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Il.ltart Tt,tl tt.ttg.1ta,rlir, ,a.s:1teul;.t crosc ri-iends: Brucc Lee titlt tltc ui,.f rtrtitupautrtuhrL,uttrrt.t.it.t.,,,,,rr tr"r?l'"ffio w"il,r,ffi.#:fi:i ,r"'-r,,'i)K,,t^rittg Ls ttv.l l)'icnds shortlv alter their lirst Etyt.tt!r " ur.a rat..t.plau.satl meecting i,, f lOi.lt",.. thc1, take t. ht,uble 1:11 ,,,.r,.rr,,,, thi.s irr_tlalttlt ilrtat.ric\t. "live" liom a backvard w.orkout tritlt Tal,Ilrny at Brrice,s housJ long enough to ytrrt'rautrats urtd rttt'ttrht't'.s.f Jtrrt Futt Jaar Kt,rt,D.. pose lbr. a quick snap shot. -- Joiln Ltlllt' For the bcnc.fit o/'vnta ol our ntenrhcrs ll'hut wus Bruce Lee rbing x,ho nuy not knou,, hox, during thut Chinaton n school did J,ou./irst nteet "optning opcltccl',o1Ticially,, as the_ Brut'e ilu.t.,, tt/'thc Chinuftntn st.ltool? Lee? ".lun Fan Guns Fu Institutc,' on Thrirsclay. TED WONG: Hc r.vas TED WONG: sivins a lecurc Fcbrualy c), 1967 I flrsr rnr-t hinr thc clay lncl tall<ing onc n.ronth bclbrc thc otlj_ about his aft. It was rcally cluitc that hc opcncd up his Chinatolr.,n School. cial cance llation o1'Thc Gr.ccn Hornct I,cl ln cyc-()l)cncr. Ibr. rrrc Iisrerring t.r TV ruetrrulll Llccrr lrrirrrrrd hirri rrik scrics. It Ias on lrilrr s()ntc ri\ rrrorrtlts about his Sunclay..luly 9. lc)(r7. sonrc Gung FLr. It r.r,asn't .lcct Kunc Dct priol to that. but I clicln,t navc an opltortunity tivc rnonths Iatcr-. that thc art ,,.lcct ri'hcn thc Chinatorvn school of Kunc to rntroducc nryscif flrst openccl. hc Do" ,uvas concc.ircd]. to hint. hacln't yct I \\.as tbrtunatc c.notrgh coinccl thc tcnn IEclitor,s notc: to bc thc-rc and to sisn up lbr. lris class. Accorclins to Br.ucc Lec's c.laytinrc anJ thc Ll/here was this? c.liaries. thc rc'st is history. TED W,ONG: Hc w.as tr.ainins ri,ith a couplc of his stucic.nts in Chiltatot,ri. At that tirnc a it uas.just a big r.oorn in a thcatcr that tas usccl as a rccrcation t.oorn by thc Cltincsc c'ontntunlty in Los Ansclcs. pcoplc rl,oulcl go thelc to play chcss ancl ping ponr. ancl Bnrc.c Lce uscd tlrat sarnc placc to go ancl train. A fiicncl of'ntinc had told nrc about it ancl that was actually horr l first hcarcl abour Br.Lrcc Lce. So I ucnt therc orr a couplc o1'occasions but.just sort of stayccl in thc bacl<{-rround and riatchc.cl hinr. I rvas a Iittlc too intinriclatccl to ri'alk up anci .;ust introciucc rnysclf . Ancl thcn a { tuv ntonths latcr. Fc.bruary of i9(r7 to bc L'\itct. ()n rl \\-lls il Slrtttrdlry tttut.rtirtg. t)ty sl|lilc lr'tcn(l tolrl rrtc tlrll Br.trct, Lcc $ its oltcrtrrts lr school. Ancl rhat ri,as thc. tirst tirnc ihat I ibr_ rrrally ntct hint. KNOWTNG ts NoT ENOUGH Q ralt, rooz pcrfbnrcd thrcc clays a wccl( with my bocly ovcr thc clistancc I u,as nrnning r,r,ith thc