I wrote this article in January 2019, I edited, updated and reposted in July 2025. After more than 44 years [edit: now 50] of training in the kung fu I learned from Master Chan Hon Chung, I remain convinced that […]
At a first sight, Tit Sin Kuen looks different from all other Hung Ga forms. This uniqueness contributed to boost its mythological aura.
The true story of Wong Fei Hung— considered one of the fathers of modern kung fu—has little in common with the one told in the more than 70 films about him. In fact, he probably wasn’t as heroic as the […]
«I screamed my first “kiai” in managed to put together a good a taxi, showing a piece of paper where September 1971 in a Shotokan karate gym. Those were the years of the first Shaws Brothers’ movies and I was thrilled […]
Un “oi-tzuki” tirato a settembre 1971 segna l’inizio dei miei primi cinquant’anni marziali. La lezione di karate Shotokan dell’esordio ebbe luogo nella palestra Kenyukai di Milano, in un gruppo messo assieme dall’amico Vittorio, il quale “faceva karate” (per favore: “ká-rá-té”, non […]
Hung Kuen stances: a correct execution is the most important assumption for the serious student. In every martial art the forms are basically a symbolic (if not “metaphoric”) way to avoid the contaminations, aimed to keep and hand down the set as […]
Western students of 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: if you accept that any muscled poser who learned three moves on […]
Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen (“tiger and crane double fist”), or “Fu Hok” as it is usually referred to, is an icon of the Hung school and one of the best known Chinese sets in the martial world. In this […]
The Twelve Bridges join the two basic martial elements, deeply interpenetrated and inseparable, foundation of every martial art: the internal element (i.e. the emotional attitude and the connection between thought and action) and the external element (i.e. the physical action […]
In the days of the COVID-19 pestilence, after a long reflection, I decided to share with the world in a series of 27 videos the Tit Sin Kuen form that I received from my master Chan Hon Chung in 1984. […]
Ho conosciuto il fratello 溫雄 nel 1977, in occasione del mio primo soggiorno a Hong Kong. Dopo l’emozione iniziale l’Hon Chung Gymnasium cominciava a diventarmi familiare. E dopo la diffidenza iniziale i ragazzi della Hon Chung Gymnasium Stdent Union diventavano sempre […]
What is the Tit Sin Kuen meaning and its technical value in the martial evolution of the Hung Kuen school practitioner?
A significant number of Hung Kuen common errors appeared as a consequence of the social and cultural transformation of Hong Kong. Back in the last Century learning some good Chinese kungfu was straight forward: select a style (Hung Kuen, Tang […]
Tra tante degenerazioni subite in Italia dalle arti marziali cinesi, una delle più sgradevoli è quella che riguarda gli appellativi tradizionali. Usati in Cina per indicare le relazioni di parentela marziale (come in una famiglia: tipo nonno, zio, fratello, nipote…), […]
In my 47 years (ouch!) of constant practice, my perception of the martial arts evolved. But the trigger that launched the reflection and brought to these considerations was meeting Dorillo Rota, an awesome martialist of great human value, who has […]
This article considers the necessity of a conceptual approach to Hung Kuen forms execution to preserve the purity of the style as taught by master Chan Hon Chung in his gym at 729 Nathan Road. I studied with master Chan […]
You can be European or Chinese, you may have been born 20 years ago or in 1945, you can call yourself a beginner or a “grandmaster”, but if your advanced position is unnaturally low, your hip is open and your […]
This post is about how I got hold of this original picture taken in 1969 at the fist official meeting of the “Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Association Ltd” (renamed “Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Dance Association […]
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