(Kung Fu) what style and lineage are in Ireland?

Niall Keane

Talking to a Daoist priest on Wudang, he was amazed that a martial art that had it's roots on his mountain has made it into the far west.
I guess a lot of traditional styles did find a new location in the UK thanks to the Hong Kong situation and through the cruel twist of fate that had the early communists empty China of her older traditions and culture.
Just wondering how many traditional Kung Fu styles are represented here on boards?
It would be interesting to see the genealogy of such, the path that they have taken to reach our shores!

My art is:

Tai Chi Chuan

Lineage:

http://sanshou.webs.com/lineage

hidinginthebush

I've been training in Five Ancestor (aka Wuzuquan or Ngo Cho) for the past 5 years. We're curerntly based in UCD, but in the past the club has had a branch out in Blackrock as well as in Dublin city centre.

The club has been up and running for just under 30 years, and is overseen by a club in London. To the best of my knowledge, the club was originally schooled in Fut Gar (aka Choy Lee Fut (sp?), I think), and a member was on holidays over in London, where someone from the London club spotted him training in a park. He was asked to train with the London club and one thing led to another and before we knew it the club had taken on the newer, Southern-style kung fu to replace the northern-style which had been used. ( Full story here: http://www.ucd.ie/shaolin/Old%20UCD%20Shaolin/oldindex1.html )

Brian Moloney

Hi my name is Brian Moloney,
I teach Shaolin Kung Fu in Limerick city. I have trained in Shaolin Chang Chuan Longfist for over twenty five years. I have also trained in Shaolin Ngor Chor, Wu Chi a nd Chinese Weapons under Kim Sen Han in NW London and Peter Dillon and Bob Bannon in the UCD Dublin.

I am interested in trying to contact previous students of the Limerick based Shaolin Chang Chuan Kung Fu /Wu Shu and Combat Karate clubs to see about organising a meet up to catch up and swop stories. This style has been taught in Limerick for over thirty years. Bill Frieghery who trained under Joe Holmes brought it over from England. P.J. Bennis, Sean O Reagan and myself taught it. If you are interested or know others that are call me on 089 43 63 989

hidinginthebush

Brian Moloney wrote: »

Hi my name is Brian Moloney,
I teach Shaolin Kung Fu in Limerick city. I have trained in Shaolin Chang Chuan Longfist for over twenty five years. I have also trained in Shaolin Ngor Chor, Wu Chi a nd Chinese Weapons under Kim Sen Han in NW London and Peter Dillon and Bob Bannon in the UCD Dublin.

I am interested in trying to contact previous students of the Limerick based Shaolin Chang Chuan Kung Fu /Wu Shu and Combat Karate clubs to see about organising a meet up to catch up and swop stories. This style has been taught in Limerick for over thirty years. Bill Frieghery who trained under Joe Holmes brought it over from England. P.J. Bennis, Sean O Reagan and myself taught it. If you are interested or know others that are call me on 089 43 63 989

Hey Brian! I train ngor chor under Bob (ultimately han kim sen) at the moment! Small world when did you used to do it? Did you practice for long?

I'm always looking for people to train with if I ever leave the big smoke

I'd also like to add that I think this thread is a great idea. I usually only lurk this forum as I feel my non-competition / pugalistic approach to TCM excludes me from a lot of the discussions which crop up. Not that I've anything against competition arts (after all how can you tell if what you spend hours doing works if not by testing it?), I'm just more in it for the self-fullfilling / inner-peace / health / stress-relief / call-it-what-you-will aspect. Its nice to hear about what other people have going on, for a while I thought I was the only non-bjj practitioner here (no offence whatsoever intended to bjj!).

KathleenMcCabe

Master Dong Yang teaches Shaolin Kung Fu in Various locations in Dublin
http://www.shaolinkungfuacademy.net/

Brian Moloney

Hello Hiding in the Bush,

I trained with Kim for about five years when I lived in London.
He taught me Wu Chu/Chi, 5 x Chinese Weapons and a few of the Ngor Chor Forms. When I returned to Ireland I hooked up with Peter and then Bob, but living in Limerick and then Cork meant my training was sporadic. Bob used to visit about once every two months and I would go to Dublin every two months or so. James Brunton in the Dublin Club is one of my previous UCC students. Say hello to Bob and James for me.
I also used to teach a group in Limerick that used to go up regularly to Dublin training, but that was years ago.
You are welcome to visit Limerick, our club is in the basement of 66 O Connell Street. Say hello to Bob and James for me and to Kim when he is over, I hope Kim is better by now.

Bye
Brian

Marcelo Archanjo

I am living and teaching kung fu and tai chi chuan in Cork City since March 2011.
The name of the style is Fei Hok Phai (Flying Crane Style) and was created in 1968 in Sao Paulo/Brazil, by a Chinese immigrant called Chiu Ping Lok (1938 – 2009). The style arose from the union of the various styles of Chinese martial arts learned by him: Hung Gar, Choi Gar, Mo Gar, Tai Chi Chuan (more info: http://www.archanjo.org/cv--background.html).
My teacher (Valdemir Machado) learned the style with Chiu Ping Lok in Sao Paulo (from 1970') and later moved to Rio de Janeiro (where I learned with him - from 1980').
The Fei Hok Phai is a southern kung fu style, very similar to hung gar; the tai chi is yang style, lineage of Cheng Man Ching (New York).

Cheers,

Marcelo

hunggar

There's hung gar being taught in south Tipperary just outside clonmel