洪蔡周拳傳承一麥展晴

享譽武林的洪頭蔡尾周家拳，於1919年由祖師周龍創派至今已逾百年之久，其徒眾初展於嶺南武林，至今發展已遍及海內海外，如東南亞星馬、越南、澳洲、美加及德國均廣設武館繼續宏揚周家拳術。

回顧過往，周龍祖師自幼跟隨時為洪拳名師的叔父周雄學技，後復隨肇慶名師蔡九公習蔡家拳。1910年周龍由鄉南遷至吉隆坡欲創一番事業，惟曾因與當地惡勢力欺凌事件而錯手誤傷人命，乃至逃避吉隆坡荒郊，意外得極樂寺主持弘一大師授以北少林武藝。

1914年周龍返回新會鄉下，將所學武術融會貫通，在拳法步法及乒器之間靈活變通運用, 翌年正式創立一套洪頭蔡尾周家拳，後各方慕名前來拜師習武者眾，周家拳聲名遠播，周龍被奉為周拳祖師，鼎盛時期各地武館縂計有八十餘間，周龍及幾個弟弟協力主持，而入室弟子如關德興、陳斗、麥展晴、伍炎明、及周琪興；或者稍後的弟子如林卓垣、李牛，及至四零年代中期的呂柱石、陳萬祥等均蜚聲於香江武壇。

不過周龍在三十四歲時卻因染疫英年早逝，在周龍染疫臨終前，對時年才二十出頭的徒弟麥展晴曾經關切的囑咐他，一定要協助發揚周家武術及協理館務，同時訓勉他再隨名師黃飛鴻深造武藝。原籍順德兼個頭高壯的麥展晴，十三歲時曾拜師何逢光在鄉間習練莫家拳，1915年參加福林軍任勤務兵，由於麥展晴有武術根底，且體魄強健，周龍對他另眼相看，遂將他收納為門徒，加上軍中其他教頭授藝，令他得以承習多家功夫，後又秉承周龍遺訓，在林世榮的引薦拜師黃飛鴻門下習武學醫。

麥展晴原名麥良，由於身材雄偉，被人稱為高大良，另由於他精研雙軟鞭，亦被稱為雙鞭良。三零年代中，麥展晴移居香港，在西營盤皇后大道西醫治跌打及以洪蔡派為名，傳授周龍先師的洪頭蔡尾，及黃飛鴻師傅的洪拳。

三零年期間，麥展晴受聘於南北行和木箱行擔任教頭，同時在港西區及深水埗區一帶行醫，第二次世界大戰時，他在1939年避亂回鄉，至1941年重返香港繼續懸壼濟世，1947年麥展晴受西環淡水魚商之邀授技於國術部多年，直至1951年周彪回到香港接管執教，50年代他在西營盤以及深水埗150號醫局街行醫，此外每當小販勞工階層發生糾紛，他也仗義挺身協助調解。

麥展晴在藥材行充當教練時，主要對歸片行工友授藝自衞，但由於苦力勞工階層品流複雜，館口人物常因利害衝突發生打鬥情況。一次麥展晴在西營盤占元樓午茗離開，但甫出門竟意外遭五十名滋事份子圍堵，他也立刻警覺從腰間取出隨身㩦帶著的七節雙鞭抵禦暗算，他那揮舞著的軟鞭此起彼落，把圍毆群眾的兵器如短刀鉄尺等一一打脱地上，此時警方也接報到場，行凶者見勢頭不對迅即四散逃遁，麥展晴是自衞而非滋事，警方也目睹事件發生，所以在錄取口供後便無事離去，經此一戰，麥展晴雙鞭勇鬥突襲的故事即傳遍西環，滋事者總算得了教訓。

周家拳來港發展的第一人就是麥展晴，他在西環的故事令他名動一時，其實他在授藝之餘也熱心社會大眾事務，他經常參加政府和社區慶祝活動，如1936年英皇佐治五世武師遊行盛會，伊利沙白青年館開幕儀式，以及東華三院及社區籌款活動等。麥展晴授藝近身門徒也不少，如有陳錦雄、嚴樹生、麥志、黎國強、黃少舫、陳輝、麥潤、麥爽⋯等，其中不乏濟世名醫和獨當一面的功夫教練。

麥展晴幼子金泉自五歲即隨父習武，他印象深刻的記憶，父親與周彪為同年生，彼此志趣相投情同手足，所以他們倆人常在深水埗居所天台切磋武功，他則在旁觀看模仿，在他十歲時，其父因病逝世，享年六十四歲。麥展晴幼子金泉此後得師兄陳錦雄和黎國強時加指導繼續練武，期間陳黎二人曾透露欲組成紀念師父麥展晴的武術會，後1974年麥金泉移民美國，現仍經常回港探訪，並得黃少舫師兄續加指教，麥展晴孫兒麥晧然、朗然復習祖父武藝。

