International Kung Fu Association
Iron Wire Taishan China
8-Day Iron Wire Immersion in Taishan City, China
With Grandmaster Frank Yee
First time open to the public • Traditional Hung Ga at the Source • Train where history lives.
From September 29th to October 6th, 2026, join Grandmaster Frank Yee (余志伟) for an exclusive 8-day immersive training journey in Taishan City, Guangdong, China, the birthplace of many legendary Kung Fu masters. This unique experience centers on the Iron Wire Form (Tit Sin Kuen), one of the most profound and internal forms of the Hung Ga Kung Fu system. Explore Taishan City, Foshan City and Guangzhou, the three famous martial cities of Southern China, and the ancestral homeland of Hung Ga Kung Fu. Rather than a seminar, this is a transmission of knowledge, culture, and tradition.
Kung Fu Training Experience
Iron Wire Form Training – 7 days
Training is paced to support both physical refinement and internal development, guiding practitioners toward deeper martial understanding—not just movement, but method:
- Structured daily instruction
- Progressive breakdown of Iron Wire Form (Tit Sin Kuen)
- Internal structure and energy cultivation (Nei Gong)
- Practical combat application
- 9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Includes a 15-minute break
Cultural & Lineage Experiences
One full day
Your training is complemented by carefully selected cultural visits that deepen your connection to Hung Ga history and Southern Chinese martial culture, with exposure to authentic martial craftsmanship and heritage:
- Wong Fei Hung Museum visit
- Traditional weapons and Lion Dance store visit
- Foshan Shi Wan ceramic statue factory visit
Food & Shared Experiences
Three meals
Food is culture, and this journey includes three special group meals that are part of the bonding, storytelling, and cultural immersion that define the experience beyond training:
- Authentic Peking Duck banquet
- Traditional Home Roast Pig dinner
- Farewell Buffet dinner
What’s Included
- 7 days of Iron Wire Form instruction with Grandmaster Frank Yee (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM) followed by free time for independent exploration or rest.
- Hotel accommodation nearby.
- 1 full day of cultural and lineage site visits.
- Multiple curated group meals.
- Deep cultural immersion in Taishan.
Who This Is For
- Martial arts practitioners aged 16+.
- Students seeking authentic training in traditional Shaolin Hung Ga lineage.
- Individuals committed to serious internal development (Nei Gong).
- Practitioners with a foundation in martial arts looking to advance to higher levels of skill and understanding.
- Those seeking true traditional martial arts knowledge.
Enrollment Information
Open enrollment. This program is offered in a limited group setting, 20 people only, to preserve instructional quality and cultural immersion.
Program Fee: $2,250 USD
(International airfare not included)
A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a place.
The remaining balance is due prior to the start of the program.
About the Iron Wire Form
Tit Sin Kuen 铁线拳 (Iron Wire Form), regarded as one of the crown jewels of Hung Ga Kung Fu, is an advanced internal training system within the Hung Ga tradition and one of the most representative forms among the “Three Treasures of Hung Kuen” — Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen 工字伏虎拳 (Taming the Tiger Form), Ng Ying Kuen 五形拳 (5 Animals Form) and Tit Sin Kuen 铁线拳 (Iron Wire Form),
It was the signature art of Tit Kiu Saam 鐵橋三, the foremost amongst the “Ten Tigers of Guangdong.” The art was later passed from Tit Kiu Saam’s senior disciple Lam Fuk Sing 林福成, to Wong Fei Hung 黄飞鸿. Wong Fei Hung regarded Tit Sin Kuen as one of the greatest treasures of Hung Ga and instructed his disciples not to transmit it lightly. Wong Fei Hung 黄飞鸿 later passed Tit Sin Kuen to Tang Fong 邓芳, who transmitted it to Yuen Ling 阮凌, who in turn passed it on to Frank Yee 余志伟 (Yee Chee Wai).
