| In memory of Master Weing |
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The Tong Leong School of Martial Arts humbly honorsMaster Weing for all his accomplishments as a martial artist and great scholar. Master Wong-Leong established the tong leong style in the 17th century until the early 20th century. With Master Fun-Tong-Sun, this style prevailed in north China's shauntung province. Their Master Yang-Wei-Sing and Lo-Kuon-Yu moved south from Shantun province's town of Bon-lai into Shanghai where they began their instructing. Later Master Lo-Kuon-Yu returned to Shanghai where he died in 1944. One of Master Lo's students, Cheng-Peng-Weing, who died in 1970's, came to Long Island, New York in 1962, to become the instructor of Manuel Agrella, now the director of Tong-Leong Gwo Shuh Guan. Tong Leong style has been publicly recognized in chinese martial arts as a sort of "beauty in opposition." It's hypnotic combination of rapid, hard, and soft movements, balanced by long and short, all performed with cat like grace and precision, make tong-leong an extremely versatile form of self defense. In it's refined form Tong Leong seems very close to dance, in fact. |
| The Tong Leong Oath |
To stress strongly the emphasis on self-control, each student is required to seriously swear to the Tong Leong Oath before receiving his degree: |