modified lineages of Wing Chun are vastly different in so many aspect. Just some of the difference include shift thier feet vs picking them up and move around your opponent. Moving to the blindside vs fight straightforward etc...

    • @Drivethebeat
      @Drivethebeat Рік тому

      As I recall, both systems focus on center line theory. But traditional also utilizes central line. This expands your fighting circumference,

  • @michaelcheung960
    @michaelcheung960 2 роки тому

    At 5:20 Mr Cheung said Ip man learned from two persons one was Chan wah shun other was Leung pik . which isn't the subtitle said from Russia

  • @binsarwingchun3509
    @binsarwingchun3509 Рік тому

    Wow 😲

  • @nourdinedino2654
    @nourdinedino2654 3 роки тому

    Bruce Lee live in humanité memorie

  • @mrjw6701
    @mrjw6701 Рік тому

    I think his memory is blurred because Bruce was 16 when he started wing chun in 1957.

    • @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098
      @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098  Рік тому

      I sense more fall out from Matthew Polly's book. I know Grandmaster Cheung personally and have met Dan Inosanto on a couple of occasions. I can assure you the people who knew Bruce personally will tell you that he had four and a half years training in Wing Chun and started in 1953 when he was 13 years old. Its either poor reporting or an attempt to offer something new to fans. Either way it is a poor way to treat the subject as its miss reporting an already established historical fact.

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 2 роки тому +1

    Wong man, and Wong shung is his older brothers I think

  • @fernandofierro7356
    @fernandofierro7356 3 роки тому

    I'm a 65 year old Marine....He is my Hero...

    • @deanmarshall1650
      @deanmarshall1650 2 роки тому

      Were you there when he trained the Marines in Japan?

  • @jamespisano1164
    @jamespisano1164 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting. I love this guy (Master Cheung). He has great energy.

  • @johnpeterson4213
    @johnpeterson4213 6 років тому +1

    I hope that Sifu Cheung is still alive! If so, he must be around 77 or 78 years old!

    • @Drivethebeat
      @Drivethebeat 6 років тому +1

      He is. His school is in Australia.

    • @johnpeterson4213
      @johnpeterson4213 6 років тому

      Drivethebeat, hope he is doing well!

    • @micktrickmp
      @micktrickmp 5 років тому

      Think Bruce 13 William cheung was 17

  • @District.24
    @District.24 Рік тому

    So those students of Ip Man were paying for Wing Chun, but receiving a modified version. Also, Ip Man was not a willing teacher. All very interesting facts.

  • @truthhitman7473
    @truthhitman7473 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, did you hear that ? Bruce Lee's speed and power were dominating the whole exercise.

  • @benkim2016
    @benkim2016 2 роки тому

    When I was a kid growing up in HK I saw a few gangsters around after school. One gang member took me to his boss to recruit me or something
    but I didn't speak Cantonese so they gave up!!

  • @lukeskinner6350
    @lukeskinner6350 4 роки тому

    does he believe in attack first all the time I was under the impression he was not sure anymore can you help?

  • @TerenceSpencerYT
    @TerenceSpencerYT Рік тому

    Naja, Yip Man war mal Polizist, William Cheungs Vater auch, hmm, wer weiß!
    Aber Red Flag wing chun ähnelt sehr William Cheungs Wing chun. Auf jeden Fall hat Cheung einen guten Übeblick über die Zusammenhänge, aber auch einfacheit(schnittmegendenken, ähnlichkeitsprinzip,....) in den Grundprinzipien/Tecniken!

  • @camrondirossi3249
    @camrondirossi3249 2 роки тому

    Is this grandmaster said that Bruce Lee beat chuck norris?

  • @CastelhanoThi
    @CastelhanoThi 5 років тому +1

    quem era melhor Bruce lee ou William Cheung...........

  • @AGC828
    @AGC828 5 років тому +3

    VERY rare footage. WC admits Bruce was approached by Triads even as a kid. If that was so I'm sure he was "approached" more so when he became somewhat known in the late 60's-early 70's. Bound to happen. Wanting a piece of him. Just like I'm sure the mob approached Brandon. And because Bruce had a very cocky personality I'm sure he didn't play ball so the Triads did what they did. And later to Brandon. :P No accidents in both cases.
    I wonder if the Triads asked Sifu William Cheung to do "favours" for them because of his skills. I say this because I knew of a Tai Chi master from the Wu style who was asked. :P And since he had two boys and a wife...i'll bet he complied a few times.

