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Rare
US Tour By Grandmaster Lam Attracts Enthusiastic Participants
from
Across the Country
Hung Gar GrandMaster Lam Chun Fai,
the son of Hung Ga Grand Master Lam Cho and the great nephew
of the legendary Lam Sai Wing, recently completed a highly
successful seminar tour of the US. This was the first time
a member of the Lam family came to the US for an extended
tour.
The first stop of the tour was in
Bellingham Washington at Lanes Tiger & Crane Gung Fu Academy
where the Grand Master taught and corrected over 50 enthusiastic
participants as well as making himself available for private
lessons. Si-fu Lane was a gracious host and one of the sponsors
of the tour. It was a very exciting weekend for all involved.
 The
next stop was in Concord, California. The seminar started
with a Hung Ga demonstration with Si-fus from all over the
US performing and participating in the seminar. Performers
included the sponsors of the tour: Calvin Chin from Boston,
Don Hamby and Fred Lee from Los Angeles, Eddie Lane from Bellingham
Washington and George Kikes and Ben Hunter from Walnut Creek
California. Si-fu Kwong Wing Lam also attended the performance
to greet the Grand Master. The high point of the demonstration
was Grand Master Lam performing techniques from the famed
Tiger/Crane and Gung Gee sets. Grand Master Lam then spent
the next two days teaching and correcting the Tiger and Crane
form. The 60+ participants were thrilled to be learning directly
from the Grand Master.
 The
finale of the tour was in Boston where Calvin Chin hosted
a three day seminar for his students and ended the tour with
a grand banquet in Boston’s Chinatown. Grand Master Lam
taught forms, techniques and applications for to 75 students,
some of them driving over 10 hours to participate in the seminar.
On the final day Si-fu Chin opened his school to the public
for an open house and Gung Fu performance. Si-fu Chin’s
students preformed before Grand Master Lam and over 200 guests.
A banquet followed the performance where the guests included
the extended family of the late Kwong Tit Fu who was Calvin
Chin’s teacher and a student of Lam Cho, and also Tang
Kwok Wah the most senior of Lam Cho’s students.
The success of the tour has Grand Master Lam already planning
a second tour for sometime next year. According to Grand Master
Lam, “The enthusiasm and commitment of the students I
have met during this tour makes me want to return.” The
unity, friendship and camaraderie demonstrated by all the
Hung Gar student's and Si-fu's was also a point of great satisfaction
for the Grand Master. As the Grand Master put it, “After
all, we are one big family.”
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