Hung Sing = Great Victory Choy Lee Fut was founded by Cheung Hung Sing, student of Lee Yau San, Chan Heung and the Green Grass Monk (who, was actually one of the founders of the Hung Mun Secret Society). The Hung Sing name was given to Cheung by the Green Grass Monk as it was a secret and condensed slogan of "The Hung will be Victorious in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, which they finally did in 1911. Established in FUT SAN, which was a major hub for revolutionary activity, Cheung Hung Sing established his school that grew to cover all over Fut San in preparation for the Tai Ping Rebellion. Our school had been fighting in every major revolution in southern China from 1851 to 1949. In the eary 1920's, Professor Lau Bun, the grand student of Cheung Hung Sing came to the United States and established The Hung Sing Kwoon here, first in Los Angeles, then in San Francisco where it is over 80 years old today and still existing under the guidance of my sifu, GM dino salvatera.

@dteun

11 ай бұрын

Sifu Frank😁

I appreciate Adam Chan’s humility and willingness to continue learning. ❤

Good stuff, SiFu Adam! There’s a good story in the book “Wing Chun Warrior” where Bruce Lee and Duncan Leung challenged a Choy Lee Fut master and we’re beaten easily. When they went back to Ip Man to tell him, he was a little irked by them because he knew they weren’t ready to take on that opponent. Lee moved from Hong Kong shortly after that. There’s more to the story, but this comment is a little lengthy. But please check it out if you get a chance. Than you for sharing!

@trumplostlol3007

2 жыл бұрын

Hung Kuen and Choi Lee Fut were both practiced by many gangsters in Hong Kong. They used these styles in real fights. Ip Man Wing Chun was practiced mainly by people who were more educated. There are other branches of Wing Chun being practiced by people in the marketplace which was really used for street fights. Ip Man was never a street fighter. Most of the movie stories of Ip Man were unreal.

@ReachingHigher001

Жыл бұрын

​@@trumplostlol3007 😮

The adaption of long range in Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut was due to Tarm Sarm. Before learning BuK Sil Lum he used short range techniques, then determined long was better, as he stated every inch of reach is an inch of power, he also stated it is easier to shorten your technique when learning it long, then it is to lengthen when being trained short. Every Buk Sing technique can be done shorter.

As a student of Sifu Richard Leung, i'd like to add that Bruce Lee, Sifu Richard Leung, Sifu Chris Chan and brothers Sifu Vince Lacey and Sifu Dave Lacey were all classmates at St. Francis Xavier College of Hong Kong.

@fmadisciple609

3 жыл бұрын

is that Sifu Richard Leung who has the school in Thornhill ?

@robertng138

3 жыл бұрын

I have the same question , Richmond hill not thornhill .

@nickmichon4917

3 жыл бұрын

@@fmadisciple609 Sifu Richard Leung has been retired from teaching for a few years now, but most recently classes were held at "Centre for Martial Arts" in Richmond Hill.

@hungsingkwoonusa650

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickmichon4917 From what I've heard, my Sigung Jew Leong used to visit Richard Leung, who held my Sigung in High Regard saying he had "WICKED" Choy Lee Fut. Peace from the Hung SIng Kwoon USA in SF.

@glennkristel1020

2 жыл бұрын

My first view of Kung Fu was at Sifu Lacey Brothers in Perth Australia early 70s

Adam could you do some history on some animal systems? Tiger fist, Crane, or even Hungar would be really cool. Animal styles are strange but i like the way you tell the strories. I feel like a kid. " could you tell the one about the tiger please." Damn

@TheQuarterbackX

3 жыл бұрын

I would be interested comin seeing Dragon style. The move where they blurred Bruce's movements my teacher share that is something really in martial arts. To hypnosis their opponet. If was in Dragon style. He showed me a bit of that aspect like. Bruce did with the circular movements and waving a hand up and down opposing the other hand doing the same. I had yet to find a teacher to teach and show Dragon like like my teacher had.

I like what’s being said here“ to learn from each other “... the history is accurate too. 蔡家拳，李家腿，佛家掌… Choy’s family fist, Lee’s family leg, and palm of the Buddha...

Wow! I bought this book Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu in 1974-ish,I was around 19 yrs and I studied it as much as I could, I'm 66 this end of April glad this form is still in the now! And Bruce Lee blending in all this. I had no idea! I also studied boxing and you make great points also!!! I need to look for this book again, you make me feel I'm back in time! And you are great!

@reneepina-br1of

Жыл бұрын

Wow I got that book in 77 I was 9 years old tonite out of nowhere the name kept coming into my mind and the pictures in the book the style well it buried itself I'm 53 now I's it a message..

