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{{Infobox martial artist
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| name            = Chu Shong Tin
| native_name     = 徐尚田
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| residence       = Hong Kong {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
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| birth_date      = 1933
| birth_place     = Hong Kong {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
| death_date      = July 28, 2014
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| martial_art     = [[Wing Chun]]
| teacher         = Grandmaster [[Yip Man]]
| rank            = Grandmaster
| students        = [[Nima King]], [[Mark Spence]], [[Jim Fung]] (馮傳強), [[Ah Kuen]], [[Mo Chiu Po]], [[Suzanna Ho]], [[Lit Leung Yiu]], [[Sebastian Soza]]
| website         = http://www.cstalumni.hk/chushongtin/
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'''Chu Shong Tin''' ({{zh|c=徐尚田|j=ceoi<sup>4</sup> soeng<sup>6</sup> tin<sup>4</sup>}}; 1933-2014) was the third student of martial arts teacher [[Yip Man]] in the discipline of [[Wing Chun]], and remained at Yip Man's school to become his senior instructor.

He moved to [[Hong Kong]] in November 1949, started learning Wing Chun informally in September 1950. The 17-year-old Chu was a secretary at a restaurant at whose premises Ip held classes, which he audited. Chu became Yip's formal student in January 1951. As his health was not good, he took a concept-based form of the discipline.<ref name=cancer>Lam, Lana  (Sep 11, 2011) "Grandmaster of wing chun wins fight with cancer". ''South China Morning Post''</ref> He taught select students from all over the world, communicating with English speaking students through body language and hands on demonstration, or was assisted by other Chinese students, since he didn't speak English. Though he considered himself retired, he accepted students for the purpose of passing on his understanding of Nim Lik to ensure its survival.

He wrote the book 《詠春寶鑑》 and has produced instructional [[DVDs]].

He is known as the 'King of [[Siu Nim Tao]]', Wing Chun's most important form and its crucial foundation. This is because he believes that more time should be given to practise Siu Nim Tao than [[Chum Kiu]] and [[Biu Jee]].

== Lineage ==
{{see also|Branches_of_Wing_Chun}}
{| border cellpadding=5 class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" align="center" | Lineage in Wing Chun
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|[[sifu]]||[[Yip Man]] (葉問)
|-
| colspan="2" align="center"  | &nbsp;<br>'''Chu Shong Tin''' (徐尚田) <br>&nbsp;
|-
|known students|| 
[[Jim Fung]] (馮傳強)<br />
Mo Chiu Po (Frederick Mo)<br />
[[Ah Kuen]]<br />
[[Sifu William Lai]]<br />
[[Kang Sin Sin]]<br/>
[[Lit Leung Yiu]]<br />
[[Ma Kee Fai]]<br />
Sebastian Soza<br />
Alex Wong <br /> 
[http://www.niwckfa.org/ Ting Kwok Wai (Thomas Ting)] <br />
Susana Ho Cheuk Har<br />
Nima King <br />
Kai Taylor <br />
Heather Cogan <br />
John Cogan <br />
James Colmer <br />
Kaming Yuen <br />
Lam Ping Hung (林炳鸿) <br />
Marty Anderson <br />
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.cstalumni.hk/chushongtin/ Chu Shong Tin's Official Website]
*[http://www.hchwingchun.com.au/chushongtin.htm Chu Shong Tin's Biography]
*[http://www.wingchun.com.au/videos_wingchun_seminar.shtml Download Chu Shong Tin Seminar Clips]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ip Man}}

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