Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall

Choy Lai Fut may also be written as Choyleefut, Choy Lee Fut, Choy Lay Fut, Choi Lay Fut. It is a traditional system of kungfu (Chinese martial arts).

Kungfu in Vancouver, Canada -- Learn traditional Chinese martial arts and self defence skills here in Richmond.

Martial arts and self-defence (self defence) lessons taught by two women in Richmond (Vancouver), Canada.

Kungfu (martial arts) classes and self defence programs taught in Richmond (Vancouver), Canada. We specialize in the traditional Chinese system of Choy Lai Fut (Choyleefut).

Female instructors teaching the art of Chinese kungfu - the Choy Lai Fut (Choyleefut) system and self defence skills. We are located in Richmond (Vancouver), Canada, and are dedicated to improving the overall fitness and confidence in all of our students.

Women, men, and children can learn Chinese martial arts and self defence skills here at the Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall. The school is taught by two women who believe in working on self confidence, strength, overall fitness, and discipline in all of our students.

Learn Chinese martial arts in a comfortable, supportive setting. Our instructors are female, and we encourage all women to learn martial arts and self defence skills.

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A quote which reads, "The inception of Choy Lai Fut was self conceived, A true descendant arose from the Shaolin origin."

Upcoming public performances
May 8th, 2008 - Princess Margaret

Picture of Sifu Hali Wong, Sifu Carmen Choy, and Grandmaster Wong Ha of the Choy Lai Fut (Choyleefut) system. Vancouver (Richmond), BC, Canada: Choy Lai Fut (Choyleefut, Choy Lee Fut) traditional martial arts and self defence lessons for women.

The Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall is dedicated to teaching martial arts and self defence skills to children and adults of all abilities and backgrounds. In particular, we specialize in a very unique martial art called Choy Lai Fut (aka Choyleefut) which is a kungfu system that originated in southern China.

You have come to the right place if you are looking for a traditional, non-competitive, family-oriented, and supportive place to learn kungfu and self defence -- we believe in getting to know our students and their personal learning objectives, so that we can help each person expand beyond their current boundaries.

Our instructors are both women who have trained formally as disciples of Grandmaster Wong Ha, and have a collective 39 years of experience both studying kungfu as well as teaching. We believe that all women CAN and SHOULD learn martial arts, not just for self defence purposes, but also to gain confidence and a new respect for themselves.

** LATEST NEWS **

May 3, 2008 - Attention students: This coming Thursday (May 8th) we will be performing a lion dance in Surrey. Our usual adult evening class will be cancelled, although Sifu Hali will be holding an extra class the day before on Wednesday the 7th from 7:00 to 8:30pm for those that usually come on Thursdays.

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April 29, 2008 - Please note our Tuesday children's classes have been temporarily suspended, our usual Tuesday students have been moved to the Thursday and Saturday children's classes. This does not affect our Tuesday adult traditional classes however - these are still ongoing.

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March 17, 2008 - We finally got around to putting up our pictures from the Chinese New Year parade. Check it out here or from the gallery on this website.

Chinese New Parade in Vancouver Chinatown on February 10, 2008

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January 21, 2008 - The Lunar New Year parade is coming on February 10th. Watch for us in the parade in Chinatown! All students will be given more information on this and other lion dance engagements in the next couple of weeks.

Lunar New Parade in Vancouver Chinatown is coming on February 10, 2008

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June 21, 2007 - Notice to all students: Please note the school will be closed this Saturday, June 23rd, as Grandmaster Wong Ha's funeral will be taking place that day. All students attending the funeral are requested to wear the school uniform.

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Grandmaster Wong Ha passed away on June 13th. The funeral will be held at Glenhaven Memorial Chapen on June 23rd.

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March 5, 2007 - Thanks again to everyone that came out for the parade on Feb 18th. It was a lot of hard work for all...but we really appreciate the enthusiasm and energy that everyone put out! Pictures of the parade and other Chinese New Year related lion dance performances are up:

Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown - Feb 18th
Various lion dance performances - a couple on Feb 17th and one on Feb 21st

The Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall members participating in the Chinese New Year parade in Vancouver Chinatown, Feb 2007

An exhausted (but proud!) group at the end of the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb 18, 2007

Children's lion dance classes - Yes, they'll be back!! Due to popular demand, we're considering holding a new intake for an 8-class training program. Let us know if you're interested, and what days/times you'd like the class to be held. More info on this soon.

The super lion dancing kids at Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall!

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January 25, 2007 - Ok, so we've been a little busier than we thought. However, we did manage to put up a couple of photo albums to share with everyone:

Jo si daan 2006 (anniversary banquet dinner and performance)
Lion dance performance for our friends' wedding - these were from a while back but we never did have a chance to put these up on the web. It was a particularly difficult performance as there was very little room to do the lion dance in, but the team pulled through with flying colours!

We're in the midst of preparing for Chinese New Year performances and of course the parade in Chinatown. Don't miss out on the parade, it'll be on Feb 18th (Sunday), beginning at noon -- although all students and helpers at the parade will need to assemble earlier at 10:30am. We'll have more details for you later as you come into class.

