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07/13/2025

"A master never truly leaves — they live on in the hearts and practice of their students." 🕊️

Today marks 12 years since the passing of my teacher, GM Tsong-Yuan Ho (1956–2013). I began training under him in 1991, and his teachings, discipline, and wisdom continue to guide me to this day.

Born in Taiwan, raised in tradition, and forged by the great masters of Sun Bin Quan, he built a bridge between East and West through martial arts and culture. From Pennsylvania to Taiwan, his legacy lives in all who were lucky enough to learn from him.

Please join me today in taking a moment of silence to honor this incredible soul a true teacher, mentor, and master.

Thank you, Shifu.
🙏🏾✨

07/30/2024

RIP MAY

Che Mee “May” Law (羅雷紫薇), 72 years old of Bryn Mawr, PA passed away peacefully on July 21st, 2024, while surrounded by the love of her family. She was the youngest child of the late Stanley Louie and the late Kun Tai Louie. May was born in Taishan and grew up in Hong Kong, before later moving to Denver, Colorado.

May met her husband Tsiwen Law through her uncle in San Francisco. They later relocated to Pennsylvania where they raised their two sons, Yifei and Yiming. Their 46 years of marriage were filled with love, companionship, and happiness.

May was the Principal of the Greater Philadelphia Cantonese Academy. She was incredibly passionate and dedicated to the school and loved her teachers, board members, and especially, her students. She strived to keep her students interested in learning their language and heritage. She also served as a Senior Advisor of the United States Kuo Shu Federation, where she worked hard to help run a successful event each year. She spent most of her career working as a Systems Engineer at QVC, where she built lifelong friendships amongst her work colleagues.

May will be remembered as the most caring and generous individual. She always took the time to get to know everyone and remembered details from her conversations with others. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, niece, and incredible friend to anyone she spent time with.
She is survived by her husband, Tsiwen Law; two children, Yifei Law and his wife Suki Lim, Yiming Law; one grandchild, Quinn Law; two sisters, Judy Yuen and Daphne Chan; and brother, Kenneth Louie.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Greater Philadelphia Cantonese Academy. The checks can be made to GPCA and sent to P.O. Box 194, Bryn Mawr, Pa 19010, with “In Memory of May Law” on the memo line.

Relatives and friends are invited to her funeral service on Saturday, August 10th, 2024 to greet her family at 11:00am with a service at 12:00pm at Laurel West Funeral Home: 225 Belmont Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. Her cremation will be held at 2:00pm.

02/23/2023

RIP to Patricia Balanda aka Mom Pat

01/31/2020

This is Shifu Ho's teacher

武紹林 wu shao lin

百年一見國術社雙姝之霸凌篇....三節棍進棍

再談 國術大師-武紹林先生
傳統武藝，其中一脈系統，傳承於 山東青島 武紹林 先生
武紹林 先生 （1914~1986）代表- 孫臏拳‧查拳‧太極拳

以下為 （何聰源口述．蔡增馨整理）

武紹林 老師，民國四年一月二日出生於山東平度，幼年從塾師習文。

一日因持家中元寶挖沙戲耍忘了上學，遭塾師嚴厲責打至手幾不能捧碗，自此視上學為畏途，後因家鄉鬧匪患，父親遂將師送往煙台友人處寄宿。

然師依舊無心課業，鎮日在外遊逛，時日一久，漸覺索然無味。一日忽覺同儕小孩放學後皆不見人影，怪而問之，方知彼等皆往武館習拳練武。
師聞之心動，乃央父之友人引進，開始習武。彼時唯精練一套連五掌，如是歷一年。
一日，其父因欲遷居青島，來煙台接師，始知師已因沉迷武術而荒疏課業，即正色告師：「汝若欲習文則即同往青島就學，如欲練武亦許代覓良師」，允師二者擇一。師思之再三決心練武，其父遂將師送往師爺楊慶先處習武。

師自述彼時練武猶如瘋子，某晚竟於睡夢中出拳打中睡於一旁炕上的父親臉頰，使得父親數日不能正常咀嚼而需代以流質進食。時有武師王永彬常來訪師爺楊慶先，每至，師必往港埠購海產以增菜色，王師見彼勤快且是個練武根器，一日語師爺楊慶先曰：「此小兒你不能教。」師爺反問：「我不能教是由大哥您教嗎？」王師曰：「也不是我教，要由老先生來教。」王師口中老先生即當時山東孫臏拳名師—楊廷棟老先生。師爺許之，王師遂攜師至門下練武並觀察之，見師於練武過程之總總艱苦皆能安忍，如是歷時三月，一日語師曰：「小孩你過關啦！明日我帶你去見真正的大老師。」次日遂攜師薦與老先生。然師於老先生處練武半年，老先生未曾稍加理睬，一日，師歸省師爺楊慶先，甫見面，師爺即調侃曰：「哎呀！不得了囉，現在功夫比我好了，跟真正的大老師學了！」 師則苦著臉答曰：「沒有啦！我在那兒半年，老先生看都不看我，摸也都沒摸我一下。」師爺聞之憤然往詰老先生曰：「怎麼？我的學生不好嗎，你連看都不看他一眼？」 老先生則連聲軟語曰：「好啦！好啦！我教啦！我教啦！」自此師之孫臏拳乃親得老先生指授。
民國二十五年，師結業於青島國術館摔角班第五期。

民國二十六年，抗日戰爭爆發，國術館被迫關閉，館內師生多數自願參軍，師自不例外。市府秘書長李先良代理市長後，率軍民進入嶗山抗日，其基本部隊即是擁有大批國術人才之青島保安總隊，這支以國術好手為骨幹的抗日勁旅行蹤飄忽，不斷對敵實施突擊、劫獄、搶奪兵器、彈藥、物資，甚至劫取大批機器創立兩所兵工廠自行生產武器，日寇對之莫可奈何，漢奸及偽軍則提心吊膽，日夜不寧。山東人皆以「青保」稱之。青保亦為師生命中之重要舞台。師自述於抗日期間凡三度與敵進行白刃戰，誅除之敵偽漢奸不在少數，歷經各次大小戰役及危險任務終能履險如夷。

抗戰結束後，
民國三十五年，青島國術館復館，師於三十六年畢業於師範班第一期。
民國三十七年因國共局勢逆轉，師乃整甲歸戎，於整編之青島保安旅任少尉排長職。
民國三十八年所屬部隊經海南轉進來台。
民國四十八年退役，時官階為台灣警備總司令部職業訓導第二總隊中尉分隊長。民國五十六至五十七年受聘為陸軍戰技幹部訓練班拳術組教官。
五十八年至五十九年受聘為陸軍步校體幹班教官。
民國六十三年起，師受勤益工專創辦人——張明將軍聘請為訓導處組員並指導國術社，將其生命最後一程十餘年之歲月奉獻予青年學子。

01/30/2020

01/25/2020

I want to say R.I.P. to our classmate Har Ming Lau you will be missed. 😥😥😥