Today’s best-known lineage of Hung Kyun comes from Wong Fei Hung. It is sometimes called “New Hung Kyun” (San Hung Kyun). Compared to the “narrow stance, short bridge” of “Old Hung Kyun,” it also features “high stances and long bridges,” originally derived from the famous Sino-Tibetan style Hap Kyun, making it a truly comprehensive style, suitable for both long-range fighting and close-quarter combat. 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
Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing in a new Gung Fu documentary! Combat techniques, power generation, lion dance, Chinese medicine, and more! 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 Five Animal, Five Element Boxing Set” of Hung Kyun Master Lam Sai Wing: Snake Section [Part 2 of 10]](https://practicalhungkyun.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hung-ga-kyun-five-animals-five-elements-snake-form.jpg)
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
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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
Donald Hamby Sifu started to train Hung Kyun in 1976 – the very same year I was born. Wow.
We always missed each other in Hong Kong – when I was there, Hamby Sifu wasn’t coming, when Hamby Sifu was going, I couldn’t. Damn.
My big brother Michael Goodwin kept telling me: “You need to meet Don, he is awesome, you need to me Don”.
And guess what – after all those years, we finally met! The legends didn’t lie – Don Hamby Sifu is BIG and STRONG – and in great shape. Continue reading
Tit Kiu Saam (“Iron Bridge” Three) was one of the best fighters of 19th century Southern China – one of the legendary “Ten Tigers of Gwong Dung”. He was famous for her “Bridges” (Kiu), firm stances (Ma) and incredible strength, developed thanks to his “Iron Thread Set” (Tit Sin Kyun).
We don’t have much information about his other techniques, but if: Continue reading
Grand Master Lam Chun Sing, the youngest son of the legendary Grand Master Lam Jou, grand nephew of Lam Sai Wing, in the Foshan TV!
The news report covers parts of various sets, such as “Taming the Tiger in Gung Pattern” (Gung Ji Fu Fu Kyun), “Iron Thread Set” (Tit Sin Kyun), “Long Halberd vs. Spear” (Daai Dou Deui Cheung), “Double Butterfly Knives” (Wu Dip Seung Dou), Dit Da medicine, and more! Continue reading
Health, strength, and practical combat skills – these are some of the main themes of Robin Gamble Sifu’s Scholar-Warrior podcast with Practical Hung Kyun Chief Instructor, Pavel Macek Sifu.
Gamble Sifu’s motto of the podcast is simple:
“To become a Scholar Warrior is to become a truly balanced, cultured and cultivated person”
In this episode of the Scholar-Warrior podcast you find out how Pavel Macek Sifu: Continue reading