Experience Hùhng Gār - 洪家拳 Kung Fu and the Art of Fight Choreography

Given all the traditional activities that we do at Hong Kong Sacred Spaces, you might wonder why we don't do more Kung Fu events. It would be a fair point. We've visited festivals, Lion and Dragon Dances, we've had workshops on Traditional Paper Crafts but we've really not done a lot with what is arguably the most famous traditional activity here in the Region.

Hong Kong has always been a launching pad and window into traditional Chinese Martial Arts. Whether because of its location or vibrant film culture Hong Kong has launched a thousand Kung Fu careers both in the Entertainment and Health and Wellbeing Industries. In recent years the health elements of Martial Arts has been promoted giving us an almost endless array of choices. Whether more "Martial" or "Health" related Kung Fu is a powerful indigenous practice that connects the past to the present and attracts people from the world over.

Hong Kong Sacred Spaces is happy to announce what is hopefully the first of many Kung Fu related activities with a visit to the Kwai Fong Martial Club to take part in a Hùhng Gār - 洪家拳 Kung Fu Workshop w/ Sifu Mak Che Kong - 麥志剛. Hùhng Gār - 洪家拳 (or Hung Ga / Hung Kuen) is one of the many Southern Shaolin Styles of Kung Fu notable for its dramatic deep and low stances. As such it has been a favorite to the Hong Kong Film industry which is why this visit is so special as it will be attended by Sifu Mak Che Kong - 麥志剛 and film historian and filmmaker (and Sacred Spaces Member) Bey Logan. Sifu Mak and Mr. Logan will demonstrate the art of Hùhng Gār - 洪家拳 and talk about its history and how it interacts with Hong Kong Cinema.

This is an amazing opportunity to lay the groundwork for future Hong Kong Sacred Spaces Kung Fu related events and to learn about Hùhng Gār - 洪家拳 by some of its most important scholars and practitioners.

Kindly Note:
This is a Hong Kong Sacred Spaces Society "Members Only" event. Society membership is separate from Meetup and requires that you complete a Society Membership form and pay an annual membership fee of $100 HKD. Please click http://bit.ly/2udlezN for details.