I’ve been too busy to post much of anything at the moment, so for now, just a quick martial-arts link: a little Hung-Gar jam from a capable-looking practitioner.
What this fellow is doing here is a conglomeration of forms from what appears to be the Lam Sai Wing branch of our system. There’s some Fu Hok (Tiger Crane Double Form) in there, as well as some bits & pieces of the Fook Fu section of the Gung Ji Fook Fu (Subduing the Tiger in “I” Pattern).
The music, which is all too familiar to anyone who practices Hung family kung fu, is known as “General Kwan’s Mandate”. I’ve heard this piece a thousand times; it is played all the time at kung-fu demonstrations, and as far as I know, it is the only piece of music that any Hung-Gar school has ever been aware of. (God, I’m sick of this tune.) You will also notice the cheesy, whip-like sound effects that accompany each movement; the people that make these movies just can’t help themselves, I think.
As for the kung fu, though, it’s a pretty good example of what Hung Gar is supposed to look like. (I think this fellow doesn’t sit far enough back in his cat stances, but I shouldn’t nit-pick.)