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    El Por Qué Bruce Lee Abandonó El Wing Chun - Eric Oram - June 1997

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    Mario Méndez
    Interesante entrevista de William Cheung en relación a Bruce Lee y por qué abandonó el Wing-Chung

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    WHY BRUCE LEE LEFT WING CHUN ruce Tee, pound for pound, was anpushly che greatest fighter of our time. He is enainly the most popula. Twenty-four years afer his death, he remaina the standard by which all other Sghter are measured. His passion, skill, philosophy, and innovative martial ars concepts brought him wor eclaim-—inctedibly, all by the age of 32 sucha short span. Lee man ‘ecorplsh more than mos of ws will ever achieve in our lives. (My fis exponsre to this extraordinary man was the ln, Enter the Dragon. My fae down one night when Twas IE and showed me video copy (nina 3 couple of seznesb ‘wast old enough 0 se.) "ach this” esi, with sange mowing grin on it fee “think you going to i ‘What followed was an incredible dla of tos physical mastery: Iwas amaned cap ‘This experience exposed me toa weed I was previously unaware of, but changed my life the Chie martial ars. ‘A.ifetime of Study 1 saon began studying martial ars at a branch of Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate in Las Even though [stad kenpo formally twas sl Bruce Lee and his sytem of fighting all tune do which truly inigued me, I gobbled up all his films, many ofthe "Green F piodes and plunged maya ino several books, including Brace Ler Fighting Method. ‘fee Kune Do, eared shat Brace began his mata ars sucie taining in sytem of kang cll hun. His master was a legendary marta act named Yip Man, who was a chat ti living grandmaster of this relatively obucare are form. For sme reason, afer leaving Hon and relocating to the United Stats, Bruce gan altering his wing chun kung, unt is from boxing, Fencing and watous other systems lft hs oxginal sytem barely recogni sbandoned his casa taining, and adopted “having 90 way’ as way” asa philosophy, ‘och practioner should absorb what is wef rom any source and discard whats no ‘When I wat 14, the kenpo school ro which I belonged closed because of financial “Though slong sci of wonderfl “coincidences” (agan, thanks tothe effors of my begun studying seog chun kung-fu with the ystems present grandmaster, Cheung Chul (aks Wiliam Cheung) ‘A boyhood fica of Bruce, Cheung war responsible For geting Bruce stated at Vi ‘bool and was one of Beuct' primary instructors (Yip Man rarely couched hands with begin- es leaving the bulk ofthe instruction to his senior student), In adion, Bruce loksd upon ‘Cheung asthe man ro beat, and considered Cheung robe “he whimate igher” ‘Asa Hyrarold megs-an of Brace Lec, the prospect of suing with the man who caught bhi ane whom Bruce held in such high regard was nothing shore of dears come tue. Hovt- cre this did plane one plant question in my mind: if Bruce respect the abies of Willan (Cheung and Yip Man 20 much—and their sstem of choice was wing chan kung-fa—what ‘compelled Bruce 10 leave wing chun and eventually devlop the concep that became known 26 ject ane do? 