Tom Yum

Please share a little about your art's history, famous instructors/fighters, conditioning and combat applications. Glad to have you here!

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FrankyLau

well, my kung fu family was heavily in the HK film scene involved...
nevertheless its still kung fu,in particular Hung Kuen passed down from Wong Fei Hung over Lam Sai Wing to Lau Jaam whos my Si dai-gung...

a while ago I made a little movie about our family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYvlce5NYj8

I think this is good for a starter...

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Tom Yum

Hong ga? Looks interesting. The style was inherited from shaolin temple and derives its fighting style from animals?

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Nebuchadnezzar

That's a nice little family video. When is Charlie going to hit the movie scene, and if so, will it be with Gordon and her dad?

Nebuchadnezzar

Why are you snoring?

Tom Yum

There's been very little activity here.

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FrankyLau

its really just a matter of time I believe...
Dad and Uncle probably behind the camera...

thanks

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BoarSpear

No, really?? I can't imagine why.

Tom Yum

Cuz you ain't postin.

Boar, who cares what others think of your arts and training. What matters is what you think or more importantly, what you believe and what you do! You've been doing it for years and you've put it to use - you're the subject expert.

This section is ripe for a gongfu expert to take charge.

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BoarSpear

There are already plenty of experts on the subject posting here.

ttsure

Under Chinese Martial Arts, I would consider three main classes or styles that then contain several types within that style. These are just general systems: Kung Fu, Tai Chi, and Ba Gua/Xing Yi. The video shown above is Kung Fu. Kung Fu itself comes in many different styles now -- the ever popular WuShu, Shaolin, Northern, Southern, Praying Manits, Eagle Claw, etc. etc. The basis of Kung Fu is the Buddhist religion, and their animal styles represent this manifestation of the idea of rebirth being possible as a different type of animal. Buddhist religion also is based in non-harm or non-violence to others. As we all have heard, "Kung Fu" started in the Shaolin Temple and was practiced by Monks. There is much good in Kung Fu.

BoarSpear

Kung Fu is a TV show from the 70's, it is not a style or classification of the CMA's.

medic06

There was good reason he hasn't posted. Check back about six months. . . . .

Pork Chop

I think it's much more diverse than that...

Fukien Arts tend to look alike: Hakka styles (Lung Ying, Bak Mei, Southern Praying Mantis), Fukien White Crane, some of the shorter-fisted tiger styles that get called "mainland hung ga".

Shantung Mantis & Eagle claw share a lot.

Cantonese Arts tend to look somewhat similar too.

Each region has it's own flavor.

Taiji and the Internals like to segregate themselves; but if they saw Tibetan White Crane's "Needle In Cotton" set, they'd be hard pressed not to see similarities. The line gets really blurry with some styles Yiquan, Ziranmen, Bajiquan, Liuhebafa... Southern styles like Hung Ga have a ton of internal development prioritized very early on in the training as well as the external.

Not all kung fu styles outside of Taiji/Xingyi/Bagua are buddhist either; or trace their lineage to shaolin. Northern Praying Mantis is heavily Taoist.

Just sayin it doesn't all fit nice & neatly into a little box.