does anyone know about how many weapons were passed down from the founder? 0, 5, 9, 18, 40, or some other subset of the 53 listed on doc-fai wong's website:

https://plumblossom.net/choylifut/clfweapons.htm
no one knows what forms were actually passed down from chan heung. Much of their history comes from 2nd and 3rd generation writers. What people don't realize is chan heung did not create all the forms found in his lineages.