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A small boy copies a class from behind a wall in Taishan and is taken in; in Hong Kong a northern master lives in the family home and teaches him on the roof; a physician takes a pulse before a wall of herb drawers.

十六 · 家 · Spirit · 1936 – 1971 · 2:12

The house in Hong Kong

  1. In 1936, in Taishan in southern China, Grandmaster Chan Kowk Wai was born.

    History cbkw.org.br: honrariasWikipedia: Chan Kowk-wai

  2. At four he secretly watched the village teacher's classes and copied them in a corner.

    Source: the lineage and the master

  3. A student caught him. The teacher did not scold him but asked to see what he had learned.

    Source: the lineage and the master

  4. Surprised, he broke his own rules and took the boy in. Ten years of Choy Li Fut followed.

    Source: the lineage and the master Wikipedia: Chan Kowk-wai

  5. In 1949 Grandmaster Chan's family moved to Hong Kong.

    History Wikipedia: Chan Kowk-wai

  6. In the early 1950s, on his master's advice, Grandmaster Yim Sheung Mo went to Hong Kong.

    History sinobrasileira.org: indexkungfuconnection.net: grand-master-yan-shang-wuWikipedia: Chan Kowk-wai

  7. He lived in Grandmaster Chan's family home and taught him Northern Shaolin.

    History Wikipedia: Chan Kowk-waisinobrasileira.org: index

  8. He made him heir to Northern Shaolin, martial qigong and healing massage.

    History sinobrasileira.org: indexsinobrasileira.org: indexWikipedia: Chan Kowk-wai

  9. He introduced him to other masters, one a physician: Master Yin Yue Chui, of Choy Li Fut.

    History Wikipedia: Chan Kowk-waisinobrasileira.org: index

  10. It is told that he learned from his father but chose medicine, and won high regard.

    Legend

  11. It is told that only three of his students learned it in depth. Grandmaster Chan was one.

    Legend

  12. With him Grandmaster Chan also studied Chinese medicine and qigong.

    History sinobrasileira.org: index

  13. Grandmaster Yim taught until his last day. He died in Hong Kong on 26 December 1971.

    History sinobrasileira.org: indexHKPL: 華僑日報 1959-01-09HKPL: 華僑日報 1971-12-30HKPL: 華僑日報 1972-01-01HKPL: 工商晚報 1972-01-03

    Grainy newspaper photo of a man in a suit and tie, captioned 嚴尚武遺像.

    Yim Sheung Mo. The caption, 嚴尚武遺像, means “portrait of the late Yim Sheung Mo”. Printed with his obituary in Wah Kiu Yat Po, 30 December 1971.

    Hong Kong Public Libraries, image 12 Full page