Leung Yee-tai

Who is Leung Yee-tai?

Leung Yee-tai was a Wing Chun master.

He was a strong boatman who steered riverboat by pushing a long pole against the river bottom. A Shaolin monk Chi Sin saw that he was a natural successor to the Shaolin pole fighting skill called six and a half point long pole.

He taught Wong Wah-bo his pole fighting skill in exchange for the Wing Chun fist-fighting skill. Though he was a student of Wong in Wing Chun, he was actually Wong's sifu in the pole fighting skill. Wong modified the pole fighting skills using Wing Chun principles. The modified pole skill is now part of Wing Chun training.

He met Leung Jan, an herbal doctor, when he was sick. He then trained Leung Jan when he was already an old man at over sixty years of age.

Leung Yee-tai, Wong Wah-Bo, and Leung Jan, were all portrayed in the 1981 Sammo Hung film, The Prodigal Son.