Incursioni e riflessioni di Alberto Biraghi – online dal 7 febbraio 2001
“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 muscles or even worse executing a technique. For this reason we do not breath in while . . .
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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 Hung Kuen and a significant symbol in the Chinese secret societies tradition – was held . . .
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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 and his martial arts journey. Alberto studied the traditional Hung Ga Kyun in Hong Kong with . . .
Continua a leggereI cinesi li conosco bene, ci ho passato assieme un sacco di tempo. Loro non si sono mai integrati e mai si integreranno, in nessuna parte del mondo. Però sono tradizionalmente un popolo di pragmatici: lavorano, producono e sanno creare alleanze vantaggiose dove risiedono. Quindi se spendono . . .
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 that this act is wrong, dangerous and not in line with our Hung Kuen tradition. . . .
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 the holistic and deeply interacting nature of the traditional Eastern martial arts.
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 di Hung (ma a me piace di più “Kuen”, perché per me “famiglia” è la . . .
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 and respective experience of those who practice it. There’s never mystification or obfuscation in a traditional . . .
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