Chan Wah-Shun was born in 1836 and was a student of the famous Leung Jan. Chan Wah-Shun was the teacher of Yip Man. It i said that he was quite old when Yip Man became a student, and Yip Man was quite young. It is unknown how much input he had into Yip Man’s training, and Yip Man also credits another of Leung Jan’s students, Leung Bik, as another teacher.