Jimmy Manfredy was born in Hartford, CT but raised in the Bronx, NY. Jimmy first got interested in Martial Arts when he was young, and at the age of 5, his father introduced him to his first teacher Sifu Wong Zhi Chen who took him in as a private student and taught him Long Fist Kung Fu, Drunken Boxing Sanda (Kick-Boxing) and then later went on to learn the 1st style the late great Bruce Lee Wing Chun Kung Fu and under the guidance of Sifu's Hing Fai Chan, Steve Lee Swift and his current teacher Grandmaster Samuel Kwok all of which are direct disciples of Ip Ching and Ip Chun, the sons the legendary Ip Man teacher of Bruce Lee; Jimmy and his family passes on the skills to new generations of martial artists and stunt men/women. Show less «