The Tiger/Crane Form of Hung Gar Kung-Fu

159 Pages·1983·8.89 MB·English

by  Bucksam Kong

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O U T T E U T O R
B uckea m K tm g ls (m e ef the fo rem ost experts tn the W est on th e H ung
G ar styk o f kung fu the system of the flve form ed flst fle ls chlef m
structor o f th e 5l1 L um P a1 G un g F u A ssom atlon an d fol't gn atlvlso r to
b0th the H ong K ong C h lnese M ertlal A rts A qqoclatlon and the H ong K ong
C hoy L l F ut A ssoclab on
A B lack Bett H all of Fam e m em bvr (1974) K ong has studled the m trlcate
flghtlng system y o f C hlna all hls llfe bep nnlng w lth h1s Instructor ln H ong
K ong l-um Jo K o ng h as b een a presew er of on e of th c m ost popu lar of 1 1
kung fu styles and the o ne generally accepted as closest to the orlp nal chuan
fa o f the anclent Shaolln tem ple
K o ng tatlglst ktm g fu m I-law au for 20 years before rrtovlrtg te L os
A ngeles C allfo rm a ln 1977 m th hIs w lfe N ancy and thclr three ehlldren
H ls first book H ung G ar K ung bu C hlnese A rt of Xetf D efense 'was
pubhshed by O hara P ubllvatlons ln 1973
REIACE
I d ellb cratcd fo r m an y years o n th e dea o f co m m u n lcatln g (h e tlger crane
set e f kung Iu through the lnedl lm o f a boo k W hat has m ade thls a d if
fltult tletislo n Is th e tradltlon o f the p ra tltjo ners o f (hls kung lu style to
frow n on pu bt v exposvw e to thls know kcclge B euause o f m y deslre to sh are
th ls k rlo w letlge w lth d ed izated ku rtg fu prdctltlo rkers ( kkavf fin ally d tm d cd
to go ahead w lêh thlq prolect N o part o ! thls set fu hok i/letarf.v y n kuen
h as been o nlltted o r w lth h eld
T h e t ger cra qe set iq th e m o st & aluab le set ln the h u ng gar style It co vers
evecy angle artd to ntam s tyoth tong an d short range techm q ues as w ell as a
uo m b ln at o n o f h ard an d so ft tech ruq t us T h e vetsatth ty e f kts tev h m q ues
arc such that the usagc o g thls set s vlrtually unlim lted (1n lts self defense
qualltles)
T he study o f h ung gar f-annot be uornplete w lthou t learnlng thks entlre
set lt p ro vld es a p attt b y w lu ch th c stu klen t =an gam an u n d erstan d lng o f
sophlstif-atecl htm d m tn em cnts lt o pens the doo r to ertlkghten tzw nt aqd
p rep ares the stu d cnt fb r successfu l traln lng ln k u ng fu
I w o u ld llke to th an k m v w qfe S h u k H an K o ng fo r h er love an d m o ral
suppor: R ogcr Y an o fo r b 1s hard w o rk jn h elplng rrle assem blc thls boo k
m ! ve y goo d studen ts w ho spertt lo ng ho uçs m thc stu dko posm g for tb ese
p ho to grap hs an d the sta l r o f O ha ra P u b llcat o n s fo r all th elr h elp
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L o s A ngeles C aI fo rn la
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T'hc tlger/uran e set ls an d em en t o f th e h u n g gar ku n g fu style T'h s style
traues lts o r gln s b ack to H u ng H ee G un g d tlrln g th e era o f th e C h ln g
D ynasty
D urlng thls tlm e the C hlng arm les dcstroycd the Shao lln tem ple A slngle
m o n k C hee S ln su rvlved S h ao lln s d es ru ctlo n H urtg H ee G u ng b ecam e
o ne o f h ls qtu d en ts H u n g w as a very stro ng rrla n an d th e tlger flgh u n g tet.h
m qaeq w ere part ctltarty sm ted to hlm H e soort beoam e tam ed fo r tus tlzht
Ing prow ess
D ur ng hIs travels he m et a w om an F o ng W ng C hun w ho had develop
