Hung Gar

Historia

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.

¿Sabías que…?

• The "Tiger-Crane" form joins the power of the tiger with the precision of the crane.
• The "Iron Wire" form uses steel rings on the arms to build strength.
• Wong Fei-hung is the hero of more than a hundred films.

Glosario de técnicas

Sei ping ma

four-level horse stance

Fu jao

tiger claw

Hok jui

crane beak

Formas

Gung Ji Fook Fu Kuen (taming the tiger)Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen (tiger-crane)Ng Ying Kuen (five animals)Tit Sin Kuen (iron wire)

Armas y equipo

Iron rings

worn on the forearms

Butterfly swords

pair of short blades

⚔ In the Arsenal

DaoGun (bastão)GuandaoFacas borboleta

Figuras clave

• Wong Fei-hung (1847–1925) — Hung Gar master, doctor and folk hero
• Lam Sai-wing (1860–1943) — student of Wong Fei-hung who published the forms

Fuentes: Encyclopaedia Britannica