Wong Fei-Hung: The True Story

Wong Fei Hung lahir 1847 wafat 1924. Dia seorang ahli bela diri, guru, tabib, sekaligus
pejuang revolusioner, yang selalu berusaha melindungi kaum lemah. Wong Kay-Ying was
his father, and he was a physician and great martial arts master also, and part of a group
known as the "Ten Tigers of Kwantung," and he and his son lived in the city of Canton.

Wong Kay-Ying's famous medical clinic was Po Chi Lam, and Wong Fei-Hung was there
assisting his father. He learned traditional Chinese medicine, and also learned many
important values such as generosity and compassion. Wong Kay-Ying always treated a
patient, even if he or she was a complete jerk or was poor. He would also secretly treat
revolutionaries who were the resistance against the corrupt Ch'ing Dynasty.

The Ch'ing Dynasty consisted of Manchu emperors, who had conquered China from there
home in Manchuria. They were foreign invaders to the southern Chinese. The southern
Shaolin Temple in Fukien was a place where revolutionaries would go to train to fight
against the Manchus. The temple was destroyed in 1734, but the few monks and students
who escaped traveled throughout China to teach their skills. Some styles such as Wing
Chun (Bruce Lee's original style) and Hung Gar Kung Fu (Wong Fei-Hung's style)
emerged. The creator of Hung Gar was Hung Hei-Kwun (another martial arts master that
was portrayed by Jet Li in New Legend of Shaolin). He was a Fukien tea merchant.

Wong Fei-Hung's martial arts training began when he met with his father's teacher, Luk
Ah Choi. Luk Ah Choi taught Wong Fei-Hung the basics of Hung Gar. After, Wong Kay-
Ying took over his son's training. By his early 20's, Wong Fei-Hung had made a name for
himself as a dedicated physician and a martial arts prodigy. In addition to becoming a
master of hung gar, he created the tiger-crane form and added fighting combinations now
known as the "nine special fists." Wong Fei-Hung was also skilled with many weapons,
especially the long wooden staff and the southern tiger fork. One occasion where he
utilised his skill with the staff was when he defeated a thirty-man gang on the docks of
Canton. He also protected the weak and poor from both criminal gangs and government
forces.

However, his life was not all great joy and triumphs. Wong Fei-Hung's son, Wong Hawn-
Sum, followed his father's foot steps by protecting the weak and poor of Canton.
Unfortunately, he was killed in the 1890's after being gunned down by the drug gang Dai
Fin Yee. After this tragedy, Wong Fei-Hung vowed never to teach his remaining 9 sons
martial arts, unless they were targets themselves.

Also, Wong Fei-Hung's first three wives died young, and after, decided to live the rest of
his life alone. But in 1903, during an outdoor martial arts demonstration, he met a 16 year
old girl named Mok Gwai Lan, and asked for her hand in marriage. She was also a skilled
martial artist who taught all of the women's classes, and even taught some of the men's
classes, which was rare since hardly any women mastered kung fu at the time. In 1924,
Wong Fei-Hung died peacefully, a happy and humble man.
Wong Fei-Hung is truly a hero of China. A hero is somebody noted for feats of courage. A
hero does righteous things not for money, not for any other venal motivations except, for
the benefit of everybody else.

Wong Fei Hung or Hwang Fei Hung (traditional Chinese: 黃飛鴻; simplified Chinese:
黄飞鸿; pinyin: Huáng Fēihóng; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Fēihùhng) (1847–1924) was a
martial artist, a medical doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, and revolutionary who
became a Chinese folk hero and the subject of numerous television series and films.

As a healer and medical doctor, Wong practiced and taught acupuncture and other forms
of traditional Chinese medicine at 'lam ang' (寶芝林), his private practice medical clinic in
Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, where he was known[according to whom?] for his
compassion and policy of treating any patient.[citation needed] A museum dedicated to him was
built in Foshan.

Amongst Wong's most famous disciples were Lam Sai Wing, Leung Foon, Tang Fung,
and Ling Wan Gai. He was also associated with Chi Su Hua, aka Beggar So.

