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Category: Choy Li Fut

Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 is a southern martial arts system founded in 1836 by Chan Heung 陳享, and nowadays it is one of the most widely practiced styles.

This section is dedicated to its history, techniques, forms and everything that is related to this martial style.

 

Latest Articles On Choy Li Fut

Choy Li Fut, aplicación del choy li fut, kungfu, kungfu applications, choy li fut applications,
6 March, 20231 March, 2023Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut

The Centreline in Choy Li Fut

Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 is a very powerful Southern martial arts system, known for its wide movements and circular strikes. However, the concept of centreline also plays a fundamental role in this system and it is necessary to understand it to be able to apply the system correctly.

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forma de la serpiente en el choy li fut, snake form of choy li fut, choy li fut snake form, forma de la serpiente kung fu,
13 September, 20216 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut

The Snake Form of Choy Li Fut

The Snake Form is one of the internal forms of our style, and gathers some of the most ancient Kung Fu techniques. The use of internal energy (氣 qi) and relaxation over external physical force predominates in the execution of techniques and movements, which imitate those of the animal.

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Relación del Kung fu con la meditación
15 February, 20216 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut, Meditation, Tai Ji Quan

Kung Fu and Meditation

Many martial styles incorporate meditation practices in different ways or have an important meditative component in their practice. But, what is meditation, and why is it related to martial arts?

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golpes de palma, palma strikes, choy li fut,
21 December, 20206 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut

Palm Strikes in Choy Li Fut

Within the Choy Li Fut system we have a myriad of martial techniques of all kinds: fist techniques, kicks, qin-na 擒拿, sweeps… In addition, it is remarkable a wide variety of strikes with open hand or palm techniques, that come to us from Chan Heung’s first master and uncle, Chan Yuen-Woo 陳遠護, who was an expert in the Fut Gar system or Buddha’s Palm style.

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Código ético en el kung fu Choy Li Fut
31 August, 20206 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut

Choy Li Fut Code of Conduct

When Chan Heung 陳享 founded the Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 system, he also established ten rules of conduct to guide all practitioners of the style. These rules constitute the code of conduct (武德, wǔ dé/mou dak) of Choy Li Fut. The ten rules are the following.

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Las manos de los 18 Luohan, Chi Kung, dieciocho luohan, eighteen luohan,
20 July, 20206 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut, Qi Gong and Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Eighteen Luohan Hands

The Sup Bot Law Hon Yik Gun Kuen 十八羅漢易筋 拳 is a form of Qi Gong 氣功 belonging to the Luohan system of Choy Li Fut. It is believed that the exercises contained in this form were taught by Bodhidharma to the monks of Shaolin temple to counteract the numbness of the body caused by long hours sitting in meditation.

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Lau Bun, Choy Li Fut History, Historia del Choy Li Fut
6 July, 20206 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut, History

Choy Li Fut Spreads Abroad (Choy Li Fut History IX)

At the end of the decade of 1920, Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 arrived at the American continent by the hand of Master Lau Bun 劉彬, who opened the first school in San Francisco.

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Wong Gong Choy Li Fut Jiangmen
27 April, 20206 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut, History

Grand Master Wong Gong (Choy Li Fut History VIII)

Grand Master Wong Gong 黄江, current Guardian of the Hung Sing 雄勝 School of Jiāngmén, lives in Hong Kong, where he has continued teaching Choy Li Fut until today.

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Sifu Pun Seon Seoi, Choy Li Fut, Guangzhou, Kung Fu China, Juan Otín Uriarte
2 February, 20206 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut

Interview with Sifu Poon Seon Seoi in Guangzhou

Last January we were lucky enough to participate in an interview conducted by the newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报 Nánfāng Dūshì Bào) to our Sifu Poon Seon Seoi 潘顺遂, in which we recounted some experiences of our common story.

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Chan Ngau-Sing, Hu Yuen-Chou Choy Li Fut
25 November, 20196 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts, Choy Li Fut, History, Tai Ji Quan

After Jeong Yim (Choy Li Fut History VII)

After Jeong Yim 張炎, two very relevant figures in the field of Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 in southern China were the Masters Chan Ngau-Sing 陳吽盛 and Woo Van Cheuk 胡云绰 (Hú Yún Chuò).

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