'A doce examination of wing chore origin provided me with the fist in a series of possible answers to my query. Before mining why Bruce let his core system, i is important 10 first ‘plore which wing chan Broce actally lf {learned sha dung wing chu: colorful sor: 2 second, “modifod” version ofthe sytem had becn exaed. Ie was this “modified” system which {re Gram nas tna rotona wing chun fr 24 yeors ana san ator and musician In Los Argel, Calle, For more information regraing TWC, contact sty Oram at (838) 27834, Comparion of he trons (TW) sd Cha sh ‘Shoe (W5/"eotied) wing can stews The ‘ntl ls stance (3. Crancaste War ‘Chean deronatte ba TWO ft net side stance ote Ue weight ston 50/80, The tance in ovny tance an table ite Orn ‘ac omonatrtes the CWS stance: he wei 1570/30 taimpare tance and moby nt te ‘utr stereo expe the hed. Th eh ‘esl le stance (2. oe rh Hot tance (3). ‘Toe TWe stance te) aga shows th we [56/60 aianeed and mobile. The EWS stance (tek) shows te wea at 70/30. Te CH ‘stone sane ore nae estngin ae Inside Kungfu * June 1997 25 Bruce Lee leamed ender the dec tutelage of both Yip Man and, co my suprise, William Cheung himsal ‘Wing Chun Begins ‘Wing chun originated at the Shaolin “Temple in Hunan province, China, almost 200 yeas ago, The five elders of the Temple had combined this collective combat know ‘edge v0 create @ system more effective than anything that lad ever come before it, and ‘could be tened in ene-chird the time oF the ‘existing systems (ten years was & common, engl of ve 0 ene a gem esters up co thst pon “This unprecedented collaboration was ip reponse co che politcal armel whic ipped ‘heough China a that time. Nine percent af ‘he population the congueted Hons, were ing contlled by en percent athe popal: tion, the victorious Manchs. Featul of a revo the Manchus impose many hap laws ‘contol the Hons Ror example, the pritie ‘ofbinng the worse fora bir was nar shuced co ftelly ripple the women, thereby ‘making theen totally dependent upon thet fiuher, and liter thie bands. 1 the mens ‘beled and left for war, the women would be ‘cseatillyhelpes. Marial art and the we of weapons were alo outlawed-—with one signficane excep» tion: the Shaolin Temple. For whatever reasons the Manchus respected the Buddhist monastery and lft i vrvally untouched, “The ancient sation of manial ans masery continued there as it had For thousands of ‘ove srctral support th ch Compson between the (FWC} cent ad th (CWS) catene thors. Grandmaster Cheng {tt) shows an exami of oth acetal ie acetone used TC. The boc ta 90") ‘Wen te centre, To gy ace the beck sd he pet ent.” The tack (ang pune) ‘nthe central te. Sts Or (ck) demon ates te OWS tan Sao an punch. lo Ue ENS pater te ‘ook ant strc bt ac he appoent on cnterineha tans away rom ha sane aay 16 ample of We footer inna rom the CWS von. The cle sep (without aging tha fot). Te expanee ane neh atl tance (2. Te ‘eos Den sted to the Wo ots egg the Hen nee sron fo cover he got (2 The ih og then ep rand) on he dagaal ta gh ot ‘tance a8 the eles reastuted Yo 80780. yeas. Asa res, the Temple became a horbed ‘of revolutionary atv, The five elders wanted a superar system 10 that of the Manchus, Time was ao of the fesenee, Students nese be trained in smuch shorer ime thre-o-four year. The eden were alow cecal. Buf they ‘ould actually begen the esining of dhcie new SSuperptem,” the Manchs wete tipped off 26 June 2997 + Inside Kung-Fu and the Temple was raided and burned. Almosc alla the mors wer ile incuing mom ofthe eer ‘One elder did survives however nari, Ng Mui She woul go on tac the concepts and principles created at the ‘Temple, by teaching another wora ‘Wing Chun. The ete ita became kw Wing Chun Yin ss wing chun fain fa and late taught it oer oa husband Lev Bok Cho, Leung thea taught his nephew, Wong. ‘ah Bo, vo dhen aught his nephew, Leung Yer Tye, Leung Yes Tye caught his ow 2005 Leung Jon ‘Att dhe tradi before hie, Leg nite to herp his eal Knowledge wich th ly by ticking onl his two sone Leung, (Chen, and Lean Bik. Bat things were about te chang eis hee with Leung Jun, the origin othe second sym eins Ts his day, Leung Jun wat very well- known for hia healing and cnartal abilities. In fact, he