The Master Lei Tchoy (Rafael Lei) was born in the year
1900, in the region of Toi San, province of Kwong Tong in
the south of China. His martial life began when he was
eight years-old in the style Hung Ka Kiin that practiced
up to the 11 when he changed to the Choy style. At age of
19 he emigrates toward Cuba with “advanced student's”
degree. Here he carried out multiple works and it
trafficked for several regions of the country until
settling down finally in Havana. In 1930, he founded
together with Lei Bu and other masters the Chen Bu Jag Yu
Wei with the purpose of to conserve and to perpetuate the
Chinese martial arts in Cuba.
It was very well-known and respected in the Havana
Chinatown (that was the second bigger in America by that
time) for his great martial abilities, and there are many
legends that have been knitted around his person speaking
about his powerful blockades and his domain of the Dig Mok
or “blow of the death”. He always knew how to assume the
responsibility of being a Master, and the commitment that
this bears towards his community, for what was wrapped in
several confrontations that transformed him practically
into the guardian of his compatriots.
It was specialist in the use of the blockade in “hook”,
the fist with the second joint of the hand (snake fist),
the posture of kneeling or “Pen Kai Ma”, the oblique kicks
or “Fan Kiack” and the handling of the broadsword or “
tou”.
He died in the year 1999 to the advanced age of 99
years-old, after bequeathing great part from his knowledge
to his students.
