| Pingshan Mantis Celebration: Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu Contributor(s): Hagood, Roger D. (Author), Wong, Yu Hua (Hosted by), Clemens, Charles Alan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0985724005 ISBN-13: 9780985724009 Publisher: Southern Mantis Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Martial Arts & Self-defense |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.50 lbs) 110 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A rare book of China's Kwongsai Jook Lum Temple Praying Mantis Kungfu and Unicorn Culture. Included are: Origins, history and practices of China's Kwongsai Mantis, rare and exclusive historical photographs never published before, the hometown of Kwongsai Mantis-Pingshan Town, how Wong Yuk Kong came to learn Hakka Mantis, why Wong Sifu went "mad" after a spell was cast, why Hakka Mantis is divided into "three orders" and what they are, three Wong Brothers who inherited Kwongsai Mantis, what Kwongsai Mantis boxing was taught early on and now, what happened when Kwongsai Mantis and Chu Gar first met, Hakka Mantis descending the mountain on horseback in 1917, English and Chinese translation of how Master Chung blossomed Hakka Mantis in South China, Hakka Culture along the East River, extensive interviews with inheritor Wong Yu Hua about sensitive topics, rules and regulations of Wong Yuk Kong's Mantis School, a Hakka Feast in Pingshan Town, valuable Hakka Mantis resources online and off, Hakka Mantis boxing maxims and proverbs, dozens of Kwongsai Mantis boxing postures, staff, and sword pictures, rare never before published Jook Lum Mantis reliquary photographs, the Bamboo Forest Temple true heritage Dit Da liniment prescription and more. |