[QUOTE=Phil Redmond;1089584]I agree. Yip Man liked Bruce but the other students wanted him out.[/QUOTE]
Everyone has a different story so each to their own but i can tell you from someone who was actually there from the late fifties forward, GM Ip did not like BL because of his mixed race and it was the students who still felt like he should be taught.
If he was liked so much why would GM Ip turn down a fortune to teach him the system personally, its well known Bruce offered to give him an amount that could buy a whole apartment back in those days.
This is based on a personal account of my sifu who knew the people involved and was at one stage was a go between for a fight that was to be organised between Bruce and a certain individual that many had run in’s with… This someone is said to have jumped out a window to avoid a fight with William Cheung.
The fight with Bruce never happened after he talked to my sifu.
Can you imagine if Bruce Lee learned the whole Wing Chun system? The partial amount he learned he made a big impact, imo.
It wouldn’t have made much difference as he wasn’t seen (by his seniors) as being that good at what he had learnt.
I think over the years peoples accounts changed and it makes sence that people would want to sugar coat the subject after all the guy is dead and has reached legendary status.
We all know often times what said behind closed doors and then in public is often worlds apart.
I dont expect anyone to take this as the thruth but its one mans “account” none the less.
Either way Ving Tsun is Ving Tsun and Bruce was no measuring stick. For MMA however… streaks ahead…
Bruce Lee was famous for rejecting Wing Chun as much if not more than adhering to it as a “screen signature” or in challenge fights. From what I can see he was embracing TCMA and representing China on the whole. Doing his own thing was his nature, He did for CMA what Andres Segovia did for Classical guitar.
[QUOTE=Liddel;1089621]Everyone has a different story so each to their own but i can tell you from someone who was actually there from the late fifties forward, GM Ip did not like BL because of his mixed race and it was the students who still felt like he should be taught.
If he was liked so much why would GM Ip turn down a fortune to teach him the system personally, its well known Bruce offered to give him an amount that could buy a whole apartment back in those days.
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Yeah folks, WSL sifu and WC Sifu dont know what went down with BL and GM YM back in the 50’s, but this guy’s Sifu does. ROFL.
Liddell, has your Sifu taught you the 150 million vectors yet. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Liddel;1089621]Everyone has a different story so each to their own but i can tell you from someone who was actually there from the late fifties forward, GM Ip did not like BL because of his mixed race and it was the students who still felt like he should be taught.
If he was liked so much why would GM Ip turn down a fortune to teach him the system personally, its well known Bruce offered to give him an amount that could buy a whole apartment back in those days.
This is based on a personal account of my sifu who knew the people involved and was at one stage was a go between for a fight that was to be organised between Bruce and a certain individual that many had run in’s with… This someone is said to have jumped out a window to avoid a fight with William Cheung.
The fight with Bruce never happened after he talked to my sifu.
It wouldn’t have made much difference as he wasn’t seen (by his seniors) as being that good at what he had learnt.
I think over the years peoples accounts changed and it makes sence that people would want to sugar coat the subject after all the guy is dead and has reached legendary status.
We all know often times what said behind closed doors and then in public is often worlds apart.
I dont expect anyone to take this as the thruth but its one mans “account” none the less.
Either way Ving Tsun is Ving Tsun and Bruce was no measuring stick. For MMA however… streaks ahead…[/QUOTE]
Hey MOD why was my original post deleted. This post smells.