Our Patriarch - Grandmaster Yip Fook Choy

 

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Grandmaster Yip Fook Choy (葉福財師父) was born May 15th, 1943 in Kuala Lumpur and began learning Wing Choon Kuen at age 8. He assisted his grandfather Yip Kin at the martial arts school in the late 1950s. From the early 1970s after the demise of Grandmaster Yip Kin, Grandmaster Yip Fook Choy has inherited the legacy left by his late grandfather.

Grandmaster Yip Fook Choy continued to be very active imparting his Wing Choon martial arts to students and teaching various nationalities and age groups to attain progressive improvements in levels of individual achievement until he passed away in August 2019.

He also taught lion dance and was a sought after as a judge recognized internationally in lion dance competitions within and outside Malaysia. He maintained affiliations and travels regionally in connection with martial arts and lion dance.

Grandmaster Yip Fook Choy taught Wing Choon Kuen to his three sons;

• Yip Yew Kong,
• Yip Yew Fei,
• Yip Yew Choong

and daughter

• Yip Chi Ling.

And also his other students:

Kahar Saidun
Loke Wah Tak
David Hirst
Li Loong Fei
Chang Yuen Loong

Among many many others.

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