5:20 really really good to see you load up a little bit. Game changing for me to see, as a very new student of these principles. Please keep these extended videos coming. Greetings from Denmark, EU

Sifu Adam is the real deal. Thanks for this excellent video

Well, that was an AWESOME, extremely interesting video! Thanks, Master!

My style! I study CLF and Chen Tai Chi.

@Icybeqnz

Жыл бұрын

Oh cool! I would like to study Pa Kua Chang someday!

Thank you brother. You make me want to study Choy Lee Fut again. I am energized. 🙏🏾 I heard it never leaves you.

Thank you sifu for this history lesson always appreciated.

Bruce Lee also knew the Lacey brothers, famous teachers of Choy Lee Fut. Mentions them in a letter to William Cheung. Both moved to Australia

@mdub2000

3 жыл бұрын

I thought one of the brothers is out in fremont california?

@tjl4688

3 жыл бұрын

@@mdub2000 Both Vince and Dave have now passed away. Vince left Australia in the 80s and moved to the USA, while Dave remained in Australia. Vince's son Shane is still based in the US I believe.

@mdub2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@tjl4688 yeah thats right his school was in Fremont California...i went to visit... the guys were really cool👍🏾

@robertng138

3 жыл бұрын

@@tjl4688 lacey the twin bro both passed in same year.

Thanks Adam. Some interesting and valuable stuff. My sifu , also trained in Ip Mans school He held Choy Lai Fut in very high regard. I think you have explained why this may have been the case. He showed us some of the circular striking patterns . You could feel the amount of power generated. And quite easily.Then we would try to find ways to stop the strikes. Really difficult. I enjoyed the old piece in your video of the gentleman demonstrating his form. 😲 Thanks 🙏

Great video Teacher Adam Cham 🙏

Love your videos. Great for Kung Fu. Thanks 👍

Choy Lee Fut is awesome! Great video sifu!

Thank you sir. Although not one of the systems I have trained in ,I always had questions about it(being a Rival of Wing Chun years ago). Very interesting and cool👍

Sifu Adam, very impressed on your videos. Thanks for sharing your views and ideas on the different style. All styles is great. Just depend on what you can absorb into your pers style. Thanks for sharing again.

Thanks for sharing this info, very good vídeo 🙏

I appreciate this approach. Seeing how the principles of different styles can be integrated is more interesting to me than the old “which style is best?” arguments. Those conflicts have their uses, but too few focus on integration and innovation. Thank you, Sifu. /x

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

Been training in CLF most my life. I love the video n the bruce lee story thank you

Nice video, thanks, signed a Choy Li Fut practitioner for over ten years now. Obviously it is not possible to do the whole history of CLF in one video, but I learned some interesting things, especially about Bruce Lee.

I live all you had to share here. I had seen Choy Lee Fut and never seen anyone make it look so strong, fast and dynamac. You definently changed my opinion of the style. I am like you, my teachers always taught me to learn from where and whoever I can. So, they dos that. Taught me to do the same while teaching me the many different aspects of the many styles they had learned. With Wing Tsun being the main style from on of my two main teacher. The other teacher main styles he taught were Boxing and TKD. Thank you very much from your share. I will say, the main thing I had learned from my two main styles. This is simular to your story. It's not so much the style but the teacher who makes the style great. Well that and the student both. The more the teacher knows, the better you will learn and covert from other teachers faster and better. Then with a good student hungry to learn and try their best with their teacher can make a powerful combination. Something my teachers were always worried about. Finding a worthy student.

Great history lesson! Very interesting.

Please next do the Hung Gar History, Master 🙏

@ifyouarenotintometalyouare9445

3 жыл бұрын

nice idea!

@chonkerbonkers5496

3 жыл бұрын

I second this!!!

@tbmb9531

3 жыл бұрын

Earthbending!

@junichiroyamashita

2 жыл бұрын

Do Choy Lee Fut and Hung Gar work well together? They seem pretty similar to me

@Michael-im4ue

2 жыл бұрын

@@junichiroyamashita Hi Junichiro. First of all, i want to say that i'm not study either choy li fut or hung gar system. So, i think it will be much better if you asked a person that really training in that system. But, i want to help you to answer your question. I just want to say that i'm not a keyboard warrior. Okay, let's get into it. If you look at the history of the choy li fut's founder who is Chan Heung, before he created that style, he learned 3 kungfu styles that is Choy Gar (from Choy Fook), Li Gar (from Li Yau San), and Hung Gar (from his uncle). After Chan Heung learned 3 systems, he created choy li fut system. But, i don't know why he name that system choy li fut, Why not choy li hung instead? That's the point that i don't know. But from historically record you can see that Chan Heung did study the Hung Gar system. For me that's make Choy Li Fut is like mixed martial arts in the early 1800's. So, i think its not strange if you see Hung Gar and Choy Li Fut do have similarities and i think this two systems can work well together. So, that's my answer i hope can help you. Once again i'm not a practitioner in any of these styles, so it will be much better if you ask a person who did training in that styles because there is a huge difference between a person who actually training and only see that training. There is no practitioner in Hung Gar or Choy Li Fut in my country. Thank You. (Sorry for my broken english).

