History of Hung Fut (part 5)

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Another of Hung Yiu Chung's students and a younger classmate of Yim Tai is Man (Raymond) Ying Nap.  After his teacher's death he completed his training with Hung Siu Sum, who was a disciple of Hung Keung Sang who intern was a pupil of the White-haired Devil.  Raymond also moved overseas, settling in the United Kingdom.  He now teachers in Glasgow, Scotland and has taught many students, some now also teaching in the same area.

One of these is Iain Paterson who has been training in martial arts since he was 14 years old, starting with the karate style of shotokan, which he studied for three years.  After being inspired by the Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies he was attracted to Chinese kung fu.  Joining his local Lau Gar kung fu club in Paisley Scotland, he continued for 13 years.  He has achieved many trophies at club, national and international levels including five times winner of the Scottish National Championship at semi-contact fighting and three times Scottish National Champion at continuous fighting.  He has studied a little in other styles such as Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, and Hung Gar all helping to improve his wealth of knowledge in martial arts.  Over the last few years, he has been studying under Raymond Man in Hung Fut.  He teaches in Paisley. Another instructor at this school is Mark Boyce, who has been studying kung fu since 1988.  Like most West of Scotland youngsters, Mark’s first adventure into the sporting world was through school team football.  Mark also played Rugby from around the late 80's and only finally retired in 2003.  Mark (or Boycy as he is known) first began training in Kung Fu at the Paisley club. Hung Keung Sang became the Chief Supervisor of the Hung Fut Pai Chinese Kung Fu Association in 1975 and remained so until he died at the age of 102 in 2003.  He also had other students who have migrated to New Zealand.

Another of the generation is Hung Kam Pui.  At the age of eight, he began studying Hung Fut in the countryside of China with his father's elder brother Hung Keung Sang.  At the age of 14 Hung Kam Pui moved to Hong Kong to study from Hung Yiu Chung.  He spent many years learning the complete system.  His skills improved greatly after he learned the 'Lefty Crazy Devil Staff' and the 'Four Great Afflictions Style'.  His friends used to say that besides his good kung fu skills and speed, he also had the air of a vicious tiger.  So in the martial world Hung Gum Pui was known as 'Lou Fu Jai' or 'Tiger Boy'.  He opened his first kung fu school in 1967.

In 1975 he opened his first annex branch in Holland, Europe.  This was in the days that if you had an official grand opening of a martial arts school, you could be sure that you will be visited and challenged by all the other local schools.  Tiger Boy, still in his twenties, is not considered tall by even Chinese standards.  Countless challenges came.  The fights were usually only one move.  In not too long he had earned another nick-name...'Holland's Father of Chinese Guo-shu (kung-fu)'. Back in Hong Kong, during 1984, in a large restaurant in front of many witnesses and photographers, the Grandmaster simultaneously broke two world records.  He delivered 238 eight-inch punches in less then a minute.  Each punch had 280 lbs. (127 kilograms) of force.  All with one arm!  As he had naturally out grown the nickname 'Tiger Boy', his new nickname became 'Lightning Hands'! Today Hung Kam Pui is a leading member of the International Hung Fut Pai Chinese Kung Fu Association, taking over as Chairman after Hung Keung Sang died at the age of 98 in May 2003.  He is one of original players involved in bringing Kung Fu Corner to the public in Hong Kong.  It is possible that the secrets of Hung Fut and the keepers of the system now rest here in China. Hung Kam Pai is also the brother of Raymond Man's second Si-Fu--Hung Siu Sum.  One of Hung Siu Sum students, Cheng Kwai Ping went on to become Taiwan's full-contact champion.  This champion currently resides near Monaco, France. Another Hung Fut teacher, Tom Sek (a.k.a: Tam Sek) passed on his skill to Jung Geng Bo (a.k.a: Chung Kun Ball, Cannon Ball Jung) who in-turn was the instructor of another immigrant from Hong Kong: Yueng Kai. Yueng Kai studied and mastered Mantis, Hung Gar, Wing Chun and Taij Quan until he met Jung Geng Bo. He later moved to the USA in 1971, and was the first to teach Hung Fut in this country.  Originally teaching from a loft of one of his students in New York, he opened a school on Centre Street Chinatown a year later.  He performed at Madison Square Garden with reviews stating that he was as fast as Bruce Lee and was an outstanding fighter.  The original school closed in 1981, but he continued to teach formal classes until his death in 2006.  His knowledge was passed on to his students Arron Jafee (a.k.a: Jai, Hung Gong Kueng) and Phil Auffray (Hung Man Fu). After his teacher's original American school closed, Arron Jafee or Jai, out of necessity, in 1985 opened his own school with the help of his classmate, Lower East Side, New York City, after teaching in various places such as parks and rooftops.  Yueng Kai would come by on occasions and give corrections.  Students were taught Mantis, Hung Gar, Long Fist, Taiji Quan and Hung Fut.  The other styles were included, as they did not like to give away the Hung Fut.  You had to have the right character, discipline and dedication to learn this style.  At first, they had no electricity, plumbing, or heating, so the winter training was fierce.  The candlelight brought out a very spiritual aspect to training.  The school has a core group of about 15 regulars, which have been with Jai for over ten years.  The group has entered various tournaments and has performed well. In the 1993, Jai set off to Hong Kong on a quest to improve his knowledge by locating Hung Fut elders from a list granted by his Si-Fu, Yueng Kai.  After going through each name on the list with no luck--Jung Geng Bo had passed away and Hung Keung Sang had retired.  While wondering the streets of Kowloon, he came upon the above mentioned, Hung Kam Pui and his school.  He met with the Asian master and whipped out the kung fu that he had learned.  He stayed four months; training with Hung Kam Pui, while his American senior students kept the school going back at home.  He continues going to Hong Kong with his disciples, learning and participating in the events almost yearly staying for months.  Jai returns to the Big Apple, now running a school in New York. Phil Auffray runs the New York Hung Fut Pai Chinese Kung Fu Association.  The clubs now teaches Hung Fut only.  New Si Fus include Ben Perez, Jaime Affoumado, Burt Fleming, Sheldon Landa, and Nicholas Chavarria.

Charles Rivera, another of his students, has moved south to Orlando, Florida, where he teaches and trains at the Traditional Martial Arts Centre.