Lam Sai Wing. - Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen. Tiger and Crane Double Form (Hong Kong, 1957)

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 "Hard" 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. --------------- *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.