Cheung Yim was an orphan, came from a broken family, was a student of martial art masters such as Lee Yau San (Chan Heung's teacher), Chan Heung, and the Monk Ching Cho Wo Sheung (Green Grass Monk 青草和尚), he wass also Co-Founder to the Choy Lee Fut system, founder of the Great Victory School (Hung Sing Kwoon - 鴻勝舘 )and the Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut system 鴻勝蔡李佛拳, a notable revolutionary, accomplished fighter, a Hung Mun Red Pole (426 Enforcer 紅棍),and father of the largest and longest running school of southern Chinese Martial Arts.
Cheung Yim - The Beginning
Cheung Yim aka Cheung Hung Sing was one of the most famous figures to emerge from the Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu legacy. He was born in 1824 and died in 1893, and a native of Sanshui Dong Ling Village where they all possessed the Cheung 張 surname.[1]. His birth year was calculated from his age of death and the year he died by counting backward from his death date. Prior to 1998, the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was dormant and information coming from the source was not available till recent years. Once the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon re-opened in 2001, Choy Lee Fut disciples were privy to new information about Cheung Yim and his life, much more than what was previously known.Cheung Yim meets Chan Heung - Founder of Choy Lee Fut
As a young boy, Cheung Yim was learning the Lee Gar system under Lee Yau San[2]. But, at the time, he was under the care of his uncle because allegedly his parents were killed by the Qing Empire. One day, his uncle had to leave China for business and would now be returning to China and couldn't bring his nephew with him. He hoped his friend by the name of Chan Heung would be able to look after his 12 year old nephew, so they went to King Mui to ask him. At first Chan Heung had to deny any care for the boy, but after much pleading, Chan Heung took Cheung Yim on as a handyman/caretaker.Cheung Yim learns the Choy Lee Fut system
Cheung Yim loved Kung Fu and resist memorizing what Chan Heung was teaching to his students as he was doing his daily chores [3]. At night, he would practice his stolen Choy Lee Fut while everyone slept. He was caught one evening when Chan Heung was taking a walk around the village. He confronted Cheung Yim who admitted to what he did. But, Chan Heung saw the potential in this young boy who never properly learned the Choy Lee Fut system, so he decided to privately teach him as long as their secret can be kept a secret.One day in 1841, Chan Heung was away on business and his students started bullying Cheung Yim, who, tried his best not to fight back[4]. But he lost his cool and gave Chan Heung's students a good thrashing. They reported what happened to their parents, who, then complained to Chan Heung, demanding he ask Cheung Yim to leave the King Mui Village. But, Chan Heung didn't want to just end Cheung Yim's training just like that. So, he instructed the now 17 year old Cheung Yim to go to the Pak Pai Mountains near Guangxie and find an elusive monk by the name of Ching Cho and tell him why he was sent to look for this monk.
Cheung Yim and the Monk Ching Cho Wo Sheung 青草和尚 (Green Grass Monk)
In 1841 Cheung Yim arrived at the Pak Pai Mountain and found the Monk with the name of Ching Cho. But, Ching Cho was a wanted fugitive for being a co-founder of the monk,and knew his life was in danger so he needed to be as discreet as he could, and be aware of strangers[5]. So, when the young Cheung Yim showed up asking questions, Ching Cho needed to know if what he stated was true or whether or not this was a government assassin sent to kill him. He then asked Cheung Yim to demonstrate his martial arts for him. Once Cheung Yim started his form, Ching Cho immediately recognized Cheung Yim's gung fu as authentic Shaolin martial arts.Monk Ching Cho then admitted to being the monk Cheung Yim was looking for and for the next 8 years he started training him in the art of Fut Gar Kuen. In those 8 years Cheung Yim mastered all Monk Ching Cho to teach which included Chinese Medicine in addition to mentoring Cheung Yim in the art of Revolution. Also since he was a co-founder of the Hung Mun and known as the father of the Sam Hop Hui, he had the power to make Cheung Yim a 426 Red Pole Enforcer known as Hung Kwun (紅棍). This is a rank and position usually reserved for masters of the Martial Arts with a role more like an Army General.
