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    Sum Nung

    岑能
    China
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    Also known as

    Sum Num

    Description

    Wing Chun teacher, student of Cheung Bo and then sole disciple of Yuen Kay-san, whose line he promoted.

    Teachers (2)

    • person
      Cheung Bo
      swordsWing Chun Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      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
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source.
      “Cheung’s memory has been preserved within the Yuen Kay San Wing Chun lineage as he was the first instructor of Sum Num.”
      — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info
    • Yuen Kay-san
      swordsWing Chun Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      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
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      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/01M69YCGD4AYQM22VQQZN3E6N7
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    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Sum Nung. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD4AYQM22VQQZN3E6N7 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M69YCGD4AYQM22VQQZN3E6N7, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Sum Nung}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD4AYQM22VQQZN3E6N7}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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