Chinese kiai?

[RealWingChun]

Maybe so, but he didn't choose to take that route. What we do know is that he was fast, trained hard, and there are a lot of stories out there floating around.

Agreed. But the fact that he did not complete Wing Chun, let alone master it is not a story. However, that does not take anything away from Bruce Lee, as far as him being an exceptional martial artist is concerned.

I don't think that he ever claimed that he did master Wing Chun, nor any other style, for that matter. He was know to be somewhat arrogant, but not so much that he diluted himself into thinking something such as that.

I do believe that he probably spent enough time in Wing Chun to figure out what he did/did not like, and was able to tailor his own training thus.

As we have agreed, he was good at what he did. And part of why he was good was because he trained extremely hard.

I agree with this point. He was obsessive/fanatical about his training, and his physical condition as well.

Good points.

[RealWingChun]

Some people will even say that Yip Man's system was not complete in itself either, but that is another discussion.

Interesting, please elaborate further on this.

Hello,

Perhaps I should not have used the word "complete". Suffice to say that there are many elements that I have not seen referecences to in Yip Man's Wing Chun. That is , there is more to Wing Chun than just what was taught by Yip Man. There are internal training aspects; ground fighting; punching and kicking aspects as well.

There are other lineages of Wing Chun, that seem to contain elements that don't seem to be present in Yip Man's lineage.