Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking
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Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

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Gam Bok-Yin, a 77-year-old Australian who has practiced Hung Gar for more than six decades, trains using a red-tasselled spear at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY On Hong Kong's Lantau Island, 77-year-old Gam Bok-Yin swiftly moves his fists and legs as he demonstrates the techniques of Hung Gar, a style of Chinese kung fu. Gam has spent over six decades studying Hung Gar, or Hung Kuen, a centuries-old southern Chinese martial art, characterized by strong hand techniques, such as "bridge hand" and "tiger claw". Unexpectedly, a Chinese neighbor offered to help the young boy and asked Gam to copy leg movements and simple exercises he showed him.

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Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking
5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily  

Gam Bok-Yin practices Hung Gar with his wife, who was also his student, in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Eastern exposure One day, Gam accompanied his neighbor to Sydney's Chinatown and was astonished to witness many people practicing the very same training techniques he had learned. His neighbor told Gam that the practice was called Hung Gar, a traditional …

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking
5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily  

Gam Bok-Yin, a 77-year-old Australian who has practiced Hung Gar for more than six decades, trains using a red-tasselled spear at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY On Hong Kong's Lantau Island, 77-year-old Gam Bok-Yin swiftly moves his fists and legs as he demonstrates the techniques of Hung Gar, a style of Chinese kung fu. Gam has …

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