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Hung gar
07-18-2007, 07:12 AM
More hung gar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cle54_Twc8k
Mulong
07-19-2007, 03:59 AM
Aren't you having fun; if I may ask, how long have you been training in huhng ga?
Hung gar
07-19-2007, 04:02 AM
Two and a half years
Mulong
07-19-2007, 04:08 AM
Good luck in your journey. (You lucky so much data is public now.)
Hung gar
07-19-2007, 04:15 AM
Thank you for the encouragement.
Golden Spider
07-19-2007, 10:17 AM
Hmm, that was cool. I think I'd like to learn that form some time, as I haven't learned any ring sets yet.
~ Maybe I should get started. Thanks for posting the link.
Laukarbo
07-19-2007, 06:00 PM
hehe..that is not a "ring set" ...thats one of the pillar forms of Hung Kuen...
the rings are just an extra tool to build upstrength and endurance...
Golden Spider
07-19-2007, 07:18 PM
...didn't refer to the vid. as a set. See 1st half of sentence.

~I'm assuming that there are formal "sets" for rings...
So, what is the history/mythology of "iron rings"? Just auxillary training, or what? Anyone inclined to share?
Thanks again.
Sicilian Tofu M
07-19-2007, 07:57 PM
Here is some info http://www.hungkuen.net/training-rings.htm
TenTigers
07-19-2007, 09:04 PM
in Jook Lum, we use rings that are an inch thick and weigh over eight lbs each. I use two on each arm for the form and barely get through it, but some exercises use three. I bought ten...ya gotta have goals.
Sicilian Tofu M
07-19-2007, 09:49 PM
TenTigers, where do you get them?
TenTigers
07-19-2007, 10:13 PM
I bought them from a supplier of industrial hauling, and crane stuff. He sold the last of them to us for 30 a piece, but he said his supplier raised them up to over sixty bucks each. These are used as couplings for cranes. At that price, you could probably go to an iron shop and have them made up.
Sicilian Tofu M
07-19-2007, 10:48 PM
Thanks for the good idea
David Jamieson
07-21-2007, 04:16 PM
rings are auxiliary training in a lot of southern kungfu.

some people have fashioned sets for their own style, but any set can be done while wearing rings to increase the difficulty and to further the strength and understanding of the practitioner.
TenTigers
07-21-2007, 04:31 PM
I work out wearing rings, a charm bracelet, and a blue chiffon sari.
David Jamieson
07-21-2007, 07:20 PM
the sari's probably a little over the top.