Hung Ga and cross Training

[HungGarEgg]

Hi everyone!

I've been doing Hung Ga (at Yee's) for about a year now and am wondering what other art I should cross train in?

Any experienced Hung Gar people have a decent suggestion? What are some of the weaknesses of Hung Gar vs another style?

Anybody else from Yee's on this forum?

Thank you!

[SIFU RON]

Hi everyone!

I've been doing Hung Ga (at Yee's) for about a year now and am wondering what other art I should cross train in?

Any experienced Hung Gar people have a decent suggestion? What are some of the weaknesses of Hung Gar vs another style?

Anybody else from Yee's on this forum?

Thank you!

I am not familiar with Yee's Hung Gar , however Hung Ga is the strongest style in Kung Fu I learned from my late Sifu ( Ark Y Wong ) I found no weakness within it ,those of us that leaned it became stronger fighters. Not many people learn to use Kung Fu for combat. I never found a reason to cross train. However today is different . My best to you.

Sifu Ron

My best to you/

Ron

[SifuYui]

As a former YHG sifu, the best suggestion I can give you, from my experience, is touch hands with people NOT from YHG and see if your stuff works. You can read about my post-YHG journey on the New York Hung Ga FB page. You can also PM me with any questions about my YHG experience.

Good luck with your training.

Best, Yui

[SoCo KungFu]

As a former YHG sifu, the best suggestion I can give you, from my experience, is touch hands with people NOT from YHG and see if your stuff works. You can read about my post-YHG journey on the New York Hung Ga FB page. You can also PM me with any questions about my YHG experience.

Good luck with your training.

Best, Yui

The emphasized part is probably the most important advice you will get here. We can all speculate, but you'll never truly know your deficiencies until you cross hands with as many different people, from as many different systems, in as many different venues (traditional martial arts tourneys to San Da to at least hard sparring with MMA types) as you possibly can. Find your deficiencies and seek out those that can help you shore them

And avoid advice from anyone telling you there's no need to cross train. Those are people that aren't constantly trying to test, refine, expand their skillset.

[sanjuro_ronin]

As a former YHG sifu, the best suggestion I can give you, from my experience, is touch hands with people NOT from YHG and see if your stuff works.

Best, Yui

This is spot on.

[HungGarEgg]

Thanks for the replies guys! I think it's only healthy to train in more than one art? I also want to take up Boxing - just simple boxing

I feel the only thing missing is hard sparring/sparring at the current school. Apart from that, it's a really good school! We only spar for 10-15 mins a week and also slow/sensitivity spar for about 10-20 mins a week at the end of qi qong and drills. Training/conditioning is VERY tough at yee's! I think there should be more sparring at the particular branch I go to. But there are so many other aspects to Hung Gar and fighting is only one of them!

The other art I'm considering is Judo - Shui Jao is largely missing from Kung Fu these days which is a shame really.

Sifu Yui, that's really kind of you! I will send a pm if that's OK sir.

So, it's either Boxing or Judo (or both?! ) - hard decision.....

Thanks a lot guys

[Jimbo]

IMO, Judo is an excellent art to supplement your HG training, as long as you have a strong basic foundation in your HG. I would not suggest taking up both Judo and boxing at the same time, though. If you join a good club in either method, you will realize that just one of them requires hard, time-consuming training. Also, there is a learning curve. You don't want to overload. So if you have the time and the funds, take up either Judo or boxing, and after you've developed a good base and proficiency in the one art, then perhaps look into the other.

[SifuYui]

Happy to answer any questions you may have HungGaEgg. PM me.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Yui

[HungGarEgg]

IMO, Judo is an excellent art to supplement your HG training, as long as you have a strong basic foundation in your HG. I would not suggest taking up both Judo and boxing at the same time, though. If you join a good club in either method, you will realize that just one of them requires hard, time-consuming training. Also, there is a learning curve. You don't want to overload. So if you have the time and the funds, take up either Judo or boxing, and after you've developed a good base and proficiency in the one art, then perhaps look into the other.

Agreed, Judo is an awesome martial art but my heart is set on boxing :/ But I will only take up one new art otherwise it'd just be overload.

[David Jamieson]

Thanks for the replies guys! I think it's only healthy to train in more than one art? I also want to take up Boxing - just simple boxing

I feel the only thing missing is hard sparring/sparring at the current school. Apart from that, it's a really good school! We only spar for 10-15 mins a week and also slow/sensitivity spar for about 10-20 mins a week at the end of qi qong and drills. Training/conditioning is VERY tough at yee's! I think there should be more sparring at the particular branch I go to. But there are so many other aspects to Hung Gar and fighting is only one of them!

The other art I'm considering is Judo - Shui Jao is largely missing from Kung Fu these days which is a shame really.

Sifu Yui, that's really kind of you! I will send a pm if that's OK sir.

So, it's either Boxing or Judo (or both?! ) - hard decision.....

Thanks a lot guys

There is nothing simple about boxing. It will fill that empty sparring spot for you, really quick.
Learning to wrestle is only going to serve you well too.

[TenTigers]

um..did you click on the link? It's the entire book on pdf