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    Yuen Kay-san

    阮奇山
    China
    b. 1887Born 1887
    d. 1956Died 1956
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    Also known as

    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.

    Students (1)

    • 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

    Sources

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

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD1ZB1C55QR6G5RBKET
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    Cite and reuse

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    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Yuen Kay-san. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD1ZB1C55QR6G5RBKET - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M69YCGD1ZB1C55QR6G5RBKET, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Yuen Kay-san}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD1ZB1C55QR6G5RBKET}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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