Hakka Kuen is a generic term for all the martial arts developed by the Chinese Hakka community, mainly in southern China.This book is intended as a general presentation of the Hakka culture and their martial arts. It is the synthesis of our travels, trainings and research on the subject. We have tried to collect and classify the information in order to make it available to martial artists and new generations of Hakka around the world. The richness of the Hakka martial culture is undeniable, and not only many famous Chinese Kung Fu styles are Hakka (such as Pak Mei, Wing Chun, White Crane, Long Yin, Southern Praying Mantis...), but many non-Chinese martial arts happen to have Hakka roots as well.

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!

This imaginative and innovative study by Daniel Miles Amos, begun in 1976 and completed in 2020, examines sociocultural changes in the practices of Chinese martial artists in two closely related and interconnected southern Chinese cities, Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The initial chapters of the book compare how sociocultural changes from World War II to the mid-1980s affected the practices of Chinese martial artists in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong and neighboring Guangzhou in mainland China. An analysis is made of how the practices of Chinese martial artists have been influenced by revolutionary sociocultural changes in both cities. In Guangzhou, the victory of the Chinese Communist Party lead to the disappearance in the early 1950s of secret societies and kungfu brotherhoods. Kungfu brotherhoods reappeared during the Cultural Revolution, and subsequently were transformed again after the death of Mao Zedong, and China’s opening to capitalism. In Hong Kong, dramatic sociocultural changes were set off by the introduction of manufacturing production lines by international corporations in the mid-1950s, and the proliferation of foreign franchises and products. Economic globalization in Hong Kong has led to dramatic increases both in the territory’s Gross Domestic Product and in cultural homogenization, with corresponding declines in many local traditions and folk cultures, including Chinese martial arts. The final chapters of the book focus on changes in the practices of Chinese martial arts in Hong Kong from the years 1987 to 2020, a period which includes the last decade of British colonial administration, as well as the first quarter of a century of rule by the Chinese government.

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.

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.

The book does what it sets out to do, teach the basics of Chuka Shaolin and the phoenix-eye fist. The book teachs through photo's and text. You will learn basic arm and hand tecniques as well as basic stances.

White Eyebrow Kung Fu (Bak Mei) is a close quarter method of Chinese boxing. Known for it's explosive power and effective techniques It is one of the treasured kung fu systems of Southern China.

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