在1999年德國同門富樂康四處打聽其師公麥志之堂兄麥展晴源流歷史，2003，04年間，富樂康尋根消息傳至黎國強門下，2006年訪得陳輝，2008年金融風暴期間聯絡到呂柱石，後經多年周折聯絡，2015年麥展晴徒弟黃少舫集合思維，得陳輝門徒梁誠威、陳漢釗丶蔡偉東等和麥展晴幼子麥金泉，黎國強門徒何蓬駱丶黎子良丶黎子明、司徒輝等合作籌組，其後更得周彪師伯的門徒呂柱石到會見証並應邀成為永遠榮譽會長，在2017年正式成立國際麥展晴武術協會，終於完成黎國強和陳錦雄的建會遺願。德國的富樂康亦率眾徒親臨首屆成立大會監察助慶。

在近十多年來，呂柱石不特為傳承脈絡連結起來，他更將功夫心得教授年輕一代，實為年輕弟子的甘草榜樣。麥展晴及門徒黎國強、黃少舫、呂柱石⋯⋯等雖已先後辭世，但他們生前的遺願，仍然會傳承下去，富樂康鍥而不舍的尋根之舉，填補了周拳傳承缺口，秉持了尊師重道，繼往開來的精神，所謂團結就是力量，讓我們一班弟子同心合力，秉承傳統武德，一起弘揚洪頭蔡尾！

麥展晴長女燕芳、幼子金泉,𧫴將先父事蹟補充更新，誌文於05-6-2023.

Mak Chin Ching -Hung Tao Choy Mei

Hung Tao Choy Mei, which is well-known in the martial arts world, was founded by its founder Chow Lung in 1914 and has been around for more than a hundred years. Its disciples first Chow Kuan ( Zhou Quan)  developed in Lingnan China, they have now spread all over the country and abroad, such as Southeast Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, the United States, Canada and Germany, where martial arts schools have been set up to continue to promote the style of Hung Tao Choy Mei.

Looking back, founder Chow Lung learned martial arts from his uncle Chow Hung, who was famous in Hung Gar Kung Fu and later learned Choy Gar style from the famous master Cai Jiugong. In 1910, Zhou Long moved from the south of his hometown to Kuala Lumpur to start a business. However, he accidentally killed someone due to bullying by local evil forces, and even fled to the wilderness of Kuala Lumpur. He was accidentally taught Northern Shaolin martial arts by Master Hongyi (Bei Pal), the abbot of Ji Le Temple.

In 1914, Zhou Long returned to Xinhui countryside and integrated the martial arts he had learned. He flexibly applied Hung Gar, footwork Choy Gar  and finally officially created a set of Hung Tao Choy Mei (Hongtao Caiwei ) Zhou Family Style.

Later, many people came to learn from him. Zhou Family Style became famous and Zhou Long was regarded as the founder of Hung Tao Choy Mei (Hongtao Caiwei ). During its heyday, there were more than 80 martial arts schools in various places. Zhou Long and several of his brothers worked together to manage them. Disciples such as Guan Dexing, Chen Dou, Mak Chin Ching (Mai Zhanqing), Wu Yanming, and Zhou Qixing; or later disciples such as Lin Zhuoyuan, Li Niu, and Liu Chui Shek (Lu Zhushi) and Chen Wanxiang in the mid-1940s were all famous in the Hong Kong martial arts community.

However, Zhou Long (Chow Lung ) died young at the age of 34 /1919 due to infection. Before Zhou Long died of the disease, he had caringly instructed his apprentice Mak Chin Ching (Mai Zhanqing), who was one of the early twenties apprentice at the time, to help promote Zhou family martial arts and assist in the management of the school with his brothers. At the same time, he encouraged him to further study martial arts under the famous teacher Huang Feihong. Mak Chin-ching, who was originally from Shun Tak and was tall and strong, learned Mok's boxing from Ho Fung-kwong in the countryside when he was thirteen years old. In 1915, he joined the Fulin Army as an orderly. Because Mak Chin-ching had a foundation in martial arts and was physically strong, Chow Lung took a special liking to him and accepted him as his disciple. With the help of other coaches in the army camp, he was able to learn martial arts from many Si Fu instructors. Later, he followed Chow Lung's legacy and became a disciple of Wong Fei-hung under the recommendation of Lam Sai-wing, learning martial arts and medicine.

Mak Chin-ching's original name was Mak Leung. Because of his majestic figure, he was called Tall Husky (LiangGao Da-liang). Because he was good at double soft whips, he was also called Double Whips Liang (Shuangbian) Liang. In the mid-1930s, Mak Chin-ching moved to Hong Kong and started to practice herbal bonesetters  at Queen's Road West in Sai Ying Pun. He taught the Hung Tao Choy Mei of Master Chow Lung and and Hung Gar styles of Master Wong Fei-hung under the name of the Hung Choy School.

