The history of Chung-Shan Huy kun in Lima, Peru
The Chung Shan association began its activities with the Lion- and Dragon-dance in the beginning of the 1940s.
It was a group of Chinese of the Hakka origin who started Chung shan. The group gathered and decided to form a chinese traditional martial art association with the liondance as its foundation.
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| Lima, Peru. Sifu Adolfo to the right. |
Most Chinese of the Hakka possessed great knowledge about Choy Gar Kung Fu and decided to gather all techniques into six dances, each consisting of the knowledge of each member of the group. All members within Chung Shan took their turns at instructing the style of Choy gar Kung Fu.
Each member of Chung Shan had his own way of instructing and interpreted the movements as he was taught in China. However, all techniques were similar and were applied in the same way. The pattern of movement and the use of the hands was identical.
From the early 1940s to the 1960s only Chinese were allowed to learn kung fu. The young people born in Peru was called Tusang. The most famous instructors of that time were Man Chiong, Tomas Kam and Pablo Kam (the teacher of Sifus Fausto Wong). Additionally there were numerous teachers who didn't appear in the group but nevertheless possessed great knowledge about Choy Gar kung fu. These were, even if they did not teach, very respected within the group. These were Andres Lung, ChenWa, Wong Lung and Wa Wong.
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| Lima, Peru. Sifu Adolfo to the right |
In the beginning of the 1950s other Sifus began teaching the same style of kung fu. Liu Chiong and Li kanSam, who mixed the Choy and Hung styles, were teaching until 1962-63. Sifu Fausto Wong took over the training until the year 1989. Sifu Fausto Wong Koiwa taught the style Choy Gar Kung fu mixed with many charateristics of the styles Hung Gar as well as Choy Li Fat.
The three teachers mentioned above taught the style of Choy Gar kung fu to the local people.
The dances were very similar but they mixed different styles. It was now that the style of Choy gar kung fu became wellknown in Lima, Peru.
The brother-in-law of Sifu Fausto Wong taught him some dances from Hung Gar and Choy Li fat and made sure that the movements became shorter and tighter and that the movements became more appearant.
Sifu Wong had four students who became very successful at the style and became very famous in Lima, Peru thanks to public displays and real fights without gloves or other protection. These were Shiman Li, Fredy Pan, Robert Yap, Adolfo Tijero and Javier Solis.
In the next generation Jose Cabrera, Jimmy Tejada and the present teacher Sifu Jorge Caceres were the students who became noticed the most.
There are a few students from Chung Shan who still teach Choy Gar Kung fu in other parts of the world, but it is not known where.
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| Sifu Fausto Wong |
The dances which are most wellknown are called Chi Pu (the Choy-dance that was developed by Pablo Kam; it was called "steps with energy"), Choy PiWui was about breaks and short steps and was developed by Tomas Kam.
The "long dance" or the dragon-dance was developed by Sifu Fausto Wong and he combined the techniques in a smart way making sure that the style never lost its original roots.
Both Li Kam Sam and Fausto Wong practised the the same style but had different teachers with different backgrounds.
The weapons that were practised in Chung Shan were long and short staff, Uti Tou (short sword) and sword, Tao and fork, Tai Pan.
The most characterstic about Chung Shan was the lion dance.
The Kung Fu training during the 1950s-60s and further into the 1970s were the golden years for the traditional kung fu styles in Peru.
The Kung fu training was connected to real fighting situations and was focused on developing an effective self defense that could guarantee the safety of the chinese colony in Lima.
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| Lima, Peru. Sifu Adolfo |
Sifu Man Chiong still teach the style in other parts of Peru but it is not known where.
There is also no knowledge if he teaches the style within a closed group or if he teaches members who are not Chinese.
Sifu Adolfo Tijero is the only student of Sifu Fausto Wong who still teach the style Choy Gar kung fu. Choy gar kung fu was the dominant style in Peru during the 1960s-70s-80s in Peru.
During the 1970s Chunpi chenin buy was founded. Sifu Adolfo Tijero was elected president and was the first non-Chinese who was named as "first student" within a chinese Kung fu school. The school set the foundation for other non-Chinese to get the possibility to learn the style. There is today no knwoledge wether the school still exists or not.