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Legend has it that Wong Fei Hung was born in Foshan on the ninth day of the seventh
month of the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Emperor Daoguang (1847). When Wong
was five, he began his study of martial arts under his father Wong Kei Ying, one of the
Ten Tigers of Canton. To supplement his poor family's income, he followed his father to
Foshan, Guangzhou and throughout the rest of Guangdong Province to do martial arts
performances and to sell medicines.

Well within his youth, Wong began showing great potential as a martial artist. At the age
of thirteen, while giving a martial arts demonstration at Douzhixiang, Foshan, Wong Fei
Hung met Lam Fuk Sing, the first apprentice of Tit Kiu Saam, who taught him the "tour de
force" of Iron Wire Fist and Sling, which helped him become a master of Hung Gar. When
he was sixteen, Wong set up martial arts schools at Shuijiao, Diqipu, Xiguan, Guangdong
Province, and then opened his clinic 'Po Chi Lam' (寶芝林) on Renan Street in Foshan. By
his early 20s, he was fast making his mark as a highly-respected physician and martial
artist.

Later years

As a famous martial arts master, he had many apprentices. He was successfully engaged
by Jiming Provincial Commander-in-Chief Wu Quanmei and Liu Yongfu as the military
medical officer, martial art general drillmaster, and Guangdong local military general
drillmaster. He later followed Liu Youngfu to fight against the Japanese army in Taiwan.
His life was full of frustration, and in his later years he experienced the loss of his son and
the burning of Po Chi Lam, an academy that went unsurpassed in martial arts
competitions. On lunar year, the twenty-fifth day of the third month in 1924, Wong Fei
Hung died of illness in Guangdong Chengxi Fangbian Hospital. His wife and two of his
prominent students, Lam Sai-Wing and Tang Sai-King, moved to Hong Kong, where they
continued teaching Wong's martial art. Wong became a legendary hero whose real-life
story was mixed freely with fictional exploits on the printed page and onscreen.

As a martial artist

Wong was a master of the Chinese martial art Hung Fist. He systematized the predominant
style of Hung Fist and choreographed its version of the famous Tiger Crane Paired Form
Fist, which incorporates his "Ten Special Fist" techniques. Wong was famous for his skill
with the technique known as the "Shadowless Kick". He was known to state the names of
the techniques he used while fighting.

Wong Fei Hung also became adept at using weapons such as the wooden long staff and
the southern tiger fork. Soon after, stories began circulating about his mastery of these
weapons. One story recounts how he defeated a 30-man gang on the docks of Canton
using the staff.

Wong is sometimes incorrectly identified as one of the Ten Tigers of Canton (a group of
ten of the top martial arts masters in Guangdong near the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644–
1912). His father Wong Kei Ying was one of the Ten Tigers, but Wong Fei-Hung was not.
Due to his heroic efforts in defending China's pride during a period when Chinese morale
was at an all time low, Wong Fei-Hung is sometimes known as the "Tiger after the Ten
Tigers."

[edit] Portrayal in modern media

[edit] Film

There was a Wong Fei Hung film series in Hong Kong from the late 1940s into the 1960s;
it consisted of 99 movies. The star, Kwan Tak Hing, gained the nickname "Master Wong"
due to his participation in the series. Numerous sources state that it is the most prolific
movie series ever, and that Wong Fei Hung is the most portrayed character in movie
history.
A short list of later films portraying Wong fei Hung is as follows:

• Challenge of the Masters (1976), played by Gordon Liu.