Throughout the long history of traditional Chinese martial arts, Tit Sin Kuen has distinguished itself through its harmonious balance of hardness and softness, as well as its ability to express power through cultivated internal energy. It embodies the profound depth and heritage of Hung Ga martial culture.
Traditionally, there have been two different interpretations regarding the “Three Treasures of Hung Kuen.” One view holds that they are Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen 工字伏虎拳 (Taming the Tiger Form), Ng Ying Kuen 五形拳 (Five Animals Form), and Tit Sin Kuen 铁线拳 (Iron Wire Form). Another tradition maintains that they are Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen 工字伏虎拳 (Taming the Tiger Form), Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen 虎鹤双形拳 (Tiger-Crane Double Form), and Tit Sin Kuen 铁线拳 (Iron Wire Form).
Examining these two interpretations more closely, Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen is renowned for its balance of hardness and softness and its main focus on the Tiger and Crane aspects, but not fully integrating the dragon 龙, snake 蛇 and leopard 豹, characteristics found in the Five Animals system. Ng Ying Kuen is distinguished by incorporating all of the five animals, Dragon 龙, Snake 蛇, Tiger 虎, Leopard 豹, and Crane 鹤 — fully integrating the movement principles, power generation methods, and combat strategies associated with each animal.
However, within this lineage, after generations of transmission and careful discernment by senior martial arts masters, the Three Treasures of Hung Kuen were ultimately established as Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen 工字伏虎拳 (Taming the Tiger Form), Ng Ying Kuen 五形拳 (Five Animals Form), and Tit Sin Kuen 铁线拳 (Iron Wire Form). This reflects the lineage’s distinctive understanding of martial arts philosophy and its deep cultural significance.
Tit Sin Kuen possesses a unique training philosophy and method, emphasizing the transformation of sound into energy and the use of energy to drive power, thereby producing highly explosive short-range force. Structured around the “Twelve Bridge Hands,” it is an advanced system cultivating both internal and external development.
When practicing Tit Sin Kuen, the practitioner enters a world filled with concentrated energy: each vocalization awakens dormant strength within the body, while each breath seems to draw energy from heaven and earth. Through daily and long-term disciplined training, the practitioner gradually transforms crude physical strength into refined and powerful force, multiplying explosive power many times over.
This development of power is not achieved overnight. It demands daily dedication, year after year, requiring perseverance and sacrifice beyond what ordinary people can easily understand. Tit Sin Kuen acts like a key capable of unlocking the hidden potential of the human body, allowing practitioners to develop their abilities to the highest level.
In terms of power generation, it embodies the perfect union of hardness and softness — at its hardest, it resembles a tiger descending the mountain with unstoppable force; at its softest, it resembles a gentle spring breeze nourishing all things silently.
This form is not only unique in its expression of power and energy, but also incorporates four distinct methods associated with joy 喜, anger 怒, sorrow 哀, and happiness 乐. These four methods resemble four movements within a symphony of life, woven together to create the rich internal depth of Tit Sin Kuen.
The cultivation of these four methods allows practitioners to understand the balance of emotional and mental states through each movement and technique. In daily life, people inevitably encounter many forms of psychological stress, and Tit Sin Kuen functions almost like a trusted companion, helping release these pressures and bringing moments of inner calm and tranquility.
Beyond teaching methods of issuing force and self-defense, Tit Sin Kuen is also believed to possess remarkable therapeutic qualities. The system incorporates practices associated with Large Heavenly Circulation 大周天 (Da Zhou Tian), Small Heavenly Circulation 小周天 (Xiao Zhou Tian), as well as meditative healing methods 静功疗法.
Large Heavenly Circulation (Macro-cosmic Orbit) and Small Heavenly Circulation (Micro-cosmic Orbit) are important concepts within traditional martial arts and qigong, functioning as two of the major internal energetic pathways within the body. Through specific methods of practice, they are said to regulate the circulation of qi and blood while strengthening the body’s natural resistance and vitality. The meditative healing methods employ qigong principles to help regulate and address various bodily ailments. In this sense, Tit Sin Kuen functions like a silent physician, quietly protecting and nurturing physical well-being.
