Mok Gar
One of the five major family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts
莫家拳
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Type
- kung fu, type of sport
Mok Gar (莫家拳) is one of the five major family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts. It was developed by a Shaolin monk named Monk Mok Da Shi (in Cantonese “Jyutping” pronounced Mok6 Daat6 Si6) (in mainland Chinese Mandarin “Pinyin” pronounced Mò Dá Shì) (莫達士) as an inheritance of the Southern Shaolin Fist in Guangdong province in China.
It gained fame three generations later, in the Qing Dynasty, with Mok Gin Kiu/Mo Qing Chiu/Mo Ching Chiao (莫清矯; also known as Mok Sau Cheung/ Mo Ta Chang) who learned the art from a monk named Wai Jen, and also had supposedly learned from a famous kicker, Choy Kao Yee. Mok's reputation was so high after defeating many other boxers that the style, formerly known as Southern Shaolin Quan, was renamed for the Mok family (Mok Gar). Mok Ching Kiu then taught the art to his son, Mok Ding Yue and three other students in which all four of them became their own distinct style of the art. Different generations through Guangdong boasted masters such as Mo Lin Ying, Mo Fifth Brother and Mo Ta Fen.
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