I'm a hop gar man and the style is a long hand style but with short hand techniques as well that are very good. I am 6' and slender with long arms. My sihing is 5'6' and with the shorter height comes shorter arms. He still whoops up on people with the long arms. In fact, the idea of the long arm techniques help him deal with people of a longer reach. So you could actually use that systems techniques to your advantage to improve your range.

But man, always do what you feel comfortable in.