Lok Yiu

Male, Deceased Person

1922 – 2006

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Who was Lok Yiu?

Lok Yiu was a disciple of Yip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun. Lok Yiu Fun was born in 1922 and died in February 2006 at the age of 83 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong after a short battle with an illness.

He began training in Wing Chun in 1950 and started teaching private students in 1959. He opened his first school on Kay Lung Street in 1961. In 1966, the school was moved to Mong Kok Sifu Lok Yiu also had two other branch schools; one located at 50 Nga Tsin Wai Road and the other in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

In his 50-year teaching career, he had over a thousand students.

He has twin sons Lok Kwen Kwong and Lok Kwen Sang.

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Born
1922
Died
2006

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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