according to a common folklore regarding her encounter with the well-known hung ga practitioner and future spouse wong fei-hung, in 1911, wong fei-hung and his students were performing lion dance during the dragon boat festival in foshan, when one of his shoes accidentally slipped out and hit the face of the then 19-year old mok who was observing the dance. furious, mok stepped onto the stage and struck wong in the face, stated that "this time it's your shoe, but what if the next time it's your weapon. you could have killed someone. a person of your skill should not ever have an accident like that." wong apologized, "you are right i should not have been so careless." mok left and disappeared into the crowd.