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Followed and trained under Yip Man from 1955 to 1962 when Yip man moved again. Was presented a wooden dummy by Yip Man and encouraged to open his own school at that point. Low-profile disciple.
Master Chow Tze Chuen was born in 1925, the year of the Ox in Chinese calendar. Master Chow first joined Grandmaster Yip Man's Wing Chun school in Lee Tat Street in the Yau Ma Tei district in Hong Kong in 1955. In 1957 Grandmaster Yip Man shifted his school from Yau Ma Tei to Li Cheng UK Estate. Sited in one of the poorest and oldest public housing in Hong Kong , living conditions in the new school was deplorable, claustrophobic, incessantly hot and basic sanitary amenities was absent. Because of this, few students followed Grandmaster to the new school and new enrollment was low. To help out Grandmaster Yip, Master Chow organised a class comprising his colleagues from the Kowloon Motor Bus Company.
An interesting story lies behind Master Chow's learning of the wooden dummy form. As land in Hong Kong is limited, consequently living area for public housing was very small as it is still today. Because of this constraint, the wooden dummy could not be installed in the school. Rather Master Chow overcame this obstacle by installing the wooden dummy in the terrace of a small house at Kau Wah King. Grandmaster Yip then imparted to Master Chow the eight sections that comprise the wooden dummy form. To achieve a flawlessly high standard of performance, Master Chow could be found drilling the wooden dummy form every evening after his work shift. Such was Master Chow's dedication in mastering the wooden dummy that he even turned a disadvantage into an advantage. The wooden dummy was situated on an area grown with moss. Whenever it rained the damp moss would result in a slippery surface which made it difficult to move about without slipping. Despite this hazard, Master Chow took this as an opportunity to develop the precision and strength of his stances and footwork.
A soft-spoken person, Master Chow had been quietly carrying on the mission of spreading the teaching of Grandmaster Yip Man's Wing Chun without asking for personal gain and fame. Though he has been teaching for the past few decades, Master Chow continues to hone his skills by practicing his boxing forms daily. Master Chow carries on the tradition by transmitting the complete Yip Man Wing Chun system that was taught to him by Grandmaster Yip.