Felix Leong

Felix Leong or Cheok Son is a Grandmaster of the Chinese martial art of the Wing Chun style, and a martial arts champion. In 2015 Leong's academy was nearly incinerated after over 30 years of operation.
Early life
Leong was born at Foshan in Guangdong province, China, and influenced at an early age, especially by his grandmother, who was regarded as a high level master in martial arts.
Martial arts career
In 1974 Leong established his martial arts academy in Adelaide. His club had a background in all 3 lineages of Wing Chun along with Muay Thai, Wu Shu, Tai Chi and Qigong. Many of the world's foremost martial artists have taught at Leong's academy, including Ip Chun, Yuttana and Li Jun Feng. Leong is one of the few disciples of Sum Nung successor of Yuen Kay Shan. Leong was taken as a disciple because Leong held a national and pacific championship titles in martial arts. Nung's hobby was fighting birds he would not feed the ones that couldn't fight hence why he took on Leong as a disciple because he could already fight, that was his philosophy.
In 2019 the entire SANFL Norwood Redlegs football team came to Leong's academy to practice Kung Fu.`
Lion Dance
Leong regularly runs a symbolic Southern lion dance troop through his club every Chinese New Year in order to exorcise bad spirits and bring good luck to local businesses. Five months later, two special handmade wooden dummies, crucial to the teaching of Wing Chun, were donated to Leong's Academy by the owner of the Melbourne Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy. A child-sized dummy was one of five made in the world exactly like the larger size.

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