Introduction to Jow Ga Kung Fu

Our Founders of Jow Ga Kung fu

Jow Lung

Jow Ga Kung fu is also called Zhou Jia Quan, which was formed in Guangdong province. Jow Ga Kung fu belongs to the Southern Shaolin Kung fu style, with unique features. The creator of Jow Ga Kung fu was Jow Lung, and he imparted the Kung fu to his four younger brothers, Jow Hip, Jow Biu, Jow Hoy and Jow Tin.

Jow Lung had an old name of Jow Lam, another name of Zeshu. He was born in Tangxia village, Xinhui country, Guangdong province. Jow Lung was fond of Kung fu since his young. He had ever followed his uncle Jow Xiong to study Hung Gar Kung fu, and had also learned Kung fu from a famous master named Zhou Geng in his village. Later, he studied Choy Ga Kung fu from Choy Jiu. In 1909, Jow Lung went to Malaysia to make a living, and at that time, he learned Southern Shaolin Kung fu. In 1913, he went back to Guangdong. Jow Lung combined the best of Hung Ga, Choy Ga and Southern Shaolin Kung fu together, and created a new Kung fu Arts, which was called “Jow Ga Kung fu”.

Soon after the Jow Ga Kung fu was formed, Jow Lung and his four brothers played a vital role in spreading Jow Ga Kung fu. After Jow Lung become famous in the Kung fu circle, he was once appointed as the chief coach of the Fu Army in Guangdong province, which shows that Jow Ga Kung fu is developed based on the ancient military Kung fu techniques. During the first half of 20th century, many successors of the second generation of Jow Ga Kung fu become far famed in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

And now our founding fathers dedicated themselves to establishing our school in many other countries including mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, the US, Australia, Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Poland, South Africa, Singapore and more on. 

The consistency of our teachings on mind and body has forged our international network of schools into a close-knit global family.

Brief introduction to Jow Ga Kung fu

Jow Ga Kung fu was formed based on Hung Ga and Choy Ga. It was developed from the Southern Shaolin Kung fu, which was evolved from the ancient central Chinese Kung fu. In practice, Jow Ga Kung fu requires training the strength of the body and all kinds of attacking and defending techniques. It has very strict requirements on the training of waist, legs and stances.

Besides plenty of training methods, Jow Ga Kung fu also has varied forms of hand skills and leg techniques, which are included in a series of set routines.

Among the classical Kung fu techniques of Jow Ga Kung fu, there are the typical ten mail hand forms, which include Zhao, Qin (drawing and pulling), Sao (sweeping), Gua (hitting from upward to downward), Cha (inserting), Pao (throwing), Zhou (hitting by elbow), Shuai (swinging), Gua (hitting horizontally) and Zhuang (bumping). These ten hand forms could be found in many important set routines of Jow Ga Kung fu.

In Jow ga Kung fu, there is a unique beginning form for every set routine, which is the group movements of “Mei Ren Zhao Jing (the beauty looking into the mirror)”. It is also a very practical attacking technique.