Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
Is anyone here proficient with this form?
Anybody familiar with Tid Sin Kuen/iron wire form?
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Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Ive seen it done a couple of times, but that is all.
punisher73
Senior Master
Ditto as Flying Crane, I have seen the form and have done some parts of it, but not proficient in it.
Used it as a compare/contrast to the Sanchin that I do.
Used it as a compare/contrast to the Sanchin that I do.
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
It is a strange form from the perspective of an outsider who is not educated in the concepts that it is built upon. Visually it appears to use a lot of tension in the movement, which look to be fairly abstract and without obvious combat applications. That abstraction does not bother me, as Chinese forms are sometimes built that way to develop other aspects that are not always direct combat interpretation.
What is most odd, to most people, is the vocalizations that go with the movement. There are several and at times it can sound like laughter and it is done loud and projected. The first time I saw the form demonstrated was some 25 years ago in San Francisco, by Y.C. Wong. I found it so odd, and given my own introverted personality I actually felt that if I ever trained Hung Ga, maybe I would just skip that form. And at that time I was dating a woman who had a deep interest in Hung Ga.
I’ve heard that people who dedicate themselves to this kind of training with the tension, run the risk of developing heart disease and high blood pressure and don’t always live a long life. There is at least a recognition among the Hung Ga folks that it needs to be done properly or you can be injured by it. I do not know what skills or attributes or conditioning the form intends to develop, nor how well it does so.
What is most odd, to most people, is the vocalizations that go with the movement. There are several and at times it can sound like laughter and it is done loud and projected. The first time I saw the form demonstrated was some 25 years ago in San Francisco, by Y.C. Wong. I found it so odd, and given my own introverted personality I actually felt that if I ever trained Hung Ga, maybe I would just skip that form. And at that time I was dating a woman who had a deep interest in Hung Ga.
I’ve heard that people who dedicate themselves to this kind of training with the tension, run the risk of developing heart disease and high blood pressure and don’t always live a long life. There is at least a recognition among the Hung Ga folks that it needs to be done properly or you can be injured by it. I do not know what skills or attributes or conditioning the form intends to develop, nor how well it does so.
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Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
I found a video clip of Y.C. Wong doing the form.
I think that in Western society, practicing this form with vocalization out in a city park someplace would get some funny looks by passers-by. Not that that should govern one’s training.
I think that in Western society, practicing this form with vocalization out in a city park someplace would get some funny looks by passers-by. Not that that should govern one’s training.
windwalker099
Master Black Belt
A long while back had a friend who practiced hung gar .....he once showed me some of his practice of it..There are sounds associated with it..
Seemed a lot like some of the Sanchin (三戦), practices some Japanese and Korean styles used
Seemed a lot like some of the Sanchin (三戦), practices some Japanese and Korean styles used
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