Jun Chong is a South Korean martial artist, filmmaker, and actor.Jun
Chong was born in 1944 in South Korea. At the age of eight, he began
training in the country's national martial art of Taekwondo. While he
won numerous competitions both nationally and internationally, Chong
decided to try his hand at train in other forms of martial arts,
including Hapkido, Judo, Aikido, and Boxing. Chong is currently a
9th-degree grandmaster in Taekwondo and after emigrating to Los
Angeles in the 1970s, he opened his own school, which continues to
operate today. He has had his share of celebrity students, including
Phillip Rhee, Simon Rhee, Lorenzo Lamas, Sam J. Jones, boxing legend
Sugar Ray Leonard, and Heather Graham.Chong is also the founder of the
World United Martial Arts Organization (WUMAO), connecting martial
arts schools from all over the world to support in the advancement and
growth of martial arts.Chong made his film debut in 1976 in a South
Korean-made martial arts film shot on location in Los Angeles entitled
Visitor of America, with Chong being credited as 케리・éƒ' (Ke-li
Chong) in the original Korean version and as Bruce K.L. Lea in the
English-dubbed and altered U.S. edit known as Bruce Lee Fights Back
from the Grave.
Chong was born in 1944 in South Korea. At the age of eight, he began
training in the country's national martial art of Taekwondo. While he
won numerous competitions both nationally and internationally, Chong
decided to try his hand at train in other forms of martial arts,
including Hapkido, Judo, Aikido, and Boxing. Chong is currently a
9th-degree grandmaster in Taekwondo and after emigrating to Los
Angeles in the 1970s, he opened his own school, which continues to
operate today. He has had his share of celebrity students, including
Phillip Rhee, Simon Rhee, Lorenzo Lamas, Sam J. Jones, boxing legend
Sugar Ray Leonard, and Heather Graham.Chong is also the founder of the
World United Martial Arts Organization (WUMAO), connecting martial
arts schools from all over the world to support in the advancement and
growth of martial arts.Chong made his film debut in 1976 in a South
Korean-made martial arts film shot on location in Los Angeles entitled
Visitor of America, with Chong being credited as 케리・éƒ' (Ke-li
Chong) in the original Korean version and as Bruce K.L. Lea in the
English-dubbed and altered U.S. edit known as Bruce Lee Fights Back
from the Grave.
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