05/08/2020
【嚴正聲明】
近日有同門後輩麥志剛在網上公開發佈關於恩師 林祖師父的失實影片( https://youtu.be/9dDAxNlX4XA )，其內容講述恩師曾跟隨某門派的師傅學習過某種拳術，惟相關內容絕非事實：
一、恩師沒有向麥君所述的師傅學習過武術；
二、行者棒一向是本門洪拳的套路，恩師沒有將猴拳的套路改為洪拳套路，更沒有將猴拳的馬步改為洪拳馬步。
經與恩師長子 林鎮輝師兄、恩師女兒 林鳳珠師姐、恩師六子 林鎮忠師兄以及同門商討後，決定作出此嚴正聲明，以正視聽。
恩師 林祖師父乃洪拳一代宗師 林世榮師公之嫡侄，其武藝一脈相承，從來沒有拜其他師傅為師。另外，麥君在影片中提及恩師時直呼其名，並未使用尊稱，未免對恩師有不敬之意，有違傳統禮儀。查此君乃恩師之曾徒孫輩，與恩師只在社交層面上有數面之緣，然而此君卻多番在網絡上或公開場合中作出對恩師及本門的失實言論，此等行為不單令恩師聲譽受損，亦對恩師及本門極不尊重。
我們身為恩師弟子，對於釐清上述不實、謬誤之言論，責無旁貸，故在此予以嚴正譴責，並保留一切追究權利。望麥君盡快公開澄清謬誤，以後萬勿再藉恩師之名，來提高個人名聲。查麥君身為恩師之曾徒孫輩，以晚輩身份胡亂猜測及評論恩師之武藝和想法，此舉實屬僭越，兼且極度不負責任。最後，奉勸麥君以後謹言慎行，以免令師門蒙羞。
林祖師父眾弟子
二零二零年八月四日
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Recently, Mr. Mak Che Kong (麥志剛), a 4th generation member of our Lam Family Hung Kuen lineage, shared an online video (https://youtu.be/9dDAxNlX4XA) which contained factually inaccurate information about our beloved Sifu, Great Grandmaster Lam Cho (林祖). In the relevant video, Mr. Mak stated that our Sifu had learnt a certain Kung Fu set from a famous Grandmaster of another style of Kung Fu. However, we must point out that Mr. Mak’s statement is NOT correct. We would like to confirm that:
Our Sifu never formally learnt any Kung Fu from the Grandmaster in question;
Hang Che Pang (行者棒) is a traditional Kung Fu set of our Hung Kuen lineage and the set and its stances were never adapted from any Monkey Style Kung Fu (猴拳) sets or stances as alleged by Mr Mak.
After discussion with Grandmaster Lam Chun Fai (林鎮輝) , Grandmaster Lam Fung Chu (林鳳珠), Grandmaster Lam Chun Chung (林鎮忠) ( Sifu’s eldest son , daughter and sixth eldest son respectively) and some other senior disciples in our Hung Kuen lineage, we decided to make this statement to clarify the situation.
Our Sifu, Great Grandmaster Lam Cho was the nephew of Great Grandmaster Lam Sai Wing (林世榮) (a very famous and important grandmaster in the history of Hung Kuen). Sifu inherited his martial arts from Great Grandmaster Lam Sai Wing and he never had any other Kung Fu teachers in his lifetime.
Mr. Mak repeatedly in the video referred to our Sifu by his name “Lam Cho” without according him the proper respect by referring to him as Great Grandmaster which we consider to be discourteous behaviour in Chinese culture. This is especially the case where Mr Mak is a more junior member of the Hung Kuen family when compared to our Sifu.
Mr. Mak’s Sifu is a grand grandstudent of our Sifu. He may have met our Sifu on several rare social occasions. Mr. Mak should refrain from disseminating factually incorrect information about our Sifu and our lineage in the public domain which could affect our Sifu’s reputation and that of our Hung Kuen lineage.
Being disciples of our beloved Sifu, we make this statement to clarify the incorrect and inaccurate information disseminated by Mr. Mak. We reserve all of our rights. We urge Mr. Mak to retract the incorrect and inaccurate information that he disseminated to the public immediately. We also clarify that Mr. Mak does not have the authority to represent or make use of Great Grandmaster Lam Cho’s name for promotion and/or publicity purposes. As a more junior member in our Hung Kuen lineage who did not have close contact with our Sifu, Mr. Mak not only disseminated incorrect information about our Sifu, but also commented on his martial arts skills in the video. This kind of behaviour is very disrespectful and offensive. We wish Mr. Mak can desist from such behaviour in future. Let’s disseminate the art of Hung Kuen in a manner which respects our elders and which promote the good reputation of the school rather than damaging it.
Disciples of Great Grandmaster Lam Cho
4st August, 2020.
Mak Sifu discusses the origin and intricacies of the Monkey Pole Form Hang Che Pang. To get the full 2-part Webinar to learn about this long weapon form in t...
