Sifu Jai (A.K.A. Hung Gong-keung)
濟施符(又稱洪江強)
Officially Sanctioned Founder of USA Hung Fut Pai
美國創辦人
Sifu Jai was born on the lower East side of Manhattan in the early sixties (before the current state of gentrification). The neighborhood was quite rough back then and some form of protection was necessary. Young master Jai was fortunate enough to
come across a flyer in Chinatown which advertised Hung Fut Kung-fu as taught by Master
Yeung Kai. Sifu Jai became his student as soon as possible. Once in the school he made quick progress, partially due to lots of street fighting (losing) experience and also due to natural talent. After several years he eventually became Yeung Kai's top inside student.
Because of his skills and respect he finally graduated and became a master in 1980 and opened up his own school in 1985.
He taught there until 2002 when the City of New York imposed urban renewal on the building and had it demolished.
In 1995 without any introductions Sifu Jai traveled to Hong Kong in search the “Grandmasters” of Hung Fut (the term Grandmasters is used loosely here because as you should know by reading the
Hung Fut History
that “Grandmasters”, as it were, have been abolished and replaced by a more democratic form of order). He had three addressed of two great grandmasters and one grandmaster. But as it turned out, the two great grandmasters had already passed and the grandmaster had moved with no forwarding address. Now with no hope of finding any of them, he wandered around Hong Kong, aimlessly. At one point he was riding on the top of a double-decker bus in Kowloon, watching the thousands of vertical billboards pass by. When all of a sudden he saw a sign that read ”Hung Kam Pui’s Dit-da Clinic”. It said nothing of Hung Fut, but he recognized the name. So he got off the bus and went directly to the school. After Chief Supervisor Hung Gam Pui asked Sifu Jai to show him all of the Gungf-fu that Master Yeung Kai had showed him, he was positively impressed.
But Hung Gum Pui noticed that he was lacking the pole technique, so he taught him the "Little Lefty Crazy Devil Staff" right off. During that time Sifu Jai
often worked out with
王子The Prince
Afterwards, Hung Gum Pui taught him the "qualifying Masters"
form known as 洪拳佛掌
Hung's Fist - Buddha Palm. The following year, Sifu Jai brought
Phil Auffrey
and several of his students to meet the Chief Supervisor.
All students from America that have met the Chief Supervisor is because
Sifu Jai had the grace to open the door and invite them over. Otherwise
he could never be found. Back then there was no website or anything else,
especially in English. People who live in Hong Kong could aleays find him, no problem. But not an outsider.
So how is it that if
楊啟
Yeung Kai and
閻泰
Tai Yim
taught Hung Fut in America before
Sifu Jai, that Sifu Jai is known as the USA Founder of Hung Fut Gung-fu?
Simply because they were both renegade Masters who came out and taught without
being sanctioned by the
香港洪佛國術總會
Hong Kong Hung Fut Kung Fu Association. In other
words, SIfu Jai is the first Master to teach Hung Fut Gung-fu in the
USA as sanctioned by the Hong Kong Hung Fut Kung Fu Association
香港洪佛國術總會.
Origin and History of Hung Fat Pai 洪佛派源流
6th generation Grand Master寶寶堂掌門人
白毛照Baak Mou Jiu
化化堂掌門人 7th generation Grand Master
洪耀宗Hung Yiu Jung
化化堂監督 7th generation Chief Supervisor
洪強生Hung Keung Saang
化化堂師傅7th generation Masters
譚錫Tom Sek -
鄧灼華Dang Cheukwa - 鄧如東Dang Yudung
洪旺德Hung Wongdak -
廖鏡枝Liu Gengji -
胡少南Wu Siunam
8th Generation Chief Supervisor 用用堂監督
洪錦培Hung Gum Pui
8th generation Elder Master
用用堂長輩
鄧寶詒Dang Bouyi
Associate Supervisor會務監督
洪愛群Hung Oikwan
Senior President首席會長
洪澤培Hung Jak Pui
President會長
蔡景文Choi Gingman
Vice President副會長
張麗君Jeung Lai Gwan
Chairman主席
廖廣森Liu Gwong Sam
用用堂師傅8th generation Masters
鍾鏡波Canonball Jung -
洪樹森Hung Syusam
李賽生Lee Choisaang -
袁鐵面Hung Fut Monkey
The Prince王子
洪樂文 Hung Lokman -
The Accountant會計師
洪智文 Maverick Hung
美國創辦人 USA Founder
濟施符Sifu Jai
紐約長輩NY Elder Master
楊啟 Yeung Kai
紐約教練
NY Instructors
洪飯桶Phil "Man-fu" Auffrey -
洪文彪Biu Thomas -
洪文豹Pow Affoumado
洪文龍Mad Dog Fleming -
洪文飛Fay Rivera -
洪文賓Buns Perez
女人防身班Womens Self-defence class
Secretary中文秘書
李英鳳Lee Ying Fung -
Director of Entertainment遊藝主任
凌思雅Tiffany Ling
十八羅漢18 Arhat -
武神God of Kung-fu
神功與武功 Supernatural Power and Kung-fu
For class times, locations and all other enquiries contact:
GongKeung@HungFutPai.org