A biography of Lam Sai Wing, written in 1951 by his student, Wong Man Rai, states that Kwan Kun, Tam Chan, Tang Yee, and Tang Fong were the students of Lam Sai Wing who accompanied the old master to the Lok Sin theater in Guang Shou, where they were ambushed by armed Ching government troops and fought their way out. Lam Sai Wing was the famous student of Wong Fei Hung. Lam Sai Wing was a pork butcher by trade, which earned him the nickname, Butcher of Canton. He was born in the Nam Hoi district of Kwangtung in 1861 and had many different teachers but stayed longest with Wong Fei Hung.
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The Butcher of Canton |
Lam Sai Wing's teacher was Wong Fei Hung. Wong was one of the Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. These Ten Tigers were considered the best of all China's martial artists. Born in 1850 in Gwan Dong, Wong was the son of Wong Kay Ying, also one of the Ten Tigers. Wong Fei Hung began studying kung fu at age 5 and became an expert in his early teens.
Lam
Sai Wing was born in the Nam Hoi district of Kwangtung
province. Lam grew up during a time when most
Chinese people suffered from poverty, hunger and
opression. At an early age, Lam´s grandfather
told him, "It is your duty to help the people,
and the way to do this is through Kung Fu." Thus
the young boy began his lifetime study of martial
arts. Lam trained under several masters, staying
the longest with the illustrious Wong Fei Hung,
one of Kwangtung´s famous "10 tigers."
After
many years of study, Lam opened a Kung Fu school
of his own in Canton. In 1911 the Ching dynasty
came to an end, and the Republic of China was
born.
In
the early years of the new government Lam worked
as an Kung Fu instructor for the Chinese army.
When he retired due to age, the people of Hong
Kong invited him to settle in their colony. He
accepted their offer and taught there until the
1940´s.
Lam
Sai Wing´s art of Tiger-Crane Kung Fu was passed
down to his nephew Lam Jo. Lam Sai Wing died in
1942 at the age of 81.
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