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This is part of an article originally printed an old kung fu magazine from the 1970's called Real Kung Fu.

In Search of a Sifu the Story of Lee Koon Hung.

by Martin

"Everybody would turn an admiring eye at a man of success. And yet, how many of us know that his past has been made up of a long series of hardship and struggles, through which he sharpened his wits and emerged to become the "idol" of today? Success is never an accidental happening. Or one should say, success is the crystallization of the blood,, sweat,, and tears of accumulative failures. Most of us have a different viewpoint with regard to what success is. Moreover, there is no set standard to measure the degree or extent of being successful. It all depends so much on each individual's opinion and ground for judgment."
There goes a "philosophy" of success. How are we going to apply this to the young Choy Lee Fut boxer Lee Koon Hung? Certainly, looking from all different angles, Lee is to be considered a successful kung fu practitioner. He is in his prime, thirty-three years old, precisely, five feet seven, weighing 140 lbs, and in possession of a strong physique. On the other hand, in his manners and attitudes, Lee proves to be a man with a strong sense of humour and an air of a learned scholar. He sets up his business in cloth-yard retailing, but he has built up a close relationship with martial arts even since he was a kid of five or six. His talents and his keen devotion, coupled with a long period of hard training and practice, serve to heighten Lee's kung fu to the state of maturity. As a result, Lee made rapid progress and improvements within a short span of time.
Within 20 years, Lee is able to master his kung fu almost to perfection.
Lee was born in Shun Tak County of Kwantung Province, a land of rich soil and wonderful scenery. At the age of four, he followed his family to move to Hong Kong. When he reached the age for schooling, he studied in a primary school. At school, he came to know classmates from different places. Some of them came from families of martial artists, and were capable of handling some basic fist and kicking techniques. This association left a deep impression on Lee's mind, and inspired him to become a practitioner of Chinese martial arts. When he was ten, Lee started to practice kung fu in a gymnasium, accompanied by his classmate. Although Lee was small in his age and knew little, he was able to master the fundamental movements, and this laid the foundation for further training and practice in the years to come. After a long period of hard learning and constant practice, Lee began to feel some dissatisfaction towards the particular kung fu style that he had been studying so far, and he sought for another style which would enable him to fulfill his aspirations.
So, he and his classmate went in search of a Sifu. At that time, Lee was around twelve years old. His classmate introduced him to join the Poon Dik gymnasium to practice Choy Lee Fut kung fu. Lee's hope was finally realized. He felt glad because he could manage the basic five-wheel stance of CLF, owing to his former kung fu background. At the same time, he was a bit unaccustomed to the agile movements stressed in CLF, for he had been learning level stances all along. However, he clearly knew that the five-wheel stance is an extremely useful technique. If one is willing to spend some time on it, one would surely comprehend its secrets one day. Later on, after a longer period of training, Lee was able to comprehend and master the essentials of CLF skills, namely cum (seize), na (grab), kwa (reverse punch), so (sweep-punch), and champ (straight punch). Because he had shown a high degree of intelligence during hi training, Lee was appraised by his elders as a promising practitioner.
Sifu Leung Sai, who was the first disciple of Sifu Poon Dik, intended to set Lee on the way to kung fu career. So he taught Lee all that he h mastered in his life. Lee was much obliged and pleased with this opportunity to improve himself, s he allocated a great part of his time to study kung fu from Sifu Leung Sai. After a few years' time, Leung had already instructed Lee on all he had studied, an he decided to recommend Lee to Sifu Chau Ping his colleague, whose skills he thought were only second to those of Sifu Poon. When Chau saw Lee, he became fond of Lee after a short while, an agreed to accept Lee to be his disciple. Some year after, when Lee recalled this incident, he commented "I learnt most techniques from Sifu Leung. However I really began to have a real comprehension of kung fu after I came to Sifu Chau."
After years of hardship and practice, Lee finally succeeded in mastering the techniques of CLF kung fu. At the same time, he was also specialized i maneuvering the different kinds of weapons, especially the "double-dragon sword". The "double-dragon sword" is in reality the handling of two swords. When the swords are set in a swinging motion, the two forces of yin and yang (that is, forcefulness and flexibility) are united together in harmony. The movements thus become closely knitted and yet agile, and the style is one of the utmost grace. When practicing this, the low stance is preferred. In this way, it somewhat resembles the technique of the broadsword but differs in its high degree of difficulty. Lee had achieved a good reputation in this form, when he appeared in public performances in Hawaii. But, in Hong Kong, Lee is better renowned for his CLF’s Siu Ping Kuen Form in the martial world.
At present, Lee Koon Hung is the Instructor-in chief in the Chinese martial art department of the Kowloon City Sik Ying Gymnasium. There are altogether over a hundred disciples. During his instructional periods, Lee puts much emphasis on disciplinary conduct. He manages to put in a particular effort to standardize the uniforms of the students. His disciples all adhere to his guidance and teachings, which is a commonly acknowledged fact among the kung fu schools in the Colony.

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