Chan Yiu-min

Also known as

Chan Yiu Min

Description

Wing Chun teacher and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in Foshan, son of Chan Wah-shun. He taught at his clinic, the Chan Ancestral Hall, and from 1932 also in Wuzhou, Guangxi.

Teachers (1)

• person
  Chan Wah-shun

  swordsWing Chun Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

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

  (1892)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “He began to formally study Wing Chun when he was eight years old (1892), just a few years before Leung Jan retired and his father started the process of opening a public school.”

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

Lineage

• Wing Chun Chan Wah-shun ← Leung Jan · 2 generations

Students (1)

• person
  Jiu Chao

  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

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Jiu Chao (1902–1972) was a more important (though often overlooked) disciple of Chan Yiu Min.”

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

  “He learned Wing Chun from Chan Yiu Min, the son of Ip Man’s teacher Chan Wah Shun.”

  — 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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