Category: Leadership Award

• June 6, 2026

  Sing-May Chen | 2026 Leadership Award

  Sifu Sing-May Chen is from Foshan, China, a designated “Hometown of Martial Arts” (武術之鄉). She first began her Tai Chi training at age 19, studying Yang Style under Grandmaster Zeng Qun and Grandmaster Ou Rongju. Active in the Los Angeles Tai Chi community since 2005, Sifu Chen has trained under Sifu Russell Qiu and Master…
• June 7, 2025

  Ben Kanani | 2025 Leadership Award

  Sifu Kanani is the head instructor at Golden Tiger Kung Fu, with federation authorized locations in Los Angeles and Culver City, California, USA. Sifu Kanani is a 4th generation certified master instructor of the Fu Jow Pai, Tiger Claw Kung Fu system, and a member of it’s board. He started training under the 3rd generation,…
• June 18, 2024

  Kee Ling | 2024 Leadership Award

  Kee C. Ling began his martial arts training 61 years ago when he was in his early teens. He started out in Tai Chi for a brief period at a Buddhist temple in Malaysia where he was born, before he moved on to Goju-Ryu Karate and Taekwondo in his high school days. In 1969, he…