Mà Chung Lama Pài - Tibetan Kung Fu

Adatuo (阿達陀) is credited with originating the boxing style of the Tibetan monks, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). This boxing art has it's stress laid on the techniques for attack and defence. When Adatuo was cultivating himself in a remote mountainous area, he witnessed a white crane and ape fighting. He was very impressed with the way the crane evaded the huge ape's arm swings. He then modelled boxing principals, such as; eight fists, eight steps, eight kicks, eight catches, etc., after these two animals. Realising the true essence of the eight characters, striking at nothing but veins and arteries, rushing the hands out while keeping the body away. To officialise his new creation he pointed a finger to the sky and then to the ground and let out a shout thus the beginning of Lions Roar Style. Tibet Lama Kung Fu since it's creation has been selectively handed down from generation to generation.

Tibetan Lama Kung Fu was brought into southern China during the Ching dynasty (1644-1911) by a Tibetan monk named Xing Long (星龍). During the reign of the To Kwong Emperor in the Manchurian Ching Dynasty (1821-1851), a Tibetan lama called Elder Xing Lung went to Guang dong Province in Southern China from Tibet. He met CHEUNG Po-chai, the pirate who was famous for robbing the corrupt officials to help the poor in Pearl River, and had a duel with the latter. As a result, he subdued CHEUNG with his martial art and turned CHEUNG to be his student. After some years, CHEUNG Po-chai surrendered to the Manchurian government, which was notorious for being corrupt and oppressive, with a view to getting wealth and power. Out of anger and disappointment, Elder Xing Lung split with CHEUNG Po-chai, went to the Hing Wan Monastery in Guangdong and led the life of a hermit, paying no more attention to worldly matters. During his stay there, he taught the other monks in the monastery his martial art. That was when the Lama Style Martial Art was first taught in Guangdong.  After the death of the presiding monk Xing Long became head of the temple. Wong Ping, known as the "One Foot Bronze Man", saw how superior Xing Long's martial arts skills were, and became good friends. Wong then sent his only son (Wong Yan Lam) to become a monk under the great Xing Long, where he mastered the fighting art of Tibet Lama Kung Fu.

At his old age, Elder Xing Lung came to know a local martial artist called WONG Ping who lived nearby the Hing Wan Monastery. Out of admiration of Xing Lung's martial art, WONG entrusted his only son WONG Yan-lam, who was still a boy then, to Elder Xing Lung for martial art training. WONG Yan-lam then became a little monk living in the Hing Wan Monastery and learnt from Elder Xing Lung. As WONG was very gifted in martial art training and he practised hard, he learnt all the martial art of Elder Xing Lung in ten years and became very proficient in it.  After the death of Elder Xing Lung, WONG returned home from the monastery and resumed the identity of an ordinary person. He then went to Shensi Province in North Western China and earned his living in valuables escort business. Meanwhile, WONG followed the instructions of Elder Xing Lung and got connected with some revolutionaries to plan to overthrow the Manchurian Dynasty. However, he had never been successful. At his middle age, WONG returned to Guangdong Province and became a martial art instructor. With his excellent martial art proficiency, WONG had won many fights against the martial artists from other schools and he was then honoured as "Ten Tigers of Guangdong' together with nine other famous martial artists in Guangdong Province.   Wong Yan Lam travelled to Shensi province and began working with an armed escort bureau leading the life of a travelling swordsman. This gave Lama kung fu its other name Hop Gar ("chivalrous knight style"). Wong eventually returned home to Guangdong where he built a raised platform (lei toi) used for challenge fighting among various martial arts styles. There he fought over 150 other martial artist and was never defeated. Shortly afterwards he was elected to be the leader of the Ten Tigers of Guangdong, by the other nine members of that elite group. He taught several students such as Wong Hon Wing, Poon Ho, Yuen Woon, and Yi Lo Jing. Later Wong Yan Lam was introduced to a young boy named Choi Yee Gung whom he accepted as his disciple at eleven years old. Choi Yee Gung learned so diligently that Wong Yan Lam devoted himself to passing on all the "internal and external skills" of Tibet Lama Kung Fu.

