Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone had more information on a unique form to the Lau Bun lineage, Jo Yau Biu Sei (Left Right Shooting Snake). Was it created by Lau Bun? Is it considered a beginner form? Do you learn this form before Siu Mui Fa or Siu Sup Ji for example? I remember Sifu Frank mentioning Cheung Kuen, Sup Ji Kau Da, Ping Kuen, Che Kuen as being foundational sets of the Lau Bun village. How does this one figure?
Thanks!
I was wondering if anyone had more information on a unique form to the Lau Bun lineage, Jo Yau Biu Sei (Left Right Shooting Snake).
No, the form was not created by Prof. Lau Bun. It was created by the Professor’s student and my sifu’s very first HSCLF sifu named Bing Chan.
Is it considered a beginner form?
It’s the first form of our intermediate levels.
Do you learn this form before Siu Mui Fa or Siu Sup Ji for example?
While Siu Mui Fa Kuen will NEVER be found in any Fut San Hung Sing lineage, Jo Yau Biu Sei was created by Bing Chan based upon our Sup Ji Kau Da Kuen. So for the Lau Bun lineage this form is basically our Siu Sup Ji Kuen
I remember Sifu Frank mentioning Cheung Kuen, Sup Ji Kau Da, Ping Kuen, Che Kuen as being foundational sets of the Lau Bun village.
Cheung Kuen, Sup Ji Kau Da, Ping Kuen, Kau Da, Ping Kuen were and are definitely part of the Lau Bun lineage. Che Kuen came from Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon and was added into our curriculum since 2001. Che Kuen is almost identical to our Cheung Kuen.
Regardless, Jo Yau Biu Ser is an awesome form and one that I’ve used to win with in tournaments
[QUOTE=taichi4eva;1294363]Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone had more information on a unique form to the Lau Bun lineage, Jo Yau Biu Sei (Left Right Shooting Snake). Was it created by Lau Bun? Is it considered a beginner form? Do you learn this form before Siu Mui Fa or Siu Sup Ji for example? I remember Sifu Frank mentioning Cheung Kuen, Sup Ji Kau Da, Ping Kuen, Che Kuen as being foundational sets of the Lau Bun village. How does this one figure?
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Ask Hendrik, maybe it’s the lost snake art responsible for Wing Chun 
Ask Hendrik, maybe it’s the lost snake art responsible for Wing Chun
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in reply to your question, Joy Yau Biu Say is unique to the descendants of the late Master Bing Chan, student of Prof. Lau Bun. It is reported to be choreographed by Bing Chan, so other students of Lau Bun may not have this form. As Grandmaster Salvatera was a student of Bing Chan first before his untimely death, he learned this skill from his Sifu.
After the death of Master Chan he was accepted into the Hung Sing Goon headed by Lau Bun’s successor the late Grandmaster Jew Leong. This set is normally taught in the learners beginning years reinforcing basics and adding new concepts and tactics.
When I learned this set it was taught after the traditional first hand form Cheung Kuen. Understand the San Francisco Hung Sing curriculum during times past consist of Cheung Keun, Sup Ji Kau Da, Um Ying Kuen and Elephant Fist. Certain skills from Futsan Hung Sing have been added to the curriculum therefore this branch now offers a wider curriculum of skills.
SF Hung Sing or Futsan Hung Sing its just one family promoting the skills of Choy Lee Fut.
Thank you, Sifu Dunwood and Sifu Frank.
Truly, Lau Bun’s Sup Ji Kau Da is a great long form. Perhaps Jo Yau Biu Sau was an effort to condense it into a siu sup ji, as Sifu Frank mentioned.
Because you asked…
Jo Yau Biu Ser was the creation of the late master Bing Chan (died in 1968), a senior student of Professor Lau Bun and was inspired by Prof. Lau’s Sup Ji Kau Da Kuen. it is our lineages version of CLF’s Siu Sup Ji Kuen.
In the Old days of our lineage there were FIVE major hand sets taught to the students. Cheung Kuen, Jo Yau Biu Ser, Sup Ji Kau Da Kuen, Five Animals and the Elephant hand forms. Since 2001 after our return from the birth place of our gung fu lineage we picked up more forms. In my club, Jo Yau Biu Ser is taught at the beginning of our intermediate level. This form is the one i used to win forms competitions with. So no, Professor Lau did not create this hand form.
The late master Bing Chan
FOUNDER OF THE LUP MO KWOON
HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT
Jo yau biu ser was indeed inspired by sup ji kau da kuen. Confirmed.
Just out of curiosity is Bing Chan the english way to write his name? Is it actually Chan Bing or was Bing his actual surname?
it should be Chan Bing. but they’ve always called him Bing Chan. American style i guess.
BING is his first name.
Thanks for clarifying that. When I first heard of Bing Chan, I had assumed that in his specific case, Bing was the same ‘Bing’ as in Bing Crosby, i.e., an Americanized name.
Jo Yau Biu Ser sounds like a cool set.
