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37 Kung Fu with Sifu EY Lee & his disciple Sifu Young Wong
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37 Kung Fu with Sifu EY Lee & his disciple Sifu Young Wong
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The E.Y. Lee Kung Fu School, once located at 3247 Balboa Street in
San Francisco’s Richmond District, was a traditional Chinese kung fu
school with a modern approach, teaching the time-tested Hung Sing Choy
Lee Fut and Yang tai chi chuan styles of kung fu with contemporary applications.
Sifu
(master) E.Y. Lee (Lee Yet Wah in Chinese) began studying
kung fu as a child in China. After moving to the United
States, he continued his studies with Sigung
(grandmaster) Lau Bun in San Francisco's Chinatown. From
the late 1950s to Lau Bun's death in 1967, Sifu Lee trained in
Choy Lee Fut and became an assistant instructor at Lau Bun's
school. In addition, Sifu Lee studied Yang tai chi for several
decades. In 1975, Sifu Lee founded the E.Y. Lee Kung Fu
School, at which he personally taught until his death in
2013. He trained and authorized the following students to
carry on his teachings: Mark Messner, Young Wong, Jun Aton,
Mark Heinrich, Ian Petitpren, and Andrew Taylor.
The physical space
that was home to the E.Y. Lee Kung Fu School closed in April
2021, with the advent of the COVID pandemic, but the Sifu's
teachings live on.
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2006 Sacramento Magazine
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