Did Bruce Lee Complete His Wing Chun Training?

It’s amazing and awesome that Bruce Lee is still talked about today. He really was someone who shaped my martial art mind. His influence will continue to be felt for generations to come.

So the question is: “Did Bruce Lee finish his Wing Chun Training?”

From the history records it would seem that he didn’t finish his training. There are students within the Ip Man family who have confirmed this. This doesn’t mean he wasn’t good at Wing Chun. The main reason is because once you understand how to feel energy you can begin to recognize what feels correct vs what feels wrong.

Because Bruce Lee didn’t have access to Ip Man in the United States he sought out martial artist with whom he could train with. Bruce Lee was a big proponent of using what works and discarding what doesn’t. Does that sound familiar to you? MMA martial artist do a similar thing. In fact in today’s martial art environment most practitioners  have adopted this philosophy.

In this Kung Fu Training Video Sifu Phu Ngo got asked if Bruce Lee finishing his Wing Chun training.

Bruce Lee didn’t believe in style. He never wanted his Jeet Kune Do system to become a style. Like us here at Enter Shaolin he wanted what he did to be viewed as principles based on science. As far as style, I believe he was heavily influenced by: Wing Chun, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Fencing, Western Boxing & I also believed he picked up some of his body connection from dancing.

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Sifu Larry has been training in martial arts since he was 5. In his early years his father influenced his martial arts training. He taught him the basics of self defense, guile, military tactics, Judo and Jiu Jitsu. At age 7 his he was enrolled in Goju-Ryu which he trained in until he was 16. He took sometime off, but when he came back he decided he was never quitting martial arts again and at the age of 19 his thoughts on what martial arts was and was not got flipped when he started training with Sifu Phu and learning internal martial arts. Needless to say, he's a lifer and a guy you want on your side.

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