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派 螂 螳 家 朱 Chu Gar Fist Hakka Southern Praying Mantis Lao Sui's Transmission to Chu Kai Ming Som Bo Gin Single Man Three Step Arrow Form Although, Southern Praying Mantis clans all share mostly the same basic skills, the Som Bo Gin form may vary to a greater degree from one to another. The common denominator is the three steps forward - three arrow punching followed by finger tip strikes. A B This "Som Bo Gin" form, in Southern Mantis, is written, in Chinese, by three different names: "Three Step Arrow" in Chu Gar, "Three Steps Forward" in Lam's USA Kwongsai Mantis, and "Three Steps Scissors" in China's Kwongsai Mantis. C D Read further, inside this book, about the form pictured here. And use the link below to garner detailed information about both Som Bo Gin Single Man and Two Man forms. E F LINK TO SOM BO GIN TWO MAN FORM southernmantispress.com/southern-praying-mantis-book-005.htm 三步進套路 Hard Bridge Refer to Page 24 G H I J K L M N Other Books By RDH - SouthernMantisPress.com Hardcover Collector's Edition Books In Full Color Available Online At Amazon Barnes & Noble Books -A- Million and other Fine Retailers Search Keywords: "Southern Mantis Press" 派 螂 螳 家 朱 Chu Gar Mantis Lao Sui's Transmission to Chu Kai Ming Sifu Anthony Chan Hong Kong By Roger D. Hagood Featuring Sifu Anthony Chan Editors Charles Alan Clemens, Sean W. Robinson, Huang Yan Southern Mantis Press | Pingshan Town, China southernmantispress.com Copyright © 2015 by Roger D. Hagood All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, email “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at the address below. Southern Mantis Press 5424 NW Cascade Court Camas, Washington, 98607 [email protected] Ordering Information: Special discounts are available for martial art schools, bookstores, specialty shops, museums and events. Contact the publisher at the address above. Cover, Title Page, and Interior photographs: Sifu Anthony Chan, Hong Kong, Connoisseur of Hakka Southern Praying Mantis. The cover image and all images in this book, of Chan Sifu, are captured from a consumer video camera recording. It was not originally intended for publication. Since recording, in 2013, we have decided to release this for preservation, promotion, and posterity of Hakka Mantis Kungfu. ISBN: 978-0-9857240-8-5 vi chugarmantis.com Dedication Louie Sifu RDH 1906 - 199? Late Chu Kai Ming Sifu nthony Chan Sifu is one of kind. To understand, Ayou have to know him. The problem is he doesn't want to be known, by anyone. He is a Sifu, Historian, and Collector, of all things Hakka Kungfu, and especially Hakka Mantis, and that includes form and function of every Hakka boxing style, and he can play them all. His transmission is first generation Lao Sui Chu Gar Mantis from Chu Kai Ming, circa 1920s, Hong Kong. vii mantisflix.com Acknowledgement 拜人為師 Late Sifu Gene Chen n 1975, Master Gene Chen received certification as Ithe first teacher of Chu Gar Praying Mantis in the United States. This certificate was awarded by popular vote of the Chu Gar Tong Long Guoshu Association of Hong Kong. Association Chairpersons were Sun Yu Hing, Dong Yat Long, and Zhang Sing. In the early eighties, Chen Sifu stopped teaching Chu Gar boxing and began teaching Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan. He stated the style was too 1939 - 2001 dangerous to teach openly. And it was also very difficult to cultivate. viii somdotmantis.com Our Ancestral Shrine Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu Creed Hoc Yurn; Hoc Yi; Hoc Kungfu 學仁 學義 學功夫 Jurn Jow; Jurn Si; Jurn Gow Do 尊親 尊師 尊教訓 尊道義 Respect the Ancestors for their transmission of the art. Respect the Sifu for his teaching. Respect the Older Brothers for their dedication and loyalty. Respect the Younger Brothers for determination in training. ix kwongsaimantis.com Contents Front Matter Introduction to Som Bo Gin Hard Bridge ii Dedication vii Acknowledgement viii Creed ix Fundamental DVD Training xii Preface xiii Chu Kai Ming Complete Single Man Transmission Preliminary - Warmup Exercises 20 • Arm Swings • Back Strokes • Fic Sao 1 & 2 • Wrist Circles • Open the Chest Mantis Horse Stepping 22 • Forward - Back • Cross Steps • Shifting Horse Steps 45o • Run the Horse Som Bo Gin Single Man Form - Hard Bridge Introduction to Som Bo Gin 22 • Different Charcters - Same Pronunciation • Hard and Soft Bridge • Antique Photos Som Bo Gin Hard Bridge Form 30-39 • Lines 1 - 3 Som Bo Gin: Chu - Sun Variations 40 • Only