CHOY LAY FUT

One of the great Southern styles, Choy Lay Fut ( also Tsai Lee Fo) is famous throughout the Kung Fu world. With over 100 sets and over 100 years of longevity CLF has a large following and may actually be one of, if the not biggest, of all Kung Fu styles outside China. CLF is unusual - though not unique - in that it is essentially a Long Fist Southern Style. it is created by Founder Chan Heung as a combination of Choy Family Fist, Lee Family Fist and Shaolin represented by the word Fu - "Buddha." CLF emphasizes strong stances, wide whipping moves, unusual angles of attacks, a huge varietyof weapons including such things as umberllas and opium pipes and numerous specially constructed dummies for all tupes of training.

KT038 Tsai Lee Fo (Choy Lay Fut): CHIA PAI MO QUAN
Hui Tin-Hing & Yan Sang
90 pages with photographs softbound, English/Chinese
Regular $14.95  Plum price $12.95

This "BLANK FORM" Fist is a middle level Tsai Lee Fo set. It emphasizes wide arm motions and classic TLF stances. More emphasis on open handed motion makes it a little more like the famous Buddha Palm of this Southern Long Arm style.What's more, this book is in ENGLISH and CHINESE facing text.

KT039 Tsai Lee Fo (Choy Lay Fut): Chin Pao Ping Cheng Fist
Hui Tin-Hing
90 pages with photographs softbound , English/Chinese
$14.35:  Plum price $12.95

The GOLDEN LEOPARD LEVEL FIST is a middle level form of the Tsai Lee Fo system. It is composed of 74 postures. The book is well photographed with English and Chinese explanations on each page. This form has the characteristic Long Arm motion of this famous southern style. Particularly distinctive are the Spread Wing motions, the famous Chop Choy twisting punch and of course the Tsai Lee Fot swing punches. DUAL LANGUAGE EDITION.

KT042 Tsai Lee Fo (Choy Lay Fut): Waddy Play
Chan Kin-Man & Yan Sang
111 pages with photographs softbound , English/Chinese
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This "monk's traveling stick" set emphasizes short strikes and feints. And "eyebrow height" stick the motions are pure CLF with strong stances and clear angles. Chan Kin-Man is the son of Chan Hong-Heung a famous teacher of the style. The older Chan's teacher, Fong Yu-Shu, was an expert in this weapon. The author, the younger Chan, is himself a generation inheritor and, among other things, a WuShu instructor at the Hong Kong Jing Wu Association.

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KC033 Choy Li Fut Kung Fu
Doc Fai-Wong & Jane Hallander
$12.95, 153 pages with photographs softbound

This is a general overview of the CLF style. It covers such topics as
the CLF altar, Footwork, Weapons, training Aids and more. It also contains two forms particular to CLF, which is really one set taught CLF style first, completely without hands as a stance-only form, then the SAME form with hand positions.

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#KC032 Choy Lay Fut
The Dynamic Art of Fighting
Lee Koon Hong
$19.95, 90 pages with photographs softbound, English/Chinese

Well-known CLF teacher Lee Koon Hong outlines this popular and expansive style. Areas covered include basic stances, techniques, applications, theory and history. A good introduction by an expert in his style.

Special Editions

Here is a beautiful series of books in a special edition. Each one is oversized ( 8 X 11 inches). They are short (32 pages) but with extraordinarily clear photographs about six per page. Names of moves are in Chinese and English. Some features are outstanding. Though there is little explanation the layout of the book makes totally clear the sequence of actions. The pictures are set next to one another for easy scanning and a real feeling of the flow of the form: sort of movies on paper. Just do what you see. And then they are also in full Color - that right the entire book is color photographed.

Demonstrator: Lee Koon-Hung has a number of credits to his name. He is a fifth generation inheritor of CLF and Kung Fu instructor at the new Asia Chinese Kung Fu Club at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also an instructor at the Confucius Hall Middle School. He is also the Vice-Chairman and Competition Supervisor - Hong Kong Kung Fu Association. His moves are very clean and his actions flexible.

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KC036 DRAGON FAN of Choy Lay Fut
Lee Koon-Hung
Chinese (traditional)/English
$14.95, 21 pages with 4 color insert on applications, Color Photos

Acutally two forms. Included is the CLF Fundamental Fist Set. This is followed by the Dragon Fan, a short and easily learned set. The fan here is used in a more martial manner with less emphasis on flicking it open and closed and more on using it needle-style as a weapon. Of course the opening and closing can be modified as one choses. A nice, direct set.

KS035 SPINNING SPEAR of Choy Lay Fut
Lee Koon-Hung
Chinese (traditional)/English
$15.95, 21 pages with 4 page insert on applications, Color Photos

A nice Color presentation of a Choy Lai Fut set. Good solid movements with very clear actions typical of the style. Names given for each movement and a sequential approach that makes the transitions from move to move pretty easy to follow. This is also known as the Left Handed Spear. One of the most elegant of Southern Styles and one of the most complete.

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KW009 WHIRLING STAFF of Choy Lay Fut
Lee Koon-Hung
$12.95, Chinese (traditional)/English, Color Photos each page
21 pages,

A nicely presented Choy Lai Fut set in Color. CLF has a number of excellent staff sets. This one is relatively short and learnable. It is also known as the Dragon Staff. Sifu Lee's motions are easy to understand especially in this format.