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THE HUNG SING HUNG LOONG KWOON UNDER SIFU FRANK MCCARTHY IS A BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN HUNG SING KWOON. OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED IN 2005, SIFU MCCARTHY HAS TAUGHT GUNG FU PRIVATELY SINCE 2003. SIFU MCCARTHY IS A 3RD GENEREATION MASTER OF THE AMERICAN HUNG SING KWOON AND IS OF THE 5TH AND 6TH GENERATION OF THE FUT SAN HUNG SING KWOON.

THE HUNG SING HUNG LOONG KWOON IS A TRADITIONAL CLUB OF HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT WITH A MODERN APPROACH. WHILE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS SELF DEFENSE COMBATIVE TRAINING WE ALSO FOCUS ON SAN DA AND SPORTS FIGHTING IN A DDITION TO TEACHING HAND AND WEAPONS FORMS FOR PERSONAL PRACTICE AND OR COMPETITION TRAINING.

SIFU MCCARTHY IS ONE OF A VERY FEW SENIOR STUDENTS ACTIVELY TEACHING AND PROMOTING HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT. HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE FEW WHO ARE TEACHING HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT AS IT WAS PASSED DOWN TO HIM. HE HAS MADE IT A PERSONAL VOW TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF HIS TRAINING BY PRESERVING WHAT HE LEARNED AND KEEP IT ALIVE BY TEACHING HIS OWN STUDENTS IN THE EXACT SAME FASHION.

AT THE HUNG SING HUNG LOONG KWOON ONE COULD LEARN TRADITIONAL AND MODERN HAND FORMS AS WELL AS WEAPON FORMS, 2 MAN SPAR FORMS, SPARRING, IN DEPTH INSTRUCTION ON THE APPLICATIONS OF HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT AND TONS OF HUNG SING STYLE PAD WORK. SIFU MCCARTHY IS THE TYPE OF TEACHER WHO TOSSES OUT THE BS COMMONLY FOUND IN TCMA AND STRICTLY FOCUSES ON WHAT WORKS. AND, IN THE SAME TRADITION AS THE ELDERS BEFORE HIM DID, SIFU MCCARTHY IS FULLY CAPABLE OF CUSTOM DESIGNING HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS CHARACTERISTICS.

SIFU MCCARTHY ADMITS TO BEING TOUGH ON HIS STUDENTS BUT ALWAYS TRIES TO EXPLAIN WHY. HE KNOWS THAT THE QUALITY OF HIS STUDENTS GUNG FU IS A REFLECTION UPON HIS TEACHINGS. FOR THIS VERY REASON HE WORKS ONE ON ONE WITH EVERY STUDENT CLOSELY TO INSURE THAT THEY FULLY COMPREHEND WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT. HE DOESN'T WANT ANY STUDENTS WALKING AWAY SAYING THAT WHAT THEY LEARNED WAS INEFFECITVE. HE HOLDS THE REPUTATION OF THE HUNG SING KWOON DEAR TO HIS HEART AND BY TEACHING THINGS THAT DON'T WORK IS A NAIL IN THE COFFIN SO TO SPEAK. THEREFORE, HE REQUIRES HIS STUDENTS TO BE DEDICATED, LOYAL, AND HONEST, NOT ONLY TO HIM BUT TO THEMSELVES AS WELL. ONLY YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE GIVING ENOUGH EFFORT AND TIME INTO BECOMING A MASTER OF GUNG FU.

ABOUT SIFU FRANK

SIFU FRANK "JEW HUNG LOONG" MCCARTHY IS A 3RD GENERATION MASTER OF THE AMERICAN HUNG SING KWOON LINEAGE AND OF THE 6TH GENERATION OF THE FUT SAN HUNG SING KWOON LINEAGE. HIS PATH DOWN THE HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT ROAD STARTED FOR HIM AT THE AGE OF 14 YEARS OLD WHEN HE MOVED INTO THE SUNSET DISTRICT AND HAPPENED TO LIVE ON THE SAME BLOCK AS GM SALVATERA'S TIEN LOONG GUNG FU CLUB (LATER CHANGED TO HUNG SING).

SIFU FRANK TOOK A LIKING TO THE MARTIAL ARTS EVER SINCE HE WAS IN DIAPERS. HIS OLDER BROTHER AND FATHER WERE HEAVILY INTO KARATE AND RECEIVED THEIR BLACK BELTS. SO, ITS SAFE TO SAY THAT HE GREW UP AROUND MARTIAL ARTS. BECAUSE OF THIS HE TOOK JUDO, KARATE, TAI MANTIS, AND BOXING ALL BEFORE THE AGE OF TEN. IT WASN'T UNTIL SIFU FRANK WAS A FRESHMAN AT LINCOLN HIGHSCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT HE BEGAN LEARNING THE HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT SYSTEM.