Line Three is Different x ironoxmantis.com Contents 12 Basic Hand Skills Introduction to 12 Basic Skills 41 • Summary of External Work • Summary of Internal Work Basic Fist Forms 43 • Tigers Mouth • Phoenix Eye • Ginger Fist 12 Basic Hand Skills 12 Basic Hand Skills • #1...44 • #7.....56 • #2...46 • #8.....58 • #3...48 • #9.....60 • #4...50 • #10...61 • #5...52 • #11...62 • #6...54 • #12...64 Glossary of 12 Basic Hand Skills 66 Sequential Transmission of Chu Kai Ming 69 Tan Zhuang Som Bo Gin Soft Bridge Form Introduction to Tan Zhuang 70 • Resource - Yang Clan Chu Gar • Resource - Som Gin Yu Kiu Form Chu Kai Ming 2nd Form - Shape from Form About 2nd Form 82 Anthony Chan Sifu Interviews A True Hakka Mantis Historian 94 Back Matter Success with the Long Form 105 Abridged China Hakka Mantis History 106 Miscellanies— A Final Note 108 Resources 110 Author's Bio—Train in China 122 Introduction to Som Bo Gin Soft Bridge 125 xi bambootemple.com Prerequisite asics, in any martial art, are the beginning and end. Train the basics of Southern Mantis. Function before form. Fol- low step by step, at your own pace and in the convenience of your home. B Step by Step DVD Fundamental Instruction • Volume One: Fundamentals; The Most Important • Volume Two: Phoenix Eye Fist Attacking / Stepping • Volume Three: Centerline Defense • Volume Four: One, Three & Nine Step Attack / Defense • Volume Five: Centerline Sticky Hand Training • Volume Six: Same Hand / Opposite Hand Attacks • Volume Seven: Sai Shu, Sik Shu, Jik (Chun) Shu • Volume Eight: Gow Choy; Hammer Fist - Internal Strength • Volume Nine: Footwork in Southern Praying Mantis • Volume 10: Chi Sao, Trapping, Passoffs • Refer to Page 105 for VOL 11 - 18 Advanced Two Man Forms Request Volume 1 - 18 Today! Follow Step by Step DVD Instruction southernmantispress. com/southern-praying- mantis-instructional- dvds.htm Book and xii Video southmantis.com Preface assume you are reading this book from cover to cover and have previously read the Dedication page. Sifu Anthony Chan has many interesting stories, such as, Lam Sang (USA Kwongsai) and Lao Sui having schools opposite each other in IISaukeiwan, Hong Kong. And a Northern Mantis book, in the Hong Kong Library, with a story of Lao Sui being injured by a wanderer. And the book, from 1957, that has the personal notes of Chung Yel Chong's Kwongsai Mantis and another with Chu Kwong Hua playing Chu Gar Som Bo Gin. He once had all those, but he gave them up when he went on a Buddhist pilgrimage for several years, only afterwards, to return to China Hakka Mantis, in Hong Kong. By exchange and brother-friendship with Chan Sifu, I received the complete Chu Gar single man boxing transmission of first generation Lao Sui's disciple, Chu Kai Ming. Special thanks to Anthony Chan Sifu, for this transmission. He shared the preliminary work, warm-ups, horse, fundamentals, basic 12 hands, and forms of this branch, with me. I am passing it on to you in this book and an upcoming DVD. But you can still join my class here, in Guangdong, China! Welcome. It is a loss that Sifu Anthony Chan is old fashioned and prefers to remain private. However, he and I agree, the truth of Hakka Mantis is sometimes stranger than fiction, as you may read further on in this book. In fact, instead of paraphrasing Anthony Chan Sifu's words, let me just transcribe a bit of Preface to this book, in his own words: AC: I never had the intention of printing a book. The postures that you have used in this book are not perfect ones. I didn't do it seriously that day. If you remember, I just showed you what I have learnt from Chu Kai Ming Sifu. And you know that I have an unresolved health issue, so those postures if they are not right, just do your best to correct and explain them in the book. RDH NOTE: We did not originally plan the film we shot to xiii Preface be made into this book. The pictures herein are an accurate representation of the postures; but it was just a day of sharing and exchange with no thought to publish anything, at that time. After further consideration, however, I think it is an important work on Hakka Chu Gar Mantis that will benefit others. So, I have done my best to outline this first generation Lao Sui teaching. It is the complete Transmission of single man training, that Chu Kai Ming trained and taught from the 1920s - 1980s. AC: By the way, I was born in 1954, and my Sifu was born in 1906. Both of us were born in the year of the horse. We were quite similar in character. He passed away in 199?.