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 Grandmaster Johnny Kwong Ming Lee or Lee
Kwong Ming was born in Shanghai, China. In 1958 his family moved to
Hong Kong, where at the age of 12 he began studying Northern Shaolin My
Jhong Law Horn Kung Fu under the late Grandmaster Yip Yu-Ting.
Master Yip was a respected and recognized member of the Four Supreme
Excellent Masters of Hopei, China. He took Master Lee as his last
personal student. In 1965 Master Lee became the personal student of the
late General Sun Paul Kung.
General Sun was a disciple of Grandmaster Fu Chen Sung, one of the
original “Five Tigers” from Northern China. He taught Master Lee
internal Kung Fu, Dragon Style Pa Kua Chang, Chi Kung and Wu Style Tai
Chi. Master Lee also became the personal indoor student of the late
Grandmaster Ma Yueh Liang, the Chinese Martial Arts national treasure
of Wu Style Tai Chi in Shanghai.
In 1974 Master Lee moved to the US where he became one of the first
Chinese masters to introduce the traditional Chinese Martial Arts into
mainstream America.
Master Lee has been featured in many national Martial Arts magazines
and has appeared on the covers of Tai Chi Magazine, Internal
Arts and Journal of Chinese Martial Arts.Internal Arts
magazine recognized him as one of the most knowledgeable masters of Pa
Kua Chang in this country Inside Kung Fu magazine called him a
nationally respected instructor of the Chinese Martial Arts and Pa
Kua Journal said he was one of the two best known Fu Style Pa Kua
masters in the United States.
He was also named Instructor of the Year and inducted into the Black
Belt Hall of Fame.
In 1998 he co directed, with Jeff Bolt, the World Kung Fu/Wushu World
Championships in Orlando, one of the largest International Kung Fu
tournaments held in America. This tournament was shown on ESPN.
On January 8, 2006, the title of 10th Degree Black Belt Grandmaster of
Traditional Kung Fu was bestowed upon Master Lee by the World
Organization of Wushu and Kung Fu Masters at a ceremony in Hong
Kong. He is now one of ten in the world who have received the
rank of this level.
The high degree of proficiency of Master Lee's teaching skills,
applications of technique and theoretical insight into the Chinese
Martial Arts, both internal and external, are best demonstrated through
his students. They excel in national and world tournaments and hold
many championship titles in forms, sparring and push hands.
The headquarters of Lee's White Leopard National Association are in
Dallas, Texas. The branches of his schools are in, Louisiana, Florida,
Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. |
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