About the same time as the friendly bout between Master Tarm Sarm and Master Lau Chung, there was a boxer named Teet Law Hon (meaning Iron Buddha) living in Sai Kwan, in Canton. He was tall and of a strong build, and was well known for his ‘Tung Gart Sau’ technique. He was very boastful that he specialized in defeating the long punches and kicks of the Choy Lay Fut style.  

When word of Teet Law Hon’s boasting reached Master Tarm Sarm, he gathered Wong To and Lau Chung and went looking for Teet Law Hon. They had planned beforehand that Wong To was to keep an eye on all the weapons at Law Hon’s Kwoon. Lau Chung was to guard the entrance so nobody could break in and attack them, and finally, Tarm Sarm was to fight Teet Law Hon. 

The battle between these two masters was long and hard fought. When it was over, Tarm Sarm had been bruised in the lips. Teet Law Hon had used his ‘Sarm Sing Jurn’ technique to do this. Teet Law Hon suffered extensive bruising in the chest by Tarm Sarm’s ‘Charp Chui’, and it is unknown whether they ever fought again.

When Master Lui Charn (Master Tarm Sarm’s Sifu) retired from teaching, Master Tarm Sarm gathered all his ‘Si Hing Dyes’ and disciples of Master Lui Charn. Among these were Wong To, Lau Chung, Cheung Tai, Lau Yau, Lai Sum and many more. Together they conducted further research on the Choy Lay Fut style and founded a technique called the ‘Leen Warn Charp Chui’, consisting of continuous, long, straight cyclic punches. This remarkably devastating technique helped the name of Choy Lay Fut to thunder throughout the whole middle part of Southern China. It attracted many righteous and learned people to join the Buk Sing Kwoon. 

Master Tarm Sarm, aside from teaching at his Kwoon, was a member of the Canton National Board of the Martial Arts. When World War II broke out, he was put in command of the ‘Dye Do’ (Big Sword) Training Regiment. Tarm Sarm died in 1942 at the age of sixty-nine. 

The legacy left by Great Grandmaster Tarm Sarm, originally a pupil of Master Lui Charn, is quite extensive. The names of his many disciples in Hong Kong read like a “Who’s-Who” of the Chinese Martial Arts. 

 Included among these was Lun Tse, who now lives in Canada. Chan Neen Park, nicknamed ‘Dung Kwoon Teet Ma Lau’, which means Iron Monkey. Lai Chow, one of Master Lai Hung’s Sifu’s, was among this group, as was Kong On, father of Kong Hing, one of Master Lay Wing Sung’s (Vince Lacey) Sifu’s. Also among these esteemed martial artists were Wai Sing, Kung Fan Jye, Yip Tse Fei, So Tong, Poon Sing, Chui Cheung and Lau Gum Doong Yau.

On the following page, there are photos of many of the second generation Masters of Buk Sin Choy Lay Fut. We apologize for the size of the page and the fact that it will load slowly over a dial up connection. We felt that having all these great martial artists on one page with Great Grandmaster Tarm Sarm was necessary for the historical value.