Alex Lamas

Alex Lamas is a Kung Fu and Tai Chi instructor in Westchester and the Bronx, NY. He received his B.A. degree in Cultural Anthropology from Purchase College. Involved with the martial arts since the age of 12, in 1996 Sifu Alex Lamas studied the Fu Jow Pai system of Kung Fu under Master Shue Yiu Kwan. In 2001 he became an instructor at Kwan’s Kung Fu and is a current member of the Kwan’s Kung Fu Chinese Lion Dance Team. Other systems that Sifu Lamas has studied are Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Shotokan Karate, and Tai Chi which he continues to develop under his teachers Master Kwan and Grand Master Wai Hong.

As a Kung Fu and Tai Chi Instructor, Sifu Lamas has brought his program to schools, campuses and is also teaching Tai Chi to autistic populations. Sifu Lamas is a practicing Buddhist who took refuge under Ven. Dhamadipa, Abbott of Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, NY. He has been studying meditation for 17 years and is an official guide at Chuang Yen Monastery.

Kung Fu, Wisdom and Longevity: Chinese Martial Arts as a Path Towards Mindfulness and Physical Health

November 24, 2025November 1, 2013 By Alex Lamas

Chinese martial arts or Kung Fu as it’s known today, was developed by soldiers and ancient warriors as way of self defense. Over the centuries, Kung Fu was eventually adopted by the Buddhist monks of Shaolin and the Taoist priests of Wudang. It was in these temples that Kung Fu was recognized not only as … Read more