About Hung Gar

• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 13:43

  Hung Gar in Chinese is called Hongjiaquan.
  
  It originates from Southern China, although its history is yet to be verified.
  
  The style begins from Southern Shaolin monk Gee Seen Sim See during a time of turmoil and strife when China was under the rule of Qing dynasty (Manchu). Gee is said to be from North Shaolin, but fled to Southern Shaolin when the Qing troops burned down Northern Shaolin Temple. He fled to Fukien Province and eventually settled down at Southern Shaolin Temple.
  
  There, he taught many people Shaolin gongfu, including non-buddists.
  
  A young patriot named Hung Hei Goon also took refuge at Southern Shaolin Temple. Hung also trained under Gee and was Gee's top disciple. Hung is widely said to Hung Gar founder.
  
  As the Manchu people suppressed martial arts training, Hung taught his art secretly. When the suppression ended, he taught the art openly and named it Hung Gar Kuen (Hung family fist) to conceal the art's connections with Shaolin.
• Shigemichi Take

  30 Nov 05, 13:54

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Hung Gar in Chinese is called Hongjiaquan.
  
  It originates from Southern China, although its history is yet to be verified.
  
  The style begins from Southern Shaolin monk Gee Seen Sim See during a time of turmoil and strife when China was under the rule of Qing dynasty (Manchu). Gee is said to be from North Shaolin, but fled to Southern Shaolin when the Qing troops burned down Northern Shaolin Temple. He fled to Fukien Province and eventually settled down at Southern Shaolin Temple.
  
  There, he taught many people Shaolin gongfu, including non-buddists.
  
  A young patriot named Hung Hei Goon also took refuge at Southern Shaolin Temple. Hung also trained under Gee and was Gee's top disciple. Hung is widely said to Hung Gar founder.
  
  As the Manchu people suppressed martial arts training, Hung taught his art secretly. When the suppression ended, he taught the art openly and named it Hung Gar Kuen (Hung family fist) to conceal the art's connections with Shaolin.

  Do you have clips to share?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 13:56

  There are three forms of Hung Gar
  
  1) Empty hand form
  2) Weapon form
  3) Two-man form
  
  Empty hand form:
  

  4 pillars of Hung Gar

  
  
  For more information, please visit:
  http://www.hungkuen.net/forms-4pillars.htm
  
  Weapn form:
  Too many to type out. Visit this website:
  http://www.hungkuen.net/forms-weapons.htm
  
  Two-man form:
  It is about sparring, applying whatever you have learnt from the empty hand form and weapon form.
  For more information, visit:
  http://www.hungkuen.net/forms-twomen.htm
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 13:57

  Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:

  Do you have clips to share?

  It is hard to find clips, I can try though. But be prepared, they may not be the traditional Hung Gar, but could be contemporary.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 14:01

  As this art originates from Southern China, a lot of the names are in Cantonese. If you can't understand, please look at the English forms from this website:
  
  http://www.hungkuen.net/
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 14:55

  Found some videos, but not quite sure whether it is contemporary or traditional.
  
  http://www.hungkuen.net/media.htm
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 15:06

  For those who want to learn Hung Gar, Master Chong is also skilled at Hung Gar, besides Xingyiquan.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 05, 15:36

  One famous practicioner of this art is Huang Fei Hong.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  3 Dec 05, 03:15

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