Why Did Grandmaster Chan Siu Dek Use Karate Style Uniforms and Belt Rankings?
Since Chan Siu Dek is no longer with us to query, even with the testimony of first generation students, we probably have to speculate. But the evidence is reasonably clear. At the time Chan Siu Dek opened his first school, few if any had ever heard of Kung Fu, much less Choy Li Ho Fut Hung. But many had heard of Karate and tended to lump all the Asian martial arts into that category. We explain more about that here.
