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Vincent Lyn

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About Me

Vincent Lyn has been a movie star, pop music icon, kickboxing champion and one of the hottest male models in the world. But what makes him complete is practicing his family’s Ling Gar style of kung-fu. This young master has overflowing talent, half British, half Chinese, a 10th degree Black Sash and scholar of Chinese Medicine and heir of his family kung-fu style, Ling Gar.

An Elite model for Levi’s, Valentino, Gucci, Puma, Adidas, and Yves Saint Laurent, he has been in great demand as an Asian action movie star winning roles in some of Hong Kong’s most popular and exciting cult films. His first movie “Tiger Cage” was made in Hong Kong under the direction of Yuen Woo Ping the same man who action directed films like “The Matrix”, “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”, “Charlie’s Angels”, and “Kill Bill”. Tiger Cage became an international blockbuster and opened the doors of this world to him. He has done 25 more movies including “Blonde Fury” (with Cynthia Rothrock), “In the Line of Duty V- Middle Man” (with Cynthia Khan), and “Outlaw Brothers” (with Yukari Oshima) and playing the lead villain who took on Jackie Chan in the climatic battle sequence of “Operation Condor”. “Jackie Chan called Vincent Lyn one of the best fighters he has ever worked with!” Also in Chan’s autobiographical bestseller titled “I am Jackie Chan” went onto list his showdown with Lyn as one of his Top Ten Best Fights of all time.

A graduate of the prestigious Boston Conservatory of Music majoring in piano performance and composition Lyn maintained his parallel passion by composing “Canto-pop” songs for recording artists with Polygram Records, two of which became top ten hits. In 1999 he became a Ph.D. in Martial Arts Sciences making outstanding contributions to the field of Sports Medicine. Lyn was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in two categories, one for Grandmaster of the year and Best Martial Arts Actor of the year. In 2001 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame. Since then he has been inducted over ten times into the Hall of Fame. In addition Lyn was the 1983-1984 U.S National Middleweight Kickboxing champion, and 1985 and 1987 World Kickboxing champion.

Since 2003 until the present Lyn has written numerous articles for Budo Magazine and released seven instructional videos with Budo International. They have been released in seven languages and distributed in 54 countries. He has been featured in numerous books and has appeared in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles throughout the world. In April 2007 Vincent was invited to St.Petersburg, Russia as a special guest to participate in the first ever Martial Arts Olympics East-West Open. He gave a dazzling piano peformance and spectacular martial arts demonstration in front of 20,000 spectators for the opening ceremony. In April 2009 Lyn's first book was published titled “The Ling Gar Legacy - Kung Fu in the Real World” with the foreword written by Yuen Woo Ping. It has had international acclaim and to great reviews and is available on Amazon iBooks. Presently Lyn has collaborated on a comic book titled “Kung Fu Star”, The first issue was released in 2010 as a monthly series in Budo Magazine. The story is based on his extraordinary experiences as a Hongkong film star. The first issue had an International release at the NYC Comic-Con in October, 2012.

On October 14th, 2011 Lyn gave his debut performance to a sold out crowd at Carnegie Hall in NYC in connection with the release of his Grammy Nominated Album “Heaven Bound.” The album received two Grammy nominations one for Best Improvisation Jazz Solo for Oscar Peterson's “Nigerian Marketplace” and the second for Best Instrumental Jazz Album. The album was voted in the Top Ten Album of the Year for Unsigned Artists and Top 40 Jazz Album of the Year. In June, 2012 Lyn released his new jazz album “WingSing” which received 4 Nominations in the Grammy Ballot for the 55th Grammy Awards. Best R&B Performance - ”That's What You Do To Me.” Best Instrumental Jazz Album - “WingSing.” Best Improv Jazz Solo - “Cantowood.” Best Instrumental Composition - “Cantowood.” It's available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and CdBaby. With the success of his recent projects Vincent was invited back to perform at Carnegie Hall and on December 13th, 2013 the concert was a smash hit to rave reviews and a sold out crowd yet again. In 2012 he formed his new Hong Kong based company Unique Music Ltd. It's a complete music production facility who's main focus is on the scoring and arranging for film, TV commercials, video games and interactive media. ”Wing Sing” Grammy Nominated Album, 2013. “Wing Sing is an encore performance documenting another winning musical statement from pianist Lyn, taking the smooth jazz genre to another level.” “Heaven Bound” Grammy Nominated Album, 2012 and Top Ten Jazz Album of the Year. ”Martial Arts expert Vincent Lyn crafts a monster of an album with Heaven Bound, where his talents as a musician come to the forefront kicking it out of the park and on its way.”

My Jazz Story

I love jazz because it's a genre of music that truly allows you to express your inner most emotion and passion for life. I was first exposed to jazz from my parents who turned me on to Oscar Peterson, Errol Garner, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. I met Dizzy Gillespie when I opened for him at Yale University. The best show I ever attended was seeing Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock in a duo concert. The first jazz record I bought was George Benson - Breezin My advice to new listeners is always be opened minded to exploring new possibilities.