Hung Gar/Lau Gar

[iron thread]

The Lau Gar kuen set found in Hung Gar...Is this modified to fit the Hung Gar flavor or is it still in it's traditional form?

[charliec]

As far as I know it is the same set that is practiced in Lao Gar. As I remember there was traditionally two forms, Lao Gar Kuen and a weapon form... sorry if I'm not much help. Lao Gar Kuen is a very basic form with more advanced applications, though I assume you know it, it's the second form we learned at my hung gar school.

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[charliec]

You don't by any chance study with Sifu Ken Hey do you?

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realm of Wu with a mind
on Ch'an, the silent
smile awaits them. -
Ch'au-Lu

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[hasayfu]

There are many stories about lau gar in hung gar. First, who brought it into the system? I have heard Wong Fei Hong, Lam Sai Wing and Lum Jo.

Also, I have heard that Lau Gar is famous for it's phoenix eye fist yet you don't see it much in the form.

All I can say is I like the lau forms. They are hardcore and do show a hung gar flavor. How that flavor got there is beyond my meager research.

I know of three forms. Lau gar fist, long pole and palm.

[iron thread]

Thanks anyway. I do not study with Ken Hey do. I study with Johnny Jang, supposedly one of the earlier students of Wing Lam.

First, who brought it into the system?

I have also heard many different stories.

In my school Lau Gar is first form in the curriculum.