• Drunken Master (1978), played by Jackie Chan, with Yuen Siu Tien as the Beggar
So.
• Magnificent Butcher (1979), played by Kwan Tak-Hing. Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao
and Wei Pak starred as Wong's disciples, Wing, Foon and Chik.
• Once Upon a Time in China (1991), played by Jet Li. This is the first in a series of
six films about Wong Fei Hung.
• Great Hero From China (1992), played by Chin Kar-Lok.
• Iron Monkey (1993). The young Wong Fei Hung is played by female martial artist
Tsang Sze-Man. Donnie Yen portrays Wong's father.
• Once Upon a Time in China IV & V (1993) played by Zhao Wen Zhou
• Drunken Master II (1994), played by Jackie Chan. Ti Lung portrayed Wong's
father.
• Drunken Master Killer (1994), played by Willie Chi.
• Last Hero in China (1995), played by Jet Li.
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Sammo Hung has a brief appearance as
Wong Fei Hung.
• Shao Nian Huang Fei Hong (TV series, 2002), China.
• My Master is Wong Fei Hung (TV series, 2004), Hong Kong.

For a more extensive list, see List of Wong Fei Hung films.

[edit] Theme song

Because it was used as the theme song of various Wong Fei Hung films (particularly the
versions starring Kwan Tak Hing), the Chinese folk song On the General's Orders (將軍
令) is now associated with Wong Fei Hung.

In the Once Upon a Time in China series, the music was named A Man Should Better
Himself (男兒當自強), with lyrics written by the late Wong Jim to On the General's
Orders. It was sung by George Lam.

A rearranged version was rewritten and sung by Dayo Wong as Men Don't Cry theme
song.

Wu Ke Qun sang a version based on the iconic theme song.[2]

[edit] Others

The character of Lee Rekka from SNK's Last Blade series is based on Wong Fei Hung as
portrayed by Jet Li in the Once Upon a Time in China series.

Fei Fong Wong, the lead character Squaresoft video game Xenogears, was named after
Wong Fei Hung (his name being written the same in in katakana as Wong's name is
written). Another protagonist, Citan Uzuki, more closely resembles Wong, being both a
doctor and martial artist dressed in similar period Chinese clothing.

In author Will Thomas' third mystery novel, The Limehouse Text, his Victorian detective,
Cyrus Barker, trained in Canton under Wong Fei Hung.

Stan Sakai has mentioned he plans to include a character based Wong Fei Hung in a future
issue of his comic book Usagi Yojimbo.

2009-07-07

Wong Fei Hung dan Leganda Kungfunya !

Wong fei hung mungkin hanya sebuah karya fiksi dalam suatu novel silat yg terkenal...
namun keberadaan sang tokoh tersebut emang exist dan toko obatnya yg terkenal itu "Pho
chi lam" emang ada...
Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924) adl seorang guru bela diri, tabib, guru ilmu pengetahuan,
dan revolusioner. Moto hidupnya "menolong yg lemah dan yg gak mampu". Dia anak dari
seorang ahli fisika, ahli obat2an dan guru bela diri, namanya Wong Kay Ying. Ayahnya
ini yg mendirikan klinik obat yg namanya Poh chi lam dan Fei Hung sbg asisten ayahnya.
Fei Hung juga seorang revolusioner krn dia diam2 menentang org2 man chu.
klo soal Kung Fu.....dia belajar kung fu dari guru ayahnya. Ia belajar dasar2 seni bela diri
Hung Gar. Ia juga ahli memainkan berbagai senjata terutama tongkat. Konon legendanya
dia pernah melawan 30 org di Kanton.
soal ilmu obat2an dia belajar banyak dari ayahnya.

Anaknya, Wong Hawn-Sum juga mengikuti jejaknya. Ahli bela diri dan suka menolong
org. Namun taon 1890 Hawn sum mati ditembak oleh gangster. Sejak kejadian itu Fei
Hung tdk pernah lagi mengajarkan kug fu kpd anak2nya yg lain.
Istrinya ada 3, dan semuanya mati muda. Sampai saat dia menikah dg gadis remaja Mok
Gwai Lan. Dia juga ahli bela diri. dan mengajar kung fu.
Taon 1924 Fei Hung meninggal dunia.sedikit sejarah ttg kung fu-nya Wong Fei Hung...,
kung fu Hung Gar, sejak manchuria mengusai cina, banyak para revolusioner berlatih
kung fu di kuil shaolin di bagian selatan cina. ada bermacam2 style yg dianjarkan spt style
Wing Chun, yg merupakan bela diri original bruce lee (sebelum dimodifikasinya) dan style
Hung Gar.

