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Grandmaster Chiu Wai




Grandmaster Chiu Wai and Lam Cheung Ping
Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong in 1931 and learnt the art of Kung Fu Hung Ga and the ancient Chinese traditional medicine from his father Chiu Kao. He won many important competions in China: in 1958, when he was 27 years old, he classified first in the form tournament, in Peking.
He won many others championships organized in the Southern China in the 70's, 80's untill 1985.


In 1986, in a big international tournament, he conquered the second place in free hands forms and the first place in sparring forms with his son Denis (Master Chiu Wai was 55 years old!).

Many of his pupils are amongst the strongest fighters of full contact fighting in Hong Kong: his son Denis is one of them. His other son, Ambrose, was instructed both in Kung Fu style and in the ancient Chinese medicine, too.

Today he continues the practice and the teaching of Hung Ga in his gymnasium/clinic in Hong Kong. Many Hong Kong film actors were Chiu Wai's pupils. When Master Chiu Wai was young, he visited many villages in Kwantung with his father in order to disclose Kung Fu Hung Ga. This is why he is known in all of Southern China. He today is called "The King of Hung Ga".


Granmaster Chiu Wai teaching Halberd Form
Chiu Wai is a master still bound to the old teaching methods: he has only chinese pupils with reference. Students are full of good will, but they must pass hard tests.


Only at this point they can be admitted to the school. This selection still persists despite the poor flow of people in the other schools. The request for admission in the Chiu Wai's school is still very high.

Master Chiu Wai released some interviews, expressing his ideas about martial arts world. Today there are many good "trainers", in fact martial arts are assuming a sport aspect, while the martial one is slowly disappearing: so the trainers' task, is exercising good athletes, while the "masters" work is educating pupils. They have to create skilled fighters, which practise their art with big responsibility. In fact an excellent fighter cures the internal aspect of this art and not only the technical knowledge.


Grandmaster Chiu Wai Seminar in Warsaw...
Granmaster Chiu Wai letter...

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