Choy Li Fut (Cantonese) or
Cai Li Fo (Mandarin) (; aka Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu) is a
Chinese martial art founded in 1836 by
Chan Heung (陳享). Choy Li Fut was named to honor the Buddhist monk Choy Fook (蔡褔, Cai Fu) who taught him
Choy Gar, and Li Yau-San (李友山) who taught him
Li Gar, plus his uncle Chan Yuen-Wu (陳遠護), who taught him
Fut Gar, and developed to honor the
Buddha and the Shaolin roots of the system.