Choy Gar
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Anybody knows where to learn Choy Gar in Singapore?
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"Choy Gar" or 蔡家拳�is pretty hard to find in China,let alone Singapore......why would you like to it in the first place?
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What are its characteristics?
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AFAIK It is a form of Cantonese southern boxing, renowned for it speed,nimble footwork,and penchant for flanking the opponent.
Alternatively the Threadstarter might consider training in Zhou jia quan/Jow Gar(周家拳) instead, as it is a combination of Hung gar and Choy gar - "æ´ªé 蔡尾".
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I agree, if the threadstarter's intend is to get to know more about traditional cultural and such, Zhou Jia Quan is a good choice, they have a wide history and like liuzg150181 mentioned, they are a combination of Hung gar and Choy gar - "æ´ªé 蔡尾", which trains in both the hand and footwork renowned.
Also, cos I'm a practitioner of Zhou Jia Quan in the past too ;p so a tiny weeny bit of small advert for them won't hurt right.. LOLS!
Jason Wu
Chief Coach
IDACT Tactical Systems
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Btw, where did you train your Zhou Jia Quan last time,Coach Jason?
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isnt choy gar similar like kick boxing? i think i heard that before in the kallang ring.
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Many martial arts got kicks and punches,of course superficially they look like kickboxing lah~~~
I know there one guy who used to teach Choy gar,but dunno whether he knows the whole system or just a few form. Kallang MRT there has many Chinese martial art groups AFAIK, though I suspect there's a possibility of confusion btw Choy Lay Fut and Choy gar.
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well basically my surname is Chua so why nto consider tat martial art...
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and btw why isit hard to find in China...whn i searched for Choy Gar schools i only see Scotland and Australia tat has it
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till now I stil have no idea how to do the quotes and person's name here.. LOLs!
liuzg150181:
i practised with zhou guan hua long, the late coach hung han song... my favourite and mentor who taught me and inspired me to do what i'm doing now.
ATR: because alot of the traditional styles left China to set up schools and spread their wares in other continents, especially after a few wars in China and the cultural revolution, boxer rebellion etc. thats why alot of things now we find overseas and even in SG are very ahrd to find in China. for simple EG: now we see chinese in SG burning incense, the various rituals etc right.. they used to be from china, but u hardly see them there now, even alot of their people won't know or recognise what is it we are doing.
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Originally posted by A.T.R:
well basically my surname is Chua so why nto consider tat martial art...
Liddat ah? I think I should have changed my surname to "Hung" f10 years back,lol~~~
Oso it is a Cantonese martial art,while your surname seems to be Hokkien......
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Originally posted by Coach Jason:
till now I stil have no idea how to do the quotes and person's name here.. LOLs!
liuzg150181:
i practised with zhou guan hua long, the late coach hung han song... my favourite and mentor who taught me and inspired me to do what i'm doing now.
ATR: because alot of the traditional styles left China to set up schools and spread their wares in other continents, especially after a few wars in China and the cultural revolution, boxer rebellion etc. thats why alot of things now we find overseas and even in SG are very ahrd to find in China. for simple EG: now we see chinese in SG burning incense, the various rituals etc right.. they used to be from china, but u hardly see them there now, even alot of their people won't know or recognise what is it we are doing.
I knew one Chow gar exponent,but he's a German so I thought you might know him. Not familiar with the Chor gar school which you had trained before,but good to know trad. CMA still exists here.
ATR: IMO Coach Jason has provided a good answer,though there's another reason I can think of. Very long time back, the 5 main Cantonese martial arts were Hung,Lau,Choy,Lee,Mok(洪﹑劉﹑蔡﹑�﹑莫),but with the exception of Hung gar the rest are now languishing into obscurity or facing extinction.
Thing is, martial art style come and go,either integrated into other system,or 'evolving'(not a term I like to use,since it can be a disnomer) to another system,or simply overtaken in terms of popularity. I'd say the main Cantonese styles would be Hung gar(still very popular),Choy lay fut,Chow Gar,Tibetan White Crane,Wingchun(a irony,since it used to be a fringe style,but that proves my point) etc.
PS:Jason,you can quotes others by clicking on the cog icon on the top right-hand corner of the post.