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Hi diego,

I just remember today that my mother had photos of my grandfather gripping the midsection of a vertical pole, with his body stretched out perpendicularly from the pole. Unfortunately, I...

Hi diego,

When my grandfather served in the military the second time from 1933 to 1949 (the first time was only for several months some time between his first acting tour in the U.S. in 1924-1925...

Hi jdhowland,

I regretfully do not know. I will ask my family.

Lawrence

Hi once ronin,

Yes, I understand this is a martial arts forum, so I respect your suggestion that contributors should maybe stick to the martial arts side.

I reread my posts, and I see that I...

Hi James,

Unfortunately, I do not have the answers to your questions, but I have forwarded them to my elders. I only recall my family telling me that in his approach to kung fu, he was very...

Hi diego,

I finally had a chance to reread some of my grandfather's immigration records. I need to clarify that he knew his month and day of birth on the Chinese calendar, but he did not always...

Hi htowndragon,

I forgot to mention that any good pilot can fly under bridge. However, the ex-U.S. airman said that the bridge was very low and that my grandfather had flown his plane, which had...

Hi once ronin,

When you say post, I assume you mean thread. However, did not diego start this thread by saying that he is seeking info on Ng Yim Ming - famous Tibetan Hop Gar leader and Chinese...

Hi htowndragon,

I will try to provide as much useful information about my grandfather, in regards to martial arts training, as I can. A few times at George Long's kung fu studio and after the...

Hi htowndragon,

My mother told me something similar to what you heard. Ever the actress, she even reenacted the shooting (she started acting as a young girl in order to help support the family,...

Hi Jason,

I am curious though. I do not recall ever reading or hearing in the news about a trial by jury for the child who committed the murder (I started following the news when I was very...

Hi once ronin,

The situation of Jason and I saying apparently contradictory things about the same event is an instance of the Rasho-mon* effect, at least one step removed.

By the way, did you...

Hi diego,

Do you mean publish an English-language biography on my grandfather? I wish I could that, but as I tried to say in my previous post, I do not know the whole story of his life. once...

Hi once ronin,

The story is in the police, immigration, and vital records, family photos, the memories of students and grandstudents, the love and memories of a traumatized family. I have access...

Hi Jason,

Yes, some of my family members, including my mother, did practice Hop Gar, but all but maybe one stopped after my grandfather died. They were just too distraught and traumatized.

My...

Hi John,

Thank you for welcoming me. I really appreciate it. And you're welcome about the info about my grandfather.

I have never heard of Tse sifu. He is another person about which I will...

Hi diego,

My grandmother told me that my grandfather's highest rank in the Chinese Army was colonel.

Lawrence

Yes, good luck, diego. I will help if I can, too.

Lawrence

Hi diego,

Who is General Ma?

As I mentioned one of my earlier posts, Harry was my grandfather's American name. It was used on his Social Security card, headstone, and death certificate.
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Harry is my grandfather's American name.

I am not familiar with the name Liu Kua-Wai. I will ask my parents about him, too.

Actually, there are still many people who know about my grandfather,...

Hi diego,

No, unfortunately, I do not know if he had any such links.

Lawrence

Hi diego,

I have hundreds of family photos, but you are probably only interested in the ones with my grandfather. Unfortunately, I only have a few photos of him: one when he was a teenager; one...

Hi diego,

According to my grandfather's early immigration records, he was not sure of his birthdate. However, his headstone gives his birth year as 1908 - unfortunately, I cannot remember the...

Hi diego,

Thank you for the article. I don't recognize Kaido, but some of the positions of his hands and arms seem familiar. Perhaps, I don't recognize him, because I was in school whenever he...

Yes, many of my grandfather's students were into gang war (but some of them were probably just unwittingly caught up by it.) Some of them were killed. The first that I know of was a young man named...