Lineage

Cheang Jung Yuen Chung Gong (Nick) is a senior student of Master Ding Teah Chean (John). Master Ding is the 1st disciple of Grandmaster Ip Tai Tak, who in turn was the 1st disciple of Grandmaster Yang Sau Chung.

A lineage chart shows where your teacher's knowledge has come from. As you track back up the family tree there are two important considerations that can help you decide the strength of transmission from founder to current generation (which ultimately will dictate how much information is available to you now): how capable was the historic figure?; how much knowledge were they shown by their teacher?

As a student, your most important considerations will always be: can I learn from this person standing in front of me (i.e. do they suit me)?; can I trust my development, for the time being, to them? If the answer to either of these is no you should find another teacher as soon as possible - there are plenty out there.

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