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In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  ChinHo2
Kam Fong Chun is survived by two sons, Dennis and Dickson and two daughters, Brenda and Valerie.
Kam Fong Chun, known to millions of TV viewers as the stalwart Detective Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawai'i Five-0," has died, his family announced yesterday.
Years later, Kam Fong Chun said he was so despondent after the deaths of his wife and family that he began drinking heavily and that at one point he put a gun to his head and tried to kill himself.
www.hawaiifive0.org /chinho2.shtml   (1127 words)

  
 Kam Fong Chun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kam Fong Chun played Chin Ho Kelly on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O for ten years.
Kam Fong Chun (May 1918, –October 18, 2002) was born Kam Tong Chun in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Chun's stage name came from a misunderstanding of his first name of his first teacher who taught him to write Kam Fong Chun instead of his birthname, Kam Tong Chun.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kam_Fong_Chun   (591 words)

  
 'Five-O' actor Kam Fong Chun dead at 84 - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Kam Fong Chun, the Kalihi native known to millions of TV viewers as Detective Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawai'i Five-O," has died, his family announced today.
Chun died Oct. 18 after a long battle with inoperable lung cancer, according to a written statement released today by his son, Dennis Chun.
On June 8, 1944, Kam Chun's first wife, Esther, and his two young children, 4-year-old Marilyn, and 2-year-old son, Donald, were killed when two B-24 bombers collided and crashed in Kalihi, said Dennis Chun.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2002/Oct/30/br/br04p.html   (650 words)

  
 Passing on the Art of Wing Chun:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He learned both the fighting skills of wing chun and the theories to make those skills work though diligent practice and long discussions with Yip Man. Ho was a close disciple of Yip Man and spent a great deal of his family wealth on learning wing chun and helping his teacher.
Ho Kam Ming has had schools in Hong Kong and in Macau where he is the only wing chun teacher certified by the city of Macau.
Fong learned the fighting skills and theory of wing chun from Ho Kam Ming just as Ho learned them from Yip Man. Some of the important strategies of wing chun are explained in the remainder of this article, first in general terms then though relevant wing chun sayings.
www.fongswingchun.com /fighting.html   (4593 words)

  
 Kam Fong article from the Star-Bulletin
Kam Fong sings to waitresses at his hangout, Zippy's in Hawaii Kai.
Fong, who played Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawaii Five-O," is about to turn 80 in May. If living well is the best revenge, then Fong has succeeded in a life filled with tragedy.
Fong's first wife, Esther, kissed him on the cheek the morning of June 8, 1944, waking him, from a nap.
www.mjq.net /fiveo/kamfong.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Title Here
Ho Kam Ming was a dedicated persistent and loyal student of Yip Man from the mid-1950’s until the death of Yip Man. Other teachers of the bat jaam do set have their own good reasons for what they do.
The wing chun eight-foot kwan or pole is a formidable weapon.
The relevance is not only for learning wing chun as a complete art, but for acquiring the versatile use of short weapons for developing martial coordination, footwork, and timing.
www.tempewingchun.com /content_bot_jam_do.html   (1675 words)

  
 BrothersJudd Blog: "ALL WORTH IT":
Kam Fong Chun, the man TV viewers around the world knew as Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the hit crime series "Hawaii Five-O," died in Honolulu after a long fight against cancer, his family said on Wednesday.
Kam Fong Chun was a real-life Honolulu Police Department officer for 16 years before leaving the force in 1959 to put more time into acting.
Kam Fong Chun said in a 1977 interview that he left the show because he felt the scripts were stale.
www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/2002/10/all_worth_it_1.html   (352 words)

  
 History of Wing Chun
Ho Kam Ming was a second-generation student of Yip Man. He spent his life training with the late grandmaster.
Ho Kam Ming also cared for Yip Man while he was ill. He would care for him both in the hospital and at home.
With over 38 years of experience Master Fong is considered and respected as one of the most knowledgeable and skilled Wing Chun practitioners in the world today.
www.windycitywingchun.com /411/wchistory.html   (1617 words)

  
 JING: San Diego Wing Chun Shaolin Kung Fu - Largest/Most Beautiful School
Wing Chun matured and flourished not only as a highly effective and efficient martial art that could be mastered in a fraction of the time taken by traditional styles, but also as a weapon utilized by those who were rebelling against the evil, ruling government at that time.
In the early part of the twentieth century, Wing Chun was brought out of China and into Hong Kong by one of Chan Wah Sung's disciples, the famous Yip Man, who helped to promote Wing Chun and made it one of the most sought after art in the world.
Master Ho Kam Ming, one of Yip Man's senior and top disciples, opened a school in the small town of Macao off the coast of China called "The Macao Wing Chun Athletic Club", and produced high quality Wing Chun practitioners, some of whom became champion fighters all over Asia.
www.sdtaichi.com /wingchunhistory.html   (1088 words)

