YUNG LICK, LIC JUNG NUNG JIE LIK: in applying your strength, you should leverage your opponent’s strength to be used against him.

LUM GAY, GAY NOI YIU GUAN GAY: be mindful of your weaknesses and strengths as well as those of your opponent; look for opportunities to use them to your advantage.

The Jow Ga or Jow Family Kung Fu is a hybrid Martial Arts system, comprised mainly of (3) different Kung Fu Styles.

HUNG GA, famous for its strong blocking, striking and bridging techniques & firm stances. From the Hung Ga Style, Jow Ga gets the majority of its hand techniques and penetrating power.

CHOY GA famous for its fast and complex footwork, intricate kicking techniques, sweeping techniques and simultaneous block and counter techniques. From this style Jow Ga gets its footwork, complex kicking, sweeping, speed and quick striking.

Because of the unique combination of both the Hung Ga and Choy Ga styles, for many years, the Jow Ga system was referred to as HUNG TAO CHOY MEI. “The head of Hung and tail of Choy” 

Meaning the: Upper body (fist techniques) is Hung Ga, and the lower body (footwork) is Choy Ga

BAK SIU LUM famous for it is long range kicking, sweeping, throwing and striking techniques. From this style Jow Ga gets its long range techniques and tactics, making it a combination short and long range style.

WEAPONS, the Jow Ga System is also very famous for its unique weapons techniques. Jow Ga employs the 18 Classical Weapons from Staff to Kwan Do. Jow Ga is very famous for its Double Weapons, as it uses both sides of the body, as well as its set of Bat Gwa Staff techniques.

Jow Ga is a very direct and economical style, showing characteristics from ten different animal forms; tiger, crane, snake, dragon, cougar, horse, elephant, eagle, lion, monkey.  Jow Ga can be considered a complex system in that each technique can be used as both offensive as well as defensive, and any one technique can have many different applications. Jow Ga is a perfect blend of hard and soft, developing in the practitioner the ability to adapt to any fighting situation. When attacking, a Jow Ga practitioner uses fast in-direct footwork, quickly changing directions to confuse the oponent, before delivering powerful striking combinations, accompanied with strong penetrating power to break through an opponent defenses. When defending, the Jow Ga practitioner is evasive and at times yielding, using an opponent’s power against them. A Jow Ga practitioner believes in using combinations of techniques to defeat an opponent, attacking high, then low, confusing the opponent, making it almost impossible for them to defend. Power comes from the ground generated in the legs and distributed at the waste. Giving the practitioner explosive energy to overwhelm an opponent.