In the following life story of Sifu Chui Cheung, it must be pointed out that the founder of Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu, Great Grandmaster Chan Heung, was the first generation of the style. Following this example, Grandmaster Tarm Sarm was therefore the first generation of Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut style. Therefore, Sifu Chui Cheung is fourth generation Choy Lay Fut, and second generation Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut.

This history was taken from the Global Choi Lei Fut Fraternity Meet 2001 Commemorative Program. The original is Adapted and translated with permission by Pan Yue from an article by Sifu Chui Kwong Yen in Choy Lee Fut Chui Cheung Kung Fu Students' Association Commemorative magazine 1999.

It should be pointed out that Sifu Chui Cheung was the person who introduced Master Kong On to Grandmaster Tarm Sarm, as is mentioned in the life history of Master Kong On.

The late Sifu Chui Cheung was popularly known among his peers as "Koh Tai Cheung" meaning "Tall-man Cheung", in obvious reference to his stature. He learned Hong Kar (Hung Gar) pugilism from a famous Hong Kar master named Foong Seng Pew. His first Hong Sing teacher was a prominent third generation master, Hong Tak Kong whom he received training from in Guangzhou . Subsequently Sifu Chui Cheung joined the famous third generation master, Tam Sarm (Tarm Sarm) for further training in Hong Sing pugilism.  

The name of the school was then called Hong Sing Tam Kwoon. It was much later that Master Tam moved to a place in Guangzhou called "Siew Buk" (Siu Buk) to continue his teaching in Hong Sing martial arts. As popularity of the school grew, some of Master Tam's senior students, in particular, Lei Kum, Jou Hin and a few others proposed to adopt the name "Buk Sing" to distinguish their school from other Hong Sing schools (by that time Hong Sing Kwoon was such a popular name in pugilism in Southern China that there was a proliferation of branches everywhere). Despite Sifu Chui Cheung's protest, the name "Buk Sing" was finally adopted for Hong Sing Tam Kwoon, as there was overwhelming support to this proposal.  

When Sifu Chui Cheung moved to the country of Futsan, Master Tam wrote him a letter of recommendation to the second generation Hong Sing master, Chan Ngau Sing (who was then managing more than a dozen Hong Sing Kwoons in Futsan). That was in 1916 and Sifu Chui Cheung was 21 years old when he started further training under master Chan. Master Chan who was 52 years of age then, was assisted by another second generation master, Tong Sek in the teaching of his students.  

Despite his privilege of being taught by two second generation grandmaster, Sifu Chui Cheung stood by his principle and refused to "jump rank". He acknowledged himself as a third generation Hong Sing disciple. He did not forget his first two teachers (of the third generation in the Hong Sing Kwoon hierarch) who had initiated him in Hong Sing pugilism. This admirable quality was what stood him out among his peers just like his stature that stood him head and shoulder above the crowd. Most of all it was reflective of his competence in his skill in which he stood confidently - on without the need to "jump rank" to bolster it.  

The late Sifu Chui Cheung contributed immensely to the popularity of the Hung Sing fighting art in Guangzhou , through his hard work in teaching it to members of the following clans and associations:  

·          Chinese Tea Houses Association - eight branches

·       The Engineering and Hardware Association

·          The Ivory Workers Association

·         Goldsmith and Jewelers Association

During the Japanese Occupation, he retreated to the villages where he established 31 branches teaching Hung Sing martial arts in the districts of Nam Hoi, Soon Tak, Poon Ye, Far Yue etc.  

His disciples in Hong Kong came from all walks of life, many of them were members of the Metal Workers Association, Chinese Tea Houses and Restaurants Association, River Boats & Ferries Association, Pin Pin Mutual Aid Society etc. Among those who established their own Hung Sing schools to carry on the mission of propagating Hung Sing pugilism were Lok Peng Chor, Chan Chow, Hor Yee, Yim Chuen, Law Yew Chong, Poon Chor, Tam Chu, Tsai Weng Pun, Chui Kwong Yen (Sifu Chui Cheung’s son), Lui Li etc.  

Sifu Chui Cheung passed away at the age of 63 in 1958. Several thousands people (including his disciples and their students, family members, associates and friends) turned up to pay their respects. The funeral procession snaked its way from Kwong Wah Hospital (funeral parlours were rarely used during those days) for miles to Cheong Sar Wan Way, accompanied by hundreds of funeral bands and wreaths. If this could be a measure of a man's status and popularity in a society of that era, that funeral procession certainly spoke volumes of the late Sifu Cui Cheung’s winning ways with people and the respects he earned.