Lost Lineages and Hybrids
While lost lineages and stories of mysterious monks are fairly common in Chinese martial arts traditions, they are a particular feature of Lion's Roar. For example, Chan Tai San studied with Ma Yi Po, whose Lama Pai came from Manchuria but about which nothing else is known. Au Wing Ning (區永年) is known for being a student Tibetan White Crane (Pak Hok Pai) founder Nhg Siu-Chung but also studied Lama Pai with two monks known as Tit Sim See and Ching Wai. Then there is the case of Chan Dau, founder of "Do Pai", who studied Hop Gar with an unnamed monk in an unnamed monastery in Toi-San district, Guangdong. "Do Pai" is a reportedly a combination of Hung Kuen, Choi Lee Fut, and Hop Gar.
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