Liang Zipeng

梁子鵬 Liang Zhi Peng
Born	1900
Died	1974
Style	Neijia - Internal Martial Arts Yi Chuan Liuhebafa Taiji Chuan
Teacher(s)	Wu Yi Hui

Liang Zhi Peng 梁子鵬 (Cantonese - Leung Tsz Pang) (1900–1974) is a noted Liuhebafa Master from China who went to Hong Kong in the 1946. He was an instructor in Liuhebafa, Tai Chi, Baguazhang, Yiquan and Xingyi Quan and other arts.

The following statement was released by Li Do Lap's son who found a statement made by his father related to the study of the art with Wu Yi Hui.

{Liang Zhi Peng studied Liuhebafa with Li Do Lap for six years during the World War. WhileWu Yi Hui returned to Shanghai in 1945 and restarted his classes, Liang Zhi Peng was recommended by Li Do lap to teach. Reference: Peter Ziboce's web}

The following statement is not true and being passed from mouth to mouth for over the years. {Although a recognized student of Wu, Liang Zhi Peng only studied the first half of the Liuhebafa public form called Zhu Ji, and created his own personal second half from knowledge of other styles, thus the difference in his Liuhebafa from the mainstream.}

Liang Zhi Peng was the teacher of Lee Hoi-cheun 李海泉 (father of Bruce Lee), to whom he was said to have instructed Liuhebafa. When Bruce Lee had been practicing Wing Chun for some time already, his father suggested that Bruce should meet his teacher Liang. Lee became very interested in what Liang was teaching and wanted to learn from him. However, when Liang demanded that Lee give up other martial arts and leave behind all what he learned so far, Lee declined. Though he could not learn from Liang, he was allowed to listen to Liang’s lectures on Liuhebafa, which was also known as "Water Boxing". Bruce Lee later gave a famous speech where he said:

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water my friend!

This is why in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do there is no trace of training methods of Liuhebafa, but theoretical concepts and inspirations are clear. Other students were Sun Di, Li Chung, Fong Pak Shing and Moy Lin-shin, and Lee Ying-arg.

Video of Leung Ji Pang performing the Zhu Ji form of Liuhebafa

Reference: Website Ziboce Kung Fu Box http://ziboce.com