Above: Sifu Cheng Tin Hung, the President of the General Association of Kung Fu.
BY T'IEH SHAN SHU SHENG
The General Association of Kung Fu of Hong Kong is, up to 1978, the latest formed organisation of Chinese martial arts. Though the organisation had registered with the Government of Hong Kong only recently and its staff were also newly elected, it has already embarked on services for social welfare and charity. It shows that the organisation is not only a body dedicated to the glorification of Chinese kung fu, but also a philanthropic group purely devoted to serving the society.
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Above: Sifu Cheng Tin Hung, the President of the General Association of Kung Fu. |
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| Above: At a corner of a members' meeting of the General Association. |
The charity performance conducted by the Association in Hongkong drew a capacity audience of two thousand, bearing testimony to its popularity. One can anticipate an unlimited future for the organisation in adding glory to the Chinese kung fu.
Ever since its founding on June 2nd, 1978, individuals and organisations of the martial arts circle have vied with each other to join the Association. Now its members are spread not only all over Hongkong, but also over-seas. It shows that the purposes of the General Association are welcomed by the people of the Chinese martial arts circle. The Association maintains a high standard in the acceptance of new members and those admitted membership are proud of themselves.
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| Above: The President, Situ Cheng Tin Hung (left) and the Chairman, Sifu Ch'en Hsiu-chung (middle), as well as Sifu Li Kuan-hsiung (rlqht). |
It is learned that the General Association has accepted an invitation to visit Malaysia and make two charity performances at the National Gymnasium of Kuala Lumpur on the 23rd and 24th of September, 1978. A 30-strong delegation including such famous kung fu movie stars as Ku Lung, Chan Siu Pang, Hsi Lin-yu and Kao Hsiung, and headed by the President of the Association Cheng Tin Hung and Chairman of the same Ch'en Shiu-chung will board a Malaysia bound airliner on the 21st of September. The trip will not only show the charity of Chinese martial arts circle in Hongkong, but also strengthen the bond between the martial artists of the two places. An alliance between the Hongkong Association and the recently formed Martial Arts General Association of Chinese Malaysians will no doubt contribute to the success of the 5th Southeast Asian Martial Arts Invitational Tournament.
Out of charity, all the members of the Kung Fu General Association of Hong
Kong took part in a Kung Fu Charity
Performance held at the Southorn Indoors Stadium at 6:30 pm, August 26. The
performance aimed at raising bursary fund for school-children from straitened
families was met with favour-able comments by social personalities.
The Kung Fu Charity Performance was very colourful. On the programme, were lion-dance of the Northern and Southern styles, ch'i-lin dance (ch'i lin is a fabulous animal supposed to be auspicious). p'i-hsiu dance (p'i-hsiu is a fierce animal recorded in ancient Chinese books and is used to allude armies), as well as seventy-odd other performances by a hundred famous masters of over fifty styles.
The Right Ways of Six-Harmony
Style performed by the famous kung fu movie star Ku Lung, the Floral Staff
Technique
played by Lin Chiao, the Ta Mo Sword Technique played by Yang P'an-p'an and
the Mandarin Duck Style played by Hsi, Lin-yu were all rare talents difficult
to see nowadays.
Scenes from the Kung Fu Performance.
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| 1. The T'ai-chi ch'i kung. | 2. A performance by Sifu Kan Kuo-hsiung. |
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| The crowded indoor stadium at the time when the Kung Fu Performance was held. |
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| 3. The Ch'a Style. | 4. An armed confrontation between three men. |
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| 5. Sifu Lu Chih-fu makes a performance. | 6. Sifu Sin Man Ho demonstrates the iron-umbrella kung fu. |
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| 7. Sifu Ch'en Hsiu-chung demonstrates the Monkey Style. | 8. Sifu Wu Wen-piao demonstrates Wu's staff-techniques. |
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| 9. Sifu Hsia Chien-p'ing demonstraTes the kung fu of the fan. | 10. Sifu Li Kuan-hsiung demonstrates the use of the tri-sectional rods. |
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| Sifu Un Chiao demonstrates the brow-length staff-technique. Sifu Un, an old pugilist and movie actor, has many disciples among the kung fu movie actors of today. | Sifu Yu Ch'ung-ying demonstrates the Wing Chun Style. |
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| The ch'i-lin dance played by Ou Shao-yung's Athletics Association. |
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| A performance between the Big-Head Buddha and a p'i-hsiu. |