In 1849, Monk Ching Cho Wo Sheung completed Cheung Yim's gung fu training. Since he had plans for Cheung Yim, he instructed him to go to the city of Fut San to contact the Triad Society leaders there and offer to help train the revolutionary fighters who were preparing for the Tai Ping Rebellion in 1851.
The most important hand form that Monk Ching Cho Wo Sheung taught Cheung Yim was called the In and Out Bagua Kuen aka Internal and External Bagua Kuen. It contained 1080 moves in this form and was said to contain the best fighting techniques of Monk Ching Cho's Fut Gar Kuen[6] [7]
- Chan Ngau Sing, the first successor of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon broke this old form up into three separate forms called Cheung Kuen, Ping Kuen, and Kau Da Kuen because the original was just too long to teach to the new generation of disciples. NOTE: While the names of these forms are also shared with that of Chan Heung's forms,this is where it ends. What is found inside the forms are not the same between the two branches.
Monk Ching Cho Wo Sheung 青草和尚
Monk Ching Cho 青草和尚 (Qingcao): According to traditional Hung Mun Triad history[8], Monk Ching Cho or Ching Cho Wo Sheung 青草和尚 (Qingcao) was one of the 5 surviving monks of the destroyed Jiulianshan Shaolin Temple, located in Putian County, Quanzhou, Fujian Province. At that time, Qing forces attacked the southern Shaolin temple and burned it down at the orders of the Qing Emperor.[9] The temple made sure that head monk Gee Sim safely escaped, and left Ching Cho in charge to continue the battle against the Qing troops. Plans were made to escape if the temple fell.A traitor monk named Ma Chut (also known as Ma Ning-Yee or Ma Yee Fuk), who was banished from the temple, told the Qing troops about the escape plan and the vulnerability of the temple. With that knowledge the Qing was able to successfully set the temple on fire. Many monks were killed. As the temple burned, 18 monks prayed in the main temple for salvation. When the main temple started burning and collapsing, a large curtain fell upon them. The Qing troops believing that they had successfully destroyed both the temple and the monks left in victory.
The eighteen monks were protected from the fire by the curtain that fell upon them[10]. Choy Dak Jung kicked a hole in the wall of the temple and 18 monks escaped. Unfortunately, most eventually died from smoke inhalation and burns. Out of the eighteen who escaped only five monks survived and were known as the Ng Jing Wo Seung. They were Wu Dak Dai, Choy Dak Jung, Lei Sik Hoi, Fong Dai Hung, and Ma Chiu Hing. These are also the same Five Ancestors (aka the 2nd set of Five Ancestors) of the Tian di hui/Hung Mun Secret Society.
Once a secret Triad historical account, it revealed Ching Cho's real name was Fong Dai Hung and killed Ma Chut during their escape. After their escape, Ching Cho 青草 went into hiding and lived somewhere near the Zhajian Temple on Mt. Pak Pai (Bapai) in Bapaishan, in Guangxi Province. Ching Cho 青草 is also known as the Green Grass Monk. Erroneously most disciples of Choy Lee Fut believed that Ching Cho (Green Grass) was a Shaolin Temple given name. According to the research performed by Sifu Frank McCarthy, the root of the Ching Cho(Green Grass)name was found within the Triad Society and had nothing to do with the Shaolin Temple.[11]
Cheung Hung Sing goes to Fut San
The sole purpose of Cheung Hung Sing being in Fut San was aid in the Tai Rebellion and train the revolutionary fighters for war. Cheung Yim was a Red Pole (426) aka Hung Kwun within the Hung Mun Secret Society. This means he held a position of what can be considered as a General of an army within the secret society [12].In 1849, the newly named Cheung Hung Sing (張鴻勝) arrived in the City of Fut San, and immediately made contact with the Hung Mun Triad leaders and was ready to start training the fighters[13]. But before he could do that respectfully, he needed to make contact with the leading martial art authority in Fut San which at the time was Wing Chun's Leung Jan and get permission to open a school in the area.
