English language. USA Grandteacher Lam Sang's first and second generation disciples. Kwongsai Jook Lum Temple Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu. A PICTORIAL BOOK OF BOXING POSTURES AND MAXIMS IN THIS BOOK: China's Jook Lum Bamboo Forest Temples Boxing Transmission Lineage Intent -Warrior Spirit Rooting Centering Center and Sink Gin Foon Mark Sifu Body Posture Whole Body Power Forward Momentum 18 BUDDHA HANDS - DEFENSE Mor Shu: Grinding Gwak Shu: Sweeping Choc Shu: Opening Sai Shu: Roller Arm Sic Shu: Eating Hand Jik Shu: Slicing Hand Pak Sao: Palm Heel Lop Shu: Grabbing Gop Shu: Clasping 18 BUDDHA HANDS - OFFENSE Jek Shu: Phoenix Eye Bao Zhang: Palm Bil Jee: Fingers Ping Shu: Flicking Jung Shu: Uppercut Chop Shu: Poking Gow Choy: Fists Jang Shu: Elbows Han Shu: Forearm POSTURES AND MAXIMS CONTINUED Form & Function Physical Traits Body Weapons Centerline Theory Spring Power Feeling Hand Lik and Ging Power Dead & Live Power Footwork Hands Are Doors 1 Arm - 3 Hands Strike Until Red Mantis Tactics Sticky Hand Feeling Hand Bridging, Range, Distance Solo Training Paired Training Vital Point Training Hakka Maxim And More! Book Details: Hardcover Premium Full Color 130 pages 85+ Photographs English Language Library archive quality and more! The Bamboo Temple Chinese Benevolent Association presents this concise and essential book of boxing postures, maxims, and proverbs featuring the first and second generation disciples of the late USA Grandteacher Lam Sang. Study the maxims and proverbs for a complete understanding and ability in your Hakka boxing. Just stand in front of the mirror for 5 minutes and mold your shape into each of the elder's Mantis postures shown. One posture a day until you have trained them all exactly as you see the Sifu do them in this book, will improve your Mantis immensely. This is a rare Southern Mantis Kungfu treatise. Get your copy today. Add this genuine Southern Mantis Kungfu treasure to your library now!

A rare treatise of Hakka Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis boxing that includes: Chu Gar Mantis history, boxing transmission, six Chu Gar areas, three kinds of Chu Gar in China; Chu Gar Mantis personal records - Sifu Chen Ching Hong, Sifu Yip Sui, Sifu Cheng Wan, Sifu Cheng Chiu, Sifu Dong Yat Long, Sifu Ma Jiuhua, Past Masters in Charge; Chu Gar applications - Single Bridge Tsai Sao, Double Bridge Dui Jong, Mang Dan Sao Dui Jong, Ying Sao Shadow Hand, Gow Choy Hammer Fist, Locking Hands, Bridge, Tan Sao, and Ginger Fist, Double Bridge Gwak Sao, Sticky Hand and Intercepting Hand Bao Zhang Palms; Chu Gar shadowboxing forms in pictorial - Som Bo Gin (Three Step Arrow) and Som Gin Yu Kiu (Three Arrows Shaking Bridge form); and more.

A rare bilingual (English-Chinese) compendium of various Hakka Chu Gar Southern Mantis Kungfu skills including: About Wooden Man Dummy training, About Yellow Ox Pole (Staff) form, About Dui-Jong paired (two man) training, About Yang Style Chu Gar History and Pictorial. The late teacher, Yang Shou, was a mysterious figure and first generation disciple of Lao Sui's Chu Gar Southern Mantis boxing in Hong Kong. Yang Style Chu Gar details released for the first time - never before published. View and read about the historic opening of the first Chu Gar school in Lao Sui's Hometown. Meet Lao Sui's family and Chu Gar Mantis pupils in Lao Sui's hometown. Exclusive historical photographs. IN THIS BOOK: ABOUT CHU GAR MANTIS BOXING Chu Gar Mantis School of Lao Sui 2013 Historic Chu Gar Event (Chinese) 2013 Historic Chu Gar Event (English) ABOUT WOODEN MAN DUMMY Live vs. Dead Power Dummy History Shaolin Tales North Mantis Other Dummy Styles South Mantis Chu Gar Hakka Mantis History Conclusion Dummy Function How To Play A Dummy Methods of Dummy Training Dummy Benefit Dummy Training Goal Prerequisites Chu Gar Dummy Basics About Wooden Man Dummy (Chinese) ABOUT YELLOW OX POLE About Pole Techniques Pole Applications ABOUT DUI JONG - STANDARD PAIRED TRAINING About Paired Training Recap YANG STYLE CHU GAR MANTIS HISTORY and PICTORIAL Introduction Qingxi Yang Mei Gang (Chinese) Qingxi Yang Mei Gang (English) Yang Style Youth Boxers Yang's Chu Gar Pictorial Yang Style Chu Gar Som Bo Gin Single Man Form Yang's Creed and Shrine Yang's Ancestral Home Book Details: Hardcover Premium Full Color 160 pages 230+ Photographs Bilingual - English / Chinese Library archive quality and more Discover today the Hakka Southern Mantis legacy of Lao Sui from his first generation disciple, Yang Shou, and second generation disciple, Ma Ming Sen and others Get your copy and add this rare bilingual compendium to your library now

