FORM
What is Form?
Kung Fu traditionalists are very interested in Form; they can assess your level of Kung Fu by looking at your Form. That is, the way you stand, how you hold yourself, or how you perform the most basic of martial technique reveals all. When you demonstrate one thousand elaborate moves in quick succession they will not be fooled at all!
What are Forms?
When we talk about Forms, that is very different. Forms are the choreographed sequences of fighting movements, often based on the animal styles
that all the Shaolin schools (including Hung Leng Kuen) are famous for. Our Forms are generally in one or more of three types:
1) Fighting forms are to develop fighting methods, often using specific animal styles, or to catalogue certain fighting applications.
2) Cultivation forms, such as our Tai Chi Chuan Short Form, or Ba Gua Chang are more concerned with training the mind, and for training internal power in certain ways. Although they contain fighting techniques, that is not the main emphasis.
This means we must approach cultivation forms in a different way from fighting forms, if we are to get any benefit from them.
3) Weapon forms in Hung Leng Kuen (and taught in Fareham) are Broadsword, double-ended spear and flexible weapon (5-section whip).
The following short video sequence show some sections of our weapon and animal forms, as demonstrated by Fareham club chief instructor Sifu Myles Dunlop. You can see Broadsword, Drunken Boxing, Chang Chuan (Long Fist), Ba Ying Kuen Hut Pao Tsut (Tiger, Monkey and Snake sequences) and Tong Long (Praying Mantis).
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