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September 21, 2006 - It's been a long while since we've updated the website -- many thanks to those of you who faithfully visit from time to time. We're going to have some new pictures of events that have occurred in 2006, and have these updates up sometime in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

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September 14th - We just had a very successful 11th anniversary banquet for the Hung Hsing Choy Lee Fut Federation of Canada. It was also an event held in honour of Grandmaster Wong Ha's official retirement. Check out our pictures in the gallery.

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January 25, 2005 - Newsletter: We have just sent out our January issue of our internal newsletter to all of our members. If you haven't received this by now, or have never received one before, please let Sifu Carmen know by giving her your e-mail address.

Pictures of the retirement party on January 22nd for Grandmaster Wong Ha:

Grandmaster Wong Ha and his wife, with some members of our school.

Grandmaster Wong Ha accepting his gift from the Hung Hsing Choy Lee Fut Federation of Canada.

January 20th, 2005 - NEW CLASS SCHEDULE - As of February 23rd, we will be making more classes available for both our children and adults. Kids will have new classes on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, and adults will have new classes on Wednesday and Friday evenings. Please note that fees for adults and children that pay for more than one lesson a week will NOT change regardless of the number of classes you attend per week (up to 5 classes a week!), so this is your chance to get as much practice as you can!

Shaw TV's In Your Shoes program featuring our lion dance team will be airing January 21st (Friday) at 6pm, and then re-broadcast the same evening, Sat daytime, and Monday and Tuesday as well. Be sure to check it out!

January 14th, 2005 - Last night Erin Cebula, host of Shaw TV's In Your Shoes program, came to our school to do an interview with Sifu Carmen in her role as a martial arts and lion dance instructor. Our students were filmed going through their warmup and lion dance training exercises. The show should be airing at the beginning of February or thereabouts, just before the Chinese New Year -- we'll keep you posted with the exact time and date! Many thanks to Erin Cebula and Rob the camera man for taking the time to visit us, and also to the students for begin such good sports!

Sifu Hali, Erin Cebula, Sifu Carmen

L to R: Sifu Hali Wong, Erin Cebula, Sifu Carmen Choy

January 10th, 2005 - Happy new year everyone! It's a very busy time of year... getting ready for Chinese New Year which lands on February 9th. The CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE will be on February 13th (starting at the Chinese gate at around Columbia and Pender in Chinatown), and yes we will be participating as one of the lion dance teams. Mark it down on your calendars!! Call us if you would like to help out by joining our team.

We have a bunch of pictures to put up in the gallery, but Sifu Carmen has been very busy with work lately...she'll get to it soon.

Grandmaster Wong Ha has just announced his retirement as of December 31, 2004, and consequently his club at 306 Jackson St. in Vancouver (our Vancouver location) is now officially closed. All of our students will now be practicing exclusively at the Richmond school. We will be holding a retirement party for him on January 22nd.

New classes will be opening up in February -- so for those of you that want to be go nuts and practice up to 4 or 5 times a week will be able to do so then. We have not yet decided on the new schedule or when it will officially start, but once we have finalized our plans we will post them up on the website of course. The new class times will be for both adults and children.

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November 23rd - Attention all CLFMAH students and friends: Our annual Christmas dinner will be on December 11th at International (the same Chinese restaurant as last year's dinner). Dinner will start at approximately 7pm. Please make sure you reserve your spot with Sifu Hali or Sifu Carmen NO LATER THAN December 4th.

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November 3rd - We've had a very busy month, so lately it's been difficult to update this website on a regular basis. We're going to get back into the swing of things soon though, there are still pictures of Jo Si Daan that we have yet to put up in our gallery along with our other lion dances.

Mulan Children's Theatre Production - This year we were very happy to have been asked to do the martial arts choreography for the second year in a row for the Mustard Seed Children Theatre group in this year's production of Mulan. We did a total of 3 segments, and were extremely proud of the performers when we went to watch the final performance on Oct 31st. Good job kids!

Mustard Seed Children Theatre group in Mulan

Group photo of the entire cast and crew of Mulan.

Hali and Carmen with the two Mulans

L to R: Bosco (soldier), Sifu Hali, Angel (Mulan, Mulan's mother), Cherie (Mulan, Mulan's mother), Sifu Carmen

Hali and Carmen with two little actors from Mustard Seed

Posing with Jeremy and Carlin

Sam Duck Society lion dance performance - We had another lion dance on Oct 23rd. Pictures below:

chinese lion dance at Sam Duck Society banquet

Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall lion dance group

Read our past news postings here

Picture of Chinese lion dancing. The Choy Lai Fut Martial Arts Hall offers not only traditional martial arts (kungfu) and self defence lessons for women, men, and children, but we also do traditional Chinese lion dances for special occasions. Contact us for fees and availability. Got a wedding, grand opening, or other occasion where you need things livened up? Our lion dance team has performed at numerous events in Greater Vancouver over the past 10 years, and have entertained crowds from 20 to 1000. Please contact us for fees and availability.

If you are thinking of having a lion dance performance in the Chinese New Year, please note that most bookings take place by the end of January at the lastest, so try to book as early as possible!

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