Fut Ga Training
Fut Ga training includes self defense, hei (qi) gung, weapons, traditional forms, exercises for health, philosophy and meditation, inner strength, discipline, and confidence. Offensive techniques in Fut Ga are diverse and include wide, circular hook punches and hammer fists. Evasive footwork and circular blocks are some of the defensive techniques used. Benefits of Fut Ga training include: strong fighting theory; short- to medium-range attacks; maneuverability and footwork; heavy focus on hand techniques; flexibility of techniques for all body types.
The Fut Ga style traditionally had three empty-hand sets and nine weapons. The empty hand sets are:
1. Wu Dip Jeung 蝴蝶掌 (Butterfly Palm)
2. Sup Ji Kuen 十字拳 (Cross Pattern Fist)
3. Daai Ga Lou 大家路 (Great Family Set)
There are now ten empty-hand forms to practice starting with a hard, almost Karate-like form, all the way to an internal form similar to Tai Chi Chuan; they are:
Seh Ying Diu Sau (Snake Shape Hooking Hand Form)
Taai Ji Kuen (Prince's Fist)
Bak Mou Kuen (White Hair Fist)
Loh Hon Kuen (Arhat's Fist)
Daai Lin Wan Kuen (Large Continuous Fist)
Daai Gum Gong Kuen (Large Diamond Fist)
Chut Yap Bo (In and Out Step)
Mang Fu Ha Saan (Fierce Tiger Descending the Mountain)
Tien Jaang (Complete Elbow).
There is also various weapon training The nine original weapons are: the staff, spear, straight sword, broadsword, butterfly swords, kwan do, tiger fork, three-sectional staff, and the monk's spade. Some of Fut Ga's weapons forms include: Hak Lung Do (Black Dragon Broadsword); Fuk Fu Gwun (Tiger Taming Staff); Ng Ma Gwai Chou (Five Horses Returning to the Feeding Post Staff); and Lung Chin Gim (Dragon Well Sword).
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