Choy Li Fut Lineage - Chan Heung

Chan Heung (1806-1875) was born in the lunar calender 7 moon 10th day of 1806 (August 23, 1806) and began his martial arts career at the age of seven when he went to live with his uncle, Yuen Woo. The uncle, who was a famous boxer from the legendary Shaolin Temple, trained the young boy in the art of Shaolin Kung Fu. By the time Chan Heung was fifteen he became so proficient in his martial arts he could defeat any challenger from nearby villages. By the time he reached his seventeenth year, the youth was ready to learn more. So Yuen Woo took him to train with Li Yau-San, the uncle's senior classmate from the Shaolin Temple. Chan Heung spent the next four years perfecting his Kung Fu under Li Yau-San's careful eye.

It soon became apparent that after only four years of training that Chan Heung was again ready to move onto higher levels. In only ten years he had already reached a level of skill that had taken Yuen Woo and Li Yau0San twenty years to attain. The young mans potential was so great that Li Yau San sussested a Shaolin Monk named Choy Fook, who lived as a recluse on Lau Fu Mountain, as the best teacher for Chan Heung.