u'cights. ancl thcn I did t*'o clays this aclclitional \\'ci,sht. Icvcn sparrccl rvearing a t,cck rvith rnartial art. that. I clidn't lcally l<nou at thc tiruc hon cluick rnv llrogrL'ss sas. [rut bccaLrsc of his Hot'x,ell did the proarum x,ork 1-rctsonal attcntion ancl ach icc. I rcally bcuan .fbr you in "putting orr muscle? to ploql'css cluitc quiclill, ancl catch up to thc -# ' {*." i *,-"- TED WONG: lt u,orkccl lcally lcvel ofthc rcst ofthc sludcuts. t ?"-'qF; u'cll! BrLrcc Lcc r,vcighccl mc flrst -. D -*.& and thcn constantly chccltcci nry l'ott tt,cre ulso in the unique position of' progrcss to scc horv ntuch rveight baing, not only onc o/ Bruce Lee's closest and sizc I inct'cascd. I bclicvc that in stutlcttts, hut ulso one o.f'his closest.fi'iends, thrcc nrontirs I rvcnt tl'onr l-12 Cun lou co,ttntent on this? pouncls to l:17 pouncls -- a total of l5 TED \\'ONG: Wcll. I.just fccl that I u'as .\ backtard rlorkout: Bruce Lec (lef't) shons Ted pouucls gaincd -- ancl it u,as all mus- tlcmcnctruslv tbftunatc. I'nr Icly thanklirl to \\'ong (right) the fundantcntals of l:rnding a hook kick clc. It u as thc hcavicst I'r e svcl- this clav. Whcn you think about havins thc on :r moving target (circa 1968). bccrr. I found. howcve r'. that if I clicl- oppoltunity to study ntartial art fl'ont B[ucc n't kcL'p lirl<inu tlrc rrciultt srrirr Lcc. I'r'c got to bc onc'of thc lucl<icst in Hurl t'ou hccn truining long ut the |tru- uuys clcl ancl hittins thc u'cishts that I coulcln't thc r'r'orlcl. particulal'ly sincc hc Chinatowrt school t'hen Bnrt,e Lce took you taught ntc nrairrtain that boclyrvcight. s'hcn I hacl no plcvious ntartial art cxpcricnce. us u privrtc student? Brucc Lcc usuaily only taught pcoplc tltat TED \\'ONG: No. In lirct. hc carlc up to Hox' long did it talia to ttoticc allcady hacl crpclicncc in nrartial He rnc in that vcrv llrst class ancl askccl nrc nry wu alts. progress irt nturtiul arts training once took r.r.rc in ancl nradc nrc not only his private narnc. ancl nhcrc I canrc tl'ont. Whcn I told 1,our !'ou stilrted training privutely with Bruce studcnt. but also his fitcncl. hinr I canrc ll'orn Hong Kclng. hc kncu that I Lce? spokc f'antoncsc. At that tintc tltcrc u,ctc TED WONG: Prctty rnuch rieht a*,ay. I Somcthinr! else thut I .find intaresting, probably only nvo or thlcc C'hincsc 1-rcoplc in \\'as r:ung-ho and prctty intctrsc. Thc and that muny o/'our memhers ,tot he Iris class. so hc took rnc out tirr a colcl clrink llrclty nr(f way that Brucc Lcc sltokc ancl tauuht you con- n,ith, is thnt ,tou were ut'tuully x,ith ancl startccl talltins to ntc. I rcally clicln't hai c .fhmiliur Vcy!-cl that hc utcaltt sc.r'ioLrs busincss. Hc Bruce Lec on thc dilt thut he.fbunded anv prcvious crpclicncc in thc nrartial alts.