ninjamonk wrote:I started Hun Gar in December of 2007 and since there are no legitimate schools in my area, I only have the Wing Lam DVD and Book to go by until I get some money to go to OH or NY.
1st: Is it possible to enter the plataeu effect while training the Kiu Sau/Bridge Hand? I have been doing it a lot and I don't know if I am doing it wrong now or something else.
2nd: I believe I have also been over doing the back bending part of the warm ups in the first DVD, I took the "bend as much as you can" literally and, now my lower back is "stuck" in curved mode and it has become a little uncomfortable bending foward. How bad is this?
3rd: I live in an apartment building and I have no room for weapons training nor the room to store them. Is it ok, that for now I get the unarmed portions of the art and train weapons for when I find the school of choice? Or does everything have to be ABSOLUTELY in order?
4th: I noticed that on the first DVD, the lesson were taught in a very detailed and slower pace compared to the Lau Gar and Kung Gee Fook Fu sets. Will the remaining lessons be "fast paced" or will they return to the more slow and detailed pace like in the first DVD?
5th: Is there a DVD on the 12 principles of Hun Gar? I can't find it.
Thank you all that take the time to help a new student in need. I have more questions but I can't remember them right now. I will be posting a lot of them here.
Hello Ninjamonk ,
I study hung gar from Wing Lam ' s videos , I have the Lau Gar fist set and the Gung Gee Fook Fu . Although hung gar has different lineages
it ' s still good to learn .
Kil Sao as you mentioned in your topic post , is basically used to build chi and to develop your horse stances very important in the development of your foundation .
When you do the 4 finger hand position and stick out the thumb and the horse stance at the same time . It ' s like doing the chi kung excercise as well as the index sticking out with the 3 fingers folded so as the thumbs , people call it the hung gar hand signiture . And you do the resistant excercise . These excercises aslo help to develop chi too .
Then you have your basic hung gar footwork and knee strikes and kicks .
When you lift up the knee it represents knee strikes to the body area and the foot area while you lift up the knee is used to block a kick comming to your groin area . With the same knee you used to block the kick with you also retaliate against the opponent by attacking the opponents ' other leg .
And you have your hung gar blocks and strikes and you self defense techniques .
Gung Gee fook fu is a good set to learn but alot of different moves to learn and practice .
The Lau gar fist set is also good to learn and the easiest to learn , and
! yeah ! Practice your weapon sets when you have the space . JUst focus on your self defense moves .
Every linegaes has their own ideas of gung gee fook fu and the other hung gar sets .
Like Wing Chun and Choy Li Fut , which is very interesting . Sometimes the sifu would modify their own sets based on the traditional moves within their sets , to make it easy to learn . Goodluck and take care .
Jing
