Southern Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu

Lam Sai Wing was one of the best fighters of his time, an outstanding master of Southern Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu and a disciple of the legendary Wong Fei Hung. At the beginning of twentieth century, supposedly in 1917-1923, when Lam Sai Wing was the Chief Instructor in hand-to-hand fight in the armed forces of Fujian province, he wrote three books on traditional Shaolin methods of the achievement of the highest mastership. In those books he scrutinized combat techniques of Tiger and Crane styles, as well as the old Shaolin method of developing the "internal" and "external" force. The books are illustrated with a great number of fine drawings showing the author demonstrate his wonderful techniques. Until now the books of Master Lam Sai Wing serve as a basic textbook for those who seriously practices Hung Gar in China.

LAM SAI WING
An article from "ZHONGGUO WUSHU ZENMING CIDIAN" - Dictionary "Well-known Masters of the Chinese Wushu" edited by Chang Cang and Zhou Lichang.

Short Historical Essay on Master Lam Sai Wing Written by his Disciple Zhu Yuzhai

CONSOLIDATE THE NATION, DEFEND MOTHERLAND!
To Master Wing from his colleagues from the Hand-to-Hand Fighting Department of the 4 Division of the Fujian Army. 

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SHAOLIN TEMPLE KUNG FU SCHOOL
To Master Lam Sai Wing 

from Zengfei  

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PRESERVE AND DEVELOP OUR COMBAT ART! 
To Master Lam Sai Wing from the leaders of the Chinese Federation of Christian Religion.

Li Buxie

Li Jinyi 

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BOOKS  BY  GRANDMASTER  LAM  SAI  WING

Moving Along the Hieroglyph , I Tame the Tiger with the Pugilistic Art

The book scrutinizes an old canonical form (the Tao) of the Southern Shaolin Kung Fu, the "Gung Gee Fook Fu". 

According to the legend, the founder of the Hung Gar style, Hung Hei Goon studied this form under the tutorship of Southern Shaolin's best fighter, a Master of the Tiger Style abbot Gee Sin Sim Si.

Hung Gar Kuen

Hung Gar Kuen - "The Fist of Hung Family". This style was widespread in secret societies Gelaohui ("The union of the Elder Brother"), Sandianhui ("The Triad"), and others in the Southern China in the XIX - the beginning of the XX century. It is remarkable for its very high fighting efficiency. It takes its origin from the Southern Shaolin Tiger style.

Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen

The book deals with the most popular and probably the most monumental form of the Hung Gar Kung Fu style.

This form, known as "The Tiger and the Crane", was created in the late 19^th century by Lam Sai Wing's teacher, an unrivalled master of Kung Fu Wong Fei Hung*. The Tiger's extremely tough, fierce and lightning-fast attack are balanced against and supplemented by the softer and smoother techniques of the Crane. The "tough" and the "soft" combine in a harmony.

A lot of attention is given to real-life combat application of the Kung Fu techniques in question.

*Wong Fei Hung was one of masters in kung fu, best known in China and in the West, a character of many books and films ("Once upon a time in China" and others).

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TID SIN KUEN

Southern Shaolin Qi Gong

"Each kind of Gong Fu has its own method of training and its own secrets. This book just gives the most complete and visual guidance for correct training in Tid Sin. It is indispensable for all who practice Qi Gong and Gong Fu."

/Lei Sai Fai/

Provides a detailed description of the old Shaolin method of "Internal Training". A master of the Iron Thread can withstand, with no consequences, the strongest of blows, including ones with heavy objects or cold steel arms, bend thick iron rods with his hands, and his "rooting power" is so strong that he cannot be displaced by a group of strong people. In addition, this wonderful method strengthens all internal organs, bones, muscles and sinews. The entire body thrives and rejuvenate.

Iron Thread form was created by Tid Kiu Sam (Iron Bridge III), one of the best martial artists in the history of China. His real name was Leung Kwan (1813-1886). He was one of the famous Ten Tigers of Guangdong. 

Tid Kiu Sam was born in the town of Nanghai, Guangdong province. He, the third child in the family, became a disciple of a monk from the Shaolin Temple, Gwok Yan. Gwok Yan was one of the greatest masters of the Southern Shaolin Hung Gar Kuen school. He was known along the whole length of the Yangtse river. Through the years Tid Kiu Sam passed his knowledge down to one of his students, Lam Fook Sing. Some time later Lam Fook Sing taught Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924) and the latter Wong Fei Hung taught Lam Sai Wing (1860-1943). 

The Iron Thread is considered as the highest form taught in the traditional Southern Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu system. This method belongs to a branch of "hard", or fighting Southern Shaolin Qi Gong (Chi Kung) and considered as "Internal Training". A master of the Iron Thread can withstand, with no consequences, the strongest of blows, including ones with heavy objects or cold steel, bend thick iron rods with his hands, and his "rooting power" is so strong that he cannot be displaced by a group of strong people. In addition, this wonderful method strengthens all internal organs, bones, muscles and sinews. The entire body thrives and rejuvenate. Benefits of this training are endless.

LAM SAI WING
An article from "ZHONGGUO WUSHU ZENMING CIDIAN" - Dictionary "Well-known Masters of the Chinese Wushu" edited by Chang Cang and Zhou Lichang.

Short Historical Essay on Master Lam Sai Wing Written by his Disciple Zhu Yu Zhai