Because Tit Sin Kuen contains such extensive practical, cultural, and health-related value, it is rightly regarded as one of the greatest treasures of Hung Ga.
This curriculum represents the culmination of more than sixty years of Grandmaster Frank Yee’s (Yee Chee Wai’s) martial experience, personal insights, and dedicated research. After countless days and nights of refinement and organization, it has evolved into a complete and systematic course of study.
Within this program, Grandmaster Yee transmits the entirety of his lifelong knowledge openly and without reservation, hoping that more people may experience the depth and beauty of Tit Sin Kuen while helping preserve and promote the spirit of Hung Ga kung fu.
Our Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen remains an orthodox Southern Shaolin transmission that has not been altered, while the later forms were further refined and developed by Wong Fei Hung and his disciples.
About Grandmaster Frank Yee
Grandmaster Frank Yee (余志伟, Yee Chee Wai) originally from Taishan, Guangdong Province, was born in Hong Kong. From an early age, he inherited his family’s martial arts tradition, beginning martial arts training under his father at the age of six and establishing a strong foundation.
He later became a disciple of Great Grandmaster Yuen Ling (阮玲), systematically studying Hung Ga Kung Fu and traditional Dit Da medicine, receiving the full transmission of his teachings. Grandmaster Yuen Ling was an indoor disciple of Great Grandmaster Tang Fong (邓芳), an important inheritor of Hung Ga. Tang Fong himself was an indoor disciple of the Lingnan martial arts Great Grandmaster and national hero Wong Fei Hung (黃飛鴻) during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican era. The lineage is therefore clear and orthodox.
Later, Grandmaster Yee also studied under the renowned Hong Kong Dit Da physician Sit Cheuk Sing (薛卓圣), undertaking advanced study in traditional Chinese trauma medicine and acupuncture, thereby integrating martial arts with traditional medical theory.
In 1968, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada, and later attended George Brown College in Toronto, where he studied mechanical engineering. After graduation, he worked professionally in mechanical drafting and technical design. Throughout his working career, he remained committed to the principles of martial virtue, consistently dedicating his spare time to teaching students martial arts and moral cultivation without interruption.
Grandmaster Frank Yee (Yee Chee Wai) has taught Hung Ga kung fu for more than sixty years. His teaching system is comprehensive, his training methods are systematic and scientific, and his students are found throughout the world. He has served as an instructor for organizations and institutions including the Chinese Youth Association of Montreal, the Toronto Chinese Freemasons Association, George Brown College in Canada, Long Island University in the United States, and Columbia University. In 1973, he officially established the “Yee’s Hung Ga International Kung Fu Association” in New York City.
Today, branches of the association have most recently been established in China, in the cities of Taishan, Shenzhen, and Shaoguan in Guangdong Province, and for many years throughout various states in the United States, major cities across Canada, as well as multiple countries in Europe and South America. His students have collectively won more than one thousand gold medals in martial arts competitions at national, continental, and international levels.
Grandmaster Frank Yee has served as President of the Eastern United States Kung Fu Federation, Founding Member, First Vice President, and First Secretary-General of the United Kung Fu Federation of North America and Honorary President of the United States Traditional Kung Fu Wushu Federation. He has also been appointed Honorary Chairman of the Taishan Sports Federation (Martial Arts Association), Honorary Advisor to the Taishan Amateur Sports School Martial Arts Team, Martial Arts Advisor to the Wong Fei Hung Memorial Hall of the Foshan Museum, and Special Advisor for Warrior Monk Exchange and U.S. Affairs Commissioner for the Southern Shaolin Temple.
