Chiu Leun Sect

Jiu Lun (Chiu Leun)

趙麟

After the Second World War, two main students of Lo Si-Gung (“si-gung” means ‘teacher’s teacher’) — both based in Hong Kong — emerged: Wohng Hon-Fan and Jiu Ji-Man (Chiu Chi-Man). Lo Si-Gung, also known as Loh Gwong-Yuhk (羅光玉, 1889–1944), had been instrumental in spreading Seven-Star Praying Mantis beyond Shandong Province through his teaching at the Jingwu (Chin Woo) Athletic Association in Shanghai beginning in 1919, and later in Hong Kong from 1930 (Luo Guangyu Memorial Committee, n.d.; Yip, 2023). Wohng Hon-Fan (黃漢勳, 1915–1973), known as the “Mantis King,” became one of Lo Si-Gung’s most prominent disciples and a prolific author of martial arts texts (Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, n.d.). Jiu Ji-Man (Chiu Chi-Man, 趙志敏) served as Lo Si-Gung’s assistant instructor at the Hong Kong Chin Woo and later helped establish the Man Keung Athletic Association in 1938 (Boulder Kung Fu Academy, n.d.).

第二次世界大戰之後,羅師公(“師公”者,師之師也)有兩大弟子,二人皆在香港,一為黃漢勳,一為趙志敏(Jiu Ji-Man, Chiu Chi-Man)。羅師公,又名羅光玉(1889–1944),自一九一九年起於上海精武體育會傳授七星螳螂拳,首開此拳傳於山東以外之先河,後於一九三零年南下香港繼續弘揚(Luo Guangyu Memorial Committee, n.d.; Yip, 2023)。黃漢勳(1915–1973),人稱「螳螂王」,為羅師公最著名之弟子之一,亦為武術著述甚豐之作者(Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, n.d.)。趙志敏曾任羅師公於香港精武會之助教,並於一九三八年協助創立民強體育會(Boulder Kung Fu Academy, n.d.)。

The latter’s nephew, Jiu Lun (Chiu Leun, 趙麟), grew up in Toisaan County, Gwangdung Province. As a young boy around 1937, he encountered a Buddhist monk from Shandong who had fled south, and spent approximately ten years training under him in Seven-Star Praying Mantis, Chinese medicine, and dit da (Albright, as cited in MantisBoxing.com, n.d.). He later continued his training under his uncle, Jiu Ji-Man, in Hong Kong. Chiu Leun spent some of his early years in New York and returned to the city around 1960, when he was in his thirties. He taught the Seven-Star Mantis style of gung fu from that time until 1983, when he retired from public teaching. He continued to occasionally teach and meet with his primary students over the years until his death in 2006 (Albright, as cited in MantisBoxing.com, n.d.).

趙志敏之姪趙麟(Jiu Lun, Chiu Leun)成長於廣東省台山縣。約一九三七年,年幼之趙麟遇一自山東南逃之佛門僧人,隨其習練七星螳螂拳、中醫及跌打約十年之久(Albright, as cited in MantisBoxing.com, n.d.)。其後赴港,續從其叔趙志敏習藝。趙麟早年曾居紐約,於三十餘歲時,約一九六零年前後,返回該城。自此時起,趙麟傳授七星螳螂功夫,直至一九八三年退出公開教學。此後數年,他仍偶爾教授並會見其主要弟子,直至二零零六年辭世(Albright, as cited in MantisBoxing.com, n.d.)。

Until recently, the only version of Chat Sing Tohng Long (Seven-Star Praying Mantis) widely seen outside of China — in books or other traditional media — was the one practiced and promoted by Wohng Hon-Fan. Wohng actively sought to spread his interpretation of the art, which he called Bak Tohng Lohng (“Northern Praying Mantis”), and he published over forty books documenting the system’s forms, theories, and healing practices (Shaolin Lomita, n.d.). He was highly successful in this endeavor, and his Bak Tohng Lohng remains a version practiced by numerous students of Chinese gung fu worldwide. It is not, however, the only lineage that exists.

直至近來,一般而言,在中國以外之書籍或其他傳統媒體中所見之七星螳螂,皆為黃漢勳所習練與積極推廣之版本。黃氏致力推廣其所詮釋之拳術,稱之為北螳螂(“Northern Praying Mantis”),並著書逾四十部,記錄該系統之套路、理論與醫療功法(Shaolin Lomita, n.d.)。彼於此事甚為成功,其北螳螂至今仍為世界各地眾多中國功夫習者所練之版本。然此非唯一存在之傳承。

The sect of Sifu Jiu Lun (Chiu Leun) preserves a great amount of knowledge and tradition, which we hope to share and exchange with the broader martial arts community.

趙麟師父之門中保存大量學識與傳統,吾等期盼得以與更廣泛之武術界分享與交流。

Om Peace

唵 平安