SPOT LIGHT
GRANDMASTER WAI MING CHAU
GRANDMASTER WAI MING CHAU
has 35 years of Martial Arts experience. He was born in Canton City in South
China and started studying Martial Arts at the age of 8 years. After studying
numerous Chinese arts (including Hung Gar Kung Fu, Judo, and Dragon Style Pa
Qua Chuen), GRANDMASTER CHAU owned and operated 2 schools in New York in the
1970’s. He has won many awards and has given numerous Kung Fu demonstrations on
TV shows such as “Good Morning America.” He played a major role in the only
Kung Fu exhibition at the Broadway Theater in New York in 1975. Other masters
that appeared at that time included MASTERS RON VAN CLIEF, DUNCAN LEUNG, and
JASON LAU.
Despite his Martial Arts
success PROFESSOR CHAU was not satisfied, and he continued to search for the
“perfect style.” In late 1973, his dream came true when he met 75 year-old 6th
generation Wu Mui GRANDMASTER PENG HSIEH. The graceful movements, lightning
speed, and explosive power of MASTER PENG amazed PROFESSOR CHAU. Imagine a
small, 75 year—old man moving with more life and power than a 20 year-old.
PROFESSOR CHAU later learned
from leaders in Chinatown that GRANDMASTER PENG was a legendary Kung Fu master
and a war hero in China against the Japanese Army in the 30’s and 40’s. MASTER
PENG was also the close bodyguard of DR. SUN YAT SEN, founder of the Republic
of China. MASTER PENG frequently challenged famous masters in the south and
north of China, and was never defeated. Before his death in 1988, MASTER PENG
passed on the knowledge and secrets of the Wu Mui system of Kung Fu to
PROFESSOR CHAU, and chose him to be the inheritor of the system.
PROFESSOR CHAU also has
received a lifetime recognition award by the World Head Family/Head Founders
Council (W.H.C.). This elite group was formed by some of the word’s most
renowned grandmasters, such as PROFESSOR WALLY JAY (10th Dan, Small Circle
JuJitsu), PROFESSOR KARL MARX (9th Dan, Keichu-Ryu), and PROFESSOR JOHN
WILLIAMS (9th Dan, Kindai-Ha Shinto-Ryu Aikijujitsu).
GRANDMASTER WAI MING CHAU
now carries on the mission of propagating the esoteric art of Wu Mui throughout
the world.