01/24/2026
As a long time Wah Lum student & assistant kids class instructor, my affinity towards certain Wah Lum family members may be biased, mostly because I train at the school with my own daughters… but there’s definitely something special about the mother-daughter combo of SiJye Jami & SiMye Peyton’s kung fu journey through our strong martial system. There’s another level of accountability that naturally occurs when family members join the school and train together.
Peyton’s Wah Lum journey has been an exceptional one so far. 9 years old now, Peyton began training only 3 short years ago in 2023. In such a brief amount of time she has grown tremendously, both in spirit and physicality! However, her martial journey did not begin so easily. When she signed up for classes, both Jami and her husband were worried that Peyton would be left behind because she had struggled with other traditional kids sports, like softball and soccer. In softball she would be unengaged, often playing in the dirt or grass. In soccer, she would say her legs hurt, and often times, the coaches’ solutions were to just bench her. However, here at Wah Lum Kung Fu, Sifu and his team of instructors tend to approach coaching and training differently. With patient, yet firm and established, clear expectations for Peyton (and all her other kung fu brothers and sisters), she has learned that she can do hard things through hard work. Physically, her Kung Fu skills have improved along with her flexibility and coordination. She is no longer getting benched; quite the contrary, Peyton has progressed into becoming an active member of the kids lion team and is moving through the Wah Lum kung fu system at a respectable pace.
Mentally, Peyton is also learning to control her actions and her emotions. She has gained confidence when interacting with other kids and adults and loves performing Lion Dance –the larger the audience, the better! When she isn’t at school, she is studying her Wah Lum Kung Fu handbook and terminology, as well as our system’s incredible and storied history.
Outside of Wah Lum, SiJye Jami and her husband have noticed significant improvements in her ability to focus and to persevere when faced with something she feels she can't do. SiMye Peyton has learned that if you work hard and stick with something, you get better at it! Kung Fu, which translates to “Hard Work”, has become more than just an extracurricular activity --it has helped Peyton learn how to navigate life with much more confidence and zest!
We are so proud of the work and dedication Peyton and Jami put into Wah Lum! Wah Lum Power Never Sour! (From the perspective of SiHing Noah & insight of SiJye Jami)
