Description
Leung Yee-tai was a Chinese Wing Chun practitioner of the late Qing Dynasty
and a member of the Red Boat Opera Company, known for his expertise with the
long pole. He exchanged pole techniques with Wong Wah-bo for Wing Chun knowledge
and together they taught Leung Jan.
Teachers (1)
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Leung Lan-kwai
sports_martial_artsWing Chun
Doubtful
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Lineage tradition places Leung Yee-tai as a student of Leung Lan-kwai, but the
early Red Boat Opera lineage is semi-legendary with no contemporary
documentation
“Leung Lan-kwai of the Red Boat Opera Company (although other versions of this
legend state that he was a scholar and herbalist), who passed it on to Wong
Wa-bo and Leung Yee-tai, both of the Red Boat Opera”
Students (1)
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Leung Jan
sports_martial_artsWing Chun
Probable
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Wikipedia only; the Leung Jan article calls what Yee-tai taught Southern
Shaolin.
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“At the age of 18, he was trained by Leung Yee-tai in Southern Shaolin skills.”
— Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Leung Jan.
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“who passed it on to Wong Wa-bo and Leung Yee-tai, both of the Red Boat Opera,
and who both taught the herbalist Leung Jan.”
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Leung Yee-tai. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYD80169RPXQEB84TD2X3JW5 - CC
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@incollection{martialis_01KYD80169RPXQEB84TD2X3JW5, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Leung Yee-tai}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KYD80169RPXQEB84TD2X3JW5}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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