William Fong
Praying Mantis Shifu
The information presented in this chart was collected from different sources -see Bibliography-, therefore the romanizations in Pinyin according to the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters sometimes is not available. If you find any mistakes or inaccuracies please contact me.
Student of shifu Zhao Zhu Xi.
Shifu William Fong used to teach Tai Ji Tang Lang in the San Francisco bay area (California, USA) at the end of the 80's.
Shifu William is currently not actively teaching (marriage and his job) although his senior student teaches under his name in San Francisco.
When he went back to Hong Kong, a lot of junior classmates refused to believe he was a student of shifu Zhao Zhu Xi, until shifu Zhao Zhu Xi himself told the junior students that shifu William was their senior. Shifu Zhao Zhu Xi later pulled out and old film tape of shifu Fong performing for shifu Zhao Zhu Xi's school.
Shifu William Fong's specialty is chinna and he has also a Hong Jia background. Shifu William Fong also had the opportunity to learn from shifu Wong Fei Hung's wife studio and with one of shifu Lam Sai Wing's students.
Shifu William Fong lives in Palo Alto, California (USA).
Page Updated: 1st June 2001.
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