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In 1938, he established the Chan Hon Chung Gymnasium to teach Hung Gar (Hung Family) kung fu. At the same time he had a chiropractic clinic. In 1970, he formed The Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Association with the intention of coordinating and promoting Chinese martial arts in Hong Kong, and held the position of chairman for many years.
Chiu Chi-ling (Chinese: 趙志淩; Jyutping: ziu 6 zi 3 ling 4; born 1943) is a martial artist and actor who appears mostly in Kung Fu style movies produced in Hong Kong.He also teaches Hung Gar Kung Fu at Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a San Francisco-based martial arts school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong Kong rooted under the lineage of Lam Sai-wing.
Other styles include: Choy Li Fut, Fujian White Crane, Dog-style kung fu, Five Ancestors, Wing Chun, Southern Praying Mantis, Hak Fu Mun, Bak Mei and Dragon-style. There are sub-divisions to Southern styles due to their similar characteristics and common heritage. For example, the Fujian martial arts can be considered to be one such sub-division.
Bak Fu Pai ("White Tiger Kung Fu") [8] Tiger Kung Fu / Shadong-style Tiger [9] Bak Hok Pai ("Tibetian White Crane") [10] Hop Ga Kuen [10] Bak Mei Kung Fu ("white eyebrow") [8] [7] Baoquan (Leopard fist) [6] Bei Tui ("Northern Legs") [11] Black Crane Kung Fu [12] Changquan ("long boxing") [12] [13] Chaquan [12] [14] Chin Na; Choy Gar [15] [16 ...
Grandmaster Wing Lam and Sifu Alamudeen. Hasayfu is a rarely demonstrated system of kung fu outside of China and South East Asia. In the United States, Grandmaster Wing Lam studied the style with Leung Hwa Chiu and taught it as part of an overall Hung Kuen curriculum that included Lam family Hung Gar, with Ha Say Fu taught to advanced students.
Jow Ga is a system of traditional kung fu that was developed from three Shaolin systems; namely, Hung Ga, Choy Gar and Northern Shaolin kung fu. (Ga means: family) Jow Ga is known as Hung Tao Choy Mei because the system incorporated Hung Ga kung fu's powerful upper body techniques and Choy Ga kung fu's swift footwork and complex kicking techniques from Northern Shaolin kung fu.
Fut Ga Kuen or Buddhist Family Fist is a relatively modern Southern Shaolin style of Kung Fu devised primarily from the combination of Hung Ga Kuen 洪家 and Choy Gar 蔡家 Kuen. The style utilizes mostly punches, palm strikes and low kicks, further characterized by evasive footwork, circular blocks and using the opponent's force against them.
The Hung Gar lineage from Wong Fei Hung has influences of Mok Gar from his fourth wife Mok Kwai-lan, who after the death of Wong Fei Hung ran his medical clinic and school until her death many years later. [3] At present there are said to be two branches of Mok. The first is a direct lineage from Mok Qing Chiu and the other traces to Mak Shing ...