Forms or Sets are an essential and an important part of traditional gung fu training. In simple terms, forms are cleaverly devised sequences of movements which carry the characteristics, techniques,principals, philosophy, tradition as well as many other important aspects of a style. Correct and proper form training offers many benefits to the practitioner at many different levels. However in order to enjoy all the benefits offered, one must be patient , train hard, train regularly and above all train correctly. Despite what most modern martial artist think, forms training is crucial and considered by many as the backbone of a style.

Hung Gar gung fu includes many different forms. Traditional Hung Gar forms can be separated into three different categories: Empty Hand Forms, Weapon Forms and Two Men Forms. Compared to the other styles of gung fu, Hung Gar forms/sets are much longer and extremly demanding on the practitioner both physically and mentally. Each one of the forms teach important key points and principles of the system.

Some of these hand, weapon and two men sparring forms/sets are same in all lineages of Hung Gar. However there are some forms which are only practiced by certain lineages of Hung Gar but not the others. These other forms were incorporated into Hung Gar by number of different masters of the style due to variety of reasons.

In this section of Hung Kuen Net you will find an indroductry description of many of the hand , weapon and two men forms/sets practiced under different lineages of Hung Gar Kuen. Please use the options on the left to navigate this section of our web site.