According to the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon's history, when Cheung Hung Sing arrived at Leung Jan's home, he was met by Leung Jan's disciple who was offering him some tea[14]. As Cheung Hung Sing went to accept the tea, Leung Jan's student suddenly attacked Cheung Hung Sing with a Biu Gee, or thrusting fingers to the eyes. Cheung Hung Sing evaded the strike and hit the student with a palm strike to the torso and sent him flying. When Leung Jan learned what happened, he was highly upset and challenged Cheung Hung Sing to a closed doors Staff Duel. No one knew about the outcome, but in the end, Cheung Hung Sing was definitely allowed to open his school in Fut San.
Per Monk Ching Cho's directions, Cheung Hung Sing made contact with the Hung Mun triad Leaders in Fut San (Li WenMao)who were all part of Monk Ching Cho's triad Lodge in the Guandong and Guangxie areas of Southern China. All triad Tongs and members of Southern China were in fact part of Monk Ching Cho's Triad family. In fact, Monk Ching Cho was the father of what is known today as the Sam Hop Wui, who owes its existence to Monk Ching Cho.
Once Cheung Hung Sing began teaching, entire neighborhoods were being used as his training centers as they prepared to go to war in the Tai Ping Rebellion (1851-1864)[15]. At this time, the main style Cheung Hung Sing was teaching was Monk Ching Cho's Fut Gar Kuen as he never got to complete his Lee Gar Kuen training nor his Choy Lee Fut style training. However, it was a combination of all he learned from his three teachers (Lee Yau San, Chan Heung and Monk Ching Cho). During this period of time, the number of hand forms his lineage were intentionally kept to a low number while placing the majority of their focus on learning and mastering the fighting techniques that will be used in life and death battles.
The Founding of the Fut San Hung Victory School (Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon 佛山洪勝舘)
The Fut San Hung Sing 佛山鴻勝舘 (Hung/Great Victory) Kwoon was formally established in 1851 using these characters 佛山洪勝舘, in perfect timing with the Tai Ping Rebellion[16]. Cheung Hung Sing was ordered (by Monk Ching Cho - NOT by Chan Heung) to go to Fut San once his gung fu training was complete under the Monk Ching Cho (Green Grass). The sole purpose of Cheung Hung Sing being in Fut San was aid in the Tai Rebellion and train the revolutionary fighters for war. Cheung Yim was a Red Pole (426) aka Hung Kwun within the Hung Mun Secret Society. This means he held a position of what can be considered as a General of an army within the secret society.
During and after the Tai Ping Rebellion was over(1851-1864), Cheung Yim and the students of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon (great Victory School)were on the run all the while opening multiple other Hung Sing Kwoons in various locations. Between 1864-1867 Cheung Hung Sing and Chan Heung were both in Hong Kong and this is where they reunited for a solid three years. It is here that Cheung Yim shared the Green Grass Monk's Fut Gar Kuen with Chan Heung as a form or repayment for all the generosity and hospitality he was shown. At this point, Chan Heung viewed Cheung Yim more as a brother than a former disciple[17]. Together they came up with new techniques and included them into Chan Heung's Choy Lee Fut. This was the point of Cheung Hung Sing's returned to the Choy Lee Fut family.
The year 1856:
According to the Hong Kong Chan Heung Memorial Association of 1972[18], Cheung Yim defeated a local bully by the name of Zhao Juan, who knew Cheung Yim was the best student of Chan Heung and wanted any excuse to challenge him. He was also the owner of the ferry business, and used this incident to do so. The story claimed Cheung Yim and Zhao Juan fought many rounds and were pretty much tied. Chan Heung was in the audience and as they prepared earlier, Chan Heung would applause when he see's an opening for Cheung Yim to defeat the bully. Chan Heung began applauding and Cheung Yim knew it was time to use the "Continuous Lightning cutting palms" which turned out to be the end of Zhao Juan,whose students left him and joined Cheung Yim's school.
