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Choy Li Fut (Cantonese) or Cai Li Fo (Mandarin) (; aka Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu) is a Chinese martial art founded in 1836 by Chan Heung (陳享).〔 Choy Li Fut was named to honor the Buddhist monk Choy Fook (蔡褔, Cai Fu) who taught him Choy Gar, and Li Yau-San (李友山) who taught him Li Gar, plus his uncle Chan Yuen-Wu (陳遠護), who taught him Fut Gar, and developed to honor the Buddha and the Shaolin roots of the system.〔 The system combines the martial arts techniques from various Northern and Southern Chinese kung-fu systems;〔 the powerful arm and hand techniques from the Shaolin animal forms〔 from the South, combined with the extended, circular movements, twisting body, and agile footwork that characterizes Northern China's martial arts. It is considered an external style, combining soft and hard techniques, as well as incorporating a wide range of weapons as part of its curriculum.〔 Choy Li Fut is an effective self-defense system,〔 particularly noted for defense against multiple attackers.〔 Title: The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu: The Secrets of Kung Fu for Self-Defense, Health, and Enlightenment, Author: Wong Kit Kiew, Tuttle Publishing (November 15, 2002), ISBN 0-8048-3439-3 ISBN 978-0-8048-3439-1. 〕 It contains a wide variety of techniques, including long and short range punches, kicks, sweeps and take downs, pressure point attacks, joint locks, and grappling.〔 Title: The Way of the Warrior: Martial Arts and Fighting Skills from Around the World, Author: Chris Crudell, Hardcover: 360 pages, Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 Oct 2008), Language: English, ISBN 1-4053-3095-3 ISBN 978-1-4053-3095-4. 〕 According to Bruce Lee:〔 Title: Bruce Lee - Between Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do, Author: Jesse Glover, Publisher: Glover Publications, p.67 (January 1, 1976) ISBN 0-9602328-0-X ISBN 978-0-9602328-0-2. 〕 : "Choy Li Fut is the most effective system that I've seen for fighting more than one person. () is one of the most difficult styles to attack and defend against. Choy Li Fut is the only style (kung fu ) that traveled to Thailand to fight the Thai boxers and == Founding == Chan Heung (陳享), also known as Din Ying (典英), Daht Ting (逹庭), Chen Xiang Gong, and Chen Xiang (both in Mandarin), was born on August 23, 1806, or July 10, 1806 of the lunar calendar, in King Mui 京梅 (Ging Mui), a village in the San Woi 新會 (Xin Hui) district of Jiangmen, Guangdong province of China.〔 Chan Heung's uncle Chan Yuen-Wu (陳遠護), a boxer from the Shaolin temple who had trained under Du Zhang Monk (独杖禅师),〔http://plumblossom.net/ChoyLiFut/clf_lineages11-1-11.pdf, Lineage of Choy Li Fut. Extensive research on the lineage of the teachers from the Shaolin Monks to the sixth generation teachers of Cai Li Fo.〕 who began teaching him the Fut Gar (佛家) style of Chinese martial arts when he was seven years old. When Chan Heung was fifteen, Chan Yuen-Wu took him to Li Yau-San (李友山), Chan Yuen-Wu's senior classmate from the Shaolin temple. Li Yau San had trained under Zhi Shan Monk (至善禅师).〔 Under Li Yau-San's instruction, Chan Heung spent the next four years learning the Li Gar style. Impressed with Chan Heung's martial arts abilities, Li Yau-San suggested that he train with a Shaolin monk called Choy Fook (Cài Fú, 蔡褔) to learn Choy Gar,〔Title: The Way of the Warrior: Martial Arts and Fighting Styles from Around the World, Author: Chris Crudell, Page:122, Hardcover: 360 pages, Publisher: DK ADULT; Ill edition (September 29, 2008), Language: English, ISBN 0-7566-3975-1, ISBN 978-0-7566-3975-4〕 a Northern Shaolin style of wushu 武术, as well as Chinese medicine and other Shaolin techniques. According to legend, the monk Jee Sin Sim See (至善禪師) is said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders – along with Ng Mui (五梅大師), Fung Doe Duk (馮道德), Miu Hin (苗顯) and Bak Mei (白眉道人) – who survived the destruction of the Shaolin Temple sometime during the late Qing Dynasty.