Sam Chan Branch
Curriculum:
Level:1
- Yee Jee Kim Yeung Mah - (Character 2 Adduction Stance)
- Sup Bo Yee Gee Mah? - (10 Step Character 2 Stance)
- Chi Bot Dim? Lien Wan Kiu - (8 Chain Linked Bridge Sticking Points)
- Sup Sam Sau - ( 13 Hands )
Level:2
- Siu Lien Tao - (Little Training Form)
- Wan Yuen Chum Kiu - (Harmonious Heaven & Earth Sinking Bridges)
- Noi Ying Biu Jee - (Inernal Method Thrusting Fingers)
- Yik Kam Siu Lien Tao? - 3 section form containing the standard 3 hand forms * note
- Chi Sau? - Sticking Hands
- Sam Sing Poon Lung Jong? - (3 Star Coiling Dragon Post)
- Sam Cha Jin Jeung? - (3 Side Arrow Palms)
- Fa Kuen - (Flower Boxing)
- Chat Sing Kuen? - (7 Star Boxing)
Level:3
- Sam Jeet Lok Ying Kuen? - (3 Sectional Lower Flying Eagle set)
- Luk Dim Boon Gwun Sup Sam Cheong?- (6.5 Pole 13 Spear)
- Luk Dim Boon Gwun Faat? - (6.5 Pole Methods)
- Yan Jee Bot Jam Dao?- (Character Man 8 slashing Swords)
This Branch of Cho Gar was founded by Sam Chan, a direct student of famous Cho Family founder Cho Shun. Sam Chan Learned along side Cho Shun's son Cho Dak Sang at Luen Yee Mo Koon, Poon Yu Village. Sam Chan eventualy moved to Ipoh, Malaysia. He passed Wing Chun on to only 6 students. Cheung Way Boe being the senior, learned for ruffly 6 years, before moving to Penang, at age 27 where he opened a school called Ban Chung Wing Choon.
Oral Tradition from Cheung Way Boe suggests that Cho Shun learned Wing chun from Yik Kam, who's real name was So Kai Ming?. This has been contested in modern times by Cho Hong Choi's student Hendrik Santo? , stating that So Kai Ming is not the true name of Yik Kam. The validity of this information hasnt been confirmed Either way.
- note: White crane student Eric Ling, who in the year 2007 has started work on a project to preserve rare Chinese and Hakka Martial Arts. When in Penang he found a retired Cheung Way Boe, and was given a demo of his Ban Chung Wing Chun Kuen. Cheung Way Boe states that Cho Family passed down a Single Siu Lien Tao form, that has 3 sections, containing the same basic information that the 3 hand forms have within them. He also stated that he understands from Sam Chan, that Wing Chun was brought to the Red Boats by Chi Sim, not by Leung Bok Chao?. This is in contrast to standard Cho Gar Oral Tradition which states that Ng Mui passed down her White crane method to Miu Shun?, who fused the crane with his own Snake Boxing method. He than passed his art down to Yim Yee, who taught Leung Bok Chau?. It was than Leung who taught Wing Chun to the King Fa Wui Goon. Cho Family tradition states there was 13 students that learned the full Wing Chun System.
This Sup Saam Sao (13 Hands) descend from the Cho Family Wing Chun Kuen derived branch of Saam Chan, student of Cho Shun. They are typically organized as follows:
- Chien (Thousand)
- Huen (Cycle)
- Kaam (Close)
- Tiu (Carry)
- Thaat (Connect)
- Gaun (Split)
- Po (Brake)
- Kak (Block)
- See (Tear)
- Chung (thurst)
- Pao (Throw)
- Seung (Double)
- Hok (Crane)
Sources:
- AWCKRI
- Oral Traditions Ku Choi Wah
- New Martial Hero magazine
- Leungs Publishing
- Oral Traditions Hendrik Santo