Lam Yiu Gwai
Hong Kong martial artist
- Born
- 1887, Huizhou
- Died
- 1966, Hong Kong
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China
- Sport
- martial arts
- Occupation
- martial artist
Lam Yiu-gwai 林耀桂 (1877–1966) was the master responsible for the dissemination of Dragon Kung Fu. Lam was born in 1877 in Huìyáng (惠陽) County in the prefecture of Huizhou in Guangdong Province, China.
From a young age Lam learned martial arts from his father Lam Qing-yun and grandfather Lam Hao-hing and Uncle Lam Hap. Like them, he would eventually undertake training from masters on Loh Fu Mountain in neighboring Bo Loh (博羅) County, where he was taught by Chan (Zen) master Tai Yuk of the Wa Sau Toi temple, who knew the Dragon style. He also learned the routines Saam Tung Goh Kiu (“Three Ways to Cross the Bridge”) from the Taoist Wong Lei-giu and Mui Fa Chat Lo (“Plum Flower Fist in Seven Sections”) from Ke Hing-ma.
Good friends since their youth in Huizhou, Lam Yiu-gwai and the Bak Mei master Jeung Lai-chuen張禮泉 later became cousins by marriage and opened several schools together. Both Lam and Jeung served as combat instructors at the Whampoa Military Academy under the leadership of General Chan Chai-tong陳濟棠.
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