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Sifu Wong in a relaxed moment.
About my primary instructor Ted Wong: Ted Wong probably spent more time with Bruce Lee during the development of his art of Jeet Kune Do than any other individual presently living. The two were also good friends. Bruce and Linda attended Ted's wedding and Ted Wong sat beside Bruce during the screening of "The Way of the Dragon" in Hong Kong. Ted received certification in Jeet Kune Do directly from Bruce Lee and was Bruce Lee's last private student.
For years Ted Wong has taught privately, usually to only a handful of dedicated individuals who would make the trip to his home in California to train in Ted's backyard. He is a humble man, a dedicated man, and a man fiercely loyal to Bruce Lee, in terms of both the art he taught and the message he communicated. Linda Lee Caldwell recollects that Ted's teaching is perhaps the purest strain of her late husbands art.
In many respects, Ted Wong is quite fortunate that when he began his training with Bruce Lee, he had never had any previous martial arts training, with the result that he had nothing to "unlearn." Ted came to the United States in 1953 and became very interested in Western Boxing, which he watched on television. He watched Bruce on The Green Hornet, and shortly thereafter, learned that Bruce Lee would be opening a Gung Fu school in L.A.'s Chinatown. Bruce gave a lecture on that first day and Ted was very impressed, joining the school on the spot. Bruce encouraged him during classes and shortly afterwards took Ted as a private student. Bruce Lee continued to teach Ted privately from 1967 up until he moved to Hong Kong in 1971, a period of four uninterrupted years, and then corresponded with Ted right up until his passing in 1973. Bruce Lee's teachings influenced Ted profoundly, Ted believes that Bruce Lee left behind a legacy the significance of which transcends mere punching and kicking methodology. It has been during the last few years that Ted Wong has taken what he learned privately from his mentor, Bruce Lee, public in the form of seminars and magazine articles.
Ted Wong currently lives in California.