Hello,
I remember working, briefly, with Dino Salvatera (sp?) in San Francisco, the Ocean front district, a Choi Li Fut instructor with a friend of mine (who was a Choi Li Fut student of Mr. Salvatera's at the time) in the early 1980's. By the way, showed him our long 4. He really liked it and wanted to learn it... I believe he said he attended that fight. I heard that B.L. could not touch W.J.M. using the classical Wing Chun as W.J.M. was quite a bit more mobile. Rumor has it that at this point B.L. sought other styles to find a happy medium between defense, counter ability and mobility.
I also worked with Everett Lee, (E.Y. Lee) also in San Francisco (another Choi Li Fut instructor) through the same friend who had an account of the same altercation. This was in early 1979, I believe? May have been late '78? I was surprised that both accounts were quite similar?
After hearing the accounts, I had much more respect for Wong Jack Man. Never got to work with him, though. I think as I was growing up, W.J.M. had a better reputation from a practicality point of view, then did Bruce Lee. In the Bay Area, anyway. Of course, this was many years ago and I could be off a bit. Quentin Fong (Tibetan White Crane?) stands out too during this time in San Francisco, but for a different reason...
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. At least as far as stories go...
Milt G.
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