Yiu Choi

姚才
China
Born 1890
Died 1956

Description

Wing Chun practitioner in Foshan, son of a pharmacy owner, student of Yuen Chai-wan and Ng Chung-so. He did not teach in public; with his brother he opened the club where Ng Chung-so taught.

Teachers (2)

  • Yuen Chai-wan
    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
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “He began his study of Wing Chun under Yuen Chai Wan, the older brother of Yuen Kay San.”
    — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info
  • Ng Chung-so
    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.
    “Before leaving he recommended his young student to Ng Chung So who completed his training at his own school.”
    — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

Lineage

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/01M69YCGD04PY1727N652A12RZ
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Yiu Choi. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD04PY1727N652A12RZ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M69YCGD04PY1727N652A12RZ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Yiu Choi}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YCGD04PY1727N652A12RZ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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