Table of Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 16
Note to the Reader 18
Family Tree (Hong Kong version) 23
Family Tree (Foshan version) 26
Part 1 Applied Kung Fu 29
Chapter 1 The Professor Humbled 32
Chapter 2 Pure Wing Chun 44
Chapter 3 Applied Wing Chun 50
Part 2 Martial Virtues 1964-1973 57
Chapter 4 A Mysterious Old Man 62
Chapter 5 The Dragon Head 71
Part 3 Prodigy 1949-1959 79
Chapter 6 Yip Man's Formal Disciple 82
Chapter 7 I Fight For My Life 89
Chapter 8 First Street Fight 94
Chapter 9 Bruce Lee and I 98
Chapter 10 Yip Man and I 102
Chapter 11 Private Wing Chun Curriculum 111
Chapter 12 Yip Man's Challenger 117
Chapter 13 Yip Man's Long Pole 124
Chapter 14 Yip Man - Not Grandmaster 127
Chapter 15 I Run For My Life 130
Chapter 16 First Stab 134
Chapter 17 Young Swordsman 137
Chapter 18 Bruce Lee and I Beaten 141
Chapter 19 Bruce Lee and the Wooden Man 150
Part 4 Down Under 1959-1963 165
Chapter 20 Initiation 167
Chapter 21 The Longest Fight 171
Chapter 22 Chopsticks 180
Part 5 America, Here I Come 185
Chapter 23 First Fight in the U.S 187
Chapter 24 First Shots 190
Chapter 25 First Disciple 196
Chapter 26 Locked Gate Match 202
Chapter 27 Oh, Carol! 205
Chapter 28 Wing Chun Woodpecker 209
Part 6 Virginia 1976-1978 213
Chapter 29 The Bear 216
Chapter 30 President's Bodyguard 222
Chapter 31 The Samurai 228
Chapter 32 Blind Swordsman 234
Chapter 33 SEAL Team Instructor 240
Chapter 34 SWAT Come Along 244
Chapter 35 Endgame 249
Postscript Mission Impossible 253
