[2] Accounts of Wong's fight with Lee are contrary and controversial, as it was unrecorded and held privately at Chinatown, Oakland in 1964, when both men were in their early 20s.

[citation needed] According to author Norman Borine, Wong wanted to know the rules of the match and the restrictions on techniques such as hitting the face, groin kicks, and eye jabs, and that the two fought no holds barred after he received no reply from Lee.

[10] According to Wong's published account, the fight began at approximately 6:05 when Lee asked him to step forward in the middle of the school.

Wong stated that he had extended "a hand of friendship" in accordance with martial arts traditions, but Lee initiated the attack.

"[13] Lee made no public response to Wong's article and closed his Oakland school shortly thereafter, relocating to Los Angeles where he would later achieve fame in Hollywood.

[15][full citation needed] Wong instructed classes in California at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco and at the First Unitarian Church in Oakland for the better part of five decades before retiring in 2005.