Robert Downey Jr & Wing Chun
Did anybody see today's Oprah episode, apparently they were interviewing Robert Downey Jr and his successes since being out of Jail and how he is doing now. I didn't see the episode but I heard about Downey's training with Eric Oram who is a Sifu Instructor under GM William Cheung(TWC) in Santa Monica, CA, and it was profiled on the show today and how Wing Chun has helped him clean himself up. Too bad I missed it, it would have been nice to see. If anyone gets a clip of the Wing Chun part let me know where you can download it. Here's a link to some of what happened on the show(text), http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/2004...1123_105.jhtml .
James
Re: Robert Downey Jr & Wing Chun(TWC) on Oprah
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Originally posted by sihing
Did anybody see today's Oprah episode, apparently they were interviewing Robert Downey Jr and his successes since being out of Jail and how he is doing now. I didn't see the episode but I heard about Downey's training with Eric Oram who is a Sifu Instructor under GM William Cheung(TWC) in Santa Monica, CA, and it was profiled on the show today and how Wing Chun has helped him clean himself up. Too bad I missed it, it would have been nice to see. If anyone gets a clip of the Wing Chun part let me know where you can download it. Here's a link to some of what happened on the show(text), http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/2004...1123_105.jhtml .
James
I saw it! The wife had Oprah on when I walked in just as they cut to the clip of Downey in Orams school. Wing Chun came off very well in that segment. Downey spoke highly of what he was learning and looked very good in his brief demo of some technique. It will be interesting to see if his training has truly helped him to the point that he can stay off of drugs, and whether we see him in any martial arts roles doing Wing Chun when he gets back to his a acting career.
Keith
i need a famous celebrity
I think i'll go after Martha stewart....heheheh
Re: Robert Downey Jr & Wing Chun(TWC) on Oprah
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Originally posted by sihing
Did anybody see today's Oprah episode, apparently they were interviewing Robert Downey Jr and his successes since being out of Jail and how he is doing now. I didn't see the episode but I heard about Downey's training with Eric Oram who is a Sifu Instructor under GM William Cheung(TWC) in Santa Monica, CA, and it was profiled on the show today and how Wing Chun has helped him clean himself up. Too bad I missed it, it would have been nice to see. If anyone gets a clip of the Wing Chun part let me know where you can download it. Here's a link to some of what happened on the show(text), http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/2004...1123_105.jhtml .
James
Ok, that's just weird. Although I'm happy for anyone that can turn their life around from problems of that sort, and it's not too surprising to see people reach that through a study of wing chun. It's just bizzare to see it on The Oprah Winfrey Show...
Seems like Eric Oram might have quite a few celebraties training with him, did anyone see this article:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...8/workout1025/