Sifu Tai Yim

1. Age 6Begins martial arts training in Hong Kong.
2. Age 13Commits to Hung Fut under 7th-generation Grandmaster Hung Yu Chung, third son of Hung Ju Sing, the “White Haired Devil”.
3. Age 16Becomes an instructor.
4. Age 20Adopted as a son by Hung Yu Chung, and on his teacher’s death receives the lineage title as 8th Generation Grandmaster.
5. 1975Opens his own school in Hong Kong.
6. 1976Graduates from the Hong Kong Kowloon Herbal College.
7. 1977Immigrates to the United States to fulfil his teacher’s wish and bring Hung Fut to the West.
8. 1979Opens the first American Hung Fut school in Wheaton, Maryland.
9. late 1980sOpens a second school in Fairfax, Virginia, eight years after the first.
10. 1985Leads the first official U.S. Kung Fu-Wushu team to the 1st International Invitational Wushu Championship in Xian, China, where the team places third in the world.
11. LaterCo-founds the organisation now known as the United States Traditional Kung Fu Wushu Federation, and serves as president of the World Hung Fut Kung Fu Federation and the United States Hung Fut Kung Fu Federation.
12. 17 Sep 2006Formally passes the lineage of the Hung Fut System to the 9th Generation Masters, witnessed by Eagle Claw’s Grandmaster Lily Law, Wah Lum’s Grandmaster Poi Chan and the late Southern Praying Mantis Grandmaster Henry Poo Yee.

Grandmaster Tai Yim is no longer actively involved in teaching. The 9th Generation Masters he trained lead the school and carry the Hung Fut system forward.