Deep South Kung Fu & Tai Chi teaches traditional methods connected to Long Fist, Hong Quan and Tai Chi, carried through respected teachers from China and Taiwan into South African training today.
The system taught at Deep South Kung Fu & Tai Chi did not appear in isolation. It comes through teachers who preserved traditional Chinese martial arts, refined them through serious practice, and passed them on through structured instruction.
For students, lineage is not a decoration. It explains why we train forms, stance work, weapons, striking, throwing, locking, body control and internal practice as connected parts of one broader martial education.
Master Chen Qinghe was born in Chang-Hwa County, Taiwan, in 1960 and began training in Chinese Wu Shu from childhood. His study includes Tai-Zu Quan, White Crane, Cai-Li-Fo and other traditional systems.
The core of his teaching centres on Long Fist, Hong Quan and Tai Chi. Through Chang Hong Wu Shu, these methods are brought together into a structured system that develops movement, power, health and martial understanding.
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Master Chen Qinghe founded the Institute for the Advanced Study of Chang Hong Wu Shu and has taught students across Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa, including seminars and teaching in South Africa.
That international transmission matters: it connects local training in Glencairn Heights to a wider martial arts tradition while keeping the day-to-day practice practical and accessible.
These teachers shaped the Chang Hong foundation through Long Fist, weapons, wrestling and locking methods, Northern Shaolin movement, and Southern Hung Fist power.
Grandmaster Li Mao Ching was born in Qingdao City in 1926 and carried forward the Long Fist system connected to the Nanking central institution. He studied with Han Ching-Tan and helped preserve and teach the Long Fist tradition internationally.
His influence is seen in the open postures, extended movement, footwork and dynamic structure that remain central to Long Fist practice.
Zhang Ke-Zhi is recognised as a leading teacher of Southern Shaolin Five Animals Style in Taiwan. His work in the Hung Fist tradition influenced Master Chen Qinghe and the Southern methods within the system.
This part of the lineage brings rooted stance work, direct power, close-range application and animal methods such as tiger, crane, snake, leopard and dragon.
Lineage is useful only when it improves practice. In class, it gives students a framework for understanding why forms, applications, weapons, conditioning and internal work belong together.
At Deep South Kung Fu & Tai Chi, this heritage is taught in a grounded way. Students do not need prior knowledge of Chinese martial arts to begin; they simply need a willingness to train consistently and learn carefully.
Join a supportive Glencairn Heights martial arts school that teaches traditional systems with clear, practical instruction.
Phone: +27 82 424 3751
Email: matt@kung-fu.co.za
Location: 6 Phoenix Way, Glencairn Heights
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