was practically + legend. Word spread all ever China af the extraordinary talents ofthis doceoshang fa master Enter (Chan Wah Shuen, 2 moneychanger in the same village where De. Leung and his Family resided. Chan, like many others, was well tare of Dr Leungs martial silly Uafores- nately for Chan, he was also aware shat Dr Leung would never accept any outside stu dlenes—curbing Chant deep desire to learn helmed Leung Shen Perhaps because oF his admiration For ‘Chart determinacon, De. Leung decided to accept Chan Wit Shen a ardent. But, Di {Leung wae concer that Chan might ery to ion the grandnarteraip for himacl after De. Leng’ death, Therefors. he desided r0 teach him separate fiom his two sons, and continue teaching the aeredimodied verbo ‘of the sytem. Ie was daring these piace ss Sone thls second verion of wing chin Bang: Saray came ol ‘Chan Wah Shun did nt sci the con plete and mabile foarwerk of wing chun. He Man grew to be an extremely well reposted martial atrit, Before long, he came famous for his incredible sucess in numerous chal lenge matches. Pethape i was fit eat led a young Yip Man fiom Fauhan to Hong Keng fo challenge an old kungfu master named Leung Bik Leung Bike was the youngest ad only su viving son of Dr Leung Jun. He was the true trandmasterof the orginal or radio wing chun system. For the first ine, Yip Man experience defeat. Vip was impresied with the ald esse, he itl Beg thea an to accept him a 4 sudent, Eventually, Leung ‘oa lint aon the gractdonr to ge the ne tthe caning ttc and poltons bw practice oan meats countratick Stating (2) to | the combat secrets of the renowned master ‘The Education However, Chan Wal Shucn wat not 10 Be couraged, Evry problem moss have salu: tion, he concluded. IF Dr. Leung woulel not teach him, then Chass solution would be t spy on De. Leung, while be insect his emo sons. And chi is preciely what he did Chan ‘would spy on the estos and practice wha he obacrved. This aciviy coninued unl De Leung finally discovered his uninvited and tneleome guest. Tt seems Dr, Leung wat Gay crafty 2 well. Iially, he didnot et oo be new he was bing watched. sea when he was awa of Chans presence, De Leu would alter or modify the instruction— teaching his sons incorey. This was, 2 fist, the punishment he chose for Chan Wah Shuen. Finally, Leung Jan could help hime no long. ‘One day while inseructing his sons, Be ‘expoved Chan and forces him go challenge the ousgest of his wo sons, Leung Shuen. Chan ia Shuen wit about se fet tal very large fora Chinese man ofthat time. Ana he wat sarong, very strong. To De, Leung surprise (and probably ro Leung Shucest), Chan ‘umber-owo 00. Chasis had already learmed, overpowered and ove vas taught 0 deg is fx xo impare moti ‘do sift his center bac or tothe side 10 alter his blancs. The conespt ofthe esata line an area within which one can ase both aay attack ane defend simultane) wa ‘iminated. and only the cemeline (an imagi- rary line that divides the body into ro eg Iaalves from tap to bottorn) remained. The Aefenien wore lowered to expose the head and their sruceral postoning wat altered. Most ‘of che emphasis yas placed on the straight ahead barrage of wing chun chain punches © subdue an opponent Langly caine of Chan sn and srengh, Ihe wat able to tle this modi appeoach and make it rather effcive, Repel Chan Wal Shien ale ino a foembdable maria att (even 4 mesifed version of wing chu was able to tval the bast ofthe awe tema), In fay, he ako became a soaght-autinsucor im his owa right. Ba, he chose his sudents very carefully. In his lifetime, Chan. Wah Shuen ony hada total of 16, Krona ic was his tase sean a9 11 earobl boy named Yip Man, who would carton the tradion ofthe {Leung