  
 Wing Chun Kung Fu History Martial Arts Jeet Kune Do DVD
Wing Chun kung fu, according to legend, was a style of Chinese fighting art  technique designed by the Shaolin monks for the smaller stature of women fighters.
Wing Chun terminology is traditionally rendered in the Cantonese dialect of Chinese.
Wing Chun kung fu students are taught that when in doubt as to which technique to use, they should attack with the chain punch.
www.jkdstreetdefense.com /wing-chun-kung-fu-history-dvd.html   (4801 words)

  
 Wing Chun Biographies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Augustine Fong was born on the island of Macao, off the coast of southern China.
Today, with over thirty-seven years of experience in the art, Master Fong is considered by the Ho KamMing Wing Chun Association in Hong Kong to be among the most skillful Wing Chun masters in the world.
In 1990, Master Fong was appointed the head judge of the Wing Chun committee of the United States.
www.fongswingchun.com /bio.html   (1702 words)

  
 Tempe Wing Chun
In addition to sustained personal instruction from Yip Man, Ho Kam Ming was close to Yip Man for 15 years, until the latter’s death.
Wing Chun likely was one of the arts practiced by rebels during the southern opposition to the spreading of the Qing dynasty in the south.
Wing Chun is not easy at the beginning for some, but improvements continues into fairly advanced age.
tempewingchun.com   (899 words)

  
 Kung Fu Magazine News and Events
The Ottawa Wing Chun Academy is very proud to host the last seminar by Grandmaster, Ho Kam Ming.
If you ever had any questions about Wing Chun, here is your chance to be answered by an old time master of the style.
Sigung Ho developed a very close personal relationship with his Sifu, whom revealed the finer points of Wing Chun to him and also appointed him to assume the responsibility of instructing his private students.
ezine.kungfumagazine.com /news/verify.php?event=1077   (457 words)

  
 UK Martial Arts Online: Encyclopedia, Wing Chun
Wing Chun, according to legend, was a style of Chinese martial arts technique designed by the Shaolin monks for the smaller stature of women fighters.
A favorite Wing Chun saying is "stay as he comes, follow as he goes" to emphasize its close range and stick-to-your-opponent approach to fighting.
Wing Chun students are taught that when in doubt as to which technique to use, they should attack with the chain punch.
www.ukmao.co.uk /enc_wingchun.asp   (4595 words)

  
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Kam Fong, best known for years as Chin Ho Kelly on the TV series "Hawaii Five-O," died Oct. 18, 2002 after a long battle with lung cancer, his family announced today.
He was born Kam Tong Chun, which means "golden temple," but his first teacher misunderstood the name and taught him to write Kam Fong Chun.
KAM LAN LAU FONG, 104, of Honolulu, died Jan. 5, 2002.
w2.byuh.edu /library/obituaries/2002/F.htm   (8092 words)

  
 Kam Fong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kam Fong, heißt in Wirklichkeit Kam Tong Chun (was auf Chinesisch "der goldene Tempel" bedeutet) und wurde am 27 Mai 1918 in Honolulu, Hawaii, geboren.
Kam Fong war glücklich bei "Hawaii 5-O" mitzumachen, aber nach der 10.
Terri hat Kam Fong auch bei "Magnum pi" gesehen.
sites.inka.de /~W2556/kafo.html   (402 words)

  
 Ottawa Wing Chun Academy
Fong became quite well known throughout Hong Kong and in Macao because of this match.
In addition to Wing Chun’s weapons, the Lok Dim Bune Quan (Six and one-half Point Staff) and the Bot Jaam Do (Butterfly Knives), he is adept in a wide variety of other martial arts weapons and also specializes in the southern Lion Dance.
For many years of hard work, the Fong's Wing Chun Gung-Fu Academy of Tucson, Arizona is recognized by the Martial Art Society as one of the top Wing Chun Gung-Fu Schools in the nation.
www.cyberus.ca /~p.gordon/about/lin3.htm   (618 words)

  
 Grados Wing Chun : Wing Chun
Developed nearly 300 years ago, Wing Chun is recognized worldwide for it's speed, aggressiveness, and efficiency.
Wing Chun Gung Fu is a unique Chinese martial art that was developed approximately 300 years ago.
Wing Chun's deceptivly simple forms reveal a close range combat system noted for its speed, aggressiveness and efficiency of movement.
www.sifugrados.com /wingchun.shtml   (224 words)

  
 A Conversation
The interview covered a wide range of topics including Wing Chun weapons, Wing Chun history, theory vs. practice, sticky hands, the physical and the spiritual, and student/teacher misunderstandings.
After learning all the Wing Chun forms completely and directly from Yip Man and doing chi sao with him, Master Ho continued to learn the fine points of theory in conversations till Yip Man passed away.
In Wing Chun gung fu, the important thing is learning well right now so that you will have something to pass on to students.
www.wingchun.com /AFongInterview.htm   (1700 words)

  
 Our Lineage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ho Kam-Ming was also one of a small select group to learn the complete Wing Chun system under Yip Man. In the later years, as Yip Man grew ill, Ho Kam-Ming took the responsibility to care for his Sifu's health and to teach many of Yip Man's private students and public classes.
It was during this period of time that he was instructed by Master Ho to accept students of his own and to pass on the Wing Chun system.
Sifu Wise has been a Wing Chun Instructor for over 8 years.He became a closed door disciple student in 1990 under Sifu Rene Ng, and also the first student to learn the Mook Yan Jong (woodendummy form).
www.sdwingchun.com /html/lineage.html   (683 words)

