Xu Wei Peng

Praying Mantis Shifu

The information presented in this chart was collected from different sources -see Bibliography-, therefore the romanizations in Pinyin according to the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters sometimes is not available. If you find any mistakes or inaccuracies please contact me.

His name is romanized also as:
She Wei Ping / Huey Wai Pang / Shakespeare Chan.
Born in Brazil, he moved to the Philippines where he grew up. In his youth he moved to Hong Kong where he studied White Crane, Hong Jia and Qi Xing Tang Lang under shifu Zhao Zhi Min.
In the mid-1960's he was invited to return to the Philippines to teach at the Philippine Ling Nam Athltetic Association.
In 1971 shifu Xu Wei Peng leaded a Philippines wushu team that competed in the International Tournament in Taiwan, which got the second place.
Shifu Xu Wei Peng taught in the Ling Nam Association until in the 70's, when he left that club to form his own club, associated to the Jing Wu organization.
Shifu Xu Wei Peng is highly respected by his shifu, who has praised him in public. The flag shifu Xu Wei Peng offered to his master still be admired by all in Zhao Zhi Min's house. He still lives in the Philippines but he has dedicated to his toy business and he does not teach actively.


Page Updated: 1st May 2001.
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