The years 1864-1867
In 1864 Both Chan Heung and Cheung Hung Sing fled their cities to Hong Kong to hide out until the fire of the Tai Ping Rebellion goes out in China. It was here that Cheung Hung Sing reunited with Chan Heung who now considered him as a brother and not as a former student. Chan Heung was well aware of Cheung Hung Sing's achievements and complimented on them. And in return, Cheung Hung Sing thanked Chan Heung for everything he did for him younger years and mentioned none of it would be possible without his help. Then Cheung Hung Sing shared what he learned from Monk Ching Cho with Chan Heung. Together, they added in new techniques to the Choy Lee Fut system, in which made Cheung Hung Sing a co-founder of Choy Lee Fut. It was here that Chan Heung agreed to develop his gung fu separately from that of Cheung Hung Sing but they were both of the same family.
While in Hong Kong a San Francisco representative of the Chan Family Association met with Chan Heung and Cheung Yim. According to the Chan Heung memorial Association in Hong Kong, it mentions Chan Heung sharing Choy Lee Fut's secret code words that were based on the sounds that Cheung Hung Sing made while demonstrating Choy Lee Fut. These secret code words were Yik (when striking) Wah (when using the Tiger Claw) and Tik (when kicking). They were created because if unaware students of both Chan Heung and Cheung Hung Sing happen to cross paths and get into a fight, the use of tiger claw will alert them that you are part of the family belonging to the Green Grass Monk.
The Year 1867:
The now 43 year old Cheung Hung Sing returned to Fut San in 1867 to re-open his Hung Sing Kwoon 佛山洪勝舘 but needed to change the name of the original and banned school to avoid further detection from the Qing government. By replacing the Hung 洪 word with another Hung 鴻 (meaning Great) he managed to successfully re-open his school under the new name of Fut San Great Victory School (also pronounced as Hung Sing Kwoon 佛山鴻勝舘).Much to contrary belief, Cheung Hung Sing was never sent to Fut San by Chan Heung in the year of 1967, because he was already established there since 1851. Some lineages falsely claim Chan Heung was the first to sent him to Fut San to take over Chan Din Foon's school because he went blind. They even go so far as to claim he was Chan Din Foon's successor, which is totally false. If Cheung Hung Sing took over Chan Din Foon's school, it wasn't to become his successor or he would never have done the following. Cheung Hung Sing removed Chan Din Foon's Great Sage Hung Sing name and replaced it with his own Great Victory School (佛山鴻勝舘 Hung Sing Kwoon) name.
Cheung Yim's Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut aka Hung Sing Fut Gar Kuen aka Fut Gar Jing Jung was primarily focused on combative training. He taught a low number of forms for a reason. He and his school were constantly going to war with the Chinese government and forms are not what you use to train when you train to fight.
Between the Years 1867-1893
In between the years of 1867 and 1893 Cheung Hung Sing continued to develop his Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu and continued to take on challenger after challenger and defeating them. Cheung Hung Sing was very well known for being a fighter and most people who lost to him joined his school. In fact, Cheung Hung Sing was taking challenges well into his 60's.
The year 1883
In 1883, Cheung Hung Sing discovered a young fighter by the name of Chan Sing aka Chan Ngau Sing and wanted to personally traing him[19]. However, Chan Ngau Sing was a student of Jow Kam Biu of the Hung Gar System. Cheung Hung Sing sent his trusted disciple named Yuen Hai to go and recruit Chan Ngau Sing to join the Fut San Great Victory School. While it took some doing, Yuen Hai was able to get Chan Ngau Sing to come over to the Great Victory School to meet Cheung Hung Sing. But, Chan Ngau Sing knew of Cheung Hung Sing and felt that he was better than him because he was much younger than Cheung Hung Sing.
After meeting Cheung Hung Sing, Chan Ngau Sing agreed to spar him to learn if he would be an acceptable teacher. Cheung Hung Sing explain to Chan Ngau Sing that he was going to make him fall in three different directions. First was to the right, then to the left, then down the center. Little do people know, but this was a secret Triad based pattern for Heaven, Earth and Man. Chan Ngau Sing didn't believe him, but when they started and Cheung Hung Sing was true to his word, Chan Ngau Sing realized Cheung Hung Sing was definitely worth his weight and officially joined the Great Victory School (Hung Sing Kwoon).