This is cool to see thank you. Choy li fut was my first martial art before transitioning over to muay thai and boxing

Whennu said "Good thats enough" i cracked up

Great Video!!

THAT WAS AWESOME!! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HUNG KUEN

Cool video. Good stuff. Thanks.

Hi Adam, I also studied CLF in Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, in the late 1980s. A sifu from Sydney would check on us from time to time. Our instructors were local guys who studied in Brisbane and went to King mui village in China. We practiced Ng lun ma Ng lun choy and siu moi fa and the pole from other forms. History you tell is the one we heard of and know about. A very effective fighting style saved me 3 times from mobs. Thanks again for the story, brings back good memories.

@hungsingkwoonusa650

Ай бұрын

was the Guy from australia Chan Yong Fa or one of the Lacey brothers?

@egikoana4565

Ай бұрын

It was Sifu Chan Yong Fa

Great explanation. I completely agree with learning and adapting.... adaptation is key even in the wild.

Nice video bruh. The history is ok. But i did love seeing my sigung Jew Leong, top student of Professor Lau Bun, founder of the first and oldest existing gung fu school on american soil, in your video. He was the one with the Tiger fork and white t-shirt. either way thanks for the video on our style.

Keep up the good stuff from melbourne australia

In the Oakland phase of jkd, I've noticed a technique that was similar to CLF, but I wasn't sure since the Seattle phase, and LA phase didn't seem to have it. It was lead back fist, cross, lead hook. While in CLF it was lead downward backfist, cross, lead hook. I don't know if Bruce experimented with James Yim Lee, and James decided to keep it...or it was put in their by the sifus after.

awesome video

I remember reading Jesse gloves book on Bruce Lee back in the late 7os as a kid, and I do remember reading that story of the choy lay guy. I found that old skinny book to be so informative.

Great video, love the history and the added bonus of Bruce Lee /Choy Li Fut via Jesse Glover.

Wow! dope!

i ve studied with lai han liang, bak sin and i looked at you and you are great!

@hungsingkwoonusa650

7 ай бұрын

YOU TRAINED WITH LAI HUNG AKA CRAZY HUNG?

Hey Sifu Adam! Could you perhaps do the similarities between between Wing Chun and Seven star Mantis please? Would love to know! Keep up the great informational vids!!

In Goju Ryu Karate we use some of the circular moves you show in the video. These attacks can truly wipe around body parts and be hard to defend. Anyway very informational video.

@axelstone3131

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh karate is decended from gung fu

@mizukarate

3 жыл бұрын

@@axelstone3131 Yes partially.

@jassimarsingh6505

2 жыл бұрын

@@mizukarate actually no the majority of karate is southern Kung fu styles specifically white crane and southern Shaolin fist Kung fu. Watch Jesse enkamps documentary in China.

@mizukarate

2 жыл бұрын

Simply not just "Okinawan Kung Fu". I watch Jesse and he pushes the idea that Karate has many influences. Anyway all I was saying was Karate has similar moves JS.

Good Job So

Good story tellr

That idea is surprisingly similar to the peekaboo style of boxing.

Choi- stands for Choi Fok, The Buddhist monk that lived in a disbanded temple on top of Tiger Mountain after the Boxer Rebellion when all of the Shaolin temples were in disrepair.

That’s why I love martial arts

Interested talk. Never studied Choy Li Fut. The problem is no school in my area.

Hi Adam, I’m pretty new to your channel, if you could, could you please shed light on Wing Chun (not Ip Man family linage?)

Thank you Adam I am Eurasian I have some Mongol Chinese Japanese samurai anscestory and part gypsy they come from India I are now very mixed I was taught palmistry I was adopted from my bio gran her brother taught me gypsy boxing and flamenco guitar

I was practiced a William Cheung variant of Wing Chun and I remember that somewhere there was a word that Wing Chun and Choy Lee Fut have the same origin because they have some of the same training methods, such as working on a wooden doll. What is your opinion on that?

