History of Pei Mei

>20th Century

Grand Master Tang Hue Bac

The twelfth Master trained by the great Cheung Lai Chuen was Grand Master Tang Hue Bac (Tang Khaï Minh was his real name), Master in Choy Lee Fut. Having been beat in a well publiced duel that he provoked against Grand Master Cheung Lai Chuen, Master Tang Hue Bac became his loyal. After spending many years with his Master, Grand Master Tang Hue Bac immigrated in the early 1930s to Cholon, Vietnam, the Chinese neighbourhood of Saigon (Ho-Chi-Minh-City). There he taught exclusively to the Chinese community. He had many students including: Lu Dieu Phan, Trieu Di Van, Lam Tuong, Huynh Chieu, Tang Bi Duc, Quan Hung, Huyen Lu Can, Hoang Qui Nam, Luc Tho Nhu, Ly Cam Truong, Au Kiet Chi, Diep Quoc Luong (Tai Chek Cam) et Lu Ping Woon.

Grand Master Lu Ping Woon, a doctor/herbalist by training, a long time student if younger then many other students of Grand Master Tang Hue Bac at the time, was present at his deathbed. It thus fell onto him to continue the tradition of Pei Mei in Vietnam. He made good this task until his death in 1997. Grand Master Nam Anh already Grand Master of Wing Chun of all of Southern Vietnam, decided, en 1980, to study Pei Mei. He became the humble student of Grand Master Lu Ping Woon in order to complete his knowledge of these two great martial arts traditions, who were often rivals in Southern Vietnam. He also had the opportunity to study under other masters of Pei Mei, unrelated to Tang Hue Bac’s lineage. Later he officially ended the simmering hostilities between the Wing Chun and Pei Mei schools.

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