Besides ordering har gau and siu mai at dim sum (and counting to 10), I don’t speak a lick of Cantonese and neither does my dad, nor my late grandma. This is the case for many 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th gen people in Hawaii. Despite this, my dad started doing Kung Fu when he was 19 in 1977 and has been doing it ever since, and it’s a passion he’s passed down to me as well. I started Kung Fu and lion dance when I was 6 years old but eventually gave it up in high school to pursue other interests such as film photography. I’ve been making film photos on-and-off for 12 years now, but it was only last year that I decided to dive into documentary photography. My first instinct was to find something I used to be passionate about, which is why I reached out to Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon and Lion Dance Association to document the club and create a photography zine for them. After starting the project, I soon learned that Sigung (grandmaster) Mak Fai trained together with my Sifu (master) Seng Au in the 70s, which was a clear sign that I needed to further pursue this project and reconnect with my roots.