Coonaxus Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Anyone have any information about these? I only have a brief knowledge of them. All types of knowledge . . . ultimately means self-knowledge. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 i apologise if this is incorrect but is Hung-Gar the same as Ho-Gar ???? if so i will be able to list the forms and information you require Brown Sash Hsing I/Lau Gar Kung FuBrown Belt San Shou17 yr oldhttp://www.selfdefencehelp.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade13 Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 I remember seeing an extensive artice on the animals of Hung Gar in an issue of Inside Kung Fu magazine I have around here somewhere. Im gonna try to find it. I think it has a lot of info that you would be interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 not really sure you're asking for but here goes, five elements referes to fire, wood, water, earth, metal each sitting next to its compliment and opposite its opponent. each element also relates to certain meridians. i don't actually know much about this but this is what i remember. as for five animals, there's a set in hung ger called the five animals which may or may not be similar to the shaolin five animals (which is also in choy li fat). snake: like the dragon in it's appearance but it's the spring like nature of its energy that is emphasised. position of arms. speed and accuracy. tiger: clawing and tearing. really rooted movements. stance. crane: strikes at points (like the snake) but is more calm. leopard: pure strength. the motions based on panther are about pure physical speed and strength. dragon: like the wind, typified by wave like motions, grabs and diffusion. control. hip. it is also important that the five animals form is based on the ESSENCE of the animals and sometimes bear no real relation of the animal. the name dates back to when martial arts movements had poetic names such as gold dragon rises from ocean (gum long chut hoi or something like that). post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coonaxus Posted April 12, 2002 Author Share Posted April 12, 2002 from the ground up, thanks for the useful info it helped a lot. And, ad, I'm not really sure if Gung-Ga is the same as Ho-Gar, but it's quite common with chinese to english translations of martial arts-related things to be that way, it could be the same thing. Like Kung Fu and Gung Fu. All types of knowledge . . . ultimately means self-knowledge. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 the "gar" bit just means family hung gar is hung family (from some guy called hung hei gung i think) lau gar would be lau family and so on to my knowledge there were five big families of kung fu hung, lau, choy, li (or lee), mok but there were/are many others. and then some styles are refered to by their own merit such as wing chun, bak mei, eagle claw, tong long etc. it is also interesting to note that different families sometimes have thier own versions of a style (where familiy history and teaching is concerned) such as in tai-chi. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coonaxus Posted April 12, 2002 Author Share Posted April 12, 2002 That's Hung Hei Guen. The lineage of my school is pretty awesome. It's like this: Shaolin Temple Gee Sim Hung Hei Guen Luk Ah Choy Wong Kay Ying Wong Fei Hung Tang Fong Yuen Ling Yee Chi Wai (A.K.A. Frank Yee) Matthew Blazon Yee (My Sifu) All types of knowledge . . . ultimately means self-knowledge. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 i wondered if you coonaxus has ever heard of the following forms, or if you anyobody has Kay Bau Sofa Charp Choi Farqen Yu Fighting set 1 and 2 and 3 Brown Sash Hsing I/Lau Gar Kung FuBrown Belt San Shou17 yr oldhttp://www.selfdefencehelp.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 if you dig deep enough, you'll eventually find one of the five from shaolin as the starting point for most chinese martial arts. gee sim is where wing chun got it's pole form. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau gar Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 in lau gar kung fu we have the five animals blue belt Lau Gar Kung fu"know your enemy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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