Grandmaster Lam Jou's 100th Birthday Celebration!
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:03 pmi am proud and happy to announce the celebration of 100th birthday of my sigung, Grandmaster Lam Jou!
Birthday party will be held in Kowloon 12th of February. As every year, Grandmaster Lam Jou and his family will be joined by friends and guests as well as an great number of Hung Kyun masters and practitioners from all parts of the world.
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Short biography of Grandmaster Lam Jou
Grandmaster and current patriarch of Lam Family Hung Kyun (LGHK), Lam Jou, known also as Lam Gunkau, was born in 1910 in Gwongdung province, district of Naamhoi, Pingjau town. As a child he was an orphan and he was adopted by his famous uncle Lam Saiwing. Under his direction, he began his training when he was 6. Apart from martial arts he also studied traditional chinese medicine, (ditda yifo: the branch of TCM specializing in injuries made by falls or strikes) and treatment of fractures, dislocations, bruises, etc.
Owing to his abilities and diligence, he began teaching at the age of 16 - at first as an instructor in Lam Saiwings' Southern Martial Physical Culture Association (Naam Mou Taiyuk Wui) and later at his uncle's school where he eventually became his successor. Owing to his power, speed, dexterity and perfect techniques he became famous throughout China and people called him "sifu" ("master") as a young man. Because of Lam Jou, the Hung Kyun style spread over the whole of Southern China.
During the Second World War Lam Jou actively joined the anti-Japanese revolt. After the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, disturbances broke out in the streets and Lam Jou`s school was closed down. The Japanese recognised that Lam Jou was a man with considerable influence over the local townspeople and tried to force him to become a member of the local administration. Lam Jou refused to co-operate with them. He escaped to his native land in Gwongdung and secretly taught martial arts there. After the war, he moved back to Hong Kong, opened his school and medical practice again and acted as a martial arts instructor and consultant for many associations and institutions.
Of the four grandmaster`s sons, the oldest one, Anthony Lam Chun Fai (Lam Janfai, www.hungkuen.com), Simon Lam Chun Chung (Lam Janjung) and the youngest one, Lam Chun Sing (Lam Jansing, www.hunggakuen.org) still practice and teach martial arts. The talented George Lam Chun Hin (Lam Janhin), the second oldest grandmaster's son, died in 1980's.
In the United States, "adopted son" Tang Kwok Wah (Dang Gwokwa, in Boston), Y.C. Wong (Wong Yiujing, www.tigercrane.com , in San Francisco), Lei Yatming (already passed away) and a Bucksam Kong (Gong Baksaan, www.bucksamkongkungfu.com , in Los Angeles), are the most popular propagators of the Lam family gungfu in the West.
Grandmaster Lam Jou improved the LGHK system with many innovations, principles, techniques and sets, such as Lau family set (Lau ga kyun), pek gwa sabre (pek gwa daan dou), Lau family long pole (Lau ga gwan), "tiger and crane" sparring set (fu hok seung ying deui chaak) and many weapons sparring sets.
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Grandmaster Lam Jou, Hong Kong 2008
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Grandmaster Lam Jou's Gallery
http://www.lghk.org/en/gallery/lj/index.htm
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me, grandmaster Lam Jou (my sigung), Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing (Lam Jansing, my sifu), Hong Kong 2002
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師公, 生日快樂 sigung, sang yat faai lok!
Birthday party will be held in Kowloon 12th of February. As every year, Grandmaster Lam Jou and his family will be joined by friends and guests as well as an great number of Hung Kyun masters and practitioners from all parts of the world.
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Short biography of Grandmaster Lam Jou
Grandmaster and current patriarch of Lam Family Hung Kyun (LGHK), Lam Jou, known also as Lam Gunkau, was born in 1910 in Gwongdung province, district of Naamhoi, Pingjau town. As a child he was an orphan and he was adopted by his famous uncle Lam Saiwing. Under his direction, he began his training when he was 6. Apart from martial arts he also studied traditional chinese medicine, (ditda yifo: the branch of TCM specializing in injuries made by falls or strikes) and treatment of fractures, dislocations, bruises, etc.
Owing to his abilities and diligence, he began teaching at the age of 16 - at first as an instructor in Lam Saiwings' Southern Martial Physical Culture Association (Naam Mou Taiyuk Wui) and later at his uncle's school where he eventually became his successor. Owing to his power, speed, dexterity and perfect techniques he became famous throughout China and people called him "sifu" ("master") as a young man. Because of Lam Jou, the Hung Kyun style spread over the whole of Southern China.
During the Second World War Lam Jou actively joined the anti-Japanese revolt. After the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, disturbances broke out in the streets and Lam Jou`s school was closed down. The Japanese recognised that Lam Jou was a man with considerable influence over the local townspeople and tried to force him to become a member of the local administration. Lam Jou refused to co-operate with them. He escaped to his native land in Gwongdung and secretly taught martial arts there. After the war, he moved back to Hong Kong, opened his school and medical practice again and acted as a martial arts instructor and consultant for many associations and institutions.
Of the four grandmaster`s sons, the oldest one, Anthony Lam Chun Fai (Lam Janfai, www.hungkuen.com), Simon Lam Chun Chung (Lam Janjung) and the youngest one, Lam Chun Sing (Lam Jansing, www.hunggakuen.org) still practice and teach martial arts. The talented George Lam Chun Hin (Lam Janhin), the second oldest grandmaster's son, died in 1980's.
In the United States, "adopted son" Tang Kwok Wah (Dang Gwokwa, in Boston), Y.C. Wong (Wong Yiujing, www.tigercrane.com , in San Francisco), Lei Yatming (already passed away) and a Bucksam Kong (Gong Baksaan, www.bucksamkongkungfu.com , in Los Angeles), are the most popular propagators of the Lam family gungfu in the West.
Grandmaster Lam Jou improved the LGHK system with many innovations, principles, techniques and sets, such as Lau family set (Lau ga kyun), pek gwa sabre (pek gwa daan dou), Lau family long pole (Lau ga gwan), "tiger and crane" sparring set (fu hok seung ying deui chaak) and many weapons sparring sets.
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Grandmaster Lam Jou, Hong Kong 2008
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Grandmaster Lam Jou's Gallery
http://www.lghk.org/en/gallery/lj/index.htm
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me, grandmaster Lam Jou (my sigung), Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing (Lam Jansing, my sifu), Hong Kong 2002
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師公, 生日快樂 sigung, sang yat faai lok!
