Originally Posted by
bawang
5 families are 5 famous cantonese boxing families from futsan county in Guangdong province.
they are not shaolin. Chinese hillbilly kung fu has a habit of making false claims. my hometown has some hillbilly kung fu people who claimed wudang origin since 1800s but have nothing to do with wudang.
the 5 families are not famous in china, they are famous because the 1800 Chinese immigrants are all from futsan, and gave birth to Chinatown kung fu.
cantonese like to act like they are the "default" real Chinese. Guangdong (eastern bay) used to be called vietdong (eastern viet) and cantonese used to be called the viet people.
Is this the same Five Families style that GM Ark Wong taught in California or was there alot of instructors that did this back then?
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