Curriculum of LGHK

Classical texts say that to have good gungfu you need 3 things: a right method, a good teacher and a good student.

The training of beginners focuses on developing a strong technique (faat), skill foundations (gung), relaxation, strengthening and bulding of correct structure of the techniques and correct motion patterns (from the formless to form). The students first learns specific gungfu warming up exercises, basic techniques/drills (saan sik) and their usage or application (saan sau) as well as conditioning, strenghtening and relaxation exercises (gungfu). After correct mastery of the basic exercises he/she starts to learn the first empty handed set (kyun tou), usage of the techniques in a sparring set (deui chaak) and basic combat sequences and sparring drills (wui hap).

The training of intermediate and advanced students concentrates especially on developing skill (gung) aspects ("from the form to formless"), sparring sets (deui chaak), combat sequences and sparring drills and weapon practice (separated techniques, sets, sparring sets, combat sequences and sparring drills and sparring). The emphasis is put on enriching the combat arsenal, combat tactics and strategy, and advance inner aspects of LGHK, namely the cultivation of "life energy" (heigung, qigong in mandarin Chinese).

Standard LGHK Curriculum - Orthodox Hung Kyun (Hung kyun jing jung 洪拳正宗 )

		basic level (cho kap )

kp/dn	sets	weapons	sparring sets
12. kp	"taming of the tiger in gung pattern" 1		"taming of the tiger" A
11. kp	"taming of the tiger in gung pattern" 2		"taming of the tiger" B
10. kp		"traveller's staff"	"staff vs.staff" A
9. kp			"staff vs.staff" B

8. kp	"tiger and crane" 1		"tiger and crane" A
7. kp	"tiger and crane" 2		"tiger and crane" B
6. kp		"commander's sabre"	"sabre vs. spear" A
5. kp			"sabre vs. spear" B


		intermediate level (jung kap)

kp/dn	sets	weapons	sparring sets
4. kp	"arrow/war palm"
3. kp		"six and half long pole"
2. kp		"Geuichung's big crescent moon double knives"	"double knives vs. spear" A
1. kp			"double knives vs. spear" B

1. dn		"dragon head bench“
2. dn		"plum blossom long-handled broadsword"	"long-handled broadsword vs. spear" A
3. dn			"long-handled broadsword vs. spear" B
4. dn		"cross pattern three-sectional whip"


		*advanced level (gou kap)*

kp/dn	sets	weapons	sparring sets
5. dn	"ten forms"
6. dn		"Yeung family fifth brother's eight diagram long pole"	"long pole vs. long pole" A, B
7. dn		"Yiu family big trident"
8. dn		"plum blossom double dragon sabres"

9. dn	"iron thread"
10. dn		"plum blossom double three-sectional chain whip"	"double daggers vs. spear" A
11. dn			"double daggers vs. spear" B
12. dn		"Spring and Autumn long-handled broadsword

Auxiliary LGHK curriculum

bare-handed (kyun tou)

"cross pattern plum blossom set"

"Lau family set"

"crushing step"

weapons (bing hei)

"Lau family long pole"

"willow leaf pek gwa sabre"

"Si family plum blossom spear"

"Jau family double butterfly knives"

"Kwanleun mountain sword"

"life gate sword"