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The History of Fut Sao Wing Chun Kuen according to Grandmaster Henry Leung, Fut Sao Wing Chun Kuen came from a very old system of martial and healing art believed to pre-date Shaolin. Fut Sao is a subset of an original Taoist internal system that was kept within it's own sect,but was lost and forgotten until it was rediscovered by the Venerable Hsu Yun,GM Henry Leung's sifu ( a Buddhist monk).The original name of the art was called Gu Yee Kuen or Ancient Fist.The Gu Yee Kuen system was though to be the core or root system on which other arts also came about.GM Henry Leung named the subset Fut Sao or Buddha Hand in honor of his Sifu.Now accepting limited number of interested Wing Chun students in New York and New Jersey are.
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The Gu Yee Kuen system originally comprised of a single long and complex form,but due to its complexity and difficulty the form was simplified into 4 sections to make it easier for the student to learn.These are the current Fut Sao forms.Fut Sao is a traditional Martial art in that it comprises all three areas of human development the physical, mental, and spiritual. The Venerable Hsu Yun,one of the most respected and well known Chan master of modern China was not known for his martial arts or healing skills. In matter of fact some will go to great lenghts to say that there is no documentation or proof regarding his martial art and healing skills.Yet if you read his autobiography written by his disciples,he is constantly traveling from temple to temple thru out China by himself. Imagine the survival skills one must have to venture out alone on foot in the wilderness of the late 1800's thru early 1900's.
The Ven.Hsu Yun passed down his martial arts to only a few disciples.One of those was Grandmaster Henry Lueng ( fist generation disciple) who spent 10 years from age 9 -19 under the tutulage of the Venerable Hsu Yun.Grand Master Henry Lueng was the first person to take Fut Sao from China and spread the art to the U.S. It was here that GM Henry Leung taught the Fut Sao system for the first time in the basement of his restaurant in New York . One of his last student by the name of Joseph Ng became a disciple and The Keeper of the Temple (Receiving all the ancient knowledge and herbal formulas). Besides being a skilled martial artist, Joseph Ng is also very talented herbalist and knowledgeable in T.C.M
The Sil Lin Tao form, In Fut Sao Wing Chun System, looks 60-70% similar to other Wing Chun first forms.The similarity is only on the surface where as the ideas and concepts are totally different.The Chum Kiu and Bil Gee forms is completely different than other Wing Chun systems.The Siu Ba Gua does not exist at all in other lineages.The Wooden Dummy,Knife and pole forms look similar but once again the applications are completely different. Fut Sao emphasizes Chi Sao where as a lot of other Wing Chun systems see little value in this area.Two man forms and sets are practiced within other arts. Fut Sao does not practice or have two man forms or sets.
In Conclusion The ideology,methodology and concepts behind Fut Sao are truly deep and amazing.They are something which should be experienced and discussed peacefully,as Fut Sao in its' own name,comes from Buddhist teachings which promote Peace and Love.This is the principle behind a non-aggressive form of combat which emphasizes that non-aggressiveness is to be interpreted as strenght rather than a weakness.
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