Grandmasters

Chan Chi-keung began training in Hung Gar kung fu under Tang Sifu at the latter’s mo kwoon / martial club in the Wong Tai Sin district on Hong Kong’s Kowloon side. This was in the early 1960s, and Chan Sifu was just 11 years old at the time. Chan Chi-keung soon distinguished himself with his dedication to training, and became…

Grandmaster Tang began training with Lam Cho in the early 1930s, at the age of 8. As Lam’s adopted son, he was trained to a high level of excellence. During live demonstrations, Lam Cho’s eldest son Lam Chun-fai and Tang Kwok-wah became famous for their performances of Hung Gar’s two man fighting sets, and for their Lion Dance displays. Tang…

The great Lam Cho was born in the Canton/Guangzhou district of Nanhai. As the adoptive son of Lam Sai-wing, Lam Cho began his Hung Gar training very young. A martial arts prodigy, Lam Cho began his teaching career at Lam Sai-wing’s schools in Guangzhou, and later relocated with his master to Hong Kong. Once established in the city, Lam Cho…

Born in the Nanhai district of Canton/Guangzhou, Lam Sai-wing was a life-long kung fu practitioner, following different masters before finding his ‘heart teacher’ in the form of Wong Fei-hung. He followed Grandmaster Wong loyally for the rest of his days. When Grandmaster Lam Sai-wing moved to Hong Kong, he ensured that the name and reputation of Wong Fei-hung was known…

A native of Fatshan, now Foshan, in the province of Canton / Guangzhou, Wong Fei-hung was the son of a kung fu master named Wong Kay-ying. Fei-hung learned martial arts from both his father, and from his grandmaster, Luk Ah-choi. A true kung fu prodigy, Wong Fei-hung learned from other teachers, including Leung Kwan, AKA ‘Iron Bridge Three’. After becoming…