Lineage » Chan Siu Hung
From the family records of Choy Li Fut practitioner Chan
Yong Fa, great, great, grandson of the founder of Choy Li
Fut, Chan Heung, adoptive great grandfather of Chan Siu
Dek, we have one of several pieces of documentation placing Chan
Siu Dek's great uncle, Chan Siu Hung, in the Choy Li Fut
lineage. This document can also officially be found here,
but as that link is sometimes temperamental, we wanted to make sure
it is accessible. You can also read our conclusions about this here,
and our lineage view here.
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A History of Chan Sui-Hung
Translated by Howard Choy, from the Chan Family Martial Arts Association, July 2002. ................................. Chan Sui-Hung practiced his skills with perseverance and attached importance to loyalty and righteousness. Unlike others, he practiced relentlessly and believed nothing is impossible if a person puts his mind to it. Chan Sui-Hung was nicknamed “Dian Chi” (or Crazy ‘Chi’ – Chi was a man of antiquity who feared that the sky would fall). He worked as a repairer of carry-baskets and first studied with my father (Chan Koon-Pak) at Chow Yung Jo (a village in Xin Hui). His patience and loyalty impressed my father so much that after many years of tuition he was not only taught the Kung Fu skills but also herbal medicine and Dit-Da. Chan Koon-Pak suggested that he should change his profession to selling medicine in the street, and gave him the name Sui-Hung. He became quite well known in the surrounding district but was always courteous and respectful, and never used his skills to show-off. He always acknowledged Chan Heung as his Si-Jo and Chan Koon-Pak as his Sifu. Later he retired from “traveling the lakes and rivers” and settled down in Toi-Shan City, Sai Yup County. I have heard that his specialty was the “Yuen Bin” (Chain Whip) and “Fei Tor” (Rope Dart). Chan Sui-Hung demonstrates that if a person can study continuously
and is of good faith and character, he can become a useful person.
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