Mok Gar
Mok Gar (莫家) is one of the five major family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts. It was developed by a Shaolin monk named Monk Mok Ta Shi (莫達士) as an inheritance of the Southern Shaolin Fist in Guangdong province in China.
| Also known as | Mok Gar Kuen, Mo Jia Quan, Mok Family Style |
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| Focus | Striking, weapons training |
| Country of origin | China |
| Creator | Mok Ta Shi (original developer) Mok Ching Giu of the Five Elders (founder) |
| Famous practitioners | Mok Ding Yue Mo Lin Ying Mo Fifth Brother Mo Ta Fen Mok Kwai-lan |
| Parenthood | Southern Shaolin Kung Fu, Mojiaquan, Mok gar was called Shaolin Quan untill it was made famous by the Mok Clan in Dongguan area of china |
| Descendant arts | Hung Gar (Wong Fei Hung lineage) |
| Olympic sport | No |
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It gained fame three generations later, in the Qing Dynasty, with Mok Gin Kiu/Mo Qing Chiu/Mo Ching Chiao (莫清矯; also known as Mok Sau Cheung/ Mo Ta Chang) who learned the art from a monk named Wai Jen, and also had supposedly learned from a famous kicker, Choy Kao Yee. Mok's reputation was so high after defeating many other boxers that the style, formerly known as Southern Shaolin Quan, was renamed for the Mok family (Mok Gar). Mok Ching Kiu then taught the art to his son, Mok Ding Yue and three other students in which all four of them became their own distinct style of the art. Different generations through Guangdong boasted masters such as Mo Lin Ying, Mo Fifth Brother and Mo Ta Fen.
The Hung Gar lineage from Wong Fei Hung has influences of Mok Gar from his fourth wife Mok Kwai-lan, who after the death of Wong Fei Hung ran his medical clinic and school until her death many years later.
At present there are said to be two branches of Mok. The first is a direct lineage from Mok Qing Chiu and the other traces to Mak Shing Mo.