Why is CLF always considered southern?

[Jeong]

My understanding of CLF history is that it is a fusion of northern and southern styles. Why then is it always considered a southern style? Is there a reason better than 'it has to go somewhere'?

[Yao Sing]

I'm going to throw out a wild guess and say it's becaused it was/is practiced primarily in the south. Even if it were a 50-50 split between Northern and Southern the area it's predominant in would indicate which category it fits.

Now in argument against that theory Wah Lum was synthesized in the south from Northern arts with some heavy southern influence yet it's considered a Northern style.

[Fu-Pow]

Originates from Guandong (Canton) province of China which is in the south.

[hskwarrior]

i AGREE.

REGARDLESS OF IT'S ELEMENTS, IF CHOY LEE FUT WAS PRACTICED IN THE NORTH, THEN IT WOULD HAVE NORTHERN ELEMENTS, BUT SINCE IT FLOURISHED IN THE SOUTH, IT ADHERED TO THE "SOUTHERN WAY"

PEACE

[Paul T England]

The techniques and forms are performed with southern flavour, have southern names (many of them), southern weapons, and developed and spread in the south.

Paul