Chinese Lineage

Yim Ving Tsun dividing the new system into Siu Nim Tao, Chum Kiu, Biu Je, Mui Fah Jong, Luk Dim Boon Kwan, and Bot Jom Do

Leung Pok Toa learned the entire system from Yim Ving Tsun, whom he later married

Wong Wah Po learned his Ving Tsun Kung Fu from Leung Pok Toa

Leung Lan Kwai and Leung Yee Tai were both students of Wong Wah Poh, and all three were performers in the chinese opera, called Heung Seun or, "Red Junk."

Lueng Tsun, an herbalist and doctor, learned his Ving Tsun Kung Fu from Wong Wah Po, together with Leung Lan Kwai and Leung Yee Tai

Fung Wa learned from Leung Tsun and was a contemporary of Chan Wah Shuen

Chan Wah Sheun, also known as Jow Chin Wah (Wah, the money changer), learned from Leung Tsun and from Fung Wa. Chan Wah Shuen was a son of Leung Tsun

Chan Wah Shuen was working on the estate of the Yip family in Foshan, when he reluctantly took the young Yip Man on as a student. According to legend, Chan Wah Shuen did not want Yip Man as a student because he thought that wealthy, priviledged students would not be very devoted to the study of Kung Fu. So, he asked Yip Man to pay a very large sum of money, about equal to a years' salary, in exchange for his teaching. After the passing of Chan Wa Shuen, Yip continued his training with Shuen's eldest student, Fung Wah. Later in Hong Kong, Yip Man trained with Leung Bik, another son of Leung Tsun.

Moy Yat was introduced to Yip Man by his friend and sihing, Moy Bing Wah. The late Grandmaster Moy Yat spent 15 years training and living the 'Kung Fu Life' with Yip Man before becoming his youngest Sifu at the age of 24 in 1962. Moy Yat brought Ving Tsun Kung Fu to America in 1973 when he opened his first school in New York. He later taught in the Chinatown area of New York. Moy Yat passed in late January of 2001