Would you mind sharing any reasoning or purpose behind Rick actually naming his founded system 'Hung Suen'? It seems a shame that the actual people who were on the Hung Suen and have had careers as actors/martial artists share the name with those who have had nothing whatsoever to do with anything close to Operatic Wing Chun. Especially when, as far as I'm aware, some Sifus that were connected seem to have had very difficult lives deciding not to promote themselves and teaching for the love of their arts to a very select few. It just doesn't make sense to me, other than yet another attempt at marketing a new 'brand' of Wing Chun.
So again, what was Rick Spains, or even Sifu Cheungs connection to the Hei Ban Opera? And what part of your wider MMA curriculum promotes this connection? No offense intended here, believe me, but there seems to be no connection at all other than the standard 'link' to the junks through proxy of being from Ip Man. And Ip Man, as far as I am aware, never promoted the Operatic troupes at all.