Pak Mei Kuen
About
Pak Mei Kuen
白眉拳
"White Eyebrow Style"
Pak Mei Kuen is a Hakka (客家) martial art from Southern China, created by Cheung Lai Chuen (張禮泉) as a synthesis and expansion of his training in four styles:
- Wanderer / Gypsy style (流民派),
- Li Family style (李派),
- Dragon style (龍形), and
- the White Eyebrow style (白眉).
The style is an aggressive, short to medium-range system that specializes in shock (scared, sudden) power, called Geing Jak Ging (驚扎勁),
and shares a focus on the four primary principles of "Float", "Sink", "Swallow", and "Spit" with other Southern Chinese arts like Five Ancestor and White Crane styles.
Pak Mei is a right-hand dominant style, specializing in simultaneous attack/defense, that also includes a wide variety of Southern weapons (staff, crutches, tiger fork, butterfly swords, etc).