Hung Gar sendiri dicipatakan oleh Hung Hei-Kwun (sound familiar heh?). Dia dulunya
seorg pedagang teh di fukien. sekitar taon 1700 dia jadi murid Shaolin. disaat pemerintah
Ching menguasai kuil dg maksud utk menangkap para revolusioner. Hung hei kwun salah
satu dari 30 org yg berhasil melarikan diri.

kemudian hei kwun mendirikan sekolah bela diri yg diberi nama Hung Gar. Dia beri nama
begitu dg maksud utk menyembunyikan identitasnya sbg mantan shaolin. krn saat itu
pemerintah ching anti shaolin. Hei kwun menikah dg Fong wing chun, yg mana adl
seorang ahli beladiri shaolin crane. Konon kabarnya Hei kwun menggabungkan style-nya
dg style shaolin crane.

Hung hei kwun memiliki memiliki murid yg bernama Luk Ah Choy.

Luk Ah Choy kemudian memiliki seorang murid yg berbakat, Wong Tai.
Luk Ah Choy juga mengajar kung fu kpd anak Wong tai, yg bernama Wong Kai Ying.
Wong Kai Ying kemudian mempunyai seorang anak yg bernama Wong Fei Hung.
Wong Fei Hung belajar dasar2 Hung Gar langsung dari Luk Ah Choy.
Wong Fei Hung selain merupakan guru bela-diri dan tabib terkenal, dia juga dikenal
sebagai patriot bangsa yang cinta tanah air. Ia merupakan salah satu anggota dari "Ten
Tigers of Guangdong" yang anti terhadap kolonialisasi bangsa Asing di China.Kungfu
yang digunakan Wong Fei Hung adalah kungfu Hung Gar (dalam dialek Mandarin disebut
"Hung Cia" atau "kungfu keluarga Hung"). Pada masa kini kungfu aliran Hung Gar
merupakan salah satu style kungfu yang paling populer di dunia (terutama di Eropa) selain
kungfu aliran Wing Chun. Kedua kungfu ini diciptakan kurang lebih pada saat yang sama.
Bedanya, kungfu Hung Gar diciptakan oleh murid Shaolin yang bernama Hung Hei Kwun
(Hung H'si Kuan atau Ang Hi Kuan ; kakak seperguruan Fong Saiyuk). Sedangkan kungfu
Wing Chun diciptakan oleh seorang pendekar wanita murid dari bhiksuni Ng Mui yang
bernama "Yip Wing Chun".

Satu hal yang diingat, Yip Wing Chun tidak sama dengan Fong Wing Chun istri dari Hung
Hei Kwun. Fong Wing Chun yang dikenal sebagai istri Hung Hei Kwun adalah pewaris
dari jurus Bangau, sedangkan suaminya adalah master dalam jurus Harimau. Karena
itulah, style Tiger and Crane menjadi salah satu jurus utama dalam kungfu Hung Gar. Hal
ini bisa dilihat pada lambang perguruan mereka (bisa dilihat di website).

Menurut kabar burung, kungfu ini tercipta pada saat biara Shaolin diserang oleh serdadu
Dinasti Qing dan salah satu tokoh yang berpartisipasi dalam penyerangan tersebut adalah
seorang tokoh bela-diri terkenal bernama Bak Mei. Bak Mei yang terus memburu sisa-sisa
kekuatan Shaolin tidak pernah terkalahkan dalam pertarungan karena ia menggunakan
jurus 'kebal'.

Hung Hei Kwun sempat memikirkan cara yang tepat untuk mengalahkan Bak Mei
(kabarnya ia pendekar aliran Wu Tang), yaitu dengan menggabungkan ilmu Harimau
miliknya dengan ilmu Bangau kepunyaan istri-nya. Tapi sayang...sebelum ia sempat
mempelajarinya Bak Mei keburu menghabisinya. Adalah Hung Man Ding, putra dari
Hung Hei Kwun, yang akhirnya membalaskan dendam ayahnya dengan cara yang pernah
diutarakan oleh ayahnya itu.

