| History of Hung Fut (part 4) |
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| After the untimely passing of Hung Yiu Chung, his widow, Madam Tam Yu Ping, became the Acting Grandmaster. She set up the 'Hong Kong General Association of Hung Fut' in the 1970s. Their daughter, Hung Oi Kwun, studied under her father as a child. She still meets with the Association today. The duties of giving kung fu instruction were reportably taken over by his student and adopted son, Yim Tai. It has been debated and claimed that the secret and cursed 'Mad Devil Staff' form, which can only be taught to one student of each generation, was passed onto Yim. As a child, Yim Tai lived in a small village in Castle Peak in the New Territories attending the local Christian school with his brother Sin. Starting training at the age of six from his WWII veteran father in Northern Shaolin, he also had six years of Hung Gar and Southern Praying Mantis under his belt when he found himself watching a performance of Master Hung. Tai was stunned to see Leopard Head reputably break staffs in the air as he swung them with strength and vigour. In another demonstration, Hung penetrated yellow clay with his fingers by several inches. Yim was deeply impressed, moving and punching in the crowd alone with the demonstration. His older brother had to hold the 12-year old down. When 16, Yim Tai moved to Kowloon to earn his living. At the same time, he searched everywhere to find this impressive master. He set out, hoping to be taken in as a student. He had no idea where the gymnasium was located. It took some time but on a very rainy day as he passed a side street; he saw a sign in the distance. On the board was written, "Ling Nan" (i.e. Kwantung and Kwangsi Kung Fu classes). Out of curiosity, he went to look: before him stood the man. |
| Yim Tai tested his new five-foot-four instructor many times to discover if this master knew real kung fu. He proved he had the power of a much larger man, often in his new disciple�s eyes. "I know now how dangerous he really was," explains Tai "At the time, I didn't really learn directly from him, but from one of his senior students. I was considered too much of a beginner to learn directly from him. So I tried testing him by persistently asking questions that might get him to show how much he really knew". After a year, Yim became a Si-Suk (assistant instructor). He treated his new master with great respect and was a talented student, training with him for six years. He was the first into the gym each day and the last out. In the 1970's, Yim Tai gained roles in Hong Kong's kung fu movies, a regular on the television series, 'The Real Kung Fu.' He gave this up as it interfered with the Hung Fut School. |
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| To fulfil the dream of Hung Yiu Chung, Yim Tai brought the Hung Fut system to the United States in 1977 with only the clothes on his back and a picture of his father and one of his Si Gung. Today he runs two schools, a martial-arts supply company, the North American Chinese Martial Arts Federation (NACMAF) and has broken into the movie business with his film production company: Action Star Pictures, Inc., which has made 'Honor and Glory' and 'A Fatal Desire'. He and some of his students studied Taiji Quan (Yang/Beijing Simplified) in the mid-80s and incorporated it into the school as a separate class. |
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| In 2007, he named seven of his students as masters: retired police officer Richardo Chen, computer programmer Eugene Chung, information technology consultant Jae Ha Hwang, software engineer Shelton Lee, executive John Ritz Miller, computer projects manager Vicki Miller, and retired police officer/insurance investigator Mike Sutton. His older brother, Yim Shu Sin was a senior martial artist until a motorcycle accident ended his career. He became a successful full-contact trainer after that. He spent some with his sibling, frequently presence at the school. He settled later in Hong Kong. |