Moy Yat
{{short description|Hong Kong martial arts teacher}}
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| birth_date = 28 June 1938
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| martial_art = Wing Chun
| teacher = Ip Man
| rank = Grandmaster
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| website = http://moyyatvingtsunkungfu.com/
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Moy Yat (梅逸) (June 28, 1938 – January 23, 2001) was a Hong Kong martial artist, painter, seal maker, teacher and author. He was a student of the legendary Wing Chun Kung-Fu teacher Yip Man Genealogy of the Wing Chun Family (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Wing Chun Athletic Association, 1990)Ip Ching, Ip Man: Portrait of a Kung Fu Master (Springville, UT: King Dragon Press, 2001)Ip Man Wing Chun 50th Anniversary Journal (Hong Kong: Wing Chun Athletic Association Limited, 2005) (also romanized as Ip Man) from 1957 until Ip Man's death in 1972.Robert Dreeben, Moy Yat: Wing Chun's Greatest Export, (Inside Kung Fu, June 2001)
Teaching
Moy Yat was a teacher of the Ving Tsun ( 詠春, also romanized as Wing Chun or Wing Tsun) style of Kung-Fu.Robert Dreeben, Moy Yat: Wing Chun's Greatest Export, (Inside Kung-Fu, June 2001)Genealogy of the Wing Chun Family (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Ving Tsun Athletic Association, 1990)Robert Chu, Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions (North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle, 1998)Wayne Belonoha, The Wing Chun Compendium Volume 2 (Berkeley, CA: Blue Snake Books, 2009) He began teaching in Hong Kong, in 1962, at the direction of his Sifu (teacher), Ip Man. After Ip Man's death, Moy Yat moved to New York City and began teaching there until he retired from teaching at age 60. According to Inside Kung-Fu Magazine, he was "...considered among the greatest martial arts teachers of all time."Robert Dreeben, Moy Yat: Wing Chun's Greatest Export, (Inside Kung-Fu, June 2001) He had many students, coming from all around the Tri-State Area. Some of his students include:
William Moy
Moy Yee Hop (Julian Cordero){{Cite web |title=Palm Beach Wing Chun Kung Fu {{!}} Martial Arts {{!}} Self-Defense |url=https://palmbeachwingchun.com/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Palm Beach Wing Chun |language=en}}
Miguel Hernandez of [https://nycvingtsun.com/ NYC Ving Tsun]
Benny Meng
Leo Immamura
Anthony Dandridge
Pete Pajil
Steve Manchester
Also see: Senior Students section.
Published work
Moy Yat was the author of six books: 108 Muk Yan Jong;Moy Yat, 108 Muk Yan Jong (Hong Kong: Tak Shing Printing Co, 1974) Wing Chun Kuen Kuit;Moy Yat, Wing Chun Kuen Kuit (Tallahassee: 14 Publishing Co., Inc., 1982) A Legend of Kung Fu Masters;Moy Yat, A Legend of Kung Fu Masters(New York: Loyal Publications, 1989) Dummy: A Tool for Kung Fu;Moy Yat, Dummy: A Tool for Kung Fu(New York: Vedova, 1998) Wing Chun Trilogy;Moy Yat, "Wing Chun trilogy" (New York: Winners Sports, 1990) and Luk Dim Poon Kwan.Moy Yat, Luk Dim Poon Kwan (New York: Moy Yat Wing Chun Kung Fu, 2000) Wing Chun Kuen Kuit includes prints of Moy Yat's famous stone carvings of the history, lineage, and major principles of the Wing Chun style of Kung-Fu.Moy Yat, Wing Chun Kuen Kuit (Tallahassee: 14 Publishing Co., Inc., 1982)
International Recognition
After Moy Yat's death in 2001, William Cheung, Grandmaster of his own “Traditional Wing Chun” organization said: “The death of Moy Yat is a great loss not only to the martial art of Wing Chun, but also to the world. He was a very learned man, a good painter, poet, artist and a gentleman. This is a great loss to Chinese culture.” Robert Dreeben, Moy Yat: Ving Tsun's Greatest Export, (Inside Kung-Fu, June 2001) In recognition of the 2008 Olympic Games, and the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008, both held in the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Government issued a series of commemorative postage stamps and a collectors album, Chinese Wushu Treasure Stamps Album, in a Limited edition of 7200 copies. The album features the greatest Wu Shu (martial art) practitioners of all time, including Moy Yat.Guan Wenming, Chinese Wushu Treasure Stamps Album (Beijing: China National Philatelic Corporation, 2008)
Senior students
Out of the thousands of students he taught throughout his career, Moy Yat named his five senior students in his last published work, Luk Dim Poon Kwan : “Jeffrey Chan, Sunny Tang, Henry Moy, Lee Moy Shan, and Micky Chan.” Moy Yat, Luk Dim Poon Kwan (New York: Moy Yat Wing Chun Kung Fu, 2000) A Directory of "Moy Yat Ving Tsun Instructors" on Grandmaster Moy Yat's website before he passed is preserved by the Internet Archive; it lists 24 direct students, as well as more grandstudent and great-grandstudent instructors. MoyYat.com Directory (Oct 05, 2000) https://web.archive.org/web/20001005032835/http://moyyat.com/directory.htm
References
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External links
- [http://moyyatvingtsunkungfu.com/ Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190106172449/https://moyyat.org/ Moy Yat Europe]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190703185224/https://inteligenciamarcial.es/ Moy Yat Ving Tsun Martial Intelligence Europe]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000830093028/http://www.moyyat.com/ MoyYat.com]
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