Super interesante...pero que putada lo de capacidad tan penosa de entender bien el ingles ... Gran canal,gran sifu,todo muy aplicado... Un saludo,adam! Salud y alegria!

Sweet.

Adam ..you can do em slower so guys can see the hands better it might be better.. but people should just know you can move like that trust me if they watch they know .. but anyways great video!! Nothing wrong just an idea ..

history of hung gar kuen nexttttttt

But Sifu Lacey brought Buk sing choy Li fit Kung Fu to Melbourne Australia his son Shane Lacey still keeps this beautiful Kung Fu alive now his dad is teaching god Kung Fu

Can u do northern mantis

Here the swing is by used more square, in front. But, the strike actually comes from an off-angle. The feet need to move and achieve proper positioning, then turn the waist and swing. So the strike actually comes from a place that they cannot see it. CLF guys knocked Many many many people out in tournaments doing this exact thing. They were a MENACE lol. Most Wing Chun schools used to hold special training to deal with the off-angle overhand strike in the 90s lei tai tournament era on the east coast. And I mean school’s directly under some of the most notable. Our area had Moy Yat, Lo Man Kam, AND Duncan Leung, PLUS Yuen Kay San style. The other big competitor in the area: Jow Ga.

Salute

I am planing to do Tibetan Kung Fu in the new year

I am impressed you had a photo of Sifu Jew Leong (SF Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut). :-)

@xunisysli9824

8 ай бұрын

To this day, I still remember my Sifu swept me with his favorite move and all I could do to grab his arm and held on while my feet was swept up in that air at 11 o'clock (so freaking fast and powerful).

DUDE THAT WAS SO FAST!! 5:15

Kung Fu one of the most dizzy kinds of fighting styles

What about white crane? Bruce does a form in his screen test but I can’t find anyone else demonstrating it on KZread

@stefanschleps8758

3 жыл бұрын

Go to YMAA or look up Dr. Yang Jwing-ming. Good luck.

👍🏻

Choy Lay Fut, Tsai Li Fo, Choi Li Fut. Is 🆒️ ‼️

Yeah I practiced it for 13 years then went to Wing Chun

@axelstone3131

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe you.

@cesarebianchi1799

3 жыл бұрын

@@axelstone3131 Ahah to bad, I even did some competition with it, nothing fancy only forms. We did some sparring but after a while my Shifu did not teach anymore.

@axelstone3131

3 жыл бұрын

@@cesarebianchi1799 competitions are a waste of time

@v33punk

3 жыл бұрын

@@axelstone3131 why?

@stefanschleps8758

3 жыл бұрын

@@axelstone3131 Your funny. Now go sit in the corner, and let the adults talk amongst themselves.

Li- stands for Li Yao San, which was the student of the monk, and brought the kung fu and carried the message.

Open hand attack, in any direction. Clicked on your video because my teacher would never tell me how it was spelled. He would pronounce it Charlie Foot. ha ha ha Now I know and the founder too, thanks.

So do you train in Choy Lee Fut also?

Sifu Adams . I have a question for you. Can a wing chun practitioner also learn Choy Lee Fut and use both?

@luxurybuzz3681

Жыл бұрын

Of course

@PinoRemax

Жыл бұрын

@@luxurybuzz3681 Thank you. do you offer private training?

My main stuff has been koga Ryu Ninjutsu and hontai Yoshin Ryu ju jutsu but I have done WC kf by a gut taught by Wong shun Leung guy who taught Bruce Lee

Those swinging movements from the arms are similar to Lama Pai.

@hungsingkwoonusa650

9 ай бұрын

but have nothing to do with lama pai at all.

@memyself4ever1

9 ай бұрын

@@hungsingkwoonusa650 I only said they were similar.

And Fut- stands for “Futgah”(these are all phonetic pronunciation‘s mind you, spelling is not my strong suit) which is Buddhism which carries the message of meditation and the yoga which can be the connection between body and spirit which allows you to use empty force in kung fu coupled with Chi Kung/Tai Chi

Praying mantis is very similar to wing chun so can you do a video on praying mantis

@stefanschleps8758

3 жыл бұрын

Every system has "trapping hands".

Choy lee fut is the closest style of kung fu ive seen close to modern mma or kickboxing with great footwork. Bruce lee said this style was the only that seemed to work well against muay thai fighters

@hungsingkwoonusa650

15 күн бұрын

it is, won some and lost some against muay thai. for example, my school went to an all muay thai competition to test ourselves against muay thai. my senior student was to fight 2 rounds of muay thai. if it was exciting match, they went for three rounds. my student fought three rounds and was about to win the whole match easily, until he got hit in the liver with a knee. but the judge ended the fight without giving my student a chance to recover. but they knew, we came to fight and almost won in THEIR event.

