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...Outline of the sect...
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There
are many various theories of origin of Hung gar
kuen.
+ Hung
kuen Hung Hei-Gun:
Followers
of Hung
Hei-Gun in Guangtong consider Hung Hei-Gun the founder of Shaolin Hung Gar Kuen. Hung
Hei-Gun was the best student of Jee Sin Bonze in Shaolin Foukien pagoda. After Shaolin Foukien pagoda was destroyed by the Wades-Gile, Hung Hei-Gun
left there for Futson, his homeland in Guangtong
province to start a camp of martial arts training
to spread Shaolin kuen . However, in order to keep
secret, he called this martial art Hung Kuen or
Hung gar kuen.
Luk A Choy was a
student of Jee Sin Bonze and later was sent to Hong Hy quan by Jee
Sin Bonze to receive training of Shaolin
kuen.
Luk A Choy passed
the art to Wong Tai, Wong Tai
passed it to his son - Wong
Ky Ying, then Wong
Ky Ying passed it to his son - Wong
Fei Hung (1840-1933), Wong
Fei Hung passed it to Lam
Sai Wing, Lam
Sai Wing passed it to his paternal grandson
- Lam Cho (1910-?) who is now 97 years old (2007)
and lives in Hongkong. All followers of Hung kuen Hung Hei-Gun in Guangtong and the US now are students of Lam
Sai Wing and Lam Cho.
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Hung kuen Tian Di Hui
According
to this theory, Hung kuen originated with the
Founder of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuan Zhang because
the word “Hong” was in “Hongwu Empires”
which was the first date of royal dynasty of the
Ming
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Other theories:
According
to other theories, the Founder of the Song Dynasty
Zhao Kuang Yin dreamt of Deity giving lessons of
36 basic movements of Hung kuen and then created
Tai Zu Chang quan. If
we carefully observe, it is easy for us to realize
that Tai Zu Chang quan lesson has many basic
movements and methods of Hung kuen which are
present in systems of training lessons of other
factions of Shaolin Hung gar kuen later.
The
famous lessons Xiao Hung kuen (Minor) and Da Hung
kuen (Major) of Shaolin Sungshan pagoda now spread
in pagodas in China and some factions or Shaolin
in Vietnam were obvious proofs of the fact that
Hung kuen had originated from Shaolin Sungshan
before Shaolin Foukien
was created. Therefore Hung kuen was created
before both Jee
Sin Bonze and Hung
Hei-Gun appeared.
However, no matter what the origin is, there is an
undeniable fact that resolute beauty of Hung gar
kuen moved hearts of many generations of fans of
martial arts. Hung gar kuen was considered King of
South Kungfu or called Hung Kuen No 1 in Five
Great Family Names of South Kungfu Shaolin Foukien by the Chinese .Hung
gar kuen in Ha Noi
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