After eight years of painstaking training, Choi Yee Gung mastered all the skills of the Tibet Lama style thus becoming the grandmaster. He was from Chung Shan County in Guangdong Province. Master Choi was known for his straight forward disposition and humanitarian generosity in aiding needy people. It was during this time Choi supported the Anti-Ching revolution, following Dr. Sun Yat Sin serving as his bodyguard. This journey took them south to Siam and east to Japan. Some time later, he returned to Guangdong China and later moved to Hong Kong. At this time he decided to take on some disciples to carry on the style. The two most noteworthy were Chan Kwun-Ng and Kung Yuet Gei, whose reputations were well known and respected among martial arts circles. Eventually Master Choi accepeted Lo Wai-Keung to be his closing door student and passed on the complete style to Master Lo.

Master Lo Wai-Keung was born in Hong Kong. While being a teenager, he practised the Southern Chinese Martial Arts such as Hung Style Boxing, Choy Lee Fat Style Boxing, Dragon Style Boxing and Yau Kung (Supple Strength) Style Boxing... etc., with various masters. This layed down a good foundation in the martial arts. He subsequently got acquainted with Master Chan Kwan-Ng and was deeply impressed by the marvel of the Lama Style Martial Art. Master Lo then learned from Master Chan for some time. Eventually, Master Chan introduced him to Grand Master Choy Yee Gung, who then decided to take Master Lo as his last disciple because of his explicit talent and dedication in learning Lama Kung Fu. Master Lo learned from Master Chan and Master Choy for about 15 years in total, from the mid 1950's until the 1970's when both died respectively. As Master Lo has spent many years learning all the Lama Style from Master Choy (both external and internal) to a very proficient degree, he is the inheritor of the Lama Martial Art in contemporary times. Master Lo has been teaching Lama Martial Arts for more than 40 years in sports associations, stunt man training classes for famous Hong Kong film making companys, and in private. His deciples are located in Hong Kong, Austrailia, Canada, and U.S.A. Master Lo has taken on some of the higher students of the Vancouver Tibet Lama Kung Fu Club as his deciples a few years after Master Jay's passing away. Among these are Parry Fung, Vernon Shewchuk, and Wilson Lee. Master Lo is also a highly qualified bone setter and an international referee for Chinese Martial Art Competitions.

Master Malcolm Lomax was born 24 November 1947. His nationality is both Australia and the United Kingdom.  is a Martial Arts Instructor in the following- Freestyle Karate (6th Dan), Judo (1st Dan), Jui Jitsu (2nd Dan), Arnis (2nd Dan), Tae Kwon Do (1st Degree), Tan Soo Do (1st Degree), Goju-Kai (1st Dan), Kenpo Karate (1st Dan) Britain, Seishin Tetsujin Ryu (1st Dan), Lum Kung Fu Sifu (Head Aust.), Kobujutsu (4th Dan) Weaponry. 

Master Lomax’s military history involved Infantry, S.A.S. British Army; Infantry, Australian Army; Unarmed combat instructor; Vietnam veteran. 

Nakcolm Lomax was the co-founder of San Chi Kai with Mr. Stewart Lomax. In 1976 Malcolm Lomax moved to Hong Kong and trained under Sifu Huang Jianfeng (黃劍峰)  in Mà Chung Lama Pài Kung Fu, one of the three major schools of White Crane Kung Fu. He studied the Bear and Crane styles and also the famed Sie Jee How (the Lions Roar) under the guidance of Grand Master Lo Wai Keung. He was inducted into the ranks of Lama Kung Fu. During this time was invited by Secrets of Kung Fu magazine to appear in an article on Lama Kung Fu. He also appeared in the magazine demonstrating his Nunchaku skills. 

Master Lomax also spent some 10 years in the hotel security industry from 1970 to 1980 and from 1985 to 1990 performing bodyguard security for stars such as: Olivia Newton John, Bob Geldof, John Farnham, John Travolta. He is a member of Equity, and is able to speak Cantonese. Master Lomax resumed teaching his bodyguard and security courses nationally in 1999. In April 1999 Master Lomax was involved in a near fatal head on car smash on the Gold Coast when a speeding car drove head on to him at 140 kph. His bodyguard experience in defensive driving and his quick reactions from many years of military and martial arts training minimised the damage to himself and his children in the car. In May 1999 Master Lomax received a commission as a Lieutenant Commander in the Queensland Naval Brigade Officer Corps for his work with the charity organisation, an honour earned through real generosity to the community. 

