5-Family System (五家拳/ Ng Ga Kuen)
五家拳/ Ng Ga Kuen, also known as 5-Family System is a Southern Chinese Kung Fu System. This system integrated the selective and targeted techniques from five Southern Shaolin 南少林 descendants to form Ng Ga Kuen (五家拳), which focused on balance, position, effective posture transition, speed, directness, and strength for combat purposes due to civil unrest at that time in history.
Compositions of Ng Ga Kuen’s external structure included fundamentals 馬步 (horse stances), five animal techniques 五形 (ng ying), hand forms, weapon forms, prearranged fighting forms (hands and weapons), sparring, and body conditioning. On the internal side, there are breathing exercises, meditation, and methods of power 勁 (jin) generation and discharge.
Shaolin Kung Fu - 少林五家拳 