Various Hung Kyun 洪拳 lineages taught various weapon sparring sets, many of which have been lost. The old image above, from the Lam Sai Wing Memorial Book (published in 1951), features Grandmaster Chiu Kao (趙教 Jiu Gaau) and his eldest son, Grandmaster Chiu Wai (趙偉 Jiu Wai), performing Long Bench Versus Big Broadsword (Cheung Dan Deui Daai Dou 長櫈對大刀). Continue reading
Petr Vrána Sifu and his lovely daughter Berta training under the tutelage of Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing, the son of the legendary Grandmaster Lam Jou. Continue reading
Hung Kyun is the first of the five famous southern martial arts, which includes Hung, Lau, Choi, Lei, and Mok styles. It has a history of over 300 years.
Choi Ging Sing is a Hung Kyun coach. He started practicing Hung Kyun at the age of six. It’s been 40 years since. Before 2007, there was no Hung Kyun academy in Seun Dak, South China’s Gwong DungProvince, so the inheritance of Hung Kyun had encountered problems.”I did not want to see it lost, so I started up a Hung Kyun academy in my garage – the first Hung Kyun training base in Seun Dak.” Cai said. Then he started teaching Hung Kyun for free for seven years. Continue reading
Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing in a new Gung Fu documentary! Combat techniques, power generation, lion dance, Chinese medicine, and more! Continue reading
“Hands are unique weapons in the Chinese martial arts”, says Grandmaster Wai Hong of Tiger Claw System – and his “Tiger Claws” are proof. We will reveal his unique push-up variation in the video below, but first some experience from my lineage and other Masters I met. Continue reading
Please check out Frank Bolte Sifu’s (Hung Kuen Research Association) new podcast “Kung Fu Talk!!
Frank Bolte Sifu is a long-time friend of mine, Hung Ga Kyun practitioner, teacher, enthusiast, and researcher, sharing rare articles and videos for years, and relentlessly promoting our art.
It is my great honor to be featured as the very first guest. I wish you good luck with your new project, and I can’t wait to listen to the upcoming podcasts. Continue reading
The man, the the myth, the legend – Grand Master Lam Jou, late patriarch of the Lam Family Hung Kyun, nephew and heir of “Mr. Tiger & Crane” Lam Sai Wing’s lineage, explains Hung Kyun bridges, power generation and combat applications!
Please check out super rare videos of the legendary Grand Master Lam Jou (1910-2012) below!
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Whereas the dragon represents the spirit, the snake represents the Qi (氣), the breath, and circulation of energy within the human body. Sometimes referred to as a “little dragon,” the snake likewise speaks to the covert, and the unseen.
The snake techniques are generally considered to be a bare-hand extrapolation of ancient spear technique, and as such exemplify the principle of, “defend with a circle; counter with a straight line.” The Hung Kyun maxim states, “hard counters the soft; soft controls the hard.” Thus, the snake’s hard bridging is manifest with rooted stance and iron force, heavy as a python’s coils, while it’s elusive twining, soft bridging action is unfelt until striking the vital points, venomous as a cobra’s touch. Continue reading
This is one of the original forms, and was the first form taught in the Dang Family Hung Ga curriculum. The form is much shorter than Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kyun, comprising of less than one hundred moves.
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In the Wong Fei Hung curriculum, three famous sets, the “Gung 工 Character Tiger Subduing Set” (Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kyun 工字伏虎拳), the ““Tiger and Crane Twin Pattern Set”” (Fu Hok Seung Ying Kyun 虎鶴雙形拳), and the “Iron Thread Set” (Tit Sin Kyun 鐵線拳 ), are collectively known as “The Hung Kyun Three Treasures.” However, the “Ten Patterns Boxing Set” (Sap Ying Kyun 十形拳) was originally established by Lam Sai Wing, to revise and consolidate key portions of the curriculum as he had learned it from Wong Fei Hung. Continue reading