    • @Anthony-Testicali
      @Anthony-Testicali 3 роки тому

      Anderson wc...u should know wc slaughtered a triad leader at 17..and thats why he left hong kong for australia.so yes no shit he had troubles with triads

  • @interests1094
    @interests1094 6 років тому +5

    His english is really good...

    • @echelon2k8
      @echelon2k8 6 років тому +1

      What'd you expect, he's been living in Australia since 1973...

    • @antoniospanayiotou8619
      @antoniospanayiotou8619 4 роки тому

      Imagine that! Damn clever these Orientals.

    • @Anthony-Testicali
      @Anthony-Testicali 3 роки тому

      @interests10...no shit sherlock...hes Australian...cant u hear traces of tge aussie accent...are u always racist?

  • @bradfordlulz5122
    @bradfordlulz5122 2 роки тому

    Wong Shun Leung.... ip man had to revise the system to defeat his Most formidable student at the time... the reflect of that concept was what he learned from Leung Bik... but what do I know

  • @luisleonlleon
    @luisleonlleon 5 років тому +2

    For decades William chun did not want to talk about Bruce why now?

    • @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098
      @traditionalwingchunkungfu6098  5 років тому +3

      This interview is eight years ago. There are others on UA-cam of GM Cheung talking about Bruce Lee. I have some from the 1990's. He talks about Bruce in the many martial art interviews for magazines and he has a letter from Bruce Lee at the front of his Bil Jee book. He is often asked about Bruce.

    • @micktrickmp
      @micktrickmp 5 років тому

      Mellowed with age not a bad thing Bruce's elder in wing chun.

    • @micktrickmp
      @micktrickmp 5 років тому

      @@traditionalwingchunkungfu6098pressed dislike by accident nooo my first ever book.went to inosanto academy from UK 20 years ago who do I see across road in street only William cheung ran across he was on defense at first but I explained got picture trained at his academy gentleman.

  • @dotslashsatan
    @dotslashsatan 5 років тому +1

    Did I hear that right at 3 or 4 he was Bruce's body guard?

    • @cuzz63
      @cuzz63 5 років тому

      Bruce had a personal driver who was his bodyguard.

    • @dave3223
      @dave3223 5 років тому +1

      Absolutely.. That's how damn tough the guy is at 3 or 4 years old he was a body guard..

  • @user-sw1cw2bx6n
    @user-sw1cw2bx6n 4 роки тому +1

    Why doesn't Grandmaster William Cheung tell Chuck to his face?Norris in eyes that Bruce. Lee. beat Chuck. Norris in sparring

  • @paulpolpiboon9535
    @paulpolpiboon9535 3 роки тому +2

    His voice reminds me of John Malchovich with a Chinese accent.
    Btw this guy can stand on 4 eggs for a brief second

  • @wolfxturbopubgmobile4361
    @wolfxturbopubgmobile4361 6 років тому +2

    Grand Master William Cheung it was very good than Bruce lee and she invented him style name of KAJUKEMBO

    • @murrayporath
      @murrayporath 5 років тому +1

      Kajukenbo was created by Adrian Emperado in Hawaii, a combination of Karate, Judo/Jiujutsu, Kenpo, and Western Boxing.
      Bruce Lee's style is Jeet Kune Do, the Way of the Intercepting Fist. Wing Chun Kung makes up for a lot of it, but Lee added techniques from many styles and nations, and insisted on conditioning, which was rare in his time.

  • @keradasilva6852
    @keradasilva6852 5 років тому +2

    the blonde just wants to get rid of "fat she does not have" and the one with the cornrows wants to be a u.f.c fighter ... more power to them but its funny LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

  • @user-sw1cw2bx6n
    @user-sw1cw2bx6n 3 роки тому

    Гроссмейстер Виллем. Ченг знает что спарринг у Брюс.Ли с Чак. Норрисом был и Норрис проиграл Ли.

  • @jdaywork2693
    @jdaywork2693 5 років тому +1

    Ancient Kung Fu masters:
    ua-cam.com/video/5bHX5cBr8Nw/v-deo.html

  • @hiifeewong2459
    @hiifeewong2459 5 років тому

    鳯乃雄性 凰才是雌性 ~

  • @keradasilva6852
    @keradasilva6852 5 років тому

    #YOUDONOTUNDERSTANDIFYOUARENOTASIAN

  • @franklyspeaking4480
    @franklyspeaking4480 3 роки тому +1

    Dragon = devil.
    Enter the dragon, allow evil to work through you.
    Fighting is evil.
    Bruce knew how to use his energy and I know because I also know how to use my energy.
    Many many people have no clue as to what humans can actually do.

