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Bob's Tai Chi and Kung Fu Lineages

Bob Cook with Ark Wong and Dan Inosanto
Bob Cook with Ark Wong and Dan Inosanto

Harold Wong Tai Chi Master
Harold Wong Kung Fu Master

Bob Cook with Harold Wong
Bob taught Harold Tai Chi while Harold taught Bob a very unique style of Kung Fu that is related to Sountern Preying Mantis

James Wing Wu Tai Chi and Hun Gar Kung Fu
Bob Cook Studied Tai Chi and Hung Gar Kung Fu and many other Kung Fu systems under Master James Wing Wu who was of the lineage of Grandmaster Lum Sai Wing and others

Lum Sai Wing Hung Gar Grandmaster
Lum Sai Wing - Tai Chi and Hun Gar Kung Fu Grandmaster

Lum Sai Wing Hung Gar Grandmaster
Illustration of Hun Gar Kung Fu Grandmaster Lum Sai Wing

James Wing Wu with Rick Flores and Rich Montgomery
James Wing Wu (center) with Rick Flores (left) and Rich Montgomery (right) in 1962

 

 

 

 

 

Most of the people pictured on this page acknowledge Bob Cook as a master of Tai Chi and Kung Fu, Bob disputes this, saying rather, he considers himself an eternal student

Bob Cook and Hou Shih Ying
Bob Cook with Hou Shih Ying,
Qi Gong Master

Gene Chen with Hou Shih Ying
Master Gene Chen with
Grandmaster Hou Shih Ying. Gene Chen Taught Bob Southern Preying Mantis and White Eyebrow Kung Fu as well as Chen Tai Chi

Bob Cook and Howard Lee
 From 1968-1971 Bob studied with three masters who taught the Choy Le Fut style. Howard Lee, Wi Ji and John Lim were early students of Lao Bun. Then Bob studied with Grandmaster Jew Leung for 8 years. Pictured above is Bob with Howard Lee

Wi Ji demonstrating Buterfly Knife set
Wi Ji demonstrating the
Butterfly Knife set

Jimmy Jew Choy Lee Fut Master
From 1972- 1980, Bob studied Choy Le Fut Kung Fu under Master Jimmy Jew who was a student of Grandmaster Lao Bun

Lau Bun Choy Lee Fut
Lau Bun was Grandmaster of Choy Le Fut Kung Fu system

T.Y. Pang Tai Chi Master
Bob Studied Tai Chi, Bagua and Hsing Yi with Master T.Y. Pang who was a student of Grandmasters Tung Ying Chieh and Sun Si Kwun

 

 

 

 

Here are some excellent
Kung Fu and Tai Chi videos
(click on links at bottom of that page)

Chris Chan
A young Chris Chan - Wing Chun Master
and Bob's teacher for many years

Like Bruce Lee, Chris Chan was a student of Yip Man
Wing Chun Student with
Grand Master Yip Man

Bruce Lee and Yip Man
Bruce Lee was also a student of Yip Man

Kuo Lien Ying Tai Chi
Kuo Lien Ying - Grandmaster of Tai Chi taught Kwan Ping Tai Chi, Northern Shao Lin Kung Fu, Standing Post Chi Gung, Ba Gua and Hsing Yi

Kuo and Bing Jiang swords
Kuo and senior student Bing Jiang practice a broadsword set. Bob studied and practiced with Bing after Kuo's passing.

Bob Cook with Master Jelng
Bob Cook with Tai Chi Swordmaster Jelng
and Tom Brain (Li Po)

Master T.S. Ying
Bob also studied Tai Chi, Bagua, Hsing Yi and
Qi Gong with Master T.S. Ying

Bob Cook with Bagua Master T.S. Ying
Bob learning Ba Gua under
Tai Chi Master T.S. Ying

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