Jun version, Enter Yip Man ‘Vip Manis Family was very wealthy. and Chan Wah Shuen taughe (modified) wing thus on the Yip family estate In tiene, Yip ‘otal le stance, the fot that he By aces" ed aod paced bbl tha appt ot (2). The welt show ot th et ot The pues hen ‘ops (3) aeward iting he ea ot on the cng it the toe stance poston The weight reta to 80/80, Bik did take on Yip and ban a second wave ‘of Yip Mans wing chun education by teaching him the fie (eaditional) version of the “Thee newfound maser explained t0 Vip ‘Man thar he (Leung) was, in Bc, the som oF “ips teacher teacher, and that Leung aber taught Chan Wah Shen incor. Leung then proceed to ecteac the sytem x0 Yip Man for four year bepnning when Yip was 16. ‘Upon compli his acai ith Leung Bik, Yip reeared to Fathan. He then cal leaged his sersor, and defeed then all. Yip Man, a® 20, became the exe grandmaster of sing cu ang, ‘esa more dun 30 year before Yip Man accepred any students. And, for reasons own only eo Vip Man, he decided ca each the Chan Wah Shuen (modified) version 0 conlya hand of pupils, Among thes orgeal pupils was a young boy nicknamed, “Ah Hing"—oherwise known as Wiliams Cheung, ‘Cheung and the ether senior sudents (isings) Leung Shun, Chai Shun Tin, Lat Yu. ond Wang Shun. Leung, 2008 began teaching the anor (4 di). Ags, form here fon outs Yip Man racy couched hands with the beginners. even in “privat” lessons. This wae tue For everyone who Began with Yip ‘Man from this poiar forward-—incuding 2 Inside Kungfu + tune 3997 27 Example of TWC pce Fai the ot of corte. The dy “oes the ok on the centri to ‘meet tho nonin stn Comoe wth the Sota th slows or atinan rnc super foe ‘lock. ramus Chant (ite feces ar no fa stance (3S Gram ato (2) ith ‘et tounnase Wik th od. Gacnastr Chau beck with «ute pau," ag tb lt ot “onact on the eneroe ranmanter Chung advances (3 formar a pli Ora's echo (20 {um to tace th “new” pot of contact) on stony coumeratnchs the bed anmantr ‘Chena penton (4 emt rar ey hm at Gra“ a and Sines tock, student named Lee “Shil Lung” Jun Fan), ‘wbom we ll know a Brace Loe. Bruce Lee Began his sti in wing chun sadly in. 1954, He was intel to Yip Man by his friend, Wiliam Cheung. And it was ‘Cheung, along with the other seniors, who were peimariy esponable for young Bice ‘manial election, Yip Man eaght the senior seadens the modified version, and in tr, the seniors taught the same system t0 the junioer including Broce Les Be war taught wo dig his ft, mana 4 low guard, and to lean 08 his suppor foe. Hewat ako aught odie ll his menemens ‘om the centerline. This was the wing chu method Brace studied. This was the at he ied as launching pal for Jun Fin gung-f, ainda genesis forthe creation of et kane do, lew only afew months Ine in 1954, wheo Willan Cheung began living with Yip Man 2 the wing chun keyoon, Cheung was in ao sant cone with his father over dhe eouble ‘amsed by young Wills challenge marche. and sretfights Cheung’ father wat the ch of police in Hong Kong, and “Ab Hing’ street activites brought serious turmoil tothe (Cheung household. This eventually led 14 28 June 1997 « Kung-Fe ‘year-old William Cheung no live, teach and ‘tain fall time with Yip Man ac the kwooa, 1 was during this three-year period of living with grandmaster Yip chat Yip Man ‘sided co reveal w Cheung the existence of she Leung Jun/Lewng Bild “ractional” wing ‘hun tem, “Nows Ab Hing Tin-pring te teach you ow to Bght lke s woman” promised grand- sce Yip. Paying 9 Price Bt, thir new Enformation had its price: toral secrecy: Not until Yip Man was dead ‘would the systern belong to Willan Cheung, ‘Una then, Cheung could ot rly this nom citing information to anyone. Ah Hing could rot even tll hie