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{{Infobox martial artist
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| name            = Chu Shong Tin
| native_name     = 徐尚田
| native_name_lang= zh
| residence       = [[Hong Kong]]
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| birth_name      = 
| birth_date      = June 6, {{Birth year|1933}}
| birth_place     = [[Hong Kong]]
| death_date      = July 28, {{Death year|2014}} (aged 81)
| death_place     = [[Hong Kong]]
| death_cause     = 
| martial_art     = [[Wing Chun]]
| teacher         = Grandmaster [[Ip Man]]
| rank            = Grandmaster
| students        = [[Jim Fung]] (馮傳強), [[Lit Leung Yiu]]
| website         = 
}}

'''Chu Shong Tin''' ({{zh|c=徐尚田|j=ceoi<sup>4</sup> soeng<sup>6</sup> tin<sup>4</sup>}}; June 6, 1933 <ref>{{cite web |title=81TH BIRTHDAY BANQUET OF GRANDMASTER CHU IN 2014 07/06/2014 |url=https://ctd.hk/dev/cstalumni/en/new/2014%e5%b9%b4%e5%be%90%e5%b8%ab81%e6%ad%b2%e5%a3%bd%e5%ae%b4-07062014 |website=2014年徐師81歲壽宴-07062014 |accessdate=23rd June 2019}}</ref> – July 28, 2014) was the third student of martial arts teacher [[Ip 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.everythingwingchun.com/chu-shong-tin-wing-chun-dvds-books-downloads-s/125.htm|title=Chu Shong Tin Wing Chun DVDs Videos|website=www.everythingwingchun.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}</ref>

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 practice Siu Nim Tao than [[Chum Kiu]] and [[Biu Jee]].

Master Chu Shong Tin has said to become proficient in wing chun is that: “Practicing, discussing and questioning are the best ways to success".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120183426/http://www.hchwingchun.com.au:80/|title=Thoughts When Approaching Twenty Years in Wing Chun|last=|first=|date=2018-01-20|website=web.archive.org|archive-url=|archive-date=January 20, 2018|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref>

== Lineage ==
{{see also|Branches of Wing Chun}}
{| border cellpadding=5 class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" align="center" | Lineage in Wing Chun
|-
|[[sifu]]||[[Ip 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 />
William Lai (黎錦興)<br />
Kang Sin Sin<br/>
Lit Leung Yiu<br />
Sebastian Soza<br />
Ma Kee Fai<br />
Nima King <br />
Alex Wong <br />  
Paul Tang (大法師) <br /> 
Ting Kwok Wai (Thomas Ting) <br />
Kaming Yuen <br />
Lam Ping Hung (林炳鸿) <br />
Marty Anderson <br />
Mark Spence <br /> 
Anthony Blencowe <br />
Lindy Scott<br /> 
Kai Taylor<br />
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130116180033/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]

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