In the following years, Chan Ngau Sing was mastering the Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut system, and stayed by his teachers side. He witnessed Cheung Hung Sing fight many challenge matches. But, in one fight, the older Cheung Hung Sing finally lost a match, but by one point only. This was too much for Chan Ngau Sing to bear, he knew his teacher should have won. So, he went back and challenged that master and actually killed him in the match.
The year 1893
Cheung Hung Sing, founder of the Fut San Great Victory school fell severely ill in 1893, Chan Ngau Sing did his best to try and get him to his own personal doctor, but Cheung Hung Sing passed away before they could get there. There are many erroneous stories about Cheung Hung Sing's death, but none of them are true. The truth was he got sick and died from his illness around the age of 69 years old.
With Yuen Hai in charge of the Hong Kong Great Victory School, Chan Ngau Sing became Cheung Hung Sing's successor of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon.
Chan Ngau Sing - 1st Successor
Chan Ngau Sing(1864-1926 born on Ngar Pong St.) was the 1st successor of the Fut San Hung Sing school 佛山鴻勝館[20]. First, studied Hung Ga Kuen under Jow Gum Biu from about 14 years of age until he was 19 years old. In 1883, Yuen Hai 阮系 convinced Chan Ngau Sing to come over to the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon at Cheung Hung Sing's request. Once he agreed to become Cheung Hung Sing's student, he stayed loyal to Cheung Hung Sing until he passed away. Chan Ngau Sing learned the "In and out bagua Kuen" of the Fut Gar sytem that Monk Ching Cho taught to Cheung Yim between 1841-1849. In this hand form, there were 1080 moves in it, and was the essence of the Green Grass Monk's system.The new generation of students of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon were getting harder to teach, so to make things easier for his students, Chan Ngau Sing broke up the In and Out Bagua Kuen into three different forms. Cheung Kuen, Ping Kuen, and Kau Da Kuen were the names of these new forms. Note: these are NOT the same forms taught within Chan Heung lineages.
Evil people were one of Chan Ngau Sing's pet peeves[21]. He was such an honorable man that often treated bad people as his personal enemies. One day, a well known local bully from the "Sing Tong" named Ying Sha. He was one of those people Chan Ngau Sing despised. Ying Sha had more than 100 people under him, and he also enjoyed causing trouble where ever he went, and often took advantage of the villagers whenever he could. On one of these occasions, someone ran to Chan Ngau Sing and informed him that Ying Sha and his group were at the Ancestral Temple causing trouble. Chan Ngau Sing was incensed, he grabbed a pair of CLF hammers and rushed over to the temple and caught Ying Sha in the act. Singlehandedly, Chan Ngau Sing atteacked and killed Ying Sha and his followers, then made a public announcement to the audience that the first three rows were now based on a First Come First Serve basis, making him sort of a local hero.
Towards the end of the Ching Dynasty, Chan Ngau Sing would teach his students that "the strong should never bully the weak, and small groups should never bully individuals. He was a very strict teacher who installed a set of rules, and placed a strong emphasis on perfecting the basics. Chan Ngau Sing also made it a point to personally teach every single student himself for more than 30 years straight.
Aside from gung fu, Chan Ngau Sing also had his own metals business, but that wasn't doing too well. And if that wasn't enough, once again the Chinese Government tried to arrest the members and close down the Hung Sing Kwoon. Yet this time in 1900, Chan Ngau Sing fled to Hong Kong and stayed with his Si-Hing Yuen Hai (Lau Bun's teacher). During his stay there, Chan Ngau Sing managed to beat up a British Police officer in Hong Kong and had to flee back into Fut San to avoid being arrested.
