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Yuen Chai-wan (simplified Chinese: 阮濟云; traditional Chinese: 阮濟雲; Cantonese Yale: Yún Jai-wàhn; pinyin: Ruǎn Jìyún) was a Grandmaster of Wing Chun and a general during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Early life Yuen was born in 1877 in China, He studied with Fok Bo Chuen and other students. Yuen's father paid a small fortune to encourage the renowned Wing Chun master Fok Bo-Chuen to teach Yuen and his younger brother Yuen Kay-shan martial arts. Day by day, he grew up with martial arts skills. It should be noted however that there are contradictory statements from Yuen Chai wan himself and discrepancies in some of the dates and some of the stories claimed. In example "Yuen Chai Wan learned from his Sifu (Fok Bo Chuan ? ) in the mountains, in his childhood ( around 13-14-15 years old) stayed there more than 10 years. That is the story what Yuen told to the students in Vietnam, and it is mentioned by Sifu Luc Vien Khai in the newspaper in 1966 ( the name of Yuen Chai Wan’s teacher was not disclosed ). If this statement by Yuen himself was accurate then it would not be possible for Yuen Kay San to have learned at the same time, from the same teacher, for Yuen Kay San who has 12 -14 younger than his brother( YCW was borne 1875 or 1877)would mean that Yuen kay san learned Kungfu at 1 year old? It should further be noted that Some people Claim Yuen Chai Wan learned from Fung Siu Ching invited by the father (who would have been more than 90 years old, if he was still alive) in 1933. Yuen Chai Wan would have been 56 years old and has been placed by some sources as having moved to Annam circa 1929 or 1930. In addition according to the older branches of the lines of Fung Siu Ching, he was not known to have taught any of the forms later claimed to his disciples, and was reputed to have retired in his old age to his home village around the time Tang Suen took over teaching. This was reputedly at the time of Tang Yik's Birth (which would have been 1911) with Fung reputedly dying in 1920). When Yuen was completely mature and reached a high level of martial arts, he participated in the fight against foreign invaders and the Qing dynasty.

Healing practice Few people know that the main reason Yuen's disciple Tran Thuc Tien came to the internal practice of Wing Chun as a cure for tuberculosis. Before coming to Wing Chun, Tran practiced many other martial arts but after a period of practice, he became unhealthy and got tuberculosis. According to doctors at the National Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital, his disease was in stage 3, coughing up blood, and pleural effusion. At that time, Yuen opened a traditional medicine shop on Hang Buom street, but mainly taught martial arts. Seeing that Tran was seriously ill Yuen said to him: "I will cure you for the first time." Since then, Yuen dedicated himself to teaching him, thanks to the transmission energy training methods, upper inner qigong, combined with medical treatment, Tran gradually recovered from his illness and his Wing Chun healing methods became increasingly advanced. Not only did he cure his illnesses, but he was also the first disciple to be healed by Yuen's Gong practice. Tran in later years was able to duplicate Yuen's success of curing tuberculosis thanks to the teachings of Yuen.

Military history Yuen took part in the revolts 1906–1908, 1910, 1911. Since then, the reputation of his martial arts and military qualifications began to emerge. In October 1911, all the localities in South and Central China rose up for the Xinhai Revolution, and on February 12, 1912, the young king Pu Yi came out to show only to abolish the Qing dynasty. Ton Dat Tien took power and became president, then transferred power to Vien The Khai. Thus, at the age of 35, Vien The Khai becomes living evidence of the last era of the Manchu Court - the last emperor of China. After the Qing dynasty was abolished, Yuen continued to pursue the path of martial arts and participated in the resistance war against intervention by European countries and Japan, he worked secretly under the command of Chiang Kai-shek and witnessed many things. Yuen took part in the civil war from 1924 to 1927, witnessing hunger, sickness, and death of his friends, then the second Chinese Civil War in 1927–1936. During Second Sino-Japanese War Yuen became a General.