Shaolin Kenpo Martial Artist & Teacher: Ralph Castro - R.I.P

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“I can’t tell you the number of late nights that [Bruce Lee] spent with Ralph Castro, and Wally Jay, James Lee, Allen Joe, all those guys. Many late nights where they would go around the room demonstrating things.”—Linda Lee Cadwell (Bruce Lee’s widow)

 

Thanks to Mattew Polly & Gene Ching, for making me aware of this news, via thier repsective Twitter pages. I'm late with this announcement, which was made back in Feburary. The Martial Arts Master, passed away in his sleep, aged 87.

Shaolin Kenpo’s Ralph Castro Has Passed Away

Link-  https://www.usadojo.com/ralph-castro/

 

 

(L-R) Bruce Lee, Ed Parker, James Yimm-Lee, Ralph Castro.

 

 

The picture below, was taken the same day as the one above. At Ralph's Martial Arts school, in San Francisco, circa 1963

 

 

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Source- https://imgur.com/a/cXbvP#Sntyh9b

 

Remembering Ralph Castro, the SF Peninsula’s trailblazing martial arts master

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“Whenever we saw Ralph with his students at competitions, we’d all be saying — ‘Jeez, we gotta fight those guys?!’”—Barney Scollan, student of Ed Parker and Bruce Lee

Link- https://thesixfifty.com/remembering-ralph-castro-the-peninsulas-trailblazing-martial-arts-master-46c580a89e3c

 

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Bruce Lee, Ed Parker, Ralph Castro and James Lee(Images)

Source/Link- http://kenponotes.blogspot.com/2018/05/bruce-lee-ed-parker-ralph-castro-and.html

 

Stills taken at Mr Castros Martial Arts school, around 1963.

Here's BL with Ed Parker, demonstrating some moves.