Actually YKS died when SN was in his early 30s. Also, Sum Nung gained a good reputation early on and so he began teaching at a young age and so most of his students were older than him.
i get a lot of my information from people with roots in China. I dont go to Hawaii and Taiwan to learn about WC.
Some of the people I have spoken to over the years include
- The widow of Sum Nung's student, Cheung, who is also close to the Leung Sheung family
- Sum Nung's indoor student Kevin Chan (not the guy who teaches in SF)
- Historian Chow (forgot his given name at the moment)
- Master of Yao Gung Moon in LA
- Hung Ga Master in NY who told me everyone in Fatsan knows that no one comes close to the skills of Sum Nung and YKS(also forgot his name but its the same person who taught Robert Chu)
- Ng Jung from Hong Kong, who is a grandstudent of Wong Wah Bo. He demonstrated to me and Kevin Chan Wong Wah Bo's 12 forms and 108 movements for the 6.5 staff
Also I forgot until now, but there is a branch of WC called Pao Fa Lien, which has roots with Fung Siu Chung too. I believe that they have many open handed forms. I think a total of 12. Here is something I found on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBMTLGfC3E
Anyways, here is another book I have by Hon Quon Guo. He is in Leung Jan's lineage.
Explanation of Leung Jan's 12 forms and 108 movements
Leung Jan's double sword and fork
Leung Jan's plum flower spear
Leung Jan's taming tiger form
the information I am giving is not secret by any means. you just have to go beyond quoting kwok fu and yip chun. as you can see most of my info comes from people who do not have a bias.