Bamboo Temple Chinese Benevolent Association

RDH has served as a Standing Chairman of the BTCBA, since 1993

After first arriving in New York City’s Chinatown and taking post at the local Hakka Association for sometime, Lam Sang was later persuaded to move to the Hip Sing Merchant Association (home page image).

From the general membership, he accepted some seven disciples, (one was formally excommunicated by Lam Sang turning the shrine’s incense upside down and sending him away) in the late 1950’s. They all lived together in one NYC Chinatown apartment in a Teacher – student relationship.  Chief among the disciples was Wong Baklim.

As the first disciple, Wong created the BTCBA in New York Chinatown, circa 1963, to promote Lam Sang’s Kwongsai Mantis teaching. (Wong seated center, Jesse Eng Sibok right, late Harry Sun Sibok left.  All were first generation disciples of Lam.)  www.bambootemple.com

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USA Kwongsai Mantis Pai

Lam Sang left 3 Generations of Disciples in the USA

Lam Sang was born in the ‘Hometown’ of Kwongsai Mantis, Pingshan.   Over some 40 years of teaching in the USA, Lam had hundreds of students and three generations of personal disciples.  Chief among the first generation was Wong Baklim.

Shown below is second generation Lam Sang disciple, Master Gin Foon Mark.  Mark Sifu (with hat) is celebrating his 89th birthday soon.  Lam Sang’s third generation disciples studied from 1981 to 1991, the year in which he passed.  He was 81.

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China Kwongsai Mantis Hometown

We can say that Pingshan is the hometown as we know it today

Kwongsai Mantis as we know it today can be said to have begun with Chung Yel Chong (Zhang Yaozong).  He was born in Dan Sui Town, 1899, just outside of today’s Pingshan Town.  He accepted two Pingshan students:  Lam Sang (born in 1910) and Wong Yuk Kong (born in 1916).

Lam Sang took the Kwongsai Mantis teaching to the USA and Wong blossomed Hakka Mantis in China.  Today, Wong Yuk Kong’s family carries on the tradition in Pingshan Town, as shown below.   His son, Wong Yao Hua, is chiefly responsible for the preservation and promotion and has been awarded the Chinese government’s award for ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage.’   Elder son, Wong Yao Hong, is also a strong proponent.

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China Kwongsai Mantis Community

There are numbers of Clans in Hong Kong and China

Descendants and students of Chung Yel Chong and Wong Yuk Kong have carried forward and there exists today numerous Clans of Hakka Kwongsai Bamboo Forest Temple Praying Mantis Boxing in Hong Kong and China.

Notable Sifu active in the Kungfu community are Lam Hau Kit (shown below in black), Diao Guo Chang, Lee Chun Lim, and Lee Kwok Leung.

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