Sing Luhng was more interested in martial arts and Buddhist studies than politics and quickly made friends with the Chinese monks. In exchange for them teaching him their Shaolin based arts, Sing Luhng taught a select few the Lion's Roar system. It is here that the system's name changed. The Chinese monks began to refer to the art they were learning as "Lama Pai" which simply meant the art practiced by Lamas (i.e. Tibetan monks).
Sing Luhng accepts laymen disciples
In his old age Sing Luhng also took laymen as students. Among the first to be accepted were, Chan Yam, Chou Heung-Yuen, and Chu Chi-Yu. Chan Yam and Chou Heung-Yuen both died relatively young and apparently had few if any students worth noting. Chu Chi- Yu accepted only a few disciples and kept what he had learned concealed from the general public. Among his students were Chu Cheung, Lei Seung-Dong, and Chiu Dihk. These students continued to guard what they had learned very closely and only accept a few disciples.
The last two laymen disciples accepted were the brothers Wong Yan-Lam and Wong Lam-Hoi. They were born and raised in the village just below the Green Cloud Monastery and were the sons of a Shaolin Kung-Fu master known as Wong Ping. Wong Ping was something of a local legend, known as "the bronze foot", and was fond of demonstrating his kung-fu in public. Because of this he came to the attention of Sing Luhng.
One day Sing Luhng came down from the mountain and had an opportunity to observe Wong Ping's kung-fu. He was impressed by Wong Ping's skill and tried to tell him so but because Sing Luhng's Chinese was not very good there was a misunderstanding. Wong Ping attacked Sing Luhng with a powerful leg sweep but the Tibetan monk utilized a technique known as "GAM GONG HONG LUHNG". He leapt up into the air and landed on the leg, breaking Wong Ping's knee.
When the misunderstanding was corrected Sing Luhng offered to heal the leg using special Tibetan medical techniques and the two became friends. Wong Ping was so impressed by Sing Luhng that he asked the old monk to teach his two sons. While the exact date is still uncertain, the year was approximately 1883.
Both Wong Yan-Lam and Wong Lam-Hoi studied for many years and achieved considerable skill under the direction of Sing Lung. In addition to Lama Pai, they also learned the Lo Han Myuhn (Boddhisattva division) and Gam Gong Myuhn (Diamond division) internal methods and the Tibetan medical techniques. However, it must be remembered that in traditional China each student was always taught by his teacher individually and based upon his body type and abilities. Neither of the two brothers learned the entire system but rather what best suited them.
Ten years after the two young men arrived in the Green Cloud Monastery, their teacher, the Tibetan monk Sing Luhng, died and left the responsibility of spreading the Lama Pai to Wong Yan-Lam and Wong Lam-Hoi.
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