Ten Tigers of Gwongdung (Gwongdung sap fu)

Ten Tigers of Gwongdung (Gwongdung sap fu)

“Ten Tigers of Gwongdung” (Gwongdung sap fu) were the best fighter of Southern China in the late period of the Ching dynasty, who studied under the Southern Siulam masters or their students. Even though there could be some relations in between some of them, the organized groups of the “Ten Tigers” is a fiction created by the Hong Kong movie industry.

It is similar with the “Ten Tigers of Gwongdung” as with the “Seven wise men” of ancient Greece - names and characteristics of each of them are often different. Let us present at least the most known ten of the masters:

Leung Kwan alias "Iron Bridge Three" (Tit kiu" Saam)
Wong Yanlam, student of Tibetan monk Singlung, master of the Tibetan style “lion’s roar” (si ji haau), root of many famous gungfu styles of southern China, e.g. lama style (lama paai), white crane (baak hok kyun) and Hero’s style (Hap ga kyun)
"Beggar" Sou (Sou "Hatyi")
Wong Chingho
"Iron Finger" Chan ("Tit ji" Chan), expert of the "iron finger skill " (tit ji gung)
Jau Taai
"Three-legged" Taam ("Saam geuk" Taam), famous for his kicking techniques
"Black tiger" Sou (Sou "Hak fu"), master of the black tiger style (hak fu mun)
Wong Keiying
Wong Feihung

Wong Keying was one of the “Former five tigers” (Chin ng fu).Wong Feihung is considered one of the Tigers by most of Hung ga masters. However, some sources state that Wong Feihung was called the “Tiger after the Ten Tigers of Gwongdung” and do not include him to the list of the “Ten Tigers”. A student of Grandmaster Lam Saiwing, Jyu Yukjai, names Lei Yanchiu in the list instead of Wong Feihung.

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