Hung Gar

Branches of Hung Kuen

Beyond that, the curricula of different branches of Hung Gar differ tremendously with regard to routines and the selection of weapons, even within the Wong Fei-Hung lineage.

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Just as those branches that do not descend from Lam Sai-Wing do not practice the Five Animal Five Element Fist, those branches that do not descend from Wong Fei-Hung—sometimes called "old" or "village" Hung Kuen—do not practice the routines he choreographed, nor do the branches that do not descend from Tit Kiu Saam practice Iron Wire.

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Conversely, the curricula of some branches have grown through the addition of further routines by creation or acquisition.

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Nonetheless, the various branches of the Wong Fei-Hung lineage still share the Hung Gar foundation he systematized.

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Lacking such a common point of reference, "village" styles of Hung Kuen show even greater variation.

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The curriculum that Jee Sin taught Hung Hei-Gun is said to have comprised Tiger style, Luohan style, and Taming the Tiger routine.

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Exchanging material with other martial artists allowed Hung to develop or acquire Tiger Crane Paired Form routine, a combination animal routine, Southern Flower Fist, and several weapons.

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According to Hung Gar tradition, the martial arts that Jee Sin originally taught Hung Hei-Gun were short range and the more active footwork, wider stances, and long range techniques commonly associated with Hung Gar were added later.

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It is said to have featured "a two-foot horse," that is, narrow stances, and routines whose footwork typically took up no more than four tiles' worth of space.

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Ha Say Fu Hung Gar ?????

The Ha Say Fu (???) Hung Gar of Leung Wah-Chew is said to fit this description, though the implied link to the legendary Jee Sin is more speculative than most because of its poorly documented genealogy.

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Ha Say Fu Hung Gar is a Five Animal style with a separate routine for each animal.

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Five-Pattern Hung Kuen ????

Like Ha Say Fu Hung Gar, the Ng Ying Hung Kuen (????) of Yuen Yik-Kai—conventionally translated as "Five-Pattern Hung Fist" rather than "Five Animal Hung Fist"—fits the description of Jee Sin's martial arts, but traces its ancestry to Ng Mui and Miu Hin (??) who, like Jee Sin, were both survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Monastery.

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From Miu Hin, the Five-Pattern Hung Kuen passed to his daughter Miu Tsui-Fa (???), and from his daughter to his grandson Fong Sai-Yuk (???), both Chinese folk heroes like Jee Sin, Ng Mui, and their forebear Miu Hin.

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Its conventional translation into English notwithstanding, Five-Pattern Hung Kuen is a Five Animal style, one with a single routine for all Five Animals.

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Northern Hung Kuen ??

There are even Northern styles that use the name "Hung Kuen" (??; pinyin: hóng quán) though these predate the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and therefore could not have been named for the first Ming emperor or anti-Qing organizations.

Related Topics:
Pinyin - Ming Dynasty - 1368 - 1644 - First Ming emperor

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Tiger Crane Paired Form ????

The traditions of the Tiger-Crane Combination style associated with Ang Lian-Huat attribute the art to Hung Hei-Gun's combination of the Tiger style he learned from Jee Sin with the Crane style he learned from his wife, whose name is given in Hokkien as Tee Eng-Choon.

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Like other martial arts that trace their origins to Fujian (e.g. Fujian White Crane, Five Ancestors), this style uses San Chian as its foundation.

Related Topics:
Fujian - Fujian White Crane - Five Ancestors - San Chian

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The Tiger Crane routine in the Southern Shaolin system of Wong Kiew-Kit is attributed not to Hung Hei-Gun or Luk Ah-Choi but to their classmate Harng Yein.

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