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Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense is a book written by Bruce Lee expressing his martial arts philosophy and viewpoints. It describes his early style of gung fu which was based heavily on Wing Chun. This was before the development of his unique style of martial arts called Jeet Kune Do in the late 1960s.
He also helped Bruce Lee publish his first book, "Chinese Gung-Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self Defense." James Lee's published books include: Modern Kung-Fu Karate: Iron Poison Hand Training, Book 1 (Break Brick in 100 Days), [4] Wing Chun Kung-Fu , [5] and Secret Fighting Arts of the Orient. [citation needed]
Wing Chun or Yong Chun (traditional Chinese: 詠春; simplified Chinese: 咏春, lit. "singing spring") [7] is a concept-based martial art, a form of Southern Chinese kung fu, and a close-quarters system of self-defense.
Moy Yat was the author of six books: 108 Muk Yan Jong; [12] Wing Chun Kuen Kuit; [13] A Legend of Kung Fu Masters; [14] Dummy: A Tool for Kung Fu; [15] Wing Chun Trilogy; [16] and Luk Dim Poon Kwan. [17] Wing Chun Kuen Kuit includes prints of Moy Yat's famous stone carvings of the history, lineage, and major principles of the Wing Chun style of ...
William Cheung or Cheung Cheuk-hing (張卓慶, pinyin: Zhāng Zhuóqìng) [4] (born 10 October 1940) is a Hong Kong Wing Chun kung fu practitioner and the Grandmaster of his lineage, Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). He is also the head of the Global Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu Association (GTWCKFA), the sanctioning body of TWC. [5]
In the book Disciples of the Dragon, DeMile stated that they were all dummies for Lee's training. One of the reasons Lee modified his Wing Chun techniques and created Jeet Kune Do , was because the westerners were bigger and stronger than he was and once they would learn the basics of Wing Chun, they could become a real threat to him.
Bruce Lee had his punching and closing speed measured with an electric timer at Glover's house. In the book "Bruce Lee - Between Wing Chun and JKD", Glover states, Lee could land a punch in around 5 hundredths of a second (0.05 second) from 3 feet away, and could close from 5 feet away in around 8 hundredths of a second (0.08 second). While ...
He is the author of two books, Wing Chun Kung Fu and Wing Chun Weapons, and produced a teaching video titled "Wing Chun", in 1985. Jim Fung demonstrates the Wing Chun thrust kick. Fung was chosen to represent Chinese kung fu at the International Grandmasters' Martial Arts Exhibition in Adelaide, Australia, in 1989. However, he says the greatest ...