bruce lee question, just curious

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can someone list all of his ‘teachers,’ meaning those that taught him certain aspects of their art that contributed to his philosophy. for example, he learned wing chun from yip man, and nunchuk basics from dan inosanto, right? what about fencing and boxing? according to leo fung’s story, he supposedly showed bruce some boxing basics after theys sparred with leo using some boxing and choy lay fut. i know he got ideas from books too but i was curious about those that specifically taught him in person.

thanks :slight_smile:

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briefly (this may not be 100% accurate, but should give you some pointers):

Wing Chun - Wong Shun Leung was likely the most influential person in Lee’s development. Also Yip Man.

Lee studied some Tai Chi under his father as well as (I think) some Crane forms prior to getting to U.S.

In Seattle Fook Yeung helped him with some Hei Ban (Opera) Wing Chun as well as some other stuff.

He was influenced by fencing (see Nadi) and boxing (Dempsey and Tunney)

Philosophy - Krishnamurti, Rumi

n.b. the calibre of Lee’s students should not be underestimated. People like Jesse Glover pushed Lee to get better.

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He had some northern style training early on in his time in the U.S. I’ll find it in text later.

Also, Yip Man’s influence was probably the greatest upon Li.

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he learnt 12 sets of tam tui

also learnt choy lay fut off richard leung

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very interesting

thanks for the comments so far. i’m particularly interested in bruce having some experience with clf. i found this: http://www.pantherfist.com/page1.html

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alot of ppl always forget or choose to leave out the fact that bruce lee did learn clf

dan inasanto also mentions clf as one of the styles bruce had trained in

in jesse glover’s biography of bruce lee, he too mentions choy lay fut

and in bruce lee’s book “tsoong gwok gung fu” cant remember the english name

it shows picturs of bruce lee using a charp chui, which is the signature technique of clf

also pictures of bruce lee’s student James Lee using the charp chui on a clf wooden dummy

and no one can forget bruce lee demonstrating a clf sow chui on jesse glover at the world trade fair

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Wow, no anti-Bruce Lee flames so far. Things are looking up!

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Well here’s a spark-or-two…

It wasn’t just Wong Shun Leung and Yip Man who taught him wing chun.

Bruce was actually introduced to Yip Man by none other than William Cheung…

and William is also credited for teaching Bruce quite a bit of what he learned during his wing chun years.

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[QUOTE=NJM;751942]Wow, no anti-Bruce Lee flames so far. Things are looking up![/QUOTE]

I would flame him, quite devastating considering i study wing chun. All im saying is… i dont look up to actors an claim them as amazing fighters.

He was extremely intelligent an pushed the concept of MMA… he was ahead of his time.. clap clap clap.. just leave it at that, im sure hes not the only one back then.. just the most publised an studied one. But then again many arts are mixed anyway.. even karate which history claims derived from kung fu… ehhhh ill stay out of this, get at me when you dicuss real fighters.

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My old teacher (Dave Harris) told me he introduced Lee to Sid Woodc0ck, an aiki-jutsu man with few peers, and Bruce would drive to his house in secret to train aiki. I don’t know how much training he got and I’m not sure why it was a secret. Maybe he didn’t want people knowing he was learning a japanese style from a white guy. :slight_smile:

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is that david harris of fook yeung lineage?

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Why yes it is. Bruce Lee should have studied more with Yeung.

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Don’t you people realize that all of this stuff you’re saying is just rumor?

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My own $0.02 to add…

Hawkins Cheung mentioned in an article he wrote for Inside Kung Fu, that Bruce Lee learned some Northern forms, including Tam Tui, before going to the States. I’ll try to look if I still have that magazine so I can share more specifics.

Also in the States, Bruce Lee supposedly spent some time training Western Boxing with Leo Fong.

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mantis

he studied some mantis in new york i think for like a week or so.

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i cant remember the persons name right but i know he got some of his foot work from a silat teacher

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I think he studied ninjitsu for the sneakthief scenes in “Enter the Dragon”. Specifically, the scene where Jim Kelly says: “A human fly…” It has traces of Iga Ninjitsu, but flavors more on the Shao-lin side, since it’s more of an internal kind of ninjitsu.

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I heard that Bruce Lee was a Freemason and fought aliens in the 8th dimension.

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[QUOTE=Mega-Foot;758409]I think he studied ninjitsu for the sneakthief scenes in “Enter the Dragon”. Specifically, the scene where Jim Kelly says: “A human fly…” It has traces of Iga Ninjitsu, but flavors more on the Shao-lin side, since it’s more of an internal kind of ninjitsu.[/QUOTE]

your not funny

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[QUOTE=wiz cool c;758824]your not funny[/QUOTE]

Hello, my friend.

I just wanted to drop in and inform you that the use of “your” is strictly used in the possessive sense. What you actually want to use is the contract of “you’re”, which means “you are.”

Have a nice day, and I’ll see you out on the boards, if you dare.