During the 1930s, Mak Chin-ching was employed by the Nan-Pan Hong ( Herbal Medicine Association) and the Mu-Case (Packing & Boxing Association) as a coach, and at the same time he practiced medicine in the Western District and Sham Shui Po. During the Second World War, he moved back to his village in 1939, and returned to Hong Kong in 1941 to continue to practice in Medicine and teaching . In 1947, Mak Chin-ching was invited by a freshwater fish merchant in Sai Wan to teach the National Martial Arts Department for several years until Zhou Biao returned to Hong Kong in 1951.

 In the 1950s, he practiced medicine in Sai Ying Pun and 150 Yee Kuk Street, Sham Shui Po. In addition, whenever disputes arose between hawkers and workers, he would stand up and help mediate.

When Mai Zhanqing was a coach in the herbal medicine shop, he mainly taught the workers in the Guipian shop self-defense skills. However, due to the complicated class structure of coolie laborers, people in the shop often fought due to conflicts of interest. Once, Mak Chin-ching was leaving after lunch at the Yuen Yuen Building in Sai Ying Pun, but he was unexpectedly surrounded by fifty troublemakers as soon as he walked out of the door. He immediately became alert and took out the double whip he carried with him from his waist to resist the attack. His swinging soft whip went up and down, knocking the weapons of the crowd, such as short knives and iron rulers, off the ground one by one. At this time, the police were also reported to the scene. The Policy Inspector saw Mak Chin-ching was defending himself rather than causing trouble. The police also witnessed the incident and released Mak as innocent. 

After this battle, the story of Mak Chin-ching's brave fight with double whips spread throughout Sai Wan, and the troublemakers finally learned a lesson.

 Mak Chin-ching was the first person to develop Chow Kung Fu in Hong Kong. His  story in Sai Wan made him famous. In fact, besides teaching martial arts, he was also enthusiastic about public affairs. He often participated in government, charity community celebrations, such as the 1936 King George V's Martial Arts Parade, the opening ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and community fundraising activities. Mak Chin-ching also taught martial arts , disciples are Chan Kam-hung, Yam Shu-sheng, Mak Chi, Lai Kwok-keung, Wong Siu-fong, Chan Fai, Mak Yun, Mak Shuang, etc., among whom there are  famous medical herbal doctors  and independent kung fu coaches.

Mak Chin-ching's youngest son Kam Chuen  (Jacky Mak) has been learning martial arts since he was five years old. He has a deep memory that his father and Chow Biao were born in the same year and they shared similar interests and were like brothers, so they often practiced martial arts on the rooftop of their home in Sham Shui Po, and young Mak watched and imitated them. When he was ten years old, his father died of illness at the age of 64. Mak Chin-ching's youngest son Kam Chuen continued to practice martial arts with the guidance of his senior brothers Chan Kam-hung and Lai Kwok-keung. Later, Mak Kam Chuen immigrated to the United States in 1974. Now he still often returns to Hong Kong  with son Mak Lonyin Nicholas to visit  his senior brother Wong Siu-fong and Liu Chui Shek  to receive Kung Fu  guidance.  

In 1999, his German grand disciple Frank Greinacher had asked around about the origins of his master Mak Chi, cousin of Mak Chin-ching. In 2003 and 2004 Frank Greinacher had traced and reached his roots and found Lai Kwok-keung's disciples. In 2006, he found Chan Fai. During the financial crisis in 2008, we found and contacted Lui Chu-shek. 

At  2015 we connected with Lui Chu-shek, Wong Shi Fong and Leung Sin Wai gathered the thoughts to  Lai Kwok Keung's disciples Ho Fuk Lok, Lai Tsz Leung, Lai Tsz Ming, Sze To Fai and Chan Fai's other disciples , Chan Hon Chiu, Choi Wai Tung and to organize the Federation and worked together with me Mak Kam Chuen. 

After all,  Master Chow Biao's disciple Lui Chui Shek came to witness the Federation and he was invited to become the Permanent Honorary President.  In 2017. The International Mak Chin Ching Martial Arts Federation was officially founded; finally fulfilling the wishes of Lai Kwok Kong and Chan Kam Hung is done. Grand disciple Frank Greinacher has led to this rendezvous of our lineage into a successful Federation.

In all these years, Lui Chu Shek had informed the inheritance lineage, he also had  taught the younger generation his kung fu, life experience, who is a role model for young disciples as well. 

Although Mak Chin Ching, Liu Chui Shek, Lai Kwok Keung, Chan Fei , Wong Siu Fong etc. have passed away and left us.   The inheritance of Hung Tao Choy Mei  upholding the spirit of respecting teaching will still carry on with the unity of strength.  

The updated article was published on 05-6-2023 by Mak Chin Ching's eldest daughter Yan Fang,  and youngest son Kam Chuen Jacky  Mak

The 05-6-2023.