Dari sanalah tercipta kungfu Hung Gar....Untuk jurus-jurus aneh yang dimiliki Wong Fei
Hung di film OUATIC series seperti "tiger and crane" maupun jurus "tendangan tanpa
bayangan" adalah nyata walaupun enggak sebombastis yang digambarkan dalam film.
Jurus tendangan tanpa bayangan merupakan kreasi dari Wong Fei Hung sendiri dan
berupa tendangan bertubi-tubi ke arah lawan (jurus tendangan tanpa bayangan di film
yang paling mendekati bentuk asli-nya mungkin seperti tendangan yang diperagakan
Donnie Yen di film Iron Monkey).

Di kehidupan aslinya, Wong Fei Hung memiliki banyak murid. Salah satunya yang paling
terkenal dan paling berjasa mengembangkan kungfu Hung Gar ke seluruh dunia adalah
Lam Sai Wing (Lin She Rong) yang sering dijuluki "Porky Lam" karena ia dulu berprofesi
sebagai tukang daging.Mengenai Hung Hei Kun...
Mungkin yang ciptain Hung Gar itu bukan bener2 Hung Hei Kun. Pada jaman setelah
shaolin diratakan dengan tanah, banyak biksu2 shaolin yg lari ke selatan dan menyamar
dan hidup seperti orang biasa, sambil juga mempersiapkan diri mereka dengan bergabung
dgn organisasi2 rahasia utk menjatuhkan Ching.
Nah pada masa itu mereka melatih wushu (kungfu) yang memang sudah pernah
diformulasikan di Kuil Shaolin (wushu yang gak butuh waktu banyak utk dipelajari,
sekitar 4-5 taon udah jago, krn mau dipake buat revolusi). Pada saat ini utk menghindari
identitas mereka sebagai ex shaolin banyak wushu yang diganti namanya. Dan sejarah pun
mereka acak2 supaya mereka gak terlihat sebagai ex shaolin dan bisa terhindar dari
incaran tentara Ching. Jadi bisa aja kalo Hung Gar itu udah diformulasikan di kuil Shaolin
dan kebetulan Hung Hei Kun ditunjuk sbg pewarisnya dan wushu itu dinamakan after
Hung's name.

Mengenai Yim Wing Chun...

Ini juga udah pernah dibahas di forum BD.
Mungkin yang namanya Wing Chun itu gak betul2 ada loh. Sekali lagi karena wushu wing
chun ini juga adalah wushu yg diformulasikan di kuil Shaolin, maka utk mengaburkan
sejarah asal wushu tsb dari tentara ching, dibuatlah cerita tentang Yim Wing Chun
tersebut. Supaya para revolusioner yg berlatih Wing Chun bisa terhindar dari incaran
tentara Ching.
Kalopun Yim Wing Chun itu bener2 ada, bukan dia yang ciptain Wing Chun Kuen, sekali
lagi penyamaran..

Wong Fei Hung (Faisal Hussein Wong) Adalah Muslim (Ulama), Ahli
Pengobatan, Ahli Beladiri & Berasal Dari Keluarga Muslim
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Selama ini kita hanya mengenal Wong Fei Hung sebagai jagoan Kung fu dalam film Once
Upon A Time in China. Dalam film itu, karakter Wong Fei Hung diperankan oleh aktor
terkenal Hong Kong, Jet Li. Namun siapakah sebenarnya Wong Fei Hung?

Wong Fei Hung adalah seorang Ulama, Ahli Pengobatan, dan Ahli Beladiri legendaris
yang namanya ditetapkan sebagai Pahlawan Nasional China oleh pemerintah China.
Namun Pemerintah China sering berupaya mengaburkan jatidiri Wong Fei Hung sebagai
seorang muslim demi menjaga supremasi kekuasaan Komunis di China.

