Rare Chinese Martial Arts Footage from 1930′s
Very rare footage of martial arts training from the Hunan province:
- military trainign and group calisthenics
- Changsha capital city women high school group calisthenics
- Hunan National Art Gym Schoolgirls performing “Eight Forms” and Shaolin quan
- Military training of Pu Ji
- Sao Tui Quan (Sweeping Leg Set)
- Bagua and Taijiquan of Central Guoshu Gym performed by General Zhang Zhijiang
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Successfull Hung Ga Kyun seminars by Sifu Wong Chung Man in the Netherlands
Master Wong Chung Man (lineage Wong Lei – Leung Kam Kwong) led a series of seminars in Utrecht on May 4 and 5.
The seminars attracted participants from several schools, even non-Hung Ga schools, as well as from Hung Ga schools from Czech Republic and Germany. With over 45 people attending, many following several seminars, it was a big event. Read More…
KungFuMagazine.com: Hung Kyun Grandmaster Lam Cho Has Passed Away at 103
Me and my sihing Michael Goodwin from San Francisco have written together a short biography of our sigung, late Grandmaster Lam Cho, who has recently passed away.
The article has been published at Kung Fu Magazine website.You can see the whole articl ONLINE HERE. We would like to thank Gene Ching for assitance.
Michael Goodwin, sfhunggar.com, Pavel Macek, hungkyun.com Read More…
CCTV-9 Documentary: Power of Southern Boxing
Chinese Kung Fu – interesting TV series of CCTV-9 International Channel!
Part 7 and 8 are dedicated to the styles of Southern Fist, Naam Kyun (Nan Quan in Mandarin) – very interesting survey of the systems south of Yang Zi River.
International channel means – the documentary is in English, 2x 26 minutes of footage! Read More…
A Short CLF Documentary: “Kung Fu Master”
I am sitting on my balcony in Fatsaan, China, and thinking how to start…
I have stayed in here over then three years and during this time I’ve met many sifus around Gwongdung province. One of real sifu and treasure man who I have met here is Leung Wai Wing sifu of Hung Sing Choi Lei Fat.
Leung sifu is one of the best from Fatsaan Hung Sing Gwun clan. Meeting him is enjoyable anytime. That is not just about his Choi Lei Fat but also about his personality. He taught me a lot whta does it take to be a real master, how to take care about students and their personal feelings etc. I think that was a reason why Beijing TV team has chosen him to make short documentary movie about gungfu master. Read More…
Legend is Gone: Grandmaster Lam Cho Has Passed Away
The saddest day for the art of Hung Ga Kyun and the world of martial arts.
The legend is gone.
Grandmaster Lam Cho has peacefully passed away at 13:58, 29th of March 2012 Hong Kong Baptist Hospital. Our condelences to Grandmaster’s family.
Rest in peace, sigung!
Thousands of your grateful students, grandstudents and great-grandstudents from the whole world.
Ling Naam Wing Chun Kuen
Many years ago I believed that Wing Chun in China is probably dead – based on bad information from ill-informed European instructors, who often without thinking repeated the lies of others. Of course it is not and never was true! From about 1994, when I was in China for the first time I experienced a many of different lines, schools, masters and enthusiasts WingChun! Today everyone knows that already, but it was not always so… Read More…
Spiritual Tiger – Chinese Grappling and Ground Fighting
Check out another interesting video – Spirit Tiger Art (She Hu Shu; in Cantonese San Fu Seut).
Forget for a while those Bruce Lee like sound effects (i know, sounds more like a monkey then a tiger) and carefully watch – standing grappling techniques, takedowns, takedowns defense and reversals, sacrifice throws, heel hooks… it is all there. Read More…
Interview With Wing Chun Grandmaster Yip Man
Following interview comes from an old issue of Hong Kong New Martial Hero magazine – it is one of the two ever published interviews with Yip Man sifu.
It was originally posted in KFO discussion forum by user k gledhill and Phillip Redmond who has posted it on Facebook, so all credit goes there – i am just reposting the interview so more readers can enjoy it and it does not get lost in the discussion forums threads, as some interesting post unfortunately do as he time goes by.
Some very interesting information about various Wing Chun families, learning Kung Fu in the old days etc., enjoy!
Difference between the Weng Chung and Wing Tsun/Wing Chun styles Read More…
Shaw Bros Stars Performing Some Choy Li Fut Applications
Digging through my archives, i have found an interesting old magazine devoted solely the art of Choy Li Fut (Choi Lei Fat).
Late Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan-Chun – legendary duo of Shaw Brothers Studios - on the cover and few applications inside: “Covering Hand, Tiger Claw vs. Bail the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea” and “Double Flying Butterfly Palms”.
Fu Sheng was one of the favourite students of Lau Kar-Leung, Chi Kuan-Chun oth the other hand has mastered the Hung Ga curriculum under the guidance of Chiu Wai. Read More…
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