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William Cheung |
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| Born | 1940 (age 71–72) Hong Kong |
| Other names | 張卓慶, Cheung Cheuk Hing |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Style | Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu |
| Teacher(s) | Yip Man |
| Rank | Grandmaster |
| Notable students | Keith Mazza, Phillip Redmond, Anthony Arnett, Ian Protheroe |
| Website | http://www.cheungswingchun.com/ |
William Cheung or Cheung Cheuk Hing (張卓慶, pinyin: Zhāng Zhuóqìng), born ? October, 1940, is a Chinese Wing Chun kung fu practitioner and currently the Grandmaster of his lineage of Wing Chun, entitled Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). He also heads the sanctioning body of TWC, the World Wing Chun Kung Fu Association.
In 1951, at the age of ten, Cheung started his training in Wing Chun kung fu under the late Yip Man. According to Cheung, it was from 1954 to 1958 that he was a live-in student of Yip Man and inherited the complete system of Traditional Wing Chun.[1]
William Cheung was also a close friend and senior and training partner to Bruce Lee in the Wing Chun system. He was responsible for personally introducing Bruce Lee to Wing Chun in 1953.[2]
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Duncan Leung, a Yip Man student, says it was William Cheung who first made Wing Chun famous in Australia. "In 1957 another early student of Yip Man, William Cheung, immigrated to Australia. On the way there an incident occurred when he locked himself in the sailor cabin and fought more than 10 sailors. This got into all the newspapers and so Wing Chun was even known in Australia then."[3]
Cheung is known for using "Egg Standing" to demonstrate his skill in weight distribution and overall control of his body. [4]
After moving to Melbourne, Australia to teach Wing Chun professionally in 1973, Cheung began operating a martial arts school. In 1976 he was elected the President of the Australian Kung Fu Federation.
Cheung has produced a number of videos, including The Wing Chun Way, Tao of Wing Chun, My Life with Wing Chun, Wing Chun – Advanced Training and Applications, City of Dragons, CMT – Cheung's Meridian Therapy and PRO-TEKT: A Personal Protection Program.
His fight with Emin Boztepe, then a student of Keith R. Kernspecht, in 1986, at a seminar in Germany, caused controversy in the wider Wing Chun community.[5]
