Originally Posted by
kai men
Hi everybody! I see you ve been very busy discussing this subject!
GM Chan Kowk Wai hasn't invented anything. He has been taught this version of FUTSAN HUNG SING CHOY LI FAT, by his teacher. His teacher didn't have any other student continuing the way so we are nowadays the only ones who train these TEN forms of Choy Li Fat PLUS ONE FORM FROM BAK SING: SAP SHI KAU TA KUIN.
The first form si calles Ba Won Kuin meaning something like "TOUGH PERSON" (in brazil you would say "Malandro" ;-)
although the secuenses are different, the style is pretty similar to the present day Fatsan CLF.
About inventing forms, nothing wrong with this. King Muy Hung Sing CLF had originally THREE forms. 160 years later it has 100.
All CLF schools are the same family! the core movements are the same, kua choy, sou choy, chap shoy, etc.
The CLF taught by Chan Kowk Wai IS NOT BAK SING! Bak Sing comes from our style.
Regards!
horacio