Leung Yee-tai

梁二娣
China
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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)

  • 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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    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)

  • 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.
    alt_routeIndirect
    “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

Sources

Leung Yee-tai (Wikipedia EN)link history info
Branches of Wing Chun (Wikipedia EN)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KYD80169RPXQEB84TD2X3JW5
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Leung Yee-tai. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYD80169RPXQEB84TD2X3JW5 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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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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