Bak sing

Buk Sing 北勝 (buck sing, bok sing, bak sing) is a branch of the Choy Lay Fut 蔡李佛 martial arts system. Its origins can be traced back to the Jeong Yim 張炎 Hung Sing Choy Lay Fut school in Fut San.

Jeong Yim's 張炎 primary students were Chan Ngau Sing, Yuan Hai, Tam Lup, Lee Yan and Lui Charn (Chaun)雷粲. Lui Charn had a student named Tam Sam 譚三 (Tarm Sarm).

Tam Sam 譚三 was originally a Hung Gar martial arts master and wanted to further his martial arts skill by learning Choy Li Fut. He became a student of Lui Charn. Due to infighting between Tam Sam and another students, Lui Charn expelled Tam Sam from the Choy Li Fut school before he was able to complete his training.

Thus in the Bak Sing lineage, there are only 3 primary core Choy Li Fut hand forms: Sup Jee Kuen (十字拳), Ping Kuen (平拳), Kau Da (扣打), a staff form: Seung Gaap Daan Gwun 雙夾單棍, and in later years, an original Bak Sing Choy Li Fut form he created.

After his expulsion, Tam Sam 譚三 asked some of Lui Charn's student to help open a new Choy Li Fut branch in Guangzhuo, Siu Bak 小北 (little north) district and called it Siu Bak Hung Sing Choy Li Fut - Little North Hung Sing Choy Li Fut. Eventually the school's name was shortened to Bak Sing Choy Li Fut. Tam Sam's 譚三 students referred to themselves as the Bak Sing branch of Choy Li Fut. A Northern Shaolin master named Ku Yu Jeung (Gu Ruzhang) befriended and joined Tam Sam 譚三 school and thus added more techniques to the Bak Sing Choy Li Fut curriculum.

What makes Bak Sing Choy Li Fut a unique branch is that it concentrates on the application of Choy Li Fut techniques rather than the practice of forms. Because the emphasis is on combat applications, the Bak Sing style, in the tradition of the Jeong Hung Sing, has produced many excellent Choy Li Fut fighters.

From the Bak Sing Choy Li Fut branch - Tam Fei Pang, Leong Ji, Chan Nien Pak, Kong On, Kong Heng, Lee Chow, Mah Yan, Lau Kuru Tong, Lung Tse Cheung, Chang Choy, and Nip Chi Fei, were all students of Tam Sam. Nip Chee Fei, established a Bak Sing Choy Li Fut school in Ipoh, Malaysia, and Chang Choy established a Bak Sing Choy Li Fut school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kong On also learned from Chow Loong - the founder of Chow Gar, and Ku Yu Jeung (Gu Ruzhang). Kong Hing learned from his father Kong On. Li Hung was a student of Lai Chou and Lung Tse Cheung.

Dave and Vince Lacey are twin brothers and both were students of Kong Hing and Li Hung. Shane Lacey is son and student of his father Vince Lacey or Lay Wing Sang. Jason Lacey is the son and student of Dave Lacey.