Chan Cheong-Mo (1868 - 1956) was born in the city of Kong Moon (Jiang Men). When he was young, he studied Choy Li Fut Kung Fu

from the founder’s first son Chan On-Pak. In 1898, Chan On-Pak’s younger brother Chan Koon-Pak established the Hung Sing School in the Wong clan family temple in Kong Moon and Chan Cheong-Mo continued to study Choy Li Fut from him. After Chan Koon-Pak went to Canton in 1906, Cheong-Mo was appointed to be the head instructor of the Kong Moon’s Hung Sing studio.

Chan Cheong-Mo was very good at the Drunken form when he was young. In his senior years, the White Hair hand form was his demonstration set. As for weapons forms, the Golden Dragon Fan was his favorite demonstration set. His lion dancing skill was excellent. He made a name for himself in the old days by performing lion dancing. He (and his school) was one of the “Three Great Lion Dancing Kings of Guangdong”. The other two were Chan Ngau-Sing and his Hung Sing studio in Fut San and Wong Fei-Hung and his Bow Jee Lam (Po Chi Lum) studio in Canton. Chan Cheong-Mo’s Hung Sing studio was the one with the most lion dancing teams in the parade and he always had the best and most beautiful lion dancing costumes in the city.

Great-Grandmaster Chan Cheong-Mo produced many outstanding students to carry on the teaching of his martial art and his lion dancing skill. Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong’s teacher Wong Gong was one of them.