Huang Fei-hong taught kungfu to Liu Yung-fu's Black Flag Army, and was the head martial arts instructor for Li Fu-lin's Fu Army. He also taught fighting skills to laborers in the vegetable, fruit and salted fish markets of Canton.
黃飛鴻曾在劉永福的黑旗軍裡當技擊教練，也曾在李福林的福軍中擔任總教練，又在當時廣州三欄（欄為批發市場之意）﹘﹘菜欄、水果欄、鹹魚欄教授勞動階層技擊。