Shum Lung was a student of Yuan Kay-shan

Yuan Kay-shan

Yuan Kay-shan was a master in the martial art of Wing Chun, who lived from 1889 to 1956. The youngest of five brothers, he became known as "Foshan Yuen Lo Jia" ....

 (阮奇山) in the discipline of Wing Chun

Wing Chun

Wing Chun , also romanised as Ving Tsun or Wing Tsun, ; ; is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in close-range combat.The alternative characters 永春 "eternal spring" are also...

. In 1947, he taught Wing Chun at Guangzhou Machinery Union (廣州機器工會). The next year, he opened an herbal clinic on Daisun(?) Street (大新街) and ran a martial art school. Many Wing Chun practitioners in Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

, Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States descend from Shum Lung.

Lineage

Lineage in Wing Chun
sifu Sifu Shifu is the identical pronunciation of two Chinese terms for a master. The character 師 means “teacher”. The meaning of 傅 is “tutor”, and of 父, “father”. Both characters are read fu with the same tones in Cantonese and Mandarin, creating some ambiguity...	Yuan Kay-shan Yuan Kay-shan Yuan Kay-shan was a master in the martial art of Wing Chun, who lived from 1889 to 1956. The youngest of five brothers, he became known as "Foshan Yuen Lo Jia" ....  (阮奇山)
Shum Lung (岑能)
students	his uncle Shum Gee Leung Dai-chiu Kwok Wun-ping→Lee Chun Ming→Alton Miller Lee Chi-yiu Ngo Lui-Kay Tom Wong Tom Wong Sifu Tom Wong is a Master of Yuan Kay-shan Wing Chun and Shaolin Dei Sut or Dishuquan , also known as Dog Kung Fu which specializes in takedowns and groundfighting as well as Taijiquan.-Training:... numerous others

External links

• http://www.wingchunkungfu.org/wing-chun-sum-nung-tom-wong-ken.html
• http://www.wingchunkuen.com/sumnung
• http://www.masterkwok.com/cenneng.jsp
• http://www.wingchunquen.com
• http://www.wushu2008.cn/archiver/?tid-12042.html