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Hung Gar

Tiger and crane.

A southern kung fu style known for deep stances, powerful hand techniques and the tiger and crane forms. Wong Fei-hung was its most famous master.

Fact file

Country
China
Type
Striking
Style of
Kung Fu
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica

History

Hung Gar is one of the most famous southern Chinese kung fu styles, known for deep, strong stances and powerful hand techniques. Tradition links it to Hung Hei-gun and to the southern Shaolin temple.

In the 19th century Wong Kei-ying and his son Wong Fei-hung made it famous in Guangdong; later Lam Sai-wing wrote down its main forms in books in the 1920s.