IN 1987 SIFU FRANK SUFFERED A SEVERE SPINAL INJURY AND WAS TOLD HE WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN. SIFU FRANK REFUSED TO BELIEVE THIS WAS HIS FATE AT THE AGE OF 19 YEARS OLD. THE INJURY TOOK A TOLL ON HIS BODY BUT HE WOULDN'T GIVE UP. HE WAS DETERMINED TO GET BACK TO GUNG FU, HIS ONE TRUE PASSION IN LIFE AND EVENTUALLY HE DOES.

IN THE EARLY 1990'S SIFU FRANK RECEIVED THE TITLE OF "SIFU". HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED TO HELP TEACH THE NEW STUDENTS TO GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE IN TRANSMITTING THE MATERIAL. FOR THE FIRST PART OF HIS TEACHING CAREER HE TAUGHT HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT PRIVATELY AND ONLY TO A FEW SELECT INDIVIDUALS. IT WASN'T UNTIL 2005 THAT HE CHOSE TO START TEACHING ON A MORE PUBLIC LEVEL. WHILE THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS IS NAMED HUNG SING, SIFU FRANK'S GUNG FU CLUB IS CALLED HUNG SING HUNG LOONG KWOON.

ASIDE FROM BEING A SIFU OF THE AMERICAN HUNG SING KWOON, SIFU FRANK IS ALSO THE LEAD HISTORIAN FOR THE LINEAGE. DURING HIS RESEARCH HE HAS DISCOVERED SUCH THINGS AS THE ORIGIN OF THE HUNG SING NAME AS GIVEN TO HIM BY THE GREEN GRASS MONK, THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE GREEN GRASS MONK AND EVEN HOW HE CAME TO BE LABELED THE GREEN GRASS MONK.

IN 2001 SIFU FRANK AND GRAND MASTER SALVATERA ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER STUDENTS TOOK A TRIP TO CHINA TO TRACE THEIR ROOTS TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT. DURING THEIR TRIP THEY MANAGED TO TAKE NEW SIFU'S IN FUT SAN IN ADDITION TO PARTICIPATING IN THE 150TH ANNIVESARY OF THE FUT SAN HUNG SING KWOON. FOR SIFU FRANK THIS WAS AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE. "IT WAS SUCH A GREAT HONOR TO BE STANDING IN THE SAME SCHOOL THAT OUR FOUNDER JEUNG HUNG SING ACTUALLY TAUGHT HIS SYSTEM" SAYS SIFU FRANK.

ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS IN SIFU FRANKS MARTIAL ART CAREER WAS FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS ON HIS ELDERS AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SAME TONGS THEY HAD JOINED WHICH INCLUDES THE CHINESE FREE MASONS. THIS WAS AN HONOR IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. NOT ONLY DID SIFU FRANK BREAK THROUGH SOME VERY STRONG AND TRADITIONAL BARRIERS PUT UP IN CHINATOWN, HE ALSO BECAME A RANKED MEMBER OF THE VERY TONG ORIGINALLY CREATED BY THE GREEN GRASS MONK. FROM A RESEARCH POINT OF VIEW THIS GAVE SIFU FRANK GREATER ACCESS INTO THE HISTORY OF THE SECRET SOCIETIES AND THE ROLE THE GREEN GRASS MONK PLAYED IN IT.

OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS SIFU FRANK HAS BEEN RESEARCHING AND COMPILING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS HE CAN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE FUT SAN HUNG SING KWOON AND ITS FOUNDER JEUNG HUNG SING IN ADDITION TO BEING THE FIRST TO DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN HUNG SING KWOON. HE PLANS TO RELEASE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IN A BOOK HE'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS.

EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING, SIFU FRANK HAS WHOLE HEARTEDLY PROMOTED THE HUNG SING KWOON AND THE HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT FIGHTING METHOD. HE'S RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE CHOY LEE FUT FRATERNITY AS BEING ONE OF TWO OF THE LEADING PROPONENTS OF HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. AFTER THE TURN OF THE CENTURY HE BECAME THE PIONEER OF THE CURRENT SAM SING YAT GAR MOVEMENT (3 SINGS ONE FAMILY) IN AN ATTEMPT TO STIR UP SOME UNITY AMONGST CHOY LEE FUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

TODAY, SIFU FRANK IS HEAVILY PUSHING THE COMBAT ASPECT OF HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT. ITS WELL KNOWN THAT IT WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO FIGHT IN THE REVOLUTION DURING THE QING DYNASTY. HE COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDS THAT TRADITIONAL AS THE SYSTEM IS, "WE MUST LEARN TO USE HUNG SING CHOY LEE FUT IN TODAYS TIME AND ENVIRONMENTS" HE SAYS. THANKS TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF HIS HUNG SING ELDERS WERE HIGHLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED WITH REAL LIFE USAGE OF THE STYLES TECHNIQUES THAT HE CAN INCLUDE HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHEN TRANSMITTING THE SYSTEM TO HIS STUDENTS.

SIFU IS DEFINITELY OF THE OLD SCHOOL WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE MODERN TIMES.