He was a master teacher of Wing Chun. His most famous student was Bruce Lee.
"We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons, fear and hatred and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life of one hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, then a life of a single day can be a triumph."
Martial arts lineage
- Ng Mui (one of the Five Elders of Shaolin Monastery)
- Yim Wing-chun (taught Wing Chun by Ng for self-defence)[citation needed]
- Leung Bok-chau (Yim's husband)
- Leung Lan-kwai
- Wong Wah-bo ( was taught the pole form by Leung Yee-tai for the exchange of the empty hand system)
- Leung Yee-tai (added his pole form to the empty hand system he learned from Wong)
- Leung Jan (also taught his son Leung Bik)
- Chan Wah-shun
- Yip Man (also learned from Wu Chung-sok, Leung Bik)
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