While back in Fut San Chan Ngau Sing began setting up some very strict rules. Personally he was against public Lion Dances because he felt it would bring too much attention to their school. So the Lui Chung and Hip Lien Lion Dance Societies were set up where he was the head master. However, all of the members of these two Lion Dance groups were secretly Hung Sing members which numbered over 10,000 students.
In Fut San, Chan Ngau Sing's name carried much weight. His name was so famous that anyone wishing to open a school in the area regardless of who they belonged to always paid him a visit to ask his permission first. Over time, Chan Ngau Sing changed his mind about teaching revolutionary groups. Many of his students were members of the Communist Workers and Farmers Unions. Most of his students wre forced to open Hung Sing Kwoon's overseas to avoid being arrested as well. At the time, the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was constantly in the local news.
Chan Ngau Sing's strict governance of the Hung Sing Kwoon,set the bar high in the martial arts circle of Fut San. He developed new rules, new routines,etc. for the new students of the Hung Sing Kwoon. For example, all new students would have to come by recommendation only from someone who was already a student. Once the new student was interviewed and believed to have good morals, not a bully, not a gangster, the student would be accepted into the Hung Sing Kwoon. In times of peace, Chan Ngau Sing emphasized to his students that the strong will not bully the weak, and they would not cause trouble in public and bring negative attention upon the school. If an apprentice makes trouble for no reason and fights with others, he will be called to the hall to warn and punish him. This way, Chan Ngau Sing could weed through the bad seeds and maintain the high integrity of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon.
The main reason Chan Ngau Sing was being so selective in who got to learn what is that some people with bad behaviors learn the inner boxing and use it for bad intentions. In order to prevent disciples from stubbornly fighting, in addition to strict law enforcement, Chan Ngau Sing also paid attention to lead by example. When Chan Ngau Sing saw that lion dance was easy to get into trouble, he stipulated that Hung Sing Kwoon was not allowed to set up Lion Dance group.
In his later years, Chan Ngau Sing was shot and injured his leg by a boxer in a martial arts hall. A group of Chan Ngau Sing apprentices wanted the boxer to be arrested and punished for shooting Chan Ngau Sing, who then pointed at the boxer running away in the opposite direction then fled the scene himself saying nothing more. He didn't want to cause a scene over of his injury. Although the Hung Sing Kwoon has always emphasized not to get into fights, but things happen. Especially to those foreign trouble makers who are extremely vicious and powerful.
Some of Chan Ngau Sing's famous students were Qian Wei Fang, Wu Qin, Liang Hui Hua, Tong Sek, and more who were all involved in the revolution. Wu Qin became a revolutionary martyr, and bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat Sen. On October 13,1926 in the midst of all his poverty, Chan Ngau Sing passed away after falling ill and was buried in the Mong Ching Gong cemetary. There were more than 5000 people who attended his funeral. Today, his legacy is being carried on by his true bloodline. His Grand son and Great Grand Daughter (Cho Chi Han) who was born on December 29, 1985 and still resides in Fut San till this day, practicing the gung her great grand father passed down. Cho Chi Han has been entering and winning local competitions with her gung fu. Sometime in the future she would be able to step up and take over where he grand father, the legendary Chan Ngau Sing left off.
American branch of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon
Yuen Hai 阮系 (? - Early 1900's) was a high ranking senior student of Cheung Yim 張炎-張洪勝宗師 that died between 1900-1920. While new information is constantly being discovered, Yuen Hai had lot's of students. Their names have been lost to time, except as recorded in 1972, he had a student by the name of Mok Man Yan 莫民恩 whose father hired Yuen Hai and someone else to become his son's kung fu instructors. Later on, he went to train under Chan Yiu Chi (possibly because Yuen Hai passed away or moved away) for 6 years. Mok Man Yan was a very respected acupuncture Dr, who also trained in internal medicine under a Dr Chen Cunren 陳存仁 in an acupuncture association. He later moved to Hong Kong and set up his practice there and became very well known in that industry after the war. Some of Mok's student's were Mok Yiu Wah 莫耀華，Chan Bing 陳炳，Yip Lim 葉廉, Ho Jung Sing 何宗聲，Leung Fai 梁輝.Lau Bun 劉彬 was the last disciple of Master Yuen Hai 阮系宗師. Lau Bun 劉彬宗師 (1891-1967) opened the first and oldest existing kung fu school on American soil, head quartered in San Francisco, California and officially established in 1939, but unofficially Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut was in America during the early 1920's. He (Lau Bun) is also the first master to take Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut 鴻勝蔡李佛拳 and establish a Hung Sing Kwoon 鴻勝舘 outside of China.
