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Qingdao Training Camp 2006

July 2006 marked the first Qingdao training camp for Kai Uwe Pel and the Shanghai Luo Guang Yu School of Qi Xing Tang Lang Quan.

The week long camp which focused on two more advanced Qi Xing Tang Lang Quan forms drew students from America, Hong Kong, Germany, England and New Zealand. Everyone took the welcome opportunity of escaping Shanghai’s humidity with some great beach training sessions, and a cool dip to polish it off. During their stay the class visited ...

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Master Yamel Torres visits Master Kai Uwe Pel at Shanghai Long Wu Center 2004

 

In July 9, 2004 Master Yamel Torres of Chicago U.S.A. came to Shanghai and visited our Shanghai Long Wu Kung Fu Center.

Master Yamel Torres is from the Qi Xing Tang Lang family, his teacher was the late Master Raymond Ly. He was able to have exchanges with Master Pel privately at Master Pel’s home and also able to attend the group class at the Long Wu Center.

Master Torres was also treated to some traditional Shanghai Chin Woo Men hospitality. As ...

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In Memory of our late Master LIN Bo Yan (1903-1990)

Master Lin Bo Yan was born on 18th November 1903 in Dayang Village, Longyan County, Fujian Province. He married 14-year-old Zhang Ruo Lan at the age of twenty. They have a son and two daughters. His son, Lin Han Peng, was born in 1930 in Wuhan. His elder daughter Yun-Yun settled down in Hongkong. His younger daughter Yu-Ting, graduated from Yi-An Technology College and lives with her parents. She studied Wushu ever since she was a child and was a ...

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Lee Kam Wing: “Selling Tradition”

 

It is now nearly twenty-five years since I began my training with my first teacher Lee Kam Wing and nearly sixteen years since I left his school for the last time. Sixteen years. During the years since I left I have heard many stories and opinions about myself and my time at Lee Kam Wing’s school. Most of these stories come from people who hadn’t joined Lee Kam Wing, or sometimes hadn’t even started training kung fu, by the time ...

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Gold medals for everyone: Lee Kam Wing makes use of China’s kung fu tourism

 

“In July 2002, shifu Li Jin Rong * entered a compition in Qingdao and had won two gold medals for ‘Stick Method’ and for “Seven Star Mantis Style’.”

From The Mantis Cave: http://www.geocities.com/mantiscave/leekam.htm

I first read this story in a leading British martial arts magazine. Lee Kam Wing, the Hong Kong based Mantis teacher, confirmed his win in an exclusive interview submitted by his student Derek Frearson. It sounded great. Our traditional Qixing Tang Lang forms being shown in a competition run ...

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Jing Wu Men – Saying Farewell !

 

We are almost at the hundred year point since the Shanghai Jing Wu Men (Chin Woo Men) school of martial arts was opened. It was born out of a China pushed violently into the modern era by imperial plunder, heading towards the republican revolution and hungry for nationalism and new fighting spirit. Now it is all but gone. What remains is confusion, a confusion that is gladly exploited and worsened with each year that passes. But if you look hard ...

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Kai Uwe Pel Magazine Features

Hong Kong 1985


Kai Uwe Pel was featured in the cover story of THE WORLD OF KUNG FU MAGAZINE of Hongkong’s leading kung fu magazine, 1985.

Spain 1990


Kai Uwe Pel was featured in the cover story of Spain’s leading kung fu magazine in 1990. ...

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Hawaii Training Camp 1998

Welcome to Maui! You are very fortunate, for it is often said that “if you have not been to Maui, you have not seen Hawaii.” Visit Haleakala, 10,000-foot dormant volcano to view the sunrise; travel to Hana to experience the natural beauty of waterfalls; swim in the blue waters of the Pacific. We are proud to share Maui with you and know that you will feel that Maui is “No Ka Oi,” or Maui is the best. Enjoy your stay ...

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