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Chan
Heung Gong, the founder of Choy Lee Fut , was born (according to the
Western calendar) on the 10 of July, in the year 1806 in King Mui
Village in the Sun Wui district of Canton Province Chan Heung founded
the Choy Lee Fut kung fu system in the mid 19th century, i.e. during the
reign of the Emperor Daoguang (1821-1850) of the Qing (Ching) Dynasty.
Chan Heung's first teacher, his Uncle Chan Yuen Wu was a former Shaolin
monk and a practitioner of Shaolin kung fu. His second teacher Lee Yau
San a practitioner of Lee Gar Kuen (Lee Family Fist) who was also a
former Shaolin monk.
The third teacher of Chan Heung, Choy Fook was once again a monk from
the Shaolin Temple. Choy Fook was one of the few surviving monks who had
managed to escape from the destruction of the Fukien Shaolin Temple.
After
Chan Heung passed away in 1875, his two sons Chan
Koon Pak and Chan On Pak inherited their father's martial arts
teaching and brought up a lot of outstanding disciples, such as Fong Yu
Shu. Chan Yiu Sai, Chan Tai Shun, Leung Kuei, and Wong Fook Among them,
Master Fong Yuk Shu who was to become the third generation inheritor of
our branch of Choy Lee Fut.
Third
Generation Fong Yuk Shu, was a native of
Kaiping County in Guangdong (Canton) Province. He came from a wealthy
background, which made it easy for him to study the Martial Arts. He
first learned kung fu in Kaiping and later he went to King Mui to study
Choy Lee Fut with Chan Heung's youngest son Chan Koon Pak. After leaving
Chan Koon Pak's school, he then started his own school in Sanshen
Commune, Henan District, Guanzhou. Among his accomplishments are;
Coach to the Jiangmen organisations in Guangzhou, training director of
the Chinese Broadsword Team and a follower of Dr Sun Yet Sen.
After
receiving permission from master Fong Yuk Shu, fourth Generation master Chan
Hong Hung first set up a martial school in the City of Canton and
later after an altercation moved his school to Hong Kong to carry on
teaching the martial arts of Choy Lee Fut kung fu.
With
permission from master Chan Hong Hung, fifth Generation master Jew Yew
Jong set up a martial school in the City of Kowloon in Hong Kong
My
sifu, sixth generation master Edmund Ng (Ng Hao Tak)
was born in Hong Kong in 1952, and began his training in Choy Lee Fut
kung fu at the age of eight years old under the guidance of Master Jew
Yew Jong. Upon arrival in England in 1976, Sifu Ng with the permission
of Master Jew Yew Jong, opened his own school to further the teaching of
Choy Lee Fut. In 1996, master Ng was appointed to the position of
European representative of the Hong Kong Choy Lee Fut Association
I
am seventh generation Choy Lee Fut since I became a student of
Sifu Edmund Ng in 1983. I have been a student of Sifu Ng for twenty two
years (well give or take a month or two).
Chan Heung Gong
The
Founder of
Choi Lee Fut
This
page contains my profile,
About Me
My Choi Lee Fut lineage