  
 About Wing Chun Kuen
Created over three hundred years ago by Buddhist monks, Wing Chun Gung Fu is a very effective self defense system which teaches students to tune in to the more instinctual side of their nature.
Many people are familiar with the art due to the spreading of Wing Chun to America in the 1960's by the late Bruce Lee.
Wing Chun Gung Fu is a complete martial arts system with excellent application for self defense and development of body, mind and spirit.
www.afn.org /~afn59160/aboutwc.html   (209 words)

  
 Windy City Wing Chun Links
If you looking for anything on Fong's lineage, our link section connects you to every website that we know of that's affiliated with Sifu.
Master Ho was one of the rare individuals who completed the entire art of Wing Chun directly under Yipman.
He continues to teach privately to a select handful of students and spread the art of Wing Chun.
www.windycitywingchun.com /links/index.html   (204 words)

  
 CHUM KIU: Wing Chun Gung Fu’s Second Form
In wing chun as in good gung fu, repeated and correct practice is more important than just learning the sequence of the form.
Chum Kiu is a true bridge to self defense and mature wing chun gung fu.
Joy Chaudhuri is one of his students and a professor at Arizona State University and also teaches wing chun in Tempe, Arizona.
www.wingchun.com /chumKiuAfong.html   (1166 words)

  
 April 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Many Islanders are cast in running roles for the series, mainly Kam Fong Chun, Zulu, Maggi Parker, and, just lately, Richard Denning.
Jerry spoke to Kam’s son Dennis and who said his dad was a bit down.
The address is Kam Fong, c/o Dennis Chun, 2578C-2 Pacific Hts.
www.hawaiifive0.org /april00.shtml   (2951 words)

  
 News
Dita appears on the cover of the Christmas Gala issue of Playboy Magazine and also inside in a pictorial entitled, "The Return Of Fetish." The spread includes the lovely Dita in many of the poses that make up her live burlesque act.
Chun was best known as Chin Ho Kelly, the pipe-smoking, wise-cracking underling to Steve McGarrett on TV's Hawaii Five-0.
Chun appeared on the show from its inception in 1968 until 1978, when he left the show, saying that the scripts had become stale.
www.barracudamagazine.com /news.htm   (564 words)

  
 Classic TV & Movie Hits - Kam Fong
On June 8, 1944, Chun lost his family in a freak air disaster that devastated their home in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Two B-24 bombers collided over the Chun residence, killing wife Esther, four-year old daughter Marilyn and two-year old son son Donald.
They later bore a two sons, Dennis and Dickson, and daughters Brenda and Valerie Chun.
www.classictvhits.com /cast.php?id=1841   (114 words)

  
 Grados Wing Chun : Family Tree
Ho Kam Ming is well known in both Hong Kong and Macao.
He founded the Ho Kam Ming Wing Chun Association which is authorized by the Yip Man Wing Chun Association.
Master Fong currently resides in Tucson, Arizona where he founded his own Wing Chun academy and established the headquarters for Fong's Wing Chun Gung Fu Federation.This association remains devoted to the exact principles of the complete system of Wing Chun Gung Fu, and currently has affiliated schools throughout the United States and Canada.
www.sifugrados.com /sifamilytree.shtml   (234 words)

  
 Actors - Kam Fong Chun
He was an American actor whose claim to fame was his 1968 to 1978 star performance as Chin Ho Kelly, a police detective on the CBS television network series Hawaii Five-O.
His brother burned to death as he was painting the family home and someone had lit a match.
You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
listing-index.ebay.com /actors/Kam_Fong_Chun.html   (439 words)

  
 An Archive for TV news from November 2002
Kam Fong Chun best known for his portrayal of police Det. Chin Ho Kelly on the television series "Hawaii Five-O," died October 18th in Hawaii after a long battle with lung cancer, he was 84.
Fong was a Honolulu police officer from 1946-1962, when he retired and went into business as a real estate agent.
A colleague made an appointment for him to audition for a role in "Hawaii Five-O." Fong played the part for 10 seasons before he tired of it and was written out by having his character killed in the final episode of the 1977-78 season.
www.mortystv.com /archive/november_2002.shtml   (5066 words)

  
 China Lo Man Kam Wing Chun Kung Fu Federation San Francisco Bay Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jeet Kune Do instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto, Wing Chun teacher under Sifu Francis Fong, and student of several different fighting styles, she had a deep understanding of combatative arts.
Akko had been living in Oakland, California, where she was teaching Wing Chun Kung Fu and Kali Stick Fighting; she had hoped to open her own school and a center for violence prevention later this year.
She and I met on a weekly basis to practice Wing Chun together, sharing forms, drills, ideas, and chi sao, to mutually broaded our knowledge of the art.
www.wingchun-sf.com /akko.shtml   (218 words)

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