12 Facts About Lam Sai-wing

Lam Sai-wing was a student of the Chinese martial artist, acupuncturist, and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung.

Lam Sai-wing followed the customs of his ancestors and learned the traditional martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine Dit Da of his family; from his father Lam Che-chung, grandfather Lam Bak-sin and granduncle Lam Geui-chung, and progressed to learn from Wu Kam-sing, a northern Chinese boxer known only by the surname of Kang, and Chung Hung-san.

Lam Sai-wing later learned from Wong Fei-hung, and assisted with him to work as guards in the entertainment venues.

Lam Sai-wing founded the Wu Ben Tang in Guangzhou where he taught his martial arts.

Towards the end of the Qing dynasty, Lam gained first place at a large martial arts competition that took place at the Dongjiao ground.

Between 1917 and 1923, Lam Sai-wing served in the National Revolutionary Army of Fujian province as Chief Instructor in hand-to-hand combat.

In 1928, Lam Sai-wing eventually moved to Hong Kong with his adopted nephew Lam Sai-wing Cho, where he started teaching martial arts there.

Simon Lam Sai-wing Chun-chung continues to teach his father's students and new students at Lam Sai-wing Cho's renowned studio in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.

Lam Sai-wing had been portrayed by one of his students Lau Cham in many of the Wong Fei-hung films starring Kwan Tak-hing from 1949 to 1959.

Lam Sai-wing was portrayed by Ng Ming-choi in the 1979 film Butcher Wing.

Lam Sai-wing has been portrayed by Sammo Hung in the 1979 film Magnificent Butcher, which was one of the many films made about Wong Fei-hung starring Kwan Tak-hing.

Lam Sai-wing was portrayed by Chen Chen as Butcher Wing in the two 2018 Wong Fei-hung films The Unity of Heroes and Warriors Of The Nation.