1. where did/do you train?
2. who was your grandmaster/what lineage is your school?
3. does your kwoon spar?
4. what kinda of drills/conditioning is there?
5. how many forms?

Also, got any other thoughts/opinions?

Here are my answers

1. I'm from wisconsin
2. my sifu studied mostly Ha Say Fu Hung Ga with Kwong Wing Lam
3. they sparred once upon a time, but rebranded and now my sifu says "fighting's not important," even though he was going at it bareknuckle in a meatlocker with a few dudes when he was my age
4. we do some stances, but only for a few minutes. maybe some stance transitions, crescent and snap kicks, punches, da saam sing, and drill some moves from forms, all that is our basics class
5. forms, forms, forms. 95% of what happens is forms. six levels in my kwoon, each level has an A and a B side and each side has 5 forms, so, ten forms per level. Roughly half are empty hand, then weapons: broadsword, straightsword, guan dao, 9 ring sword, whip chains, daggers, butterfly knives, staff, spear, monk spade, fan, etc.

Personally, I'm really only interested in the four pillars when it comes to forms, beyond that I'm REALLY into the conditioning and would like to see a lot more of it. I would also REALLY like to spar. Kung fu without stress testing doesn't seem much different from wushu to me. The lack of general fitness and discipline in the kwoon, as well as a lot of speculating how things would go in a fight (as opposed to practicing using the moves in a fight or even sparring scenario) has lead me towards other martial arts. That said, I still LOVE Hung Gar Kuen, still train it, and will always identify myself in a martial sense first and foremost as a Hung Kuen practitioner.

Just did the ol’ taming the tiger in a fifteen minute tai chi style. Finished it off really buzzing and sweating more than if I’d gone fast and hard.

I’d recommend giving it a try.

That breaks out in random forms using knives while making food in my kitchen right? I studied hung kuen for about 4 years. Due to mental health I’ve lost a bit of what I learned. Ive been working pretty hard to remember my forms. And now that I’m practicing regularly again, I’m starting to use my movements more often during my day to day life. Have you guys noticed any changes while practicing heavily?