What is Bak Hsing Choy Lee Fut?
Choy Lee Fut combines the long-arm style of Southern China’s martial arts with the quick agile footwork of Northern China.
The history of the Buk Sing (Bak Hsing) branch of Choy Lee Fut can be traced back to Jeong Yim in Fut San.
Jeong Yim’s primary students
Chan Ngau-Sing, Yuan Hai, Tam Lup, Lee Yan, Lui Charn
Lui Charn had a student named Tam Sam, who was originally a Hung Gar master and wanted to further his martial arts skill by learning Choy Lee Fut. However, Lui Charn expelled Tam Sam from the Choy Lee Fut school before he completed his training, due to an unfortunate incident between Tam Sam and another student.
After his expulsion, Tam Sam asked some of Lui Charn’s students to help him open a new Choy Lee Fut branch in Guangzhou, Siu Buk (little north) district and called it Siu Buk Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut. Eventually, it was shortened to Buk Sing branch of Choy Lee Fut. A Northern Shaolin master name Ku Yu Jeung (Gu Ruzhang) befriended and joined Tam Sam and thus added more techniques to the Buk Sing Choy Lee Fut curriculum.
Tam Sam’s students
Lun Ji, Chan Nien Pak, Kong On, Kong Heng, Lee Chow, Mah Yan, Lau Kuru Tong, Lung Tse Cheung, Chang Choy, Nip Chi Fei
What makes Buk Sing Choy Lee Fut a unique branch is that it concentrates on the application of Choy Lee Fut techniques with an emphasis on combat applications.
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