As a life long practitioner of a Hakka art, you hit the nail at the end with the focus on developing ging. Without it it just looks like generic “Kungfu”
Interesting perspective it's always nice to see solid information being presented for the Hakka arts. Aside from the short, shock power, I find that most high-level practitioners of the Hakka arts especially Pak Mei have some expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and making potent medicines from herbs, etc. Not to say anything about other systems but I also find that arts like Pak Mei have no concern for looking flashy or care to put on a flashy public display, they really emphasize a no-frills approach, which makes sense in the context of the development during a time of rebellion, civil war, Western and Japanese invasion, etc. Pak Mei was taught to the Nationalist Officers at the Whampoa military academy and to Intelligence Agents in Canton, before its relocation to Hong Kong, it was used along with the "big chopper" squads against the Japanese. Aside from this all the high-level practitioners tend to have some serious conditioning and "iron" ability. I highly recommend it.
The HakKas have quite "dark history" called Taiping Rebellion , it almost destroyed the Qing Empire (Manchu) regime. Once the Taiping troops reached and captured Nan Jing, built their capital there, renamed it into "Tian Jing" (Capital of Heaven). The casualties approximately over 20 million, many more than Opium War's casualties.
As a life long practitioner of a Hakka art, you hit the nail at the end with the focus on developing ging. Without it it just looks like generic “Kungfu”
Interesting perspective it's always nice to see solid information being presented for the Hakka arts. Aside from the short, shock power, I find that most high-level practitioners of the Hakka arts especially Pak Mei have some expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and making potent medicines from herbs, etc. Not to say anything about other systems but I also find that arts like Pak Mei have no concern for looking flashy or care to put on a flashy public display, they really emphasize a no-frills approach, which makes sense in the context of the development during a time of rebellion, civil war, Western and Japanese invasion, etc. Pak Mei was taught to the Nationalist Officers at the Whampoa military academy and to Intelligence Agents in Canton, before its relocation to Hong Kong, it was used along with the "big chopper" squads against the Japanese. Aside from this all the high-level practitioners tend to have some serious conditioning and "iron" ability. I highly recommend it.
Brilliant closing statement.
The obscure vagabond style is the mother of hakka styles
The HakKas have quite "dark history" called Taiping Rebellion , it almost destroyed the Qing Empire (Manchu) regime.
Once the Taiping troops reached and captured Nan Jing, built their capital there, renamed it into "Tian Jing" (Capital of Heaven).
The casualties approximately over 20 million, many more than Opium War's casualties.