Lau Kune Kung Fu

[danege]

Greetings everyone.

Im just wondering if anyone else has heard of or is studying Lau Kune Kung Fu.

I study it, and i have my own opinions, however im just trying to see what the general view from everyone else is of it. Because from browsing these forums i havnt seen anything about it.

So tell me what you think of the art! Anyones experience either practicing it / viewing it is very welcome also

The webpage for where i train can be viewed here: http://yeeyongtong.ntn.com.au/

Thanks

Dane.

[aefibird]

I know someone (over the net) who trains in Lee Kune Kung Fu, is that the same as Lau Kune Kung Fu but just a difference in spelling?

[ovine king]

err.....

be a bit careful with that name.

in all instances it SHOULD be called lau gar (kune kung fu).

that name has the pronunciation as the chinese for fake/false/dud.

and nope.

lau isn't the same as lee but both are a bit hard to find a 'pure' school for.

for the most part, lau gar seems to be taught in the uk parallel to kick-boxing (but this might just be the san shou of the bcmaa) where-as traditional lee gar seems to be non-existant in the uk.

(incidentally, lau gar staff form is part of the hk hung kuen curriculum)

there is another lee gar kung fu (feng shou) in the uk that is also taught along with tai chi and san shou (again because they participate in the bcmaa san shou tournements).

[danege]

Dont know where you got that from.

An extract from the website:

"Lau Kune (also termed Lau Kuen, Lam Gar Lau Kuen & Lam Gar), founded around 1880-1890, is a traditional close range Southern Chinese Kung Fu System.

Lau means Flowing, Adapting, Changing, Flexible and so on. Kune means fist or boxing (that is empty handed fighting). Lau Kune - Flowing Fist or Adapting Fist"

So if you want to take the full name its Lam family Flowing Fist Kung fu.

[ovine king]

got what?

i'm not taling about what the words mean,

i'm talking about what the word sounds like.

lau (the name) sounds exactly the same as the word for flow, the verb to leave (alone), the word for fake/false/dud, the verb to keep, part of the character pair that means fluent and many, many more 'words'.

that is why when talking about lau gar kuen, you don't tend to leave out the 'gar' because it would sound and tecnically be'wrong'.