In interviews, Wong claimed to have won at least 60, and perhaps over 100, street fights against martial artists of various styles, though these numbers cannot be independently confirmed.
24 Facts About Wong Shun-leung
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Wong Shun-leung recorded one instructional film entitled Wing Chun: The science of in-fighting.
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Wong Shun-leung reportedly trained in several martial art styles in his youth, primarily in Tai Chi and either boxing or kickboxing.
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Wong Shun-leung abandoned boxing because of two incidents: one with his boxing coach and one with Ip Man.
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The first incident apparently occurred because Wong Shun-leung accidentally struck his boxing coach during sparring.
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John Smith, reports that Wong Shun-leung defeated Giko, and that Wong Shun-leung himself told Smith how he was able to achieve this victory.
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Wong Shun-leung was believed to have had over 60, and perhaps over 100, beimo matches and never lost.
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Lee said that Wong Shun-leung was around the age of 24.
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Wong Shun-leung competed in his weight class and had a preliminary match with Wu Ming Jeet, a Taiwanese fighter known for his powerful kicks, but was knocked out and eliminated.
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Wong Shun-leung once defeated a fencing champion on television with his wing chun butterfly knives.
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Wan Kam-leung witnessed the fight Wong Shun-leung fought with Bruce Lee when Lee returned to Hong Kong from the United States.
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Wong Shun-leung claimed that his hands were faster acting than Lee's, however Bruce retaliated by saying his kicks were much faster, thus provoking the friendly scuffle.
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None of the interviewees, including Bee Chan, Shek Kin, and Chaplin Chang, mentioned that Wong Shun-leung had been invited to work as a fight scene choreographer for Enter the Dragon.
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Wong Shun-leung appears in the same clothing in that photograph as he wears in the footage of himself sparring with an extra on that particular set, and thus could have been from the time when Wong Shun-leung attended a screen test for Game of Death, as described below.
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Wong Shun-leung received an invitation to appear in Game of Death, but declined.
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Wong Shun-leung was scheduled to attend a screen test on the set of Enter the Dragon after Bruce Lee had finished shooting the film and was working on dubbing.
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Wong Shun-leung had invited me to the studio to attend a screen test.
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In 1973, shortly after Bruce Lee's death, Wong Shun-leung acted in Life and Legend of Bruce Lee.
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Wong Shun-leung starred in a training video, entitled Wing Chun: the Science of In-fighting, which was produced in the early 1980s.
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On 12 January 1997, Wong Shun-leung had been playing few games of cards and Mahjong with a group of friends at the Ving Tsun Athletic Association, when he complained of feeling unwell.
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Wong Shun-leung died on 28 January 1997 at the age of 61 years old.
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Wong Shun-leung was portrayed by Eric Chen in the 2008 Chinese drama The Legend of Bruce Lee.
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Wong Shun-leung was portrayed by Huang Xiaoming in the 2010 film Ip Man 2.
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Wong Shun-leung was portrayed by Wu Yue in the 2010 film Bruce Lee, My Brother.