In 1900s Master Lau Shui of Tung Kong Chow Gar Preying Mantis came to Hong Kong. At first he taught martial arts and ran his medical practice at Shau Kei Wan Ship-building Union’s “Sai Yi Gung Wui”. Two years later he moved to Hung Hom where he established his own clinic-cum-martial arts studio. In 1929 Lau Shui took Ip Shui in as a disciple. During Hong Kong’s occupation he was cared for by Ip Shui who, in turn, inherited his full teachings.

1900年代東江周家螳螂拳劉水(1879-1942)到港，於筲箕灣造船工會「西義公會」授徒及行醫，兩年後搬到紅磡設館。劉水1929年收葉瑞為徒，香港淪陷時期劉水得葉瑞悉心照顧，最後把周家螳螂拳技藝傾囊相授。

After the war (in 1950) Ip Shui began teaching Tung Kong Chow Gar Preying Mantis in Hung Hom, where he opened his own school in Malacca Street. In 1961 he moved the school to its present location in Kowloon City. It is one of the oldest urban martial art schools in Hong Kong and is run by his son Master Ip Chi Keung.

戰後1950年葉瑞開始在紅磡馬來街設館教授東江周家螳螂拳，1961年把武館搬遷到九龍城直到現在。現時由葉志強（葉瑞兒子）打理，是香港歷史最悠久的城市武館之一。