Pre-dating the inception of Nam Yang Pugilistic
Association was the Tee family who held the lineage for the Tiger-Crane
style. Master Ang Lian Huat learned from the Tee family.
It was Master Hung Ee Kan, a famous Shaolin
Master of the Tiger style and one of the five who survived the
burning
of the Southern Shaolin temple by the Manchurians whose chance
meeting with Tee Eng Choon brought the Tee's family mastery of
the White Crane style into a new form called Tiger-Crane style,
practiced by Nam Yang Martial Arts students today.
Prior to the burning of the Southern Shaolin
Temple was the unbroken lineage of Shaolin Masters tracable back
to the founder of the original system of Martial Arts - the illustrious
sage, Tah Mo or Bodhidharma. Tah Mo is also famous as the founder
of the Ch'an (or Zen) School of Buddhism.
As such Nam Yang Martial Arts is proud to state
it's unbroken lineage traceable right the way back to the founder
of martial arts:
Tat
Mo founds the Shaolin legacy and creates
the first ever system of martial arts in history
Master
Tan Soh Tin was Master Ang Lian Huat's senior
student and holds the current lineage for the Shaolin systems
Master
Iain Armstrong travelled to Singapore and
became an inner student of Master Tan Soh Tin. Master Armstrong
runs the UK branch of Nam Yang Martial Arts under the direction
of Master Tan Soh Tin
