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客家拳
Hakka Kuen
Pinyin: kèjiāquán
Yale Cantonese: haak3 ga1 kyun4
Hakka pinjim: hak7 ga1 kien2
Literally "Hakka fist"

Hakka Kuen (客家拳) is a general term describing a variety of Chinese martial arts originating from the Hakka community of Southern China and is considered to be an important style within Southern Chinese Martial Arts. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States military personnel. Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with Chinese Martial arts. The Hakkas ( Hakka language: Hak-kâ; Mandarin Chinese: Kèjiā) are a subgroup of the Han Chinese people who live predominantly Nanquan ( refers to those Chinese martial arts that originated south of the Yangtze River of China including Hung Kuen, Choi Lei Fut,

The Hakka heartland is located in the inland part of Guangdong Province east of the Pearl River Delta. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the The Pearl River Delta Region (PRD ( in southern China occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River Estuary According to the Dragon style teacher Steve Martin, Hakka Kuen was influenced by the style that the legendary monk Gee Sim Sim See taught in Guangdong and the neighboring province of Fujian in the 1700s. See also Five Elders Ng Mui Bak Mei Fong Sai-Yuk This article is about the People's Republic of China province

Regardless of the historical veracity of Gee Sim, the similarities between Hakka Kuen and the Fujian martial arts strongly suggests that the two are related. According to Leung Ting, the head of the WingTsun branch of Wing Chun, "Their common features are that during fights, pugilists of these systems prefer short steps and close fighting, with their arms placed close to the chest, their elbows lowered and kept close to the flanks to offer it protection. Wing Chun ( occasionally romanized as Ving Tsun or " Wing Tsun " (literally " spring chant " or "forever Another characteristic of these two systems of kung-fu is, unlike those of Kwangtung Province and Northern China, their boxing forms are rather simple" (Leung, 1978, p. 30).

The characteristic rounded shoulders and concave chest of Hakka styles are the features that distinguish them from Fujian styles.

Until the generation of masters Lau Shui and Lum Wing-Fay, Southern Praying Mantis was taught exclusively to Hakka. History The four main branches of Southern Praying Mantis are Chow Gar (周家 Chow family Chu Gar (朱家 Chu family Kwong Sai Jook In fact, the general public of the Pearl River Delta referred to Southern Praying Mantis as "Hakka Kuen," according to the traditions of its Kwong Sai Jook Lum branch.

Other styles that are associated with Hakka Kuen include Vagrant style,[1] Dragon style, and Bak Mei. The movements of the Dragon style ( Yale Cantonese: long4 ying4 mo1 kiu4 literally "dragon shape rubbing bridges" of Chinese martial arts are based For information on the fictional Pai Mei from Kill Bill, see Pai Mei (Kill Bill.

  1. ^ Vagrant Style (流民派; pinyin: Liúmín Pài; Yale Cantonese: Lau4 man4 Paai1; Hakka pinjim: Liu2 min2 Pai5)

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