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.

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!

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 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.

Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees. Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs or creativity. In contrast, the international case studies in this volume dissect views based on hierarchical oppositions between human and other living beings. Although human practices may sometimes appear to exist in a realm beyond nature, they are nevertheless subject to the pull of natural forces. These forces may be brought into prominence through a consideration of the interactions between human beings and other inhabitants of the natural world. The interplay in this book between social anthropologists, philosophers and artists cuts across species divisions to examine the experiential dimensions of interspecies engagements. In ethnographically and/or historically contextualized chapters, contributors examine the juxtaposition of human and other living beings in the light of themes such as wildlife safaris, violence, difference, mimicry, simulation, spiritual renewal, dress and language.

Wing Chun is one of the most popular martial arts in the world. It was made famous by Bruce Lee and his master, Yip Man. The most practiced form of Wing Chun is the Hong Kong version, which is streamlined and compact. However, older systems survive in China and one of them is the obscure art known as Fut Sao (Buddha Hand) Wing Chun. Fut Sao Wing Chun was brought to America in 1961 by Grandmaster Henry Leung, (Hong Lei, Chi Man), who learned the whole system under Great Master Gao Jhi Fut Sao. The system was passed down in America to Master Leung's one disciple, Sifu James Cama. In this book Cama sets out, for the first time, the outline of the Fut Sao system of Wing Chun Kuen.This book is special because, for the first time ever, the Fut Sao Siu Lin Tao and its two-man set are revealed. The Hei Gung set and meditation visualization practice are also detailed. The gem of the art is its internal practices which are rarely seen in Wing Chun. Chapters included: forms training, weapons, training enhancement devices, sensitivity training and internal training.