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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shurai" data-source="post: 388339">zdanboy-I'd recommend hung gar myself, because of all the arts you listed, it is the oldest (I'm pretty sure, anyway).  In a lot of ways, the martial arts that grew up later on in Korea and Japan owe their heritage to Chinese martial arts, where they were founded, as far as I know, in the original Shaolin temple before it was burned.Also, I recommend it because it is a very complete system with a very deep collection of strikes, locks, limb breaks, throws, defensive maneuvers, and other stuff.  Also, like all Chinese martial arts that I know of it is very weapon-happy once you've been doing it for awhile, which is to say that you will learn many different weapons eventually.  It can also deal with many different tactical situations, such as multiple opponents.  Hung Gar also presumes that your opponent(s) are not just thugs, but that they are also skilled martial artists.  This means that the typical Hung Gar technique has many preemptive strategies built into it, such as assuming that your attack will be blocked so that the attack hits anyway.  In a similar vein, Hung Gar is also known for having excellent stancework.takyris-Hung Gar actually means 'Hung Family,' though the contemporary meaning of the name is 'Fist art of the Hung Family.'   It was originally combination of Tiger and Crane kung fu (which already existed at that point), though over the years other animals were added (now there's also leopard, snake, and dragon).</blockquote>

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