Very interesting video thanks for posting...
1) I found the most interesting parts (for me) began when the younger man showed the form at ~ 5:17sec I assume that is their Lau Gar Gow?
What is interesting about this form is how much it resembles forms that have been added into popular well known lineages of Hung Gar Kyun style.
Forms like Moi Fah Kyun (Plum Flower Fist) move very similar and also the pattern framework or the choreography. Same box like floor pattern and direction.
We even (also have) a form called Lau Gar Kyun (Lau Family Fist) as well.
2) ...and the discussion that followed until about 8:50sec
"Northern feet and Southern hands" have always been a well known saying...but I had never really heard of Mountains as being an excuse for closer stances.... Such a stance comes to mind as the Yee Gee Kim Yeung Ma. (2 character lift sheep horse
) haha...or lift Gonads... AKA as triangle stance. You get the picture.
Most people usually say that people down south were smaller and practiced in more cramped areas or that they practiced on boats or in rice fields...those being reasons for shorter stances i.e.
But yeah I never heard of mountains before, I guess that qualifies as being cramped for good space.
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chenyaolong, I mention these because there is another style of that is in the same vien of Hung Gar that is supposed to be practiced called Ha Say Fu.
“Ha say Fu is not actually the style name however, it is a facilitation of the meaning for modern use. H.S.F., or Lower Four Counties, refers to a region in the Fujian province located south of the capitol city of Fuzhou. It also includes Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Yong’an. It was the martial arts practiced in this region and is simply known as Hung Kuen.”
= It's very interesting...the evolution of kung fu families and such.