Sifu Cliffe Bradley started his Martial Arts training in 1995 in Queensland. In the studies of Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū Karate. After many years of training and achieving the level of Shodan, Cliffe began exploring other styles of martial arts such as Wing Chun, MMA, Chen style Tai Chi, Judo and Military Close Quarter Combat strategies.  

While exploring these various systems Sifu Cliffe Bradley was introduced to Mà Chung Lama Pài, Tibetan Kung Fu, by Sifu Daniel King.  Sifu Daniel King both challenged and dominated Sifu Cliffe in a rooftop match, on the bet that the winner be the others instructor. From then forward he trained under Sifu Daniel King as well as Kaicho Malcolm Lomax, where he achieved the rank of Black sash in Lama Kung Fu.  

In 2010 he made contact and continued his training Under the guidance of Sifu Huang Jianfeng (黃劍峰) in Hong Kong. Later, in 2021 Cliffe was excepted into the Lama wushu Family lineage earning the Chinese name Sifu Bai Tailong (白 大龍). Sifu Cliffe continued training further in Qigong, Baguazhang and Uechi Ryu Karate. Still specialising in Tibetan Lama Kung Fu and with over 25 years involved in Martial Arts, he is instructing in Nerang and Broadbeach, Queensland, concentrating on the forms of the Tibetan Wushu and passing these ancient techniques on to his students. Over the years Cliffe has competed in a number of Martial Arts Tournaments where he has won a handful (or maybe two handful’s) of Events.

Sifu Cliffe thanks Kaicho Malcolm Lomax whose dedication to the Martial Arts has been an inspiration to him over many years and has encouraged him to achieve his goals. 

Wong Yan-lam (王隐林),  a student of the Tibetan monk Xinglong (星龍), a master of Lama Style (喇嘛派), and White Crane Fist (Tibetan White Crane 西藏白鶴拳).

Wong Ching-ho (黄澄可), was a student of Luk Ah-choi ( 陸阿采). He is portrayed in  specialising in the Nine Dragons Fist (九龍拳).

So Hak-fu (苏黑虎) was a student of the Shaolin monk Zhaode (少林僧人兆德). He was trained in the Southern Shaolin Style (南少林派). but later created his own style, which is known as Black Tiger Style (黑虎門)

Wong Kei-ying (黄麒英), was a student of Luk Ah-choi ( 陸阿采). He is best known for his skill in Hung Ga (洪家)of which he was one of the progenitors.

Lai Yan-chiu (黎仁超) was a practitioner of the Hakka Fist (客家拳), which was also known as Southern Praying Mantis (南螳螂).   

So Chan (苏灿) was a Hung Ga (洪家) practitioner. He was famous for his skill in Drunken Fist (醉拳) and Shaolin Staff (少林棍). He is more commonly known by his nickname "So Hut-yee" (苏乞儿), which means "Beggar So".  

Leung Kwan (梁坤) was primarily known as one of the progenitors of Hung Ga (洪家) but practiced the uncategorized southern shaolin style. He was known for his skill in the Iron Wire Fist (鐵線拳). He is more commonly known by his nickname "Iron Bridge Three" (铁桥三) because of the extraordinary strength he acquired through the practice of the iron wire fist.  

Chan Cheung-tai (陈长泰) specialised in the martial art Iron Finger (鐵指). He was nicknamed "Iron Finger Chan" (铁指陈).

Tam Chai-kwan (谭济筠) was a practitioner of the Huadu (花都省) version of Hung Ga (洪家拳) and Tam Ga (譚家). He was nicknamed "Three Legs Tam" (三脚谭) for the three types of kicks he used.

Chau Tai (周泰),  was known for his "soft-hand" techniques and his mastery of the long staff. He created the martial art Zhou Family Bagua Staff (周家八卦棍), who has been passed down for generations in his family. He was also a master of Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛, which he integrated into his other martial arts styles.