I think that Huang Fei Hong was also an herbalist, but not sure...I
don't know if Jacky Chan's (rather than Jet Lee's) interpretation is more
correct or not.
-M.
Alan Tam's interpretation of Wong Fei Hung is absolutely incorrect, but
very funny. 8)
"I'm just waiting for my breakfast!" - Yuuki Akira, VF2
>]In article <Pine.Sola.3.91.96040...@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>,
>]Jet Li <p-cheng2@Wong_Fei-Hong> wrote:
>]> I was wondering if anybody new anything about huang fei hung besides
>]> the fact that he was one of the ten kwangtung tigers? I want to know
>]> about his life and how wonderful he was.
Huang Fei-hung was not one of the Ten Tigers of Guangdong, but his father
was. And don't be fooled by Jacky Chan or Jet Li's movies, Huang was a
fat guy, and not handsome.
He is almost famous for his healing techniques. He always talks about
respect, non fighting, honesty to his students.
>Wong Fei Hung is the son of Wong Kay Ying, one of the shaolin's twelve
>pillar. He was a master of the Hung Gar style, which is one of the five
>branch of the shaolin temple. The reputation of Wong Fei Hung was
>well-established, he was respected for his great kung fu skill and for
>what he did to the weak person. His nickname was doctor justice.
>Hung Gar kung fu is a straightforward, honest style with a strong
>philosophy that teaches the student to use self-control and to use his
>kung fu knowledge properly. It's one of the reasons that Wong Fei Hung was
>so popular in the chinese martial arts world. He was a firm believer in
>doing only that which is morally correct, and traditional hung gar schools
>have adhered to that belief.
>The oldest form in the hung gar system, "cross tiger fist" (gung gee fook
>fu) was originated by Wong Fei Hung himself.
This can be disputed, Hung Hei Goon and/or Abbot Chi Sin created Gung Gi Fook
Fu, while Fei Hung created Fu Hok Shoeng Yin Kuen. Read Lum Sai Wings books.
>Another interesting point about his kung fu skill, is the power of his
>legs. He was able to be in a horse stance , in the hung gar style i.e.
>thighs parallel to the ground for three days.
>In the kung fu world some martial artists had a "shadow kick", but Wong
>Fei Hung had the "no-shadow kick", one of his trademark.
>That is a part of what i know about Wong Fei Hung and his life. I know
>these things because i practice hung gar , and because we can found my
>teacher in the kung fu family tree of Wong Fei Hung.
>This is my kung fu family tree: Wong Kay Ying - Wong Fei Hung - Lam sai Wing -
> Chiu Kau - Toy Kim Chan - Toy Jocelyn -
>and me Daniel Carrier (a french branch!)
My lineage is Blah/Lum Sai Wing - Lum Jo - Y.C. Wong then me, Scott Mcnutt
I have a few www pages devoted to Hung Ga Gung Fu.
Have a visit....
http://www2.best.com/~smmcnutt/hungar.html