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Like other southern Chinese martial arts, Choi Lei Fut features Five Animal techniques based on the...

Like other southern Chinese martial arts, Choi Lei Fut features Five Animal techniques based on the tiger, dragon, crane, leopard, and snake but is distinguished from other southern styles by long, swinging, circular movements and twisting body motions more indicative of northern styles. Chan Heung (陳享) was born in Guangdong Province, China in 1805 or 1806. At the age of six or seven, he began to study Kung Fu from his uncle, Chan Yuen-Wu (陳遠護), a master of Southern Shaolin - the Buddha Style Fist or Fut Ga Kuen. So proficient as an adolescent that he could defeat any challenger from nearby villages, Chan Heung was ready to learn more. At the age of 15 he began training under another Southern Shaolin master, Lei Yau-San (李友山), founder of Lei Ga (Lee Family Style. Lei Yau San was Yuen Woo's sihing or elder brother at Shaolin Temple. After only four or five years of training, it became apparent that Chan Heung was ready to move on once again. Chan Heung was then referred to the Shaolin monk Choi Fook (蔡褔), who lived on Luofu Mountain. After several years of training under Choi Fook, Chan Heung returned to his home village of Ging Mui (京梅) in the county of Xinhui. He had learned and