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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

  Doubtful

  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

  A source makes the claim, but the evidence does not substantiate it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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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”

  — Branches of Wing Chun (Wikipedia EN)link history info

Students (1)

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  Leung Jan

  sports_martial_artsWing Chun Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia only; the Leung Jan article calls what Yee-tai taught Southern Shaolin.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  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. Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “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.”

  — Branches of Wing Chun (Wikipedia EN)link history info

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