9 Harmonies School - Fut-Gar (the Buddha's style)

Born in north around 520 d.C., with the arrival of Bodhidharma
(Ta-Mo in Chinese, Daruma-Taishi in Japanese), which the creation
of the style is attributed, being the founder of the Chan Buddhismo
(Zen in Japanese)

The continuous travels of Buddha and the lightness of his spirit, has
inspired the style devise , focusing the main fulcrum on the legs,
makein'em lighter, and therefore softening our roots carrying to "
spiritual " elevation of the being.

TA-MO (Bodhidharma)

With them we can be pushed to the high, to the sky, or be radicated to earth like a secular oak, giving off great force and beauty, finding a new way to look at the world, looking at it from the high and the low like a crane or a snake.

The Fut-Gar is a little known style and little handed on because it doesn't comprehnd the study of weapons, therefore it came incorporated from Shaolin monks, around 1850, in an other style of Buddhist origin which is the SIU-LAM-JOW.

This does not have to draw in deceit.

The practical of the "Buddha's
movements"carry to the firstorigins
of Kung-Fu, to the first true
traditional martial column that in
time has left the most important
prints on many other more
known styles.

Moreover it's one of the rarest styles
born from Shaolin's monks carrying
with himself cultural, spiritual and
technical baggage unique and
inimitabile.

The Fut-Gar is, for monks that still practice it, one true and own Buddhist prayer made with the body. With the 8 shapes it is composed, the primordial Shaolin " is expressed ". It is the one has allowed the reputation of " INVINCIBLE "

Althought being born
to north, and therefore
using many leg techniques.
It has also hand technicals
typical of the south styles
(Hung-Gar, Siu-Lam-Jow,
Choy-Ley-Fut...),
to testimonythat true
Shaolin Kung-Fu has
been moved to Fukien in
the famous fire in 1570 .

The Masters who traced an important sign in the history style, are LEUNG-TIEN-CHU and its son JEUNG-WING-CHU still living.