[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S26]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING CHARLES LIN

 Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, it is an honor to remember the 
selfless and inspirational life of Sifu Charles Lin.
  A lifetime master, Sifu Lin began studying the martial arts in his 
homeland of Taiwan.
  He studied under many masters of the martial arts, earning the title 
``Master'' or Sifu.
  Sifu Lin moved to New Mexico in 1974 at the age of 23, with only $200 
in his pocket.
  For more than 40 years, Sifu Lin taught New Mexicans meditation and 
self-defense through the martial arts of Ch'i Kung, Tai Chi, and Chuan 
Kung Fu at Lin's Martial Arts Academy.
  He and his wife also ran the Chinese Culture Center in Albuquerque, a 
place for the city's Chinese population to build community, learn 
Chinese language, and celebrate their culture.
  The fireworks, martial arts demonstrations, and dancing dragons in 
the center's annual Chinese New Year festival put Chinese culture on 
display.
  My thoughts are with his family during this time of mourning.
  The lessons Sifu Lin imparted on all of his students will not be 
forgotten.

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