English language. A rare step by step treatise. The complete transmission of single man training from the late Hong Kong Sifu, Chu Kai Ming, first generation disciple of Lao Sui's Hakka Chu Gar Southern Mantis Kungfu, circa 1920s. Featuring Sifu Anthony Chan, Hong Kong. IN THIS BOOK: PRELIMINARY / WARMUP EXERCISES Arm Swings Back Strokes Fic Sao 1 & 2 Wrist Circles Open the Chest MANTIS HORSE STEPPING Forward - Back Cross Steps Shifting Horse Steps Run the Horse SOM BO GIN SINGLE MAN FORM - HARD BRIDGE Introduction to Som Bo Gin Different Charcters - Same Pronunciation Hard and Soft Bridge SOM BO GIN HARD BRIDGE STEP BY STEP Only Line Three is Different SOM BO GIN: CHU - SUN VARIATIONS Lines 1 - 3 12 BASIC HAND SKILL COMBINATIONS Introduction to 12 Skills Summary of External Work Summary of Internal Work BASIC FIST FORMS Tiger's Mouth Phoenix Eye Ginger Fist HAND SKILLS 1 - 12 STEP BY STEP Glossary of 12 Basic Hand Skills TAN ZHUANG - SOM BO GIN SOFT BRIDGE FORM Introduction to Tan Zhuang SOM BO GIN SOFT BRIDGE - STEP BY STEP MANTIS SHAPE FROM FORM TRAINING Introduction to 2nd Form CHU KAI MING'S 2nd FORM STEP BY STEP ANTHONY CHAN SIFU'S INTERVIEWS A true Hakka Mantis Historian Previously Undisclosed Details Book Details: Hardcover Premium Full Color 126 pages 475] Photographs English Language Library archive quality and more In addition to this first generation complete single man transmission, read about Lam Sang (Kwongsai Mantis) and Lao Sui's (Chu Gar) opposite Schools, in 1930s Sau Kei Wan, and an early book published stating Lao Sui was injured by a wanderer (and perhaps later succumbed from this injury) and much more This is a rare Southern Mantis Kungfu treatise. Get your copy today. Add this genuine Southern Mantis Kungfu treasure to your library now

A rare instructional treatise of Chinese boxing from the Kwongsai Dragon-Tiger Mountain, Bamboo Forest Temple, Praying Mantis Clan, as transmitted by the late Grandmaster Lam Sang. Details include stories of Lam Sang's supernatural ability such as Poison Snake Staff, Sun Gazing, and Light Body Skills. Boxing principles elaborated are Body posture, Rooting, Sinking, Center-line, Spiral power, Contact-control-strike, Intercepting and sticky hand, Bridging, Anticipating-telegraphing, Dead and live power, Form and function, 4 word secret, Dim Mak vital points and more. Boxing Fundamentals included are Footwork: Chop, Circle, Advance, Shuffle step, Turnarounds, Side to side; Kicks, Sweeps, Takedowns, Grappling, Chin Na Seizing, Hook hands, Elbow strokes, Dui Jong, Sticky hands, Forms, and Phases of training. Eighteen Buddha Hand techniques, 9 defensive, 9 offensive, are illustrated in color with instruction in attributes, function and vital point targeting. Boxing maxims of strategy and tactics are included.

This book contains key aspects to the fundamentals of Southern Praying Mantis. The information presented here along with the video, establishes the posture, structure, and footwork that are essential to SPM training. Any structure must have a firm foundation if it is to stand.

This book features the teachings and training methods of Granmaster Gin Foon Mark. Grandmaster Mark's legacy is Kwang Sai Jook Lum Southern Praying Mantis. Read about the history of the style, training tips and methods from the master, and anecdotes from his more than 80 years studying Chinese martial arts.