Hop Gar Basics and Qigong (Part 1)

Hop or Xia means “knight” in Chinese. This Tibetan styles is famous for its “Ape“ swing punches, agile Crane like steps, and sudden changes to intercepting energy. This video shows all the basics for the system. It also shows, and this is always a bonus, those Qigong exercises specifically geared toward the practice of this style. Often considered a Tibetan style, Hop Gar is a dynamic long fist style with a fierce history. In its lineage, it counts one of the Ten Tigers of Canton: Wong Yan Lum. This rarely seen style is proud of its strong fighting heritage. Developed around a specific set of principles such as angled evasion, no blocking and striking the pulse point, Hop Gar has an almost underground reputation as a powerful and no-nonsense approach to combat. Yet it’s wide open movement have led some to discribe it as White Crane, but TIBETAN White Crane unrelated to the Fukian branch. Lin Xin’s teacher was a famous Hop Gar inspiration, Deng Jing Tao. #chinesemartialarts #kungfu #wu