5 foshan styles

[wingchunalex]

http://www.itswa.freeserve.co.uk/ancwc.htm

it said in this article that there were 5 distinct styles of foshan wing chun, they were: leung jan (i don't know if that guloa or not), pao fa lein, wan qi shang, guo bao chwang, zhu zhong weng. I was wondering if anyone knew anything on these styles, especially the last three, i've never heard of them, unless i've heard of them in cantonese and don't know it. could anyone describe these last three styles, and if they are very similar to or fairly different from yip man, pan nam, guloa, or hung fa yi? i was just woundering what they looked like. like do they have a lot of forms that are not the three found in most styles i've heard of, or not. or any number of things, any help would be great. thanks.

[reneritchie]

Those are poorly rendered or mixed romanizations for:

Leung Jan, Pao Fa Lien, Yuen Kay San, ?, Chu Chong-Man (Chi Sim Weng Chun).

There were (may still be) 7 systems represented in the Foshan WCK commitee: Yip Man, Yuen Kay-SAn/Sum Nung, Cheung Bo/Sum Nung, Yuen Chai-Wan/Yiu Choi, Leung Jan/Gulao, Pao Fa Lien, Pan Nam.

Check out http://www.wingchunkuen.com for more.

RR

[dfl]

Originally posted by reneritchie
Those are poorly rendered or mixed romanizations for:

Leung Jan, Pao Fa Lien, Yuen Kay San, ?, Chu Chong-Man (Chi Sim Weng Chun).

RR

Rene, the one you missed is a variation of Fok Bo Chuen.

[reneritchie]

dfl - thanks! Gotta get me one of dem decoder rings...

[wingchunalex]

thanks everybody, great help, i recognize all the cantonese names. that makes it so much simpler.