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title: Chiu Chi Man (趙志民) — Seven Star pillar
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**Chiu Chi Man** (**趙志民 / Zhào Zhìmín**) was a **6th-generation Seven Star Praying Mantis** master and, with his contemporary **黃漢勛 Wong Hon Fan**, one of the **two principal pillars of post-WWII Hong Kong Seven Star**. Both Chiu and Wong studied under **羅光玉 Luo Guangyu (1888–1944)** at the **Hong Kong Chin Woo (精武)**, and after Luo's death they were the two senior Seven Star teachers in Hong Kong. Where Wong's name is attached to a vast published series of books, Chiu's primary legacy is the **lineage of teachers he trained directly** — most consequentially **Lee Kam Wing (李錦榮)**, who took Chiu's Seven Star transmission worldwide.

## Place in the lineage

**升霄道人 (legendary)** → **李三剪** → **王雲生** → **范旭東** → **羅光玉 (1888–1944)** → **趙志民 Chiu Chi Man** (with peer **黃漢勛 Wong Hon Fan**) → **李錦榮 Lee Kam Wing (b. 1947)** → contemporary 7th- and 8th-generation teachers worldwide

## What he gave the art

- **The Chiu transmission of the Seven Star curriculum** — taught in Hong Kong from the postwar era onward.
- **Senior disciples** who took the line outside Hong Kong, the most famous of whom is **Lee Kam Wing**, who trained under Chiu from age 15 (1962) for ten years before opening his own school in 1972 with Chiu's encouragement.
- A continuing presence in the **Hong Kong / international Seven Star community** through Lee Kam Wing's International Seven Star Mantis Lee Kam Wing Martial Art Association (HK HQ; branches in the UK, US, Germany, Italy, Hungary, France, Australia, South Africa).

## See also

<PageRef space="notes" slug="praying-mantis" text="Praying Mantis (螳螂拳) — the style overview" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="seven-star-mantis" text="七星螳螂 Seven Star Mantis — branch deep-dive" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="luo-guangyu" text="Luo Guangyu (羅光玉) — Chiu's HK Chin Woo teacher" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="wong-hon-fan" text="Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛) — Chiu's peer pillar at HK Chin Woo" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="lee-kam-wing" text="Lee Kam Wing (李錦榮) — Chiu's foremost student" />

## Sources

**[1]** Lee Kam Wing International Seven Star Mantis Martial Art Association, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra member listing — [hkco.org](https://www.hkco.org/en/Other-Members/International-Seven-Star-Mantis-Style-Lee-Kam-Wing-Martial-Art-Association.html) — references Chiu Chi Man as Lee's primary teacher.

**[2]** *Lee Kam Wing*, Wushu4u biography ([wushu4u.com](https://wushu4u.com/polemikes-texnes/shaolin-seven-star-mantis/grandmaster-lee-kam-wing/)) — names Chiu Chi Man as Lee's teacher (10 years from 1962, age 15).

**[3]** *Master Wong Hon Fun (黃漢勛)*, Northern Shaolin Style ([northernshaolinstyle.com](https://northernshaolinstyle.com/northern-mantis-king-grandmaster-wong-hon-fan/)) — Wong / Chiu / Lin Pak Yim Luo Guangyu lineage relationships.