kungfu
The Four Basic Offensive Movements in Kung Fu
Chinese martial arts are often called Kyun Seut (lit. “Art of the Fists”), and translated as “Chinese Boxing”. However, Chinese martial arts arsenal is much broader – we strike not only with our fists, but palms, claws and elbows as well, use various kicks, sweeps, throws and locks. Let s not forget the use of […]
Jeet Kune Do Jerry Poteet sifu (1946-2012)
“It is with great sadness that another martial arts icon has passed away. Jerry Poteet was one of Bruce Lee’s original students and was considered one of the biggest advocates for promoting Bruce Lee’s philosophy of Jeet Kune Do throughout the world. His legacy, his wisdom and his dedication to the arts shall forever be […]
Kicking Skills of Lama Paai
We have already seen that the classical saying “Southern Fists, Northern Kicks” (Naam Kyun Bak Teui) is not exactly correct. Plenty of Southern Chinese styles have very extensive kicking arsenal. Articles about Hung Ga No Shadow Kick and kicking techniques of Mok Ga Kyun were welcomed by our readers, so here is another ass-kicking article, […]
Introduction to the Hung Ga lineage Wong Lei – Leung Kam Kwong – Wong Chung Man
I have the honour to introduce the lineage of Sifu Raymond Wong Chung Man to you. Sifu Wong Chung Man is a Hung Ga master in Hong Kong. He learned his kungfu from Grand master Leung Kam Kwong, who was a student of famous, late Grandmaster Wong Lei (also spelled as Wong Lee). Wong Lei […]
Choi Lei Fat Full Contact Competition, November 1st 2011
Below is a footage from my friend Lukas Slavicek (Wing Chun, CLF and Bak Mei practitioner) from the 2011 Choi Lei Fat full contact competition – “World Choy Lee Fat Invitational Tournament 2011” held in Hong Kong. Rules were following: Head guard, chest protector, 4 oz boxing gloves, black pants, groin protector 3×2 minutes rounds […]
How Lam Sai Wing Learned Some of His Weapons, Part 1 – Commander Sword
In the history of Hung Gar Kuen one famous master is Lam Sai Wing, he was a disciple of the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung. Lam Sai Wing’s students published 3 books with pictures of their master showing the 3 treasures of Hung Gar Kuen. There are more and more articles about Lam Sai […]
The Wooden Dummy – Czech Kung-Fu Movie Trailer
Trailer of a short kung-fu movie, based on a story written by Czech martial artist, researcher and writter Eduard Ata Stepar, student of Ivan Rzounek sifu from his book “Heroes of Gungfu”. His book was published in Czech in the end of May 2011 – it is the first original book of short stories with […]