Wong Fei-Hung dilahirkan pada tahun 1847 di Kwantung (Guandong) dari keluarga
muslim yang taat. Nama Fei pada Wong Fei Hung merupakan dialek Canton untuk
menyebut nama Arab, Fais. Sementara Nama Hung juga merupakan dialek Kanton untuk
menyebut nama Arab, Hussein. Jadi, bila di-bahasa-arab-kan, namanya ialah Faisal
Hussein Wong.

Ayahnya, Wong Kay-Ying adalah seorang Ulama, dan tabib ahli ilmu pengobatan
tradisional, serta ahli beladiri tradisional Tiongkok (wushu/kungfu). Ayahnya memiliki
sebuah klinik pengobatan bernama Po Chi Lam di Canton (ibukota Guandong). Wong
Kay-Ying merupakan seorang ulama yang menguasai ilmu wushu tingkat tinggi.
Ketinggian ilmu beladiri Wong Kay-Ying membuatnya dikenal sebagai salah satu dari
Sepuluh Macan Kwantung. Posisi Macan Kwantung ini di kemudian hari diwariskannya
kepada Wong Fei Hung.

Kombinasi antara pengetahuan ilmu pengobatan tradisional dan teknik beladiri serta
ditunjang oleh keluhuran budi pekerti sebagai Muslim membuat keluarga Wong sering
turun tangan membantu orang-orang lemah dan tertindas pada masa itu. Karena itulah
masyarakat Kwantung sangat menghormati dan mengidolakan Keluarga Wong.

Pasien klinik keluarga Wong yang meminta bantuan pengobatan umumnya berasal dari
kalangan miskin yang tidak mampu membayar biaya pengobatan. Walau begitu, Keluarga
Wong tetap membantu setiap pasien yang datang dengan sungguh-sungguh. Keluarga
Wong tidak pernah pandang bulu dalam membantu, tanpa memedulikan suku, ras, agama,
semua dibantu tanpa pamrih.

Secara rahasia, keluarga Wong terlibat aktif dalam gerakan bawah tanah melawan
pemerintahan Dinasti Ch’in yang korup dan penindas. Dinasti Ch’in ialah Dinasti yang
merubuhkan kekuasaan Dinasti Yuan yang memerintah sebelumnya. Dinasti Yuan ini
dikenal sebagai satu-satunya Dinasti Kaisar Cina yang anggota keluarganya banyak yang
memeluk agama Islam.

Wong Fei-Hung mulai mengasah bakat beladirinya sejak berguru kepada Luk Ah-Choi
yang juga pernah menjadi guru ayahnya. Luk Ah-Choi inilah yang kemudian
mengajarinya dasar-dasar jurus Hung Gar yang membuat Fei Hung sukses melahirkan
Jurus Tendangan Tanpa Bayangan yang legendaris. Dasar-dasar jurus Hung Gar
ditemukan, dikembangkan dan merupakan andalan dari Hung Hei-Kwun, kakak
seperguruan Luk Ah-Choi. Hung Hei-Kwun adalah seorang pendekar Shaolin yang lolos
dari peristiwa pembakaran dan pembantaian oleh pemerintahan Dinasti Ch’in pada 1734.

Hung Hei-Kwun ini adalah pemimpin pemberontakan bersejarah yang hampir

mengalahkan dinasti penjajah Ch’in yang datang dari Manchuria (sekarang kita
mengenalnya sebagai Korea). Jika saja pemerintah Ch’in tidak meminta bantuan pasukan-
pasukan bersenjata bangsa asing (Rusia, Inggris, Jepang), pemberontakan pimpinan Hung
Hei-Kwun itu niscaya akan berhasil mengusir pendudukan Dinasti Ch’in.

