Hung Ga

Chinese martial art Hung Ga Kuen洪家拳Also known asHung Ga, Hung Gar, Hung Kuen, Hung Ga Kuen, Hung Gar KuenFocusStrikingCountry of originChinaCreatorHung Hei-gunFamous practitioners(see below)ParenthoodShaolin Kung Fu, Nanquan, Five Animal forms, Bak Fu Pai (White Tiger Kung Fu), Fujian White Crane, Mok Gar (additional influence for Wong Fei Hung lineage)Descendant artsChoy ga, Fut Gar, Hung Fut, Jow-Ga Kung FuOlympic sportNoChinese nameChinese洪家Literal meaningHung familyTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHóng JiāWade–GilesHung2 Chia1Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationHùhng GārAlternative nameChinese洪拳Literal meaningimmense fistTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHóng QuánWade–GilesHung2 Ch'üan2Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationHùhng Kyùhn Hung Ga Kuen (Cantonese) or Hongjiaquan (Mandarin) (Chinese: 洪家拳, "fist of the Hung family"), alternatively shortened as either Hung Ga (洪家, Hung Family) or Hung Kuen (洪拳, Hung fist), is an ancient southern Chinese martial art, which roots lie in the Southern Shaolin kung fu. During the turn of the 3rd millennium, Hung Ga was one of the most widely practiced styles of kung fu from southern China in t