"Train persistently and tirelessly every day. There is a saying "Mastery is born in hard training". Thousand of types of Fighting Arts come to one criterion, ten thousand methods come to the same essence. Since my young years till now I have been learning from Masters during fifty years. Fortunately, I earned the love of my tutors who passed me the Shaolin Mastery."
Lam Sai Wing.
Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen. Tiger and Crane Double Form (Hong Kong, 1957)
Bibliography: Lam Sai Wing
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Tiger & Crane Double Form.
The book deals with the most popular and probably the most monumental form of the Hung Gar Kung Fu style.
This form, known as "The Tiger and the Crane", was created in the late XIX century by Lam Sai Wing's teacher, an unrivalled master of Kung Fu Wong Fei Hung*. The Tiger's extremely tough, fierce and lightning-fast attack are balanced against and supplemented by the softer and smoother techniques of the Crane. The "tough" and the "soft" combine in a harmony.
A lot of attention is given to real-life combat application of the Kung Fu techniques in question.
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*Wong Fei Hung was one of masters in kung fu, best known in China and in the West, a character of many books and films ("Once upon a time in China" and others).
The Quintessence of Southern Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu - classical Fighting Methods from the book Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen:
"A Fierce Tiger Pressed Himself to the Ground"
"Tiger's Eye, Leopard's Blow"
"The Hungry Tiger Catches a Ram"
"The Tiger Goes Out from his Den"
"The Fierce Tiger Descends a Mountain"
"The Tiger Tramples On Wolves and Jackals"
"Claws of the Black Tiger"
"A Fierce Tiger Pushes the Mountain"
"The Dragon Hid, the Tiger Jumped Out"
"The Fierce Tiger Scratches Sand"
" Tiger's Roar and Crane's Call"
"A Crane Beak", "One Leg of a Flying Crane"
"A Hungry Crane Standing on One Leg"
"A Hungry Crane Catches Shrimps"
"Crane Crest", "The Monkey Steals a Peach"
"The Wild Goose Sits Down on the Sandbank"
"Prancing Unicorn", "Butterflies Depart in Flight"
"The White Horse Hoofs"
"Arhat Goes Out from the Cave"
"Eight Drunken Celestials"
and others...
About the Author
Lam Sai Wing
Lam Sai Wing (1860 - 1943) was born in the district of Nan Hai, Guangdong province. Followed the customs of ancestors and learnt the tradition of Martial Arts in his family, proceeded to learn from tutors Lam Fook Sing, Wong Fei Hung, and Wu Gum Sin. Indulged in persistent training, achieved great mastership in the Martial Arts. Founded Wu Ben Tang ("The Hall of Fundamental Study") in Guangzhou (Canton) where he taught the Martial Arts. During his life brought up more than 10,000 followers.
Toward the end of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911) gained the first place at large competitions that took place at the Dongjiao ground. Thanks to it, with great pleasure, Lam Sai Wing received a silver medal handed to him by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen himself as a token of the recognition of his great services and successes. In the years followed, taking images and characters of the Tiger and the Crane as a base, as well as techniques of Hung Gar Kuen and Fo Kuen styles, he founded a new school Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen ("The Double Form of the Tiger and the Crane").
Lived in his old years in Hong Kong where he taught the Martial Arts together with his favorite disciples Juy Yu Jaai, Jeung Sai Biu, Lei Sai Fai, and others. Wrote books: GUNG GEE FOOK FU KUEN ("Taming the Tiger"), TID SIN KUEN ("Iron Thread Fist"), and FU HOK SEUNG YING KUEN ("The Double Form of the Tiger and the Crane").
Marked a new epoch and a new school of Chinese Martial Arts, in particular in the division of formal complexes Tao Lu. Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen ("The Double Form of the Tiger and the Crane") is practiced on a large scale both in China and abroad and the interest to it does not fall down. After the formation of the People's Republic of China (1949) this style was included into syllabuses of institutes and Wu Shu high-grade schools.
