Our Main System
Tibetan White Crane is a branch of the Lion's Roar system of traditional kung fu. In Cantonese our system is called "Sai Jung Lama Pak Hok Pai." This translates to: "Tibetan Buddhist Priest White Crane School." Lion's Roar Kung Fu was established by a Vajrayana Buddhist Priest back in the 1400's. It was such an effective system that it later became the imperial style of China, i.e., the style of the Emperor and his body guards. From its beginning, Lion's Roar incorporated external and internal methods, long and short range techniques, kick-boxing and wrestling, and Indo-Chinese-Tibetan medical and philosophical theories. Other systems that descend from the Lion's Roar kung fu system include: the Lama System, Lama Pai, Hop Gar, the Secret Sect style, and others. Our Pak Hok Pai Lineage Chart
We think the creator of Lion's Roar Kung fu (also called Roaring Lion's Fists) was called Lama Dai Dat or Lama A Da Tuo 阿達陀 (He was a master of many Martial arts, and he had established Lion's Roar fighting system during the 1400's).
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Several generations of students; most notably for us is Duo Luo Ji Dan.
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Sheng Long 升隆長老 who is known as the progenitor of our style.
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Wong Lam Hoi and Wong Yun Lam who were Ng Siu Chung's teachers.
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Ng Siu Chung 吳肇鍾 (he changed the name to Pak Hok Pai 白鶴派 during the 1940's). Among them where Kwong Bon Fu, Luk Chi Fu, Chan Hak Fu, Ng Ying Kam, Au Wing Ning, Wu Ying Jian, Tang Chek Ming, Li Jian Qin and others, who would later open their own boxing school and became famous in their own rights. Our line of Pak Hok Pai can be drawn through Kwong-Yu Chan who is a disciple of Ho D**g Bin, who was taught by Ngai Yuk Tong through Kwong Bon Fu under our founder Grand Master Ng Siu Chung. TWC Kung Fu Canada is led by Head Instructor Sifu Tom Haber (道睿). Sifu Tom is a 6th generation disciple under Kwong-Yu Chan and has been practicing Kung Fu since 1979 and leading his own group since 2005.
