The "SIU" Forms in Choy Lee Fut.
The 3 hand forms of the Buk Sing CLF lineage originated with the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon as they were basically created by Hung Sing's first inheritor Chan Ngau Sing. Ping Kuen, Kau Da Kuen and Sup Ji Kuen are the product of one extremely long hand form called "Nei Wai Ba Gua Kuen or In and out Bagua Kuen (Internal-External)" as passed down to Jeung Hung Sing by the monk Ching Cho (Green Grass). These are the same forms passed down to Tam Sam by his Hung Sing Kwoon sifu Lui Chun.
In CLF you will find other forms with the Siu in the name such as Siu Ping Kuen, Siu Kau Da Kuen, Siu Lin Wan Kuen, Siu Sup Ji Kuen are basically the smaller version of certain forms or sets. In some cases the SIU forms posted on the internet are nothing more than the BIG Hoi Jong finished up with a few moves shortly after. Others are just shorter forms minus the long beginning or Hoi Jong and representative of said forms.
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Below is Siu Ping Kuen from the Buk Sing lineage.
Shane Lacey Siu Ping Kuen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qypgG3TdNkA
Fut San HSK Siu Ping Kuen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-2b-bgquSE
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I don't do buk sing but our siu ping kuen is just a short version of ping kuen or what some refer to as "dai ping kuen".
Anytime you put SIU in front of a sets name is always gonna be the shorter version of the parent form.
Could Siu Ping Kuen be an entry form? Sure. I would consider anything with a SIU in front of it as an entry level form. You might learn the Siu Forms before learning the parent forms.
I greatly doubt any SIU forms are high level. I teach Siu Forms for all beginners.
But, maybe Sifu Nick can chime in when he gets on, as he is a student of GM D. Lacey