good fiend and student Lee Jn Fa Aer only sx months of taining, Le was progreming rapidly: In face, he was doing 10 swell, he began to poe a thre no the ogon of some of dhe le-morivated seniors. Evenly, feasions became 10 thick these sens we the fice that Bruce was one-quarter Ceeman— and not 100-percent Chisese—to put pew sure on Vip Maa to Kick Bruce out of the lenoon: Rectan Brace was aed vee, Fortunately for Bruce, thts was gh the end of the rune. Yip Mar ls Broce very much, And 1, deceely, Yip signed Wiliam Cheung snd the lise Warng Shang Leung fo coin Bruc ining in priate “This arrangement lated for about one yor After tae, William Cheung became lly rponle fr Brace ingle wa his Poin, Cheng decided 1 open Bruce yes Shout the weakness inher othe modi ‘pcm —rcthout eve ling Ls ashing Tescead of words, Cheung simply suc cure the ining to dizty sade the Bolen jn Braces movement. Hine vere dropped vo froin ou the alten, This proce forced Brace co addr the most baie dement of his fighting foundation. Cheung purposely ‘Book dhs undation He furated Brace he woul question the heart and woul ofthe “wing chun sem. This rowing led until Lee an Cheng bot let Flog Kong in 1959 eo exape the silence ofthe cy see le fact, the in tion became so bad Cheung at be sage lal out of Hong Kong en route © Aull, hoping wo sart new hie. Bese ured 1 the sty of his birth, San Francisco, aking With him $100 and just 6 percent ofthe ‘odiod wing chun sytem. Shorly belore hs deparare fom Hong Kong, Brace alo gamered mat knowlege from another master, Sut Hon Sang. Undee Suit bi etlege, Brice ined knlge of two northem ape including paying mani “This need fr stint eta knowloge at a rol of seo facto Brice desired 1 each Sgene Fv in Ameren, and was svete of bis limited expoure wo wing chun. He ought « few more fancy movers to help fl he {Pf knowlege fo the sake of bis would-be seidents. And. forthe sake of item rd bi aniston Bruce Lee st sll for San Francisn in 1989, His say by the Bay was or = long one, however. After several months, Bruce mother Grace Le, aranged For ber Pees son o tay with» Fly fend samed Ruby Chow in Seale, Wath Ruby (Chow ene and an & Chinese estar Seale and wass tough independent worn, Dus thee Brac ie Ruby Chow's, te cared his hep by wooking in he htchen Bruce didse respond well © oes. The st vat hick wih constant fiction, “Thanks (0 an impromptu gangs demene serton, Beuce aurcted the attention af 4 hand of experienced fighters who were very intersted in what he had to of. Beco shy wet tad mal arias dey ould ‘presi the wisdom and exvenen of he young Chinaman appronch, Eager 0 ere his dependence om Fihy Chow Brae Ban teaching mall group of dent rang Contin on pe 78 Wing Chun conned tom page 28 anywhere he could ind space. Class were sometime held in parks and sometimes im the Adiveway of Ruby Chow home. What Broce ‘aughe tis curly group of rudencs was bas ally the Chan Wah Stuen of “modified” ve- sion of wing chun Consumed with Frustration Brace wa coneamed sich dhe Frustrations be experienced while waning wth "Ab Hing.” How could Chewag beso mich beter t wing, chu than bins, Re wondered? What wat Cheung doing? What did Cheung learn that Bruce had not? He knew Ab Hing was eying, 10 cel im something. What was i Cheung, seemed tobe doing the sume thing he wax, yet ‘Cea would be all over him. When he ied shove im eesniques om Cheung, his fend would shuc im down instandy, Why? What twat he doing wrong? Cheung would never a. He would only cootinie to exploit the wet ree ofthe confieed young Bruce. ‘Bruce’ Footwork and balance had bea constantly ender fre Cheung maved fuidly and efforenly, Bruce’ movement, by

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