/ An article from ZHONG GUO WU SHU ZEN MING CI DIAN - Dictionary "Well-known Masters of the Chinese Martial Arts" edited by Chang Cang and Zhou Li Chang. /
Short Historical Essay on Master Lam Sai Wing. Written by His Disciple Zhu Yuzhai
As related by Zhang Shibiao from Pangyu. The twelfth year Kuihai of the Peoples Republic (1923), the first month of the summer.
BOOK details
- Shaolin Kung Fu Online Library (USA, 2003)
- English
- PDF / 123 pages
Author's Preface.
They say that if you wield a skilful pen, you must wield arms as well, because arms are a support for a pen. Since my young years till now I have been learning from Masters during fifty years. Fortunately, I earned the love of my tutors who passed me the Shaolin Mastery. I think that I have acquired that Mastery far from perfection. As a token of my thankfulness to my tutors, I also passed the Technique and the Mastery to my disciples during a few decades. I do not think that I am a patient and skilful tutor, because we suffered a lot of changes in our lives.
The Pugilistic Art is easy to learn, but it is difficult to gain perfection in it. First of all, it is necessary to know rules and laws, as well as norms and criteria and then add Force to them. In that case you improve your innate nature and can freely and easily move in all directions, attack and avoid enemy's attacks. One must perceive the secrets of "The Four Essences-Dao", methods of "Five Gates-Men", images of "Eight Directions-Mian" and ways of Life and Death.
What are "Four Dao"? Those are heart, eyes, arms, and legs. Dao of a heart is a realized behavior, Dao of eyes is light and order, Dao of arms is easiness in attack and clutch, Dao of legs is quickness in a fight. "Five Men" is top, middle, bottom, left and right side. The top has Seven Openings-Qiao: eyes, ears, nostrils and mouth, the middle has a heart and a breast, the bottom has groin, the left side has the left arm and the left leg, the right side has the right arm and the right leg. If a man deeply perceived and understood it, he is a master of the situation.
Furthermore, you must see the situation on four sides - east, west, south, and north. It is necessary to take a commanding position, to find out strong and weak points in your enemy, to direct your attacks towards his weak points, to strive for life and to avoid death. You should "look into the distance", but you should not lose sight of the situation around you.
If the enemy makes a false lunge (feint), it is necessary to react seriously; if the enemy attacks in all seriousness, you should dodge. If the enemy is far from you, you should not swing your fists, if he is close to you, you should forestall him. If he attacks at the top (at the upper level), you should react at the top, and if he attacks from below (at the lower level), you should to block up the ways of an attack from below. It is necessary to observe attentively enemy's movements, foresee the direction of his attack. You should perfectly comprehend the essence of an attack and a retreat, methods of "rise" and "sink".
Train persistently and tirelessly every day; there is a saying "Mastery is born in hard training". Thousand of types of Fighting Arts come to one criterion, ten thousand methods come to the same essence.
In the great antiquity Hua Tuo* told Wu Pu** that if the body often moves, food is digested more easily; movement also promote the circulation of blood and energy Qi. "Lu Lan"*** says the same: "The running water is fresh, a worm can not live in a door hinge". Those words express the essence of movement as a base to preserve health. The same is with the Pugilistic Art: it is not only a means of self-defense, but also a means to improve in health. Therefore, as a rule, those who practise Fighting Arts are men of strong constitution and good cheer. Undoubtedly, Fighting Arts cure diseases and prolong one's life, it is of great benefit! I frankly and openly tell scholars of the future about it. As far as we are concerned, we must preserve the Fighting Arts as an integral element of the national Cultural Heritage.
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*Hua Tuo (141? - 208) is a famous physician and a follower of Taoism. He created a complex of "Plays of Five Animals" (WUQINXI) owing which through the imitation of movements of different animals - bear, tiger, deer, monkey, and crane the energy Chi correctly circulates in a human organism and that cause effects of rejuvenation and invigoration.
**Wu Pu is a disciple and a successor to Hua Tuo. He widely used WUQINXI in his medical practice.
***"Lu Lan" is the title of collected works on natural science and philosophy compiled in III century B.C., also known under the title "Lu Shi Chun Qu" ("Springs and Autumns of Lu Kin").
