Wong Kei Ying

Wong Kei Ying

Wong Kei Ying, son of Wong Tai and father of the famous Hung gar master and Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung, was said to have born in the Nam Hoi district of Kwungtung province. Wong Kei Ying was well known and respected for his skills in gung fu as well as his knowledge and skill in the traditional Chinese medicine. Although sometimes over shadowed by his sons fame he is widely regarded as one of the best martial artist of his time and was one of the Ten Tigers of Kwungtung.

Wong Kei Ying started learning Hung Gar at a very young age, first under his father then Luk Ah Choy. After years of hard training and dedication, Wong learned and mastered the Hung Gar Kuen under the quiadence of his teacher Luk Ah Choy and his father Wong Tai. He later opened a dit da clinic and gung fu school in KwungTung.

Although Wong Kei Ying had excellent skills and had already mastered all he was taught, he was not satisfied and searched for other Hung Gar practitioners to improve his understanding of the style as well as his existing skills. Being a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine he often had to travelled all over china to find and bring back herbs and medicine to his clinic in kwungtung. During his travels he met many famous and skilled masters of gung fu which helped him to further improve his martial skills and knowledge in hung gar. His son Wong Fei Hung also travelled with him from a very young age which in turn gave young Wong Fei Hung the chance to meet and train with some of the best gung fu masters of the time.It is said that during one of their journeys , they helped a famous martial artist who was performing his gung fu skills in the street and accidentally hurt a bystander. The street performer was Lam Fook Sing who was a top student of the famous Tid Kiu Sam(Leung Gwan). Wong Kei Ying helped Lam Fook Sing by treating the bystander. Lam Fook Sing was so grateful that in return for their help he taught both Wong Kei Ying and young Wong Fei Hung the famous internal form of Hung Gar "Tid Sin Kuen".