Yuen Kay-san · Lineage tree

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Yuen Kay San

Description

Wing Chun practitioner in Foshan from a wealthy family of pigment manufacturers, friend of Ip Man. He never taught a class; his only known disciple, Sum Nung, spread his line.

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  Sum Nung

  swordsWing Chun Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Single source.

  “His only known disciple was Sum Num, originally a student of Cheung Bo’s, whom he adopted as his protégé later in life.”

  — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

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