    • @axelstone3131
      @axelstone3131 3 роки тому

      To much religion in your thinking. Actually Bruce was referred as little dragon, that’s why his films have dragon in the title. Enter Bruce lee = enter the dragon. In China the dragon is a symbol of power and strength and is revered. You seem misinformed. Fighting is part of all cultures and the animal world. It is necessary for self preservation and the protection of others. There is nothing “evil” about it. You sound like an idiot.

    • @franklyspeaking4480
      @franklyspeaking4480 3 роки тому

      @@axelstone3131
      Dragon is satan.
      Bruce knew that.
      Bruce seems to be above your head.
      I have taught Bruces teachings & theories to a profession JKD instructor who now teaches his students what I showed/taught him.
      Looks the you are the one that does not understand.

  • @TheFarout69
    @TheFarout69 3 роки тому

    Is it wrong to say . . "EVERYBODY WING CHUN TONIGHT!!" ?? sorry. had to do it. (this joke soaked into the rug...
    like water :)

  • @davidalvarezjr6633
    @davidalvarezjr6633 3 роки тому

    dh;g l

  • @bradfordlulz5122
    @bradfordlulz5122 2 роки тому

    I have to say that William Cheung would get beat up by most of the bill jee students from my lineage. I feel sorry for this delusional old man.....

  • @anthonypirozzi8386
    @anthonypirozzi8386 5 років тому +1

    I really don't know where this guy got it that he taught Bruce Lee wing Chun Kung Fu. He is a dreamer he lives in a fantasy land. Bruce Lee's one and only instructor was yip man. Why this man is lying, nobody knows. But whatever floats his boat, makes him feel important. Who am I to stand in the way of his dreams and fantasies.

    • @darko7182
      @darko7182 4 роки тому

      It was ip-man in a short periode. Then wong shun leung took over because lee's granmother was half or hole german and some did not like that, then Wong Leung took over

    • @deanmarshall1650
      @deanmarshall1650 3 роки тому

      The senior Students taught the Lower Ranking Students. Yip Man would do small corrections but thats it. William Cheung and Wong Sheung Leung taught Bruce Lee not Yip Man. There is more then enough testimonial evidence to support this. While all of the lineage argue about many things the all agree one this by those who were actually there.

  • @Taniwha123
    @Taniwha123 3 роки тому +1

    Used Bruce’s name to further his own.

    • @Anthony-Testicali
      @Anthony-Testicali 3 роки тому

      @taniwha in fact hearsehole it was other way round...lee wrote to cheung endlessly..calling him the "ultimate fighter"

    • @Taniwha123
      @Taniwha123 3 роки тому +1

      @@Anthony-Testicali Wong Sheung Leung is who Lee called the ultimate fighter William just made that up ...plain and simple ...I bet u think ip man taught him secret wing Chun as well which he taught no one else..lol.

    • @Anthony-Testicali
      @Anthony-Testicali 3 роки тому +1

      @@Taniwha123 no you just made that up totally busted .shannon lee and bruce lees estate published bruce"s private letters in john little"s book and everyone knows they onlu only use john little when they release stuff from time to time.the letters are public record and state william cheung.i guess you must need spectacles if you read that as wong sheung leung

    • @Taniwha123
      @Taniwha123 3 роки тому +1

      @@Anthony-Testicali however why has he been condemned by the ving tsun association , in that they have nothing to do with him, or his stories...which have become fraudulent and outright self propaganda.

  • @bravopapas4386
    @bravopapas4386 3 роки тому

    I think so...the devil took Bruce & even Brandon

  • @workdays8280
    @workdays8280 Рік тому

    This guy should be jailed for fraud

  • @workdays8280
    @workdays8280 Рік тому

    He use Bruce to make all his money. If he so good why was Bruce never tought the real internal systems of real wing Chun. I mean look at its face. Total Chinese scamers

  • @workdays8280
    @workdays8280 Рік тому

    Total scammer. He should be made to pay back all the money he has scamed off people around Australia

  • @mikehunt9884
    @mikehunt9884 2 роки тому

    anyone who calls themselves a grandmaster is a fraud.

  • @joaoelias60joao
    @joaoelias60joao 10 місяців тому

    Sou brasileiro mas queria muito ter nascido em sua época pra pelo menos tê-lo conhecido. Bruce conheço história já Li muito sobre você. Pena que não lhe conheci pessoalmente. Só na história. Descanse em paz meu amigo querido 🤛

  • @Lastkingof33
    @Lastkingof33 4 роки тому

    They must had his input for his movie