Hung Gar Chinese Kung Fu

Hung Gar, also known as Hung Kuen comes from the south of China.
The celebrated Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung was a master of this style .
Hung Gar is reportedly named after Hung Hei –Gun a disciple of the Shaolin monk Jee Sim. Hung a tea merchant by trade brought the art to Guandong. Hung Gar stresses honesty, righteousness, directness and iron will. The training emphasizes strong and low stance work, bridge ( forearm ) training, low snapping kicks and the development of Root ( centreing the chi ).

Hung Gar is also comprised of five animals and five elements the animals being:

Tiger ( power, strength ) clawing, grabbing and palming techniques,
Crane ( grace and agility ) pecking, hooking and kicking,
Leopard (swiftness) back handing pawing and chopping techniques,
Snake (softness ) finger and hand strikes with wrapping and coiling movements,
Dragon (spiritual ) stance training and Hei – Gung development.

The elements are:

Gold ( Gum ) splitting fists,
Fire ( Foh ) rapid punching inverted fist not unlike Wing Chun,
Water (Soi ) long swinging arms,
Wood ( Muk ) blocking and striking simultaneously,
Earth ( Dei ) to come from the ground to uproot.