Wong Jack Man
| Wong Jack Man | |
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| Born | c. 1940 (age 76–77) Hong Kong |
| Other names | 黃澤民 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Style |
T'ai chi ch'uan, Xingyiquan, Northern Shaolin |
| Years active | 1960–2005 |
| Occupation | Martial arts teacher |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Zémín |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | wong4 zaak6 man4 |
Wong Jack Man (born c. 1940) is a Chinese martial artist and teacher.
Wong taught classes in T'ai chi ch'uan, Xingyiquan and Northern Shaolin at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. He retired in 2005 after teaching for 45 years. His classes continued under his student Rick Wing.
He was born in Hong Kong.
Accounts of Wong's fight with Lee are controversial, as it was unrecorded and held in private.
According to Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce Lee's wife, Lee's teaching of Chinese martial arts to Caucasians made him unpopular with Chinese martial artists in San Francisco. Wong contested the notion that Lee was fighting for the right to teach Caucasians as not all of his students were Chinese. Wong stated that he requested a public fight with Lee after Lee had issued an open challenge during a demonstration at a Chinatown theater in which he claimed to be able to defeat any martial artist in San Francisco. Wong stated it was after a mutual acquaintance delivered a note from Lee inviting him to fight that he showed up at Lee's school to challenge him. Martial artist David Chin reportedly wrote the original challenge, while Wong asked Chin to let him sign it.
According to author Norman Borine, Wong tried to delay the match and asked for restrictions on techniques such as hitting the face, kicking the groin, and eye jabs, and that the two fought no holds barred after Lee turned down the request.
The details of the fight vary depending on the account. Individuals known to have witnessed the match included Cadwell, James Lee (an associate of Bruce Lee, no relation) and William Chen, a teacher of T'ai chi ch'uan. According to Linda, the fight lasted 3 minutes with a decisive victory for Bruce.
Lee gave a description, without naming Wong explicitly, in an interview with Black Belt.
Cadwell recounted the scene in her book Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew:
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