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# Direct from source region Authentic lineage knowledge Detailed Kung Fu techniques Chu Gar Gao: Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu

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## Summary

> 🥋 Unlock the ancient power of Southern Praying Mantis—train like a true master, wherever you are!

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## Key Features

- • **Master the Source:** Learn Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu directly from the lineage’s closest living authority, ensuring authentic and precise knowledge.
- • **Rich Cultural Insight:** Includes vivid village stories and historical context, connecting you deeply with the Kwongsai Chinese martial arts heritage.
- • **Step-by-Step Precision:** Detailed breakdown of core fundamentals and signature forms like the Three-Step Arrow and Three Arrow Shaking Bridge for all skill levels.
- • **Perfect for Self-Starters:** Ideal for motivated learners without access to formal teachers, providing a solid foundation to build your practice.
- • **Healing Through Martial Arts:** Proven to aid recovery and physical resilience, as demonstrated by practitioners overcoming severe injuries.

## Overview

Chu Gar Gao: Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu is a meticulously researched and illustrated book authored by Grandmaster Roger D. Hagood, offering authentic teachings from the heart of Kwongsai, China. It presents core techniques, lineage history, and signature forms in a clear, accessible format, making it an essential resource for martial arts enthusiasts seeking genuine Southern Praying Mantis knowledge and a transformative training experience.

## Description

Chu Gar Gao: Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu [Hagood, Roger D, Clemens, Charles Alan, Wan, Cheng] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Chu Gar Gao: Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu

Review: Having been in an accident that doctors told me would leave me crippled with only one good arm, I have sought every resource I c - Grandmaster R.D. Hagwood has produced a superb text. What makes this particular book a strong and valuable resource is its precise display of this Lineage's ancestry and the core ancestry of Southern Praying Mantis itself in a laconic fashion that is direct and equally thorough, a well-displayed elucidation of the core fundamentals of the Art, and the wondrously exquisite Three-Step Arrow and Three Arrow Shaking Bridge Forms (三步箭 三箭桥晃动 形式) in a way that anyone, from people who have no formal training in the Art to those that know these sequences backwards and forward, can learn in detailed fashion. Learning Chinese Kung Fu from books only - without a qualified teacher - is difficult because an untrained person interprets what they see their own way and doesn't necessarily do the movements correctly. Nevertheless, this book provides a superb way to learn Hakka Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu in a way that one's foundation can be begun. Personally, I have no formal training in Southern Praying Mantis. My own formal training has been in Okinawan Karate, Shao Tsu Do Kung Fu, Kajukenbo Kung Fu, XIng-Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, and Taiji Quan Kung Fu from 1989 to present. Nevertheless, synthesizing my own foundation with what's offered n this book has been smooth. I confess, I am not a student of this Art and am very dedicated to Tang Shou Tao Neijiaquan, but Hakka Praying Mantis and Internal Boxing are, in essence, identical in principle. Having been in an accident that doctors told me would leave me crippled with only one good arm, I have sought every resource I can find to promote my own healing. I've also been learning to walk again for the past four years and have had a lot of spare time (as the length of this review indicates). Chinese Kung Fu has made my recovery possible and I have defied what doctors told me and am back to normal completely. Train hard.
Review: DRINK FROM THE SOURCE - ROGER D. HAGOOD,SIFU Lives in Pingshan,China right in the middle of the surrounding cities of where Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu comes from. He is the Standing Chairman for Cheng Wan Chu Gar Gao. Now, with that being said, he is the "well" that is closest to the "source". Meaning the information in this book has been diligently searched thru, proven, and established. Passed down from the founding masters to the source that exist at the present time. This book is one of my favorites. From the colors, to the pictures, to the village stories, and the leading in to a more in-depth well of knowledge and history from one of the most sophisticated and sorted after arts in Kwongsai China. Out of all of Mr. Hagood's books this is a special one, very unique in it's own way. This book is the start to a very good series of more in depth look and knowledge to CHU GAR GAO MANTIS!

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #2,316,060 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,840 in Martial Arts (Books) #19,216 in Exercise & Fitness (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 5.0 out of 5 stars 17 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Having been in an accident that doctors told me would leave me crippled with only one good arm, I have sought every resource I c
*by Æ***R on July 8, 2015*

Grandmaster R.D. Hagwood has produced a superb text. What makes this particular book a strong and valuable resource is its precise display of this Lineage's ancestry and the core ancestry of Southern Praying Mantis itself in a laconic fashion that is direct and equally thorough, a well-displayed elucidation of the core fundamentals of the Art, and the wondrously exquisite Three-Step Arrow and Three Arrow Shaking Bridge Forms (三步箭 三箭桥晃动 形式) in a way that anyone, from people who have no formal training in the Art to those that know these sequences backwards and forward, can learn in detailed fashion. Learning Chinese Kung Fu from books only - without a qualified teacher - is difficult because an untrained person interprets what they see their own way and doesn't necessarily do the movements correctly. Nevertheless, this book provides a superb way to learn Hakka Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu in a way that one's foundation can be begun. Personally, I have no formal training in Southern Praying Mantis. My own formal training has been in Okinawan Karate, Shao Tsu Do Kung Fu, Kajukenbo Kung Fu, XIng-Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, and Taiji Quan Kung Fu from 1989 to present. Nevertheless, synthesizing my own foundation with what's offered n this book has been smooth. I confess, I am not a student of this Art and am very dedicated to Tang Shou Tao Neijiaquan, but Hakka Praying Mantis and Internal Boxing are, in essence, identical in principle. Having been in an accident that doctors told me would leave me crippled with only one good arm, I have sought every resource I can find to promote my own healing. I've also been learning to walk again for the past four years and have had a lot of spare time (as the length of this review indicates). Chinese Kung Fu has made my recovery possible and I have defied what doctors told me and am back to normal completely. Train hard.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ DRINK FROM THE SOURCE
*by I***S on January 15, 2013*

ROGER D. HAGOOD,SIFU Lives in Pingshan,China right in the middle of the surrounding cities of where Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu comes from. He is the Standing Chairman for Cheng Wan Chu Gar Gao. Now, with that being said, he is the "well" that is closest to the "source". Meaning the information in this book has been diligently searched thru, proven, and established. Passed down from the founding masters to the source that exist at the present time. This book is one of my favorites. From the colors, to the pictures, to the village stories, and the leading in to a more in-depth well of knowledge and history from one of the most sophisticated and sorted after arts in Kwongsai China. Out of all of Mr. Hagood's books this is a special one, very unique in it's own way. This book is the start to a very good series of more in depth look and knowledge to CHU GAR GAO MANTIS!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Especific
*by F***S on June 16, 2014*

Among the books that speak of this martial art, this is an important historical content for the practitioner and for those individuals practicing Chinese martial arts with kinship with this. For me this book was very important, since I found out a martial art that has the same historical root that my the Yau-Man (Gaae Bon).

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