ed her o w n figh tln g tech n lq u es b ased o n th e m o vcm tm b o f a ûran e A cco rd
ln g to lcgcn d o n e d ay a crane b egan eatlng F o ng s n t.c as It w as beln z d rled
She trled to drlve the urane o ff 8 1th a stlck bu! the crane w as too ag lc and
elustve N o m atter h o w h ard sh t. tn t.d b o ng fo u n d th a! sh e w aq u n ab lc to
stn ke the cran e Sh e th cn b cgan to stu d y the f-rane s m o tlo ns n o rd c to
understand ho w it w as able to cvadc h er altauks She laler deselo ped flgh t
ng teuh nlq u es ba sed o n th ese m o tlo n s
B cfore H ung and F ong m e! her tather w as k llcd by a very stro ng flghter
(w hose nam e has been lost ln t m e) Shc kncw that by herself she could not
hope to defeat her father s killer W hcn shc m et H unt- he w as already a
fam ous fighter- she co n: lnteed hIm that cvert tLtougt't he had great s rength
and p o w erfu l h gh tln g tech n lq u es to b e a m o rc co m p lcte m ar la l artlst h e
sho u ld lcarn so m e es aslve tech m q u es S h e o l fered to tcach h lm h er crane
tech nlq u cs ln rctu rn fo r h ls h elp ln seek ln g revengc o n h er father s klller
H u ng agrecd an d sp cn l the n ext th ree years p erfectln g a ln o n o g !hc tlger
and crane technlques w hlvh he latt.r used to deteat 1he klller o f F ong s
father
T h ls ls th e h lq o ry o f h o w t qer cran e w as crea ed
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T hls volum e presents the tlger crane set (fu hok N/lefpag yIn kuen) ln lts
en tlrety u qlng 268 sep arale p h o tog rap h s T h e fo rrrl ls also b ro ken d o w n ln a
unlq ue w ay that allow s the student to study the pract cal sclf defense appll
catlo n s o f every m o ve ln th ls fo rm
T h c first t m e yo u stu d y th ls b o o k exam ln e th e en tlre lo rm h rst fro m
front to back (the steps are num bered f-onsecuuvely throughout thls book)
sk lp p lng th e ap p h catlo n sectlo n s at flrst T hen g o b ack an d b egln agaln w lth
the f rst skx u on of the fo rt'rt the O pentrtg Salute N ow turtl ttïe page and
netlue the pho tographs an d ta ptlon for the appllcatlon o f these m oves F or
every seu lo n an d step o f th lq fo rm th ere Is a co rresp o n d m g p age lm m ed late
(y after ttm t d em olw tratt.s ttw actual ùo m bat po ss bllltlts o f each m ove m
clu d lng qltua tlo n s agm n st m o re th a n o nc o p p o n ent
It Is po sslb lc to stu d y th ls b o o k aga ln an d aga ln revlew lng seq u en t-es o f
thc ttzer erane set that yo u m ay have forgo tten or lo o km g up thc sd f
defen se ap p hca t o ns o f certm n step s
N o art fo rm can b e co m pletely m a stered th ro u gh b o o k ln structlo n O ncc
y eu b ave stu dled th e u ger cran e set p erso n al ln struttlon can h elp b n n g o ut
lts m ore Intanglble benefits P erserverante and hard w o rk 4re the key
N T E N T S
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H A Nd s.........8
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T R I IN A N S
T h e han d w calx m s u sed dn lhe D ger/cran e set o î h un g ga r k un g fu are
m an y T h ey arc d ep lcted h ere clo se u p so th at yo u r h an d s can b e fo rm ed ln
th e req u lred to n figu ratlo n s as th ey are called fo r th ro u gh o ut the text N o te
carefu lly the p o slu o ns o f th e fin gers th u m b an d w rlst w lth each h an d o r 5 st
T h e h eel o f th e p alm th e tlp s o f the fin gers the fro n t an d b ack k n u ck lcs an d
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