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Chan Heung

陳享
China
Born 1806~, King Mui, Jiangmen
Died 1875~
7.7

Description

Creator of Choy Li Fut, which he made public in 1836. A militia instructor in Shunde, he founded a network of branch schools from about 1848.

Students (1)

  • Jeong Yim
    swordsChoy Li Fut 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.
    “What is certain is that he was a disciple of Chan Heung and he reopened the Hung Sing school under his authority in 1867.”
    — 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/01M69YZDAWK5VCNF22K7MN1RH3
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Chan Heung. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YZDAWK5VCNF22K7MN1RH3 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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