Over the years, he has also appeared in television programs and documentary productions for Guangdong Television, China Central Radio, Foshan Radio, Heilongjiang Television, Zhejiang Television, and other major media outlets.
Through decades of overseas teaching experience and close observation of the current state of martial arts development in China, Grandmaster Yee Chee Wai recognized that traditional martial arts face systemic challenges, particularly in the preservation of traditional styles and the insufficient allocation of teaching resources.
To fulfill his responsibility in preserving Chinese cultural heritage and to help restore traditional martial arts to their roots in service of the people, Grandmaster Yee Chee Wai returned to his family’s hometown in 1997 and established the “Taishan Taicheng Martial Arts Association Riverside Martial Arts Team” in Taicheng, Taishan, Guangdong Province. He later partnered with the Taicheng Cultural Station to establish the “Wong Fei Hung Third-Generation Yee Chee Wai Lion Dance Martial Arts Team.”
All construction costs, facility maintenance, equipment purchases, lion dance equipment, and daily operating expenses were personally funded by Grandmaster Yee himself. Any student of good moral character with a sincere desire to train was accepted free of charge as part of a public-benefit teaching effort.
Since 1997, Grandmaster Frank Yee (Yee Chee Wai) has spent nine months of every year in Taishan conducting voluntary teaching and personal cultivation, while spending the remaining three months traveling to overseas branch schools to conduct instruction and international exchange programs. This has created a long-term and institutionalized system of two-way cultural transmission between China and the international martial arts community.
Among the many students of Great Grandmaster Yuen Ling—including Du Yuen Yau Chin, Dak Sum, Chui Hung Biu, Fok Siu Jan and Hui Lai Tou, Lee Siu Fung, Chiu Sin Chi, Lau Chan Kin, Yuen Gai Chi, and Kwong Wing Kau—many pursued careers in business or focused primarily on their professions. Grandmaster Frank Yee, however, remained dedicated to full-time frontline teaching for decades. He is the only representative inheritor among Grandmaster Yuen Ling’s disciples to formally establish schools, systematically train students, and sustain large-scale lineage transmission work over an extended period of time.
North American Federation Established on April 12, 1993
Appointed Special Advisor for Southern Shaolin Warrior Monk Exchange and U.S. Affairs Commissioner
It is also worth noting that Grandmaster Yee Chee Wai has also spent many years deeply engaged in martial arts theory and research, achieving significant scholarly contributions. He authored the book The Authentic Teachings of Wong Fei Hung: The Five Animals Form, a work that continues to hold a unique place within martial arts culture. On Amazon, the book became highly sought after among martial arts enthusiasts and at one point reached a market price of USD $2,999.99, demonstrating both its rarity and influence within traditional martial arts circles.
Grandmaster Yee Chee Wai’s published work, The Authentic Teachings of Wong Fei Hung: The Five Animals Form, on Amazon for USD $2,999.
This is his first time publicly teaching the Iron Wire Form at this level—at its source—bringing together knowledge and tradition.
Location of the Immersion Training
The training will take place at the Yee's Hung Ga China HQ, located in the center of Taishan City, which also serves as Great Grandmaster Tang Fong's Memorial Hall. Lodging will be at the Tianchenggang hotel, a 5-minute walk to the school.
中国分总会
地址：广东省台山市台城街道环城南路80号4楼
80 Huancheng South Road, 4th Floor,
Taishan, Guangdong, China
Enrollment and Registration
Contact:
Xue Jiahui (China Program Coordinator)
Phone: +86 152 1981 4436 (China)
Email: xuejiahui2011@163.com
Deadline: September 15, 2026
Payment Information:
Corporate Account
Bank Name:
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Shaoguan Baoli Zhongyue Branch
Account Number:
2005202609000071631
Personal Account
Account Name:
Xue Jiahui（薛家辉）
Bank Name:
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Account Number:
6212252012003744435
Branch Number:
0070
Bank Institution Code:
102589200708