Rare footage of Professor Lau Bun 鴻勝館

[hskwarrior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj51df4-STI

[Jimbo]

Cool! Thanks for sharing that!

[sean_stonehart]

Ok now that's cool!

Got any more?

[hskwarrior]

There's other footage of him. like watching wong ark yuey's people perform and he's excited for them. you can see it. no more gung fu clips, just random moments during the performances.

[Violent Designs]

There's that Lau Bun horse. :)

[sean_stonehart]

Caught the rest of it on Youtube... good stuff from the old guard!!

[SIFU RON]

Excellent Information

lau Bun born in 1891 and passed in 1967, Ark Y Wong born in 1900 and passed in 1987. They both were close in age and had similar skills.

Thank you.

[hskwarrior]

What i also find interesting is the names of both Lau Bun's and Ark Wong's school.

Professor Lau Bun's original school name was: Wah Keung

Wong ArK Yuey's school: Wah Kue.

[SIFU RON]

They both studied The same styles of Kung Fu.
Both were Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Both members of the Hop Sing Tong.
Both traveled between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

I wonder if Lau Bun was at the first demo we did at the Hop Sing Tong in Los Angeles back in the 60's. We were the first non-Chinese to demo Kung Fu.
There were often Chinese Sifu's around Ark Wong's school, they remained silent, respectful and interested in what we were doing.

Anyone have a explanation for the coincidence in the names of their schools.

Thanks again for the information, very nice of you.

Ron Shewmaker

[kfman5F]

My understanding that they were friends in China from the same village.

[hskwarrior]

sifu wong learned something else. Lau Bun learned from Yuen Hai, one of Jeung Hung Sing's 3 original students. Sifu wong's gung fu style isn't the same as ours.

[hskwarrior]

We were the first non-Chinese to demo Kung Fu.

I believe T.Y wong may have been first to share his gung fu outside of chinatown in the 1950's. he was on t.v. with it.

but prof. Lau Bun was probably there, as he was known to travel the u.s. with other sifu's at times. Sifu Henry Look was one of them as he claimed.

The Kue part of Sifu wong's school i'm not familiar with its meaning. Lau Bun's Wah Keung means Strong Chinese and the original name he used prior to using the Hung Sing name.

[SIFU RON]

Ark Y Wong said the meaning of Wah Que is Chinese American. Their teachers and styles are different, they both shared much in common , they were both pioneers in Kung Fu from China.

Thank you to everyone for posting on this thread with respect.

We filmed this salute in 1959.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIg_32CIHEQ

I filmed this in 1985

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3te7zKJog

My best to all

Ron Shewmaker

[GeneChing]

@ Ron - how heavy was that kwandao?

[SIFU RON]

@ Ron - how heavy was that kwandao?

It weighed around 8 pounds. Sifu bought an old church and converted it into a medical clinic and KF school, I filmed this in the back of the building.

[GeneChing]

I've always thought church architecture would make for a nice school. Where was that school/clinic located?

[SIFU RON]

Hi Gene,

It was located on daly St. north east of China Town. It was an old building in an older area of Los Angeles.

He made lots of changes to it, it contained his " pharmacy" this is where he stored and mixed his Herbs. His examination room, his " medical secton " beds with pull around curtins, this is where he did his Accupunture, an inside KF workout section, upstair living quaters, parking in the back, which was also used for KF workouts and filming. He loved it.

[hskwarrior]

Another interesting point....but Lau Bun and Wong Ark Yuey both got their starts in Los Angeles.

It's rumored that Lau Bun once saved the life of a Police Officer prior to coming to San Francisco.

[SIFU RON]

I was reading Doc Fai Wong's web page. Plum Blossom - a Great organization, Doc Fai Wong has to be a proud and happy man, his son Jason, , the passing of KF from Lau Bun to Wong from Jew Long.

San Francisco is the home of the great ones in my opinion and still is. One day I hope I get to shake their hands and say hello.

[pateticorecords]

Thanks for sharing... this is awesome!

[Buck Sing Gwoon]

Hi Frank Great Video. Its Great to see such a legendary Master!