Setelah berguru kepada Luk Ah-Choi, Wong Fei-Hung kemudian berguru pada ayahnya
sendiri hingga pada awal usia 20-an tahun, ia telah menjadi ahli pengobatan dan beladiri
terkemuka. Bahkan ia berhasil mengembangkannya menjadi lebih maju. Kemampuan
beladirinya semakin sulit ditandingi ketika ia berhasil membuat jurus baru yang sangat
taktis namun efisien yang dinamakan Jurus Cakar Macan dan Jurus Sembilan Pukulan
Khusus. Selain dengan tangan kosong, Wong Fei-Hung juga mahir menggunakan
bermacam-macam senjata. Masyarakat Canton pernah menyaksikan langsung dengan mata
kepala mereka sendiri bagaimana ia seorang diri dengan hanya memegang tongkat berhasil
menghajar lebih dari 30 orang jagoan pelabuhan berbadan kekar dan kejam di Canton
yang mengeroyoknya karena ia membela rakyat miskin yang akan mereka peras.

Dalam kehidupan keluarga, Allah banyak mengujinya dengan berbagai cobaan. Seorang
anaknya terbunuh dalam suatu insiden perkelahian dengan mafia Canton. Wong Fei-Hung
tiga kali menikah karena istri-istrinya meninggal dalam usia pendek. Setelah istri
ketiganya wafat, Wong Fei-Hung memutuskan untuk hidup sendiri sampai kemudian ia
bertemu dengan Mok Gwai Lan, seorang perempuan muda yang kebetulan juga ahli
beladiri. Mok Gwai Lan ini kemudian menjadi pasangan hidupnya hingga akhir hayat.
Mok Gwai Lan turut mengajar beladiri pada kelas khusus perempuan di perguruan
suaminya.

Pada 1924 Wong Fei-Hung meninggal dalam usia 77 tahun. Masyarakat Cina, khususnya
di Kwantung dan Canton mengenangnya sebagai pahlawan pembela kaum mustad’afin
(tertindas) yang tidak pernah gentar membela kehormatan mereka. Siapapun dan
berapapun jumlah orang yang menindas orang miskin, akan dilawannya dengan segenap
kekuatan dan keberanian yang dimilikinya. Wong Fei-Hung wafat dengan meninggalkan
nama harum yang membuatnya dikenal sebagai manusia yang hidup mulia, salah satu
pilihan hidup yang diberikan Allah kepada seorang muslim selain mati Syahid. Semoga
segala amal ibadahnya diterima di sisi Alah Swt dan semoga segala kebaikannya menjadi
teladan bagi kita, generasi muslim yang hidup setelahnya. Amin.

HUNG HEI KWUN

Overview
Hei-Kwun was originally named Jyu and was a tea merchant. He escaped to the Southern
Fujian Shaolin Temple after he had argument with a few upper class Manchurians during
the Qing Dynasty when the Manchus were in control. Abott Jee Sin accepted him into the
temple and soon found out how talented and hardworking he was in Southern Shaolin
Kung Fu. Jee Sin was impressed by these qualities and soon began to teach Hung the
Tiger style that he specialized in. After six years he became number one of the top ten of
the laymen followers (they were people who went to the temple to learn only kung fu and
not religion). However, afterwards the Qing government destroyed the temple because the
temple gave refuge to many rebels who wanted to restore the Ming Dynasty.

Hung escaped and during his wanderings he met Fong Wing Chun (not Yim Wing Chun
of the Wing Chun Style) and found out that her father, Fong Sai Yuk (kung fu brother of
Hung) was killed by the same person who killed his mentor, Jee Sin. So Fong Wing Chun
taught him her crane style to balance out his hard tiger techniques with the evasiness of
her crane techniques. Hung then avenged Jee Sin and Fong Sai Yuk by finally destroying
the murderer (Bak Mei according to some sources). Hung and Fong Wing Chun soon fell
in love and they were soon married. Hung then opened a martial arts school when the
banning of martial arts was lifted in China. He called it Hung Gar Kuen in honour of the
First emperor of the last true Chinese (Ming) Dynasty and to protect his disciples from
harm from the Manchus because the Shaolin arts were still banned. His style soon was
ranked the best of the five major family styles in the Province of Kwangtung.