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Sil Lum Palm
07-01-2001, 06:51 PM
I'm currently studying the Southern Sil Lum Five Family Fist/ Five Animals as taught by GrandMaster Wong Ark-Yuey, and I had a question about the names of the five families. In our Kwoon they are : Choy, Li, Fut, Mok, Hung. However, I have seen others refer to the five families under different names.. why is this? Is it just do to spelling or is there a different five families?

J
07-01-2001, 07:38 PM
When people refer to the southern five families, they are generally referring to choy, li, hung, mok, and lau. These names are surnames (neglecting discussion on whether Hung refers to a family, emperor, rebel cry...). Fut ga is another southern system.

Cheers,
J