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Author: Du Huu
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Source: "Kungfu Stars" magazine (January 1st 2001)
 Master Ngo Si Quy (1922-1997) Also training under the guidance of master Te Cong, but he did not learn in the same class with master Phung and master Tien. One account said master Quy had friendship with the son of Mr. Ly Sang, a ship owner in Haiphong. He met master Te Cong at a fight in the circle of Chinese ethnic group there and became his disciple. Other account said master Quy was introduced to master Te Cong by a friend. At the end of 1939, he made friend with a Chinese man named Tam Tuc Cuong. Cuong also interested in music and learnt composing. Both were young (Quy was about 16-17, Cuong was 18-20) and shared the same interest so they quickly become close friends. Cuong brought Quy to his house and introduced him to master Te Cong, his own kungfu master and the house keeper for his family.
The time master Quy trained directly under the guidance of master Te Cong was not very long, about 3 years; The course was included empty-hand fighting, weapon fighting and fighting with horse riding. But fortunately he was able to train very often with Tam Tuc Cuong. This was crucial period for master Quy because Cuong was seen as the top student of Te Cong. Later at a talk with his disciples, master Quy judged “at that time my technique was nearly equal his, but his internal power surpassed mine...”
In 1945 master Quy joined the local revolution force to defend Hanoi. After withdrawing from Hanoi, he worked in the Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh areas. At the beginning 1950, he and the first group of young cadet went to the educational center, Que Lam in China – there he worked as a music teacher. During the school holidays he and his students were invited to visit some well-known kungfu centers like Vu Han, Nam Kinh, Thuong Hai. At one occasion he accidentally discovered that the kungfu style he learnt from master Te Cong was actually Wing Chun and it was highly appreciated in China.
About 1955-1956 master Quy returned to his country. He changed to work for the educational system in order to have more time to study kungfu. He deduced: I was not the only Vietnamese disciple of master Te Cong, I must find his trace left in the north. After long time seeking information, he found out that master Tien was good at kungfu and had a kungfu class. He applied to this class. Seeing him shy, master Tien encouraged: “you were slim and very suitable for this style, let’s do cross-hand for a while”, after few exchanges master Tien asked “did you train kungfu before ?” – No, he said. “This was strange, because your hand technique was like my teacher’s very much”. Who was he ? – master Quy asked – “master Te Cong”. They recognized each other. Master Tien gave back the tuition and said “we were brothers, I could not take your tuition”.
After long time researching, until 1968 master Quy had recovered the 108 fighting system and the Wing Chun forms with his own flavour. Only after completing his knowledge, he began to accept the first student group.
While teaching music in Que Lam educational center, there was a naughty student in his class. The student was insolent and quite good at kungfu. His favourite was weapon ground fighting. When master Quy reminded him about his bad behaviour, he reacted “if you could fight with me and win, then I would listen to you”. Matser Quy accepted the challenge.
After exchanging few techniques, the student lowered his stance, with one hand holding a shield to protect any attacks from above, his other hand holding a sword to attack the opponent’s legs. Master Quy judged the situation promptly and jumped onto the shield. His pole was moved like a snake to poke, push, whip ... the “turtle”-opponent so he could not do anything under the shield. Facing his brave method, the “turtle” accepted defeat.
Master Ngo Si Quy was seen as a head of a Wing Chun branch in Hanoi. His disciples appear in the North, the South, Europe, America... In Hanoi currently there are two classes run by his disciples: one is the Nguyen Van Troi Wing Chun club, the other is the Wing Chun club for health in the Viet Xo palace. In Ho Chi Minh city there are few training places, besides in the “old Lien Xo” countries there are also Wing Chun clubs of his disciples. |
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