Lok Yiu
Lok Yiu (駱耀) was a disciple of Yip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun. Lok Yiu Fun was born in 1922 and died in February 2006 at the age of 83 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong after a short battle with an illness.
He began training in Wing Chun in 1950 and started teaching private students in 1959. He opened his first school on Kay Lung Street (基隆街 in Sham Shui Po) in 1961. In 1966, the school was moved to Mong Kok Sifu Lok Yiu also had two other branch schools; one located at 50 Nga Tsin Wai Road and the other in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
In his 50-year teaching career, he had over a thousand students. His To-Dai, Wilhelm Blech, continues to teach Master Lok's refined art to hundreds of students throughout Europe, through his ELYWCIMAA (European Lok Yiu Wing Chun International Martial Art Association).
He has twin sons Lok Kwen Kwong (駱勁剛) and Lok Kwen Sang (駱勁生).
[edit] Quote
"搏擊是要簡單、快速及有效地攻向敵人" — "Combat should be simple, quick and effectively attack the enemy."
[edit] Lineage
| sifu | Yip Man (葉問) |
| Lok Yiu (駱耀) | |
| known students | Allan Che Kong Lee (李志剛) Lo Chi Lai (盧志禮) Ivan Lee Winston Wan Wilhelm Blech his son Lok Kwen Kwong Ng Chun Hong Kevin Liu |
[edit] References
- material translated from http://www.policewushu.org/mainframe65.htm
- Information about Schools taken from a tribute article written by his student Allan Lee
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