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An ‘iron palm’ practitioner (See Sing Pak, for more information about iron palm) and drunkard who, after a night of wine-fuelled debauchery, found himself fighting empty-handed against a tiger. Due to his mastery of iron palm, however, Chin Lip Mon was able to kill the creature.

The following morning, none of the villagers living nearby believed Chin Lip Mon when he told them what had happened.

‘Bah! You’re making it up,’ they scoffed, until Chin Lip Mon led them into a forest where the deceased tiger lay.

‘We take it back,’ said the villagers in awed tones. ‘And from now on, we’re going to call you “Tiger Master”.’

This victory caused Chin Lip Mon to get his act together, stop drinking (as much), and open up a kung-fu school.