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I am wondering what is the understanding of Hungkyn village and how is different from the lineages we have heard, i.e. LSW, TF and others. Any youtube or websites you recommend?

Thanks,

Mig

i personally think that so called "Village Hung Kyun" should be called "Old Hung Kyun", pre-Wong Feihung Hung Kyun. Wong Feihung's Hung Kyun is often called "New Hung Kyun" (San Hung Kyun) in China - it is Jaap Ga (mix of various families, "old Hung Kyun" being only one of them - the other being Hap Ga, Choi Ga, Mok Ga... )

"Old Hung Kyun" is mainly "short bridges, narrow stance" system- just look at sets like Saam Jin Tit Sin Kyun

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNTfFjhv6Ys[/youtube]

or Ye Fu Cheut Lam

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja2WVX2_Zn4[/youtube]

or Baan Jung Wing Cheun which shares with "Old Hung Kyun" same roots (Southern Siulam Temple/Red Boats)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbEhtRGHf3U[/youtube]

plenty of other videos of "old Hung Kyun" were shared here on the server in the past

Can we say, Heung Ga Hung Kyun/ "Village Family Hung Boxing"?

The term 鄉家/ Heung Ga/ "Village Family" has been used for many years by WFH lineage Hung Kyun practitioners and others to distinguish what we do, from what others using nomenclature similar to ours might be likewise doing, no further "lineage questions" necessary to ask...

As PM points out, Hung Suen/ Red Boat descendant schools have referred to themselves as Hung Kyun ever since the day, and styles much more recently established may well refer themselves in this tradition also...

Or, just so as to express, that non-WFH branches are welcome to refer to themselves as "Hung", and so people can distinguish that there may be some basic difference, within the "greater family", no further questions asked, we respectfully continue to refer to those as "Heung"...

It may be recognized that such naming is not done simply for commercial reasons, but from a deep respect and sense of admiration for the Hung tradition...

Therefore, while some WFH lineage "Hung" practitioners (and people looking for WFH lineage schools under that name) may wish that those so-called "village family styles" would just refer to themselves as "Heung Ga", I don't see that happening anytime soon!

Welcome to the martial arts, ok...



Best,

Michael

I saw the cover of a DVD in the market with a title huang heifong quan, would that be considered village hungkyun and how do you distinguish village hungkyn even if they have the same pillar forms in their curriculum.

Thanks,

Mig

In China there is indeed a DVD-Series called "Huang Feihong Nanquan" in the stores. I bought myself 2 of these DVD's to find out what it is. Although I've never heard and seen about the Forms before, the movements in the forms are Hung Kuen (maybe not the best, but it is).

Finally I found the one I was mentioning and I was wondering if this is another name instead of hungkyun. Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qEiICn ... re=related