I threw my first “roundhouse kick” in September 1971 in the Kenyukai gym lead by Luciano Panciroli and kept training the karate Shotokan until I conquered my “black belt” in 1976.
In the same year I discovered the “Hung Kuen” kung fu thanks to an Hong Kong friend who later introduced me to master Chan Hon Chung. From 1977 al 1990 I spent all my free time (30 to 45 days per year) in Hong Kong studying the Hung style with master Chan Hon Chung in the historical Hon Chung Gymnasium located at 729 Nathan Road. When the gym closed and master Chan retired I kept training with my “si-hing” and friend, doctor Cheung Yee Keung.
I still train the Hung Kuen every morning: the Tit Sin Kuen that i learned from master Chan Hon Chung, the straight sword and the six bare hands sets. I am still in touch with my Hong Kong brothers: Cheung Yee Keung, Kong Pui Wai, Lee Yun Fook, Seto Wing, Raymond Lau.
From 2016 to 2018 I studied the Tai Chi form of the Chen Ming branch with my old friend Fulvio Fiori. In January 2019 I started training the fascinating “Kung Fu Evolution” (a hot rodded Wing Chun) with mr. Dorillo Rota.
In the sad days of the COVID-19 pandemy I decided to share with the world the Tit Sin Kuen that I learned from master Chan Hon Chung in a series of live videos that I collected in this YouTube playlist.
In spite of some technical inaccuracies, the article “Exit the Dragon? Kung Fu, once central to Hong Kong life, is waning” (Charlotte Yang, The New York Times, August 22, 2016) . . .
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“This is a great fact that I am sharing now, for the benefit of whoever wants to get it: in our family’s Hung style breathing in never happens while contracting the . . .
Continua a leggere“In fact, the author seems to make a very pointed argument that Hung Gar is in its essence not a technical system of physical movements, but is instead an expression . . .
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A few words about the “one finger bridge” and the “three extensions”. Back in the days in the Hon Chung Gymnasium in Hong Kong this gesture – so peculiar to . . .
Continua a leggereBack in the days – late Seventies to late Eighties – when I was spending most of my free time in Hong Kong to learn the Hung style from master . . .
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“Check out one of the best Hung Ga Kyun books I had pleasure to read in years (and download a free sample here). Hung Ga Story is a memoir of Alberto Biraghi . . .
Continua a leggereL’altro giorno su uno dei vari gruppi dello stile Hung che si trovano su Facebook un sedicente “maestro di Hung Gar” ha postato questa foto. Sarà sicuramente un grande atleta . . .
Continua a leggereDa cameriera sempre in bolletta, abituata a dormire in una vecchia Honda per risparmiare i soldi con cui comprarsi fumo e alcol, a star del ring, con 14 incontri sostenuti (tre da dilettante . . .
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I had the honor to learn Tit Sin Kuen, the ultimate form of the Hung Kuen school, 30 years ago from master Chan Hon Chung, in his country house and . . .
Continua a leggereI see more and more people posting on Fabebook and/or YouTube pictures and videos of themselves engaged in the practice of Tit Sin Kuen. I would like to tell them . . .
Continua a leggere22This is a reply to a post in the “Hung Gar Kung Fu Worldwide 全世界洪家拳一家” page. IMHO the dualism “internal vs. external” and the “Quigong” concept are mostly a Western simplification of . . .
Continua a leggerePremessa. Fino a metà anni 2000 ben pochi in Europa avevano sentito parlare di Hung Kuen (letteralmente: il “pugno”, ovvero lo “stile” di Hung) detto anche Hung Gar, la famiglia . . .
Continua a leggereHo scritto un commento in un thread… a rischio (infatti è stato rimosso) su una pagina di appassionati di karate. Lo salvo qui, perché mi piace. Il problema, Flavio Daniele, sta soprattutto nel . . .
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In questo thread ho postato due commenti che mi piacciono, quindi li edito un po’ per per decontestualizzarli e integrarli tra loro e li salvo come nota. Sostanzialmente rispondo a chi sostiene . . .
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Western people who follow the Chinese martial arts, especially those who make a life out of them, are in big troubles with the inflation of the term “sifu”. The problem: . . .
Continua a leggereChinese kung fu is about sincerity and loyalty. It’s about passing on and sharing culture and correct information. Chinese kung fu is about brotherhood and mutual aid, regardless of the seniority . . .
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