He entered the laundry, as he had many times before, to retrieve shirts for his father restaurant, This visit would turn out to shape his life and affect the lives of so many more.


By chance he would notice , Master Chang Chung Feng, dancing around in the back store room.


"Why are you dancing " questioned Andy


" I Don't Dance !! "  snap Master Feng


Upon learning what Master Feng was doing, the young Andrew Tamper embarked on what would be a three year quest to get Master Feng to teach him. No one knows why Master Feng finally gave in to the pestering young Andrew, but he did.


On May 23rd 1927 the then thirteen year old was giving his first lesson and legion gives us the story this way.


As he enter the back store room he saw a chinese boy about 12 inches shorter tan him self. As a well manner boy he reached out to shake his hand " Im, to this day”, Master Tamper would relate , ‘ not sure what he did but I found myself across the room, on my back with my feet in the air against wall.”


" Let this be your first lesson" mentored Master Feng, " Trust No One ".


For the next three years Master Tamper would be, as it was told to me, a punching bag for Master Feng's son. Then one day Master Tamper demanded that he be taught the techniques as well, Master Feng agreed and for the next 11 1/2 years Master Tamper would study under Master Chang Chung Feng * aka Yee Chong .


based on yee chong handbook


If you were to, in your travels, happen upon a gathering of

Grand Master Tamper's students - You would find that

sooner or latter the topic of discussion would turn to someone's recollection of “ learning just where

that pressure point is “. This lesson would be taught as a total surprise.


The tale usually starts with “ There I was, just minding my own business when  ‘ and end with them

rubbing the spot.

I’m sure everyone that experience learning under Grand Master Tamper would have his own reason why he seemed to take such delight in giving a first person lesson on the location of pressure points .I am no exception.

To me I believe his true enjoyment was when you made it passed the first lesson, which is the pain and how to inflict it. Past the second lesson, which is how to heal that wound. To me the true lesson was how  much a very little bit of effort can make such as large difference.


The next topic, that natural will come up is, the Circle of Pain. This little fun-filled exercise begins, oddly enough, with the class forming a circle. Again, oddly enough dispensing pain.

Grand Master Tamper would demonstrate a pressure point and the person that was just the victim would repeat the technic one the student to the right. That way the lesson moved around the circle. This would have the effect of giving the student the opportunity to experience both ends of a pressure point.

The next technic would then move to the left, preventing anyone from being little to, shall we says forceful. Knowing that what comes around, quiet literally, goes around.


master dave wentzel