Southern Shaolin Kung Fu Ling Nam Hung Gar Paperback – January 1, 2003

My review from goodreads:This was a great overview of the style. I especially enjoyed the history of the style to see the overlap between Master Wing Lam's lineage and my own (Shaolin Wahnam). The book provides a brief overview of many sets, but doesn't go into great depth on any of them, which is actually a good thing since they cannot be learned from a book. There was also an excellent history of the lion dance and many interesting historic anecdotes. I particularly liked this book because my specialization in my school is actually a Hoong Ka set. I will not add any criticism of this book as that would be disrespectful to a master of a style that I respect very much.

This book is great, not so much internal work, which I would've liked, but the training is very thorough.

Very detailed, well organized. I'm happy with this book.

Great overview of Hung Kuen stories and techniques. Covers tips, different ways if in Hung Kuen more versions are practised, as well as common mistakes.

I have been practicing martial arts since the 70's. This is a fantastic Hung Gar book, here's why.The coverage includes solid information on basics such as stances and Kiu Sao, on the five animals and sounds, and five elements. The typo level is extremely low (unlike most martial books). There are good multi-picture explanations of a lot of applications.The reason you should immediately buy this book is for the teaching point gems -- things you would normally only get told in class verbally -- for the key elements of quite a few open handed and weapons forms. There are typically just a couple of pages of these (with photos) for each form in the Wing Lam Canton Hung Gar curriculum, but the fact someone was willing to share these with the general public is extraordinary.That said, this book will NOT teach you a single form. Nor should you expect that from a book this short unless it is dedicated to a single form.Regards, and hope this helps.

The author is clear, concise and detailed in his writing of this book.His Hung Gar knowledge is excellent. He explains the Lineage, Hung Gar Basics, Application of movement and concepts of Forms. He also briefly reviews treating training injuries with Dit Da Jow and massage.I have trained in Hung Gar for 3 years and his videotapes are good also.

I've always enjoyed reading books by Sifu Wing Lam - his books are thorough & comprehensive in its coverage. The abovementioned book is no exception. No other books on Hung Gar offer the same detailed information as this book. This is the only Hung Gar book in English that covers topic such as 12 Bridge Hands which is a fundamental set in Hung Gar system. I hope Sifu Wing Lam would write a series of books covering every fist set in the Hung Gar system. You can be sure that every book of his would be in my collection.David Wong