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 VARIATIONSLines 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 STEPGlossary of 12 Basic Hand Skills
TAN ZHUANG - SOM BO GIN SOFT BRIDGE FORM Introduction to Tan Zhuang
SOM BO GIN SOFT BRIDGE - STEP BY STEPMANTIS SHAPE FROM FORM TRAININGIntroduction 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!
Roger D. HagoodAuthor, publisher and producer of books, eBooks, DVDs, and Internationally distributed martial arts magazines in more than a dozen countries.
Standing Chairman of the Bamboo Temple Chinese Benevolent Association and Hong Kong Chu Gar Mantis Martial Art Association, preserving and promoting traditional Hakka Southern Praying Mantis.
48 years in training and teaching martial arts. Some 20+ years living in China and Asia. Currently residing in beautiful sunny south China (for the last 14 years).