👍👍👍👍👍

Gangster Fist 👊👊⚔️🥋 aka Wing Chun Street Fighting 🥊😎⚔️

What is important is not the history is more how to use the techniques

@stefanschleps8758

3 жыл бұрын

Histrory is always important. "Those that fail to learn from it are doomed to repeat it."

This guy is the boss applesauce. You better take some notes, and ask somebody

Is king fu San so the same as this?

I always felt CLF had to many forms(200) guess that's why I only took up Hung Gar(4) and Wing Chun(3).

@hungsingkwoonusa650

3 жыл бұрын

400 at least with all of choy lee fut

@game9848

3 жыл бұрын

@@hungsingkwoonusa650 that's to many...

@hungsingkwoonusa650

3 жыл бұрын

@@game9848 it is. but thats how many we have. Only really need is 3 or 4 sets tho

@SI-ln6tc

3 жыл бұрын

Mainly repeat movements. It could really be condense down instead.

@hungsingkwoonusa650

3 жыл бұрын

@@SI-ln6tc true choy lee fut is about combat. all we need are are good 3 or 4 sets that cover the whole system. a smart martial artist should know we don't need forms to become fighters.

That is what martial arts is. Learning from other Warriors. Respecting others fighting styles because most will not fight. The only thing most will do is flab the gab.

@stefanschleps8758

3 жыл бұрын

Watch out what you you wish for.

@charleshall9629

3 жыл бұрын

@@stefanschleps8758 What are you talking about? I went through the Mcmap and L.I.N.E. training. In the United States Marine Corps. I certainly do not run my mouth to anyone and respect all forms of combat. I have studied several martial arts. I certainly do not hit porous slabs of stone in a park to show that I know how physics work. Its a parlor trick. Does not mean you have any power. You can boast anyone's confidence with slabs of porous stone. Why dont you hit one not made by man? See if you can break it?

@charleshall9629

3 жыл бұрын

@@stefanschleps8758 Maybe try that with a piece of wood. You want to see your confidence drain?

Kung fu can only be coupled with Futga and empty force (chi/prana/vayu)

Why do these styles: Choy gar, Li Gar, Fut Gar look so different than Choy Li Fut? There of course are some noticeable skills taken for each when you watch demonstrations side by side, but when it comes to sparring Choy Li Fut looks like an entirely different animal from the 3 founding styles it comes from.

Did anybody ever fall off the Hong Kong rooftops?

Okay so it was influenced by Northern Chinese martial arts, that makes sense given all of the really wide and expansive movements

After several months of training according to the, "Special Forces," training techniques, I have found most Karate, and Kung Fu styles to be lacking in true efficiency on the street. They look good to the 'Eye,' but only work if you are extremely skilled, and fast!

Hey Adam you’re my buddy please call me at your earliest convenience

Bruce lees sidekick is STRAIGHT JHOON RHEE TAEKWONDO! Not choyleefut😒

@AztecUnshaven

2 жыл бұрын

Did you know Bruce personally? Because Jesse Glover did.

@frankrice9520

Жыл бұрын

@@AztecUnshaven I didn’t know him personally. I’m relying on pictures of him learning TSD/TKD from jhoon rhee; johoon rhees testimony and me being a tkd black belt and recognizing a tkd skipping side kick when I see one!

Chan heung might be the greatest martial artist besides Bruce lee.

@hungsingkwoonusa650

8 ай бұрын

how and why?

Bodisatva

Нет удара вообще..

The Manchurians never called it the Ching Dynasty. They called it the Ta Ching Empire or simply Ta Ching. You can search for the real name of the Empire. The Ta Ching never called itself China either. The history of China is a mess and is not really what the textbook is telling you.

If you really a man then you don’t have to use🔫. You gonna use✋🤚 you’re hands.

Choy Le fut only some moments are effective beside all others are rabish

@greatvictorymartialarts415

7 ай бұрын

it's easy for a coward to say such a thing. you would get yourself handled by a good CLF fighter

@Hasanafandi-qj6oh

7 ай бұрын

@@greatvictorymartialarts415 seen clf fighters in street and mma 😅

@greatvictorymartialarts415

7 ай бұрын

amanda nunez of the UFC is under the Tat Mau Wong lineage of CLF. bullsh*ttin a** f**l

@tednpam3979

5 күн бұрын

@@Hasanafandi-qj6ohChoy Lay Fut is a combat martial art for the street, not to be used with glove that take away the effectiveness of the style. Three brutal styles include Choy Lay Fut, Hung Gar, and Wing Chun.