〔 The founders of the five major family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts; Hung Gar, Choy Gar, Mok Gar, Li Gar and Lau Gar, were respectively, Hung Hei-Gun (洪熙官), Choy Gau Yee (蔡九儀), Mok Da Si (Mok Ching-Kiu, 莫清矯), Li Yau-San (李友山), and Lau Sam-Ngan (劉三眼); and all are said to have been students of Jee Sin Sim See.〔Title:Kung Fu: History, Philosophy, and Technique, Author:David Chow, Pub:Unique Publications (December 1980) ISBN 0-86568-011-6 ISBN 978-0-86568-011-1〕〔Title: The Shaolin Grandmaster's Text - History, Philosophy, and Gung Fu of Shaolin Ch'an, Publisher: Order Of Shaolin Ch'an; 6 edition (January 15, 2005), Language: English, ISBN 0-9755009-0-2, ISBN 978-0-9755009-0-3〕 Choy Fook had learned his martial arts from Choy Gau Yee (蔡九儀), the founder of Choy Gar.〔 Choy Fook had trained under five teachers, over a period of many years. His teachers were Jue Yuan Monk (觉远上人), Yi Guan Monk (一贯禅师), Li Sou (李叟), Bai Yu Feng (白玉峰), and Cai Jiu Yi (蔡九仪).〔 At the time Chan Heung sought him out, he had lived as a recluse on Lau Fu mountain (羅浮山) and no longer wished to teach martial arts. Chan Heung set out to Lau Fu mountain to find him. When Choy Fook was at the Shaolin temple, he had been seriously burned, and his head had healed with scars. This gave him the nickname "Monk with the Wounded Head" (爛頭和尙). Using that description, Chan Heung eventually located the monk and handed him a letter of recommendation from Li Yau-San. However, Chan Heung was disappointed when Choy Fook turned him down. After much begging, Choy Fook agreed to take the young man as a student, but only to study Buddhism.〔 Title: The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art, Authors: Bruce Lee and John Little, p.151, Paperback: 200 pages, Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; 1st edition (November 15, 1997), Language: English, ISBN 0-8048-3110-6, ISBN 978-0-8048-3110-9. 〕 One morning, when Chan Heung was practicing his martial arts, Choy Fook pointed to a heavy rock and told him to kick it into the air. Chan Heung exerted all of his strength as his foot crashed against the rock, sending it away. Instead of being complimented, he watched as Choy Fook placed his own foot under the heavy rock and effortlessly propelled it through the air. Chan Heung was awestruck by this demonstration. Again he begged Choy Fook to teach him his martial arts. This time the monk agreed, and for nine years, Choy Fook taught Chan Heung both the way of Buddhism and the way of martial arts.〔 Title: Barefoot Zen: The Shaolin Roots of Kung Fu and Karate, Author: Nathan J. Johnson, Paperback: 265 pages, p.239, Publisher: Weiser Books (December 2000), Language: English, ISBN 1-57863-142-4, ISBN 978-1-57863-142-1. 〕 When he was twenty-eight, Chan Heung left Choy Fook and returned to King Mui village in 1834, where he revised and refined all that he had learned. In 1835, Choy Fook gave Chan Heung advice in the form of a special poem known as a double couplet, as follows: :: 龍虎風雲會, The dragon and tiger met as the wind and the cloud. :: 徒兒好自爲, My disciple, you must take good care of your future. :: 重光少林術, To revive the arts of Shaolin, :: 世代毋相遺. Don't let the future generations forget about this teaching. In 1836, Chan Heung formally established the Choy Li Fut system, named to honor his 3 teachers: that Buddhist monk, Choy Fook, who taught him Choy Gar, and Li Yau-San who taught him Li Gar, plus his uncle Chan Yuen-Woo 陳遠護, who taught him Fut Gar, and developed to honor the Buddha and the Shaolin Kung Fu roots of the system.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Choy Li Fut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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