Advanced Form
Sui Fu NgunSmall Tiger Eye
An empty-hand form in the Eagle Claw curriculum. Sui Fu Ngun, the Small Tiger Eye, works the tiger side of the system: claw hands, strong stances, and short, direct power at close range.
About the form
Sui Fu Ngan, also known as Xiao Hu Yan or Small Tiger’s Eye, is an intermediate-to-advanced solo fist form within the Ying Jow Pai (Eagle Claw) and Fan Zi traditional kung fu system. It builds the tiger hand: the claw grip, the seizing motions that go with it, and the striking shapes that follow. The set is compact and direct, so it trains rooted stances, short-range power, and the ability to change hands without losing structure. It pairs naturally with the rest of the tiger material in the curriculum.
At Shadow Fist, Sui Fu Ngun is taught step by step in class under your instructor’s guidance, then refined at home with the training video below. Practice builds the grip strength, stance, and coordination that carry into the rest of the empty-hand curriculum.
- Focus: Tiger claw hands, rooted stances, and short-range power
- Type: Empty-hand form
- Style: Eagle Claw Kung Fu
- Taught: In class, with a video for home practice
Train it with us
Sui Fu Ngun is taught in our Eagle Claw classes in Windsor Heights. Practice the set at home with the training video below, then refine it with your instructor on the mat.
What the form teaches
Small Tiger’s Eye
Core Eagle Claw transitions
It opens with signature hook hands, high punches, and bridging movements that mirror fundamental sets like Gong Lek Kuen.
Stance footwork
It trains rapid transitions between high and low postures, including the horse stance (ma bu), arrow stance (gong bu), and cat stance (xu bu).
Striking and smashing mechanics
Close-range combinations such as downward hammerfists, palm-up to palm-down turning motions, and heavy smashing breaks that parallel forms like Sui Min Jeung, Small Cotton Palm.
Kicking and aerial agility
Some segments move dynamically, with jumping or tornado kicks followed by an immediate landing into a defensive or attacking structure.
Northern Praying Mantis crossover
Historically and technically, Sui Fu Ngan shares cross-training roots and overlapping hand-method ideas with Northern Praying Mantis systems, through exchanges between masters such as Lo Kwan Yu and Chan Tzi Ching.
Training Video
Practice with the video
The Sui Fu Ngun training video walks through the form section by section. It is available to current Shadow Fist students.
Student access only
Log in with your My Account username and password, then come back to watch the full training video.