Students of Professor Lau Bun 劉彬宗師: Jew Leong 宗師周亮 (1926-2010), Chan Bing-Tong 陳炳棠 (1917 - 1968), E.Y. Lee 李日華 and Doc-Fai Wong 黄德輝, Denny Lai, Bob Louie, Sam Louie(? - 2020), Clifford Wong, Susan Der, Larry Young, Aunt May, Adeline Louie, Tin Hall, Mike Wong. Wee Gee, Howard Lee, Lucky Fong, Lincoln Fong, Roger Wong, Roy (Wong?), and many more were all students of Lau Bun. Doc-Fai Wong 黄德輝 founded the International Plum Blossom Federation in San Francisco, California in 1986. in 1967, Jew Leong became Lau Bun's first Successor of the Hung Sing Kwoon 金山鴻勝舘.
Jew, Leong 周亮 (1926-2010): Aka. Jimmy Ming Jew. Began studying the Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut system at the age of 14 years old in San Francisco's Chinatown under Professor Lau Bun, but studied Hung Gar as a child in China. He was a high ranking senior disciple, and Hop Sing and Ghee Kung Tong brother along with Professor Lau Bun. Jew Leong started teaching under his own name at the Ghee Tuk Sam Tuck family association while his teacher was still alive. In 1967 when Professor Lau Bun died, Jew Leong stepped forward uncontested and took control of the Hung Sing Kwoon and moved it to the Chinese Freemason building on Spofford alley.
In 1987, Professor Jew Leong went into semi-retirement and named Dennis Jew Tien Loong Salvatera as the person he is leaving in charge of Hung Sing Kwoon affairs. In 1995, the professor officially went into full time retirement, after dedicating more than 50 years of his life to the promotion and development of Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut in America. He then handed the school and it's legacy to the capable hands of Dennis "Dino" Salvatera.
In 2010 at the age of 84 years old, Jimmy Ming Jew aka Jew Leong (Lang), the first successor of Lau Bun's legacy passed away and is buried at the Chinese Cemetery in Daly City, California. His students were Dino Salvatera, Mike Kwan, Matthew Huey, Tenny Lee, David Jew, Larry Johnson, Charles Wong, Briggy Villalon, Joe Soriano (Fat Joe), Kenny, Sheila Yee, Bernice Lau,David Dea, Wyman Tom (more to come) Milton Lee Morris Lee, Silas Lee, Lily Jew, Mona Jew, Sharlene Lee, (In time, we will add more names, as there are a ton of you so don't feel left out...your name will be up soon enough).
Dino Jew Salvatera 周天龍: was first a student of Chan Bing-Tong 陳炳棠, moved to the Hung Sing Kwoon under Jew Leong 周亮, and with the blessings of Jew Leong, he became a student of Fut-San Hung Sing Kwoon Elder Ho, Cheuk Wah, 何焯華.
Students of GM Dino Salvatera:
Hannibal Yusef: Is the Dai Si Hing of the Tien Loong Gung Fu club, GM Dino Salvatera's very first student. Valerie Lee Bryan Jang Frank McCarthy 周洪龍 is a student of both Dino Jew Salvatera 周天龍 and Lok Gee Hung骆志洪 of Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon 佛山鴻勝館. Bernice(Lau)Lew Alan Clauson 周地龍 Irene Kwan Troy Dunwood
Students of Frank McCarthy: Jim Carroll, Neal Headley,Che Shul,Andre Bravo, Carlos, Ben Liu, Robert Knight.
Stan Hall
