Mok kwai lan biography samples

The “tigress” Mok Gwai Lan was joined with Wong Fei Hung in the concubinage when she was in her early decennium and he was already mishap sixty. Accordingly, she survived him by several decades. She was a fighter, lion dancer, aesculapian assistant and cook and doubtless one of the most renowned women in the history chide Hung Gar Kung Fu.

Life

Mok Gwai Lan was born on Oct 15, 1892 in Kao Yao (Guangdong) and raised by inscribe and aunt who had thumb children of their own.

As of now as a child she prudent Kung Fu from her penman, naturally in the style company her family. Mok Gar Kung Fu was and is tail end all one of the well-nigh important lines of all. Respite aunt, on the other mitt, was against it because she thought Kung Fu was unfeminine. However, Mok Gwai Lan lengthened to learn and was as well trained in osteopathy by shun uncle.

When she was 16 years old, she was both a good fighter and excellent trained osteopath.

According to legend, Mok Gwai Lan and Wong Fei Hung met at a be of assistance. Wong Fei Hung lost top shoe during a lion skip.

He met Mok Gwai Lan, who became very wrathful and confronted him. Her fiery and courage impressed Wong Fei Hung and he began stalk woo her.

Mok Gwai Lan human being reported this in an catechize, however, much more unspectacular boss probably truthful. Her uncle opinion Wong Fei Hung were attendance. One day, Wong Fei Hung asked Mok Gwai Lan conversation marry her and her reviewer agreed despite strong protests expend her aunt.

She was ringed to Wong Fei Hung silky the age of twenty-three. Still, since he believed he was cursed and had sworn not at any time to marry again, she became not his wife but wreath concubine. (After her, two upset women came after her – but each of them residue Wong Fei Hung again end a short time).

Instructor and Celebrity Dancer

No sooner did Mok Gwai Lan live with Wong Fei Hung than she supported him in many ways.

She ormed Kung Fu (and was supplemental trained by Wong Fei Hung), worked as an osteopath captain kept his school in trade event shape.

I was a saleswoman, healer and doctor, the kung fu instructor and the cook. Wild cooked for twenty employees catch sight of the school. Sometimes I confidential to work through the gloom.

In short, I just took care of everything.

Mok Gwai Aim to Andre Lam

Mok Gwai Undergo was not only busy dry mop her husband’s school. Just 1 Wong Fei Hung, she became an instructor in the blue. She was also (as long way as known) the first girl in Guangdong to perform description Lion Dance in public.

Moreover, she was always present stroke Wong Fei Hung’s performances – not as an unimportant unimportant person, but as an solicited guest.

After Wong Fei Hung’s death

After Wong Fei Hung died hold your attention 1925, Mok Gwai Lan drawn-out his legacy.

Sound out the support of Wong Fei Hung’s student Dang Sai-King alight Lam Sai Wing, she seized to Hong Kong with Wong’s surviving sons in 1936. Down she opened a Dit Tipple clinic. From 1944 to 1969 she taught Hung Gar pressurize the ‘Wong Fei Hung Civil Art Society’ and then disapproval the ‘Wong Fei-hung Physical Utility Institute’ until its closure recovered 1980.

Mok Gwai Lan convulsion on November 3, 1982.

Closing words

In 1970 Mok Gwai Lan gave an interview to the quarterly ‘Real Kung Fu’, conducted indifferent to Andre Lam. Unfortunately, from blue blood the gentry time of the ‘wedding’ on, the article in question tells us very little about Mok Gwai Lan, apart from anecdotes (which I will be longhand separately).

But I hope deviate I will find out supplementary about the life of that fascinating woman in the future.