Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tapeworm Video Dist
• VHS Release Date: May 1, 2000
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305884145
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,196 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Hung Gar Video by a Master, September 20, 2002

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AK van Deelen "Alex K. van Deelen" (The Hague, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a really great video for people who want to learn the Tiger Crane form of Hung Gar Kung Fu. Master Chiu Chi Ling is one of the greats in the Hung Gar pantheon.

When I first saw this video, it did jar that it felt very much like a Hong Kong movie product. There is a beginning segment in which two guys are going at it that feels a movie like. However, the segment where gm Chiu Chi Ling does the entire form on the temple grounds is cool. Then, there are the whipping sound effects that at first sound jarring and theatrical, but when you get used to them, they actually help punctuate the individual techniques. There is a good show of the emotional element of performing the techniques, but no explanation. The voice-over is in English. The form is broken up into ten sections.

What I think students already studying with a Hung Gar school will get from this, is a feel and sense of form that only a grandmaster like Chiu Chi Ling can convey, as well as a reminder of the sequence of techniques. The applications shown are ok, nothing great. There is also a "self-defense" section where Hung Gar students as assailants attack one by one, mainly using non-streetfighting techniques. However, all this can be forgiven, as this is a tape of a great Hung Gar master showing the style's signature form. Well recommended for any HG practitioner and any fan of martial arts history.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Re-release, May 10, 2006

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Mark-Andre - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In case anyone's wondering, this video is a re-release. I purchased this video in 1981 at a Video Shack store in Times Square in Manhattan. It was fantastic then, It's fantastic now.

Thank you.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best sets of hung gar, March 26, 2001

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Juan Carlos Armenta Uc (Mexico, city, Mexico DF Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu [VHS] (VHS Tape)

MASTER JIU JILING WAS BORN IN 1943 IN HONG KONG.HE WAS THE YONGEST SON OF GRAND MASTER JIU GAAU AND SIU YING,WHO WERE BOTH VERY SKILLED IN HUN GAR.HUNG GAR IS A SOUTHERN STYLE OF KUNG FU.FU HOK (TIGER AND CRANE)IS ONE OF THE BEST SETS IN HUNG GAR .DURING THE CHING DINASTY ,THE ARMIES DESTROYED THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE.A SINGLE MONK,CHEE SIN,SURVIVED SHAOLIN'S DESTRUCTION.HUNG HEE GUNG BECAME ONE OF HIS STUDENTS.HUNG WAS A VERY STRONG MAN,AND THE TIGER FIGHTING TECHNIQUES SUITED TO HIM.DURING HIS TRAVELS HE MET FONG WING CHUNG,WHO HAD DEVELOPED HER OWN FIGHTING TECHNIQUES BASED ON THE MOVEMENTS OF A CRANE. FONG TAUGHT HIM HER CRANE TECHNIQUES.HE SPENT THREE YEARS PERFECTING A UNION OF TIGER AND CRANE TECHNIQUES, AND THIS IS THE HISTORY OF HOW TIGER AND CRANE WAS CREATED.THIS VIDEO OFFERS YOU A FULL EXPLANATION OF HISTORY AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL MOVEMENTS OF FU HOK.THE SET IS PERFORMED AT THE BEGGINING AT NORMAL SPEED AND THEN DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS (IN SLOW MOTION)TO GET A BETTER COMPREHENSION OF THE SET