Yuen Chai-wan

Yuen Chai-wan
Born1877
Guangdong, China
Died1959
Saigon, Vietnam
Other namesNguyen Te-cong
StyleWing Chun
Teacher(s)Fok Bo-chuen (霍保全)[1]
Fung Siu-ching (馮少青)
Wong Wah-bo
"Dai Fa Min" Kam
RankGrandmaster
OccupationWorld War II General[2]
Martial artist
Notable relativesYuen Kay-shan (Brother)
Notable studentsTran Thuc Tien
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese阮濟雲
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRuǎn Jìyún
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYún Jai-wàhn
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetNguyễn Tế Công
Chữ Hán阮濟公
Yuen Chai-wan
Military service
Years of service1906–1945
RankSenior General
Battles/warsXinhai Revolution
Chinese Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War

Yuen Chai-wan (simplified Chinese: 阮濟云; traditional Chinese: 阮濟雲; Cantonese Yale: Yún Jai-wàhn; pinyin: Ruǎn Jìyún) was a Grandmaster of Wing Chun and a general during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[2] He was the son of the wealthy firework monopoly owner Yuen Chong Ming and older brother to Yuen Kay-shan,[3] Yuen left China early 1930s when he was invited to teach Wing Chun in Vietnam at the Nanhai and Shunde Expatriates Associations and moved to Hanoi, where he was known in Vietnamese as Nguyễn Tế Công. In 1954 he relocated to Saigon and there established a second school. Yuen was entrusted with the mission of being the Patriarch of Wing Chun in Vietnam.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Leung Ting, Roots of Wing Chun, pg.220
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Igor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference wing chun was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Sư tổ võ Vịnh Xuân Việt Nam là "đại ca" Diệp Vấn". 24H. No. Online. Công ty Cổ phần Quảng cáo Trực tuyến 24H. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ Nam, Khanh. "Những truyền kỳ về sư tổ phái Vịnh Xuân Việt Nam". Kien Thuc. No. Online. Kien Thuc. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Vietnamese Wing Chun Master Nguyen Te Cong". Dan Saigon. No. Online. Dansaigon. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ Mã, Tiểu (6 October 2016). "Bậc thầy võ Việt làm Diệp Vấn, Lý Tiểu Long phải phục". SOHA The Thao. No. Online. SOHA. Retrieved 2 January 2021.