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Learning about the history of martial arts and studying its development is not an easy task, because a lot of unverified claims are being put forth on the internet. It is important to always remain critical and attempt to find out where certain information comes from, how reliable it is, etc. In any case we should always quote the source of information provided. We first read some articles online making certain claims and then went to visit Hamtau village, the home village of Leung Saam Fuk. For what it is worth, according to village elders welcoming us, until fairly recently nobody in that village had heard anything about Leung Saam Fuk being a student of Leung Yi Tai - or even an alias of Leung Yi Tai, as we can see some people claim online these days. This connection was made by outsiders, and is not a part of the historical village tradition. We published an article in WCI Magazine reporting on our visit there.

@@CMACSinfo Thanks for the clarification, the data I posted about Leung Yee Tai are statements from one of the villagers who posted several times on Douyin.

@@Lolitocat do they teach any wooden dummy set? I see there is one model in the video covered near with flags

@@vingdragon If you put these Chinese characters in the search engine you will get a video on Douyin with the wooden dummy. 木人桩 班中少林 磡頭群英堂

@@Lolitocat There seems to be some confusion: The art featured in the video is not the Hamtau village art - it is the transmission of Gung Fu as retained in nearby San Zhi village. The information you shared is from an article on the former, not the latter. The villagers in Hamtau call their art “Ban Chung Siulam”, whereas the village Gung Fu of San Zhi village is called “Ban Chung Fa Kuen”. Their respective curriculae are not the same. Anyone interested in learning more about this style can check out an article we wrote in the upcoming issue of WCI Magazine.

There are many differnet styles calling themselves “Ban Chung” - which basically means they are recognizing their origin with the Cantonese opera. The original empty hand curriculum passed down in San Zhi village there consists of two empty hand sets - “Fat Jeung” and “Fa Kuen”.

@@vingdragon The Gung Fu of San Zhi village does not have a fixed, formal wooden dummy set in its curriculum. It is just used to train various moves and techniques on.

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​@@CMACSinfothank you

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