Hung Gar ? ? ? ? ? ?

[nickle]

Hey all...

hopefully someone here can help me out... i know i could probably just do a google search for hung gar, but im too lazy, and too tired...

Please will someone here tell me about hung gar.
what it involves, is it soft/hard style, internal external, is it practical, does it involve any other animal styles than tiger and crane? all that stuff...

if your also too lazy, just post me some urls, and ill go look at them tomoro.

thanks a lot
nickle

-specialization is for ants-

[JE]

Nickle,

In general Hung Ga is considered a hard external art. However, at its higher levels it turns internal. Actually, to be honest, all martial arts should turn internal at a certain point (IMHO). In the lineage I come from there is a heavier emphasis on the internal than I have seen in other Hung Ga schools, but like I said they all turn internal eventually.

Hung Ga is known as Tiger-Crane boxing because of a well known form within its curriculum, but it is not limited to only those two animals. Traditionally speaking there are five animals: dragon, snake, tiger, leopard, and crane; and five elements: earth, wood, water, fire, and metal.

The website for my lineage is:

Nam Siu Lam Hung Ga Kuen Wei T'o Mon (http://www.hunggakuen.com)

Here are some others as well:

Seattle Kung Fu Club (http://www.wolfe.net/~willn/skfc.html)
Ulanga's Fu Hoc Pai (http://www.geocities.com/fuhokp)
Kong's Siu Lam Pai Hawaii (http://www2.hawaii.edu/~darick/siulumpai/)
Lam Chun Fai's Hung Kuen Page (http://www.hungkuen.com/)

Hope you find what you're looking for. There are plenty of other sites out there too.

As for the being practical part... yes.

cheers,

Justin