Cheung Yim

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Cheung Yim (also known as Cheung Hung Sing) is a Chinese martial artist.

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Cheung Hung Sing followed the instructions of Monk Ching Cho to establish contact with the Fut San Hung Mun headquarters, where he was in charge of training Hung Mun freedom fighters. In each revolution during Cheung Hung Sing's time the Hung Sing Kwoon and its members participated in every one going back from the Opium Wars of the 1840's, all the way up to 1949.

At the time of the Tai Ping Rebellion there were many Hung Sing Kwoon's flourishing in Fut San. In 1851, Cheung Hung Sing officially established and organized all the Hung Sing Kwoons and prepared them to go into battle. In 1864 the Manchu ordered the capture of Cheung Hung Sing and his students who all fled throughout the countryside. Cheung Hung Sing escaped into Hong Kong and returned to re-open his Hung Sing Kwoon in 1867.

Many of Cheung Yim's famous disciples were Yuen Hai, Lui Chun, Chun Mien, Wong Say, Li So, Cheung Sam Bing, Wong Fook, Lee Yan, and of course Chan Ngau Sing. In 1893, after returning home from his travels, Cheung Hung Sing fell ill, and ultimately passed away leaving Chan Ngau Sing as his 1st successor.

As the next head master of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon Chan Ngau Sing (1864-1926)took their school to new heights. In all of Southern China, the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was the largest and most structured martial arts schools with more than 13 branches and students numbering over 10,000. Until his own death, Chan Ngau Sing always taught all of his students personally. Some of his more famous disciples included Qian Wei Fang, Liang Hui Hua, Wu Qin, and all became well known revolutionaries including martyrs for their cause, including presidents and chairman of various labor organizations such as the Hair Cutters Trade Unions, Restaurant Unions, Farmers Unions, and so on.

Revolutionary Martyr Wu Qin for his valiant efforts in blowing up an enemy ship by swimming out to the boat earned him a position as Dr. Sun Yat Sen's personal bodyguard. He along with other Chan Ngau Sing's disciples were heavily involved with CPC (Communist Party of China) and the Fut San Labor movement. The Koumingtan was responsible the assassination of Wu Qin who was travelling by boat when he, his wife and bodyguard were gunned down. In or around 1939 at the time of the Japanese Invasion an ancestral tablet was discovered that listed Monk Ching Cho's name on it.

Finally in 1949 the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was again forced to shut its doors and cease practicing martial arts. However, this only caused the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon to go underground with their training. Still, in the 1950's Premier Zhou En Lai instructed Hung Sing Kwoon student Chen Yilin to write an Article calling it "The 100 years beginning to end of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon" and Chen was also instructed to include the Green Grass Monk's name in it. Other written articles that tell of the Hung Sing Kwoon history can be found in the Historical Account of Guandong's Martial Arts.

From 1949 to around 1998 the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon remained quiet. Then in October of 2001 the Fut San held the 150th Anniversary of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon in which members from all over the world came to celebrate.