Lee Kam Wings new book

[monkeyfoot]

I saw on Wushu Direct that GM Lee has a new book out ''Seven-Star Mantis Style Traditional Chinese Martial Arts''.

I was wondering if anyone had any info on its contents, particularly which forms are shown.

Cheers

Craig

[Paul T England]

The book has three forms. !st Road Esstential Boxing, Big Tiger & Geese Boxing and Mantis steals Peach (Three great forms, some of my favs)

The book is only in Chinese but has apps and drills as well as the three forms.

I will check it out at the weekend and rport back.

Paul
www.moifa.co.uk

[holymantis]

Hi Craig,
The forms in lee kam wings book are yat lo yare yue. dai fu yan and tong long tow toe."
in English that would be 1st route essential,Big Tiger goose, and Mantis steal's peach,
the 1st route essential & Mantis steal's peach have both been in WHF books.
the big tiger goose is CCM and maybe other lineages also.:D

regards roy

[holymantis]

I will ask one question!
why is the book in Chinese?:(

[Three Harmonies]

Uhhhh, Lee Kam Wing is Chinese:eek::p

[holymantis]

Hi Jake,
LOL, well yes, but all LKW's other book's are in English apart from the 30 year Ann book of his.
just wondered why?
roy:eek:

[Paul T England]

I will ask the question but i am sure the answer will be straight forward, like someone asked him to do the book or it costs more to do duel language.

Hey Roy, are you saying other mantis lines don't have dai fu yan?

If not then do they have siu fu yan?

Just as another point of interest, we translate dai fu yan as big tiger and geese.

Paul
www.moifa.co.uk

[holymantis]

Hi Paul,
You might be right that it could cost more to translate!
still look forwards to seeing (owning a copy).
No i am not saying other Lineages don't have Large Tiger Goose, but not the WHF branch's that i am aware of!.
LOL, yes i have the small Tiger Swallow as Sifu Paul Drummond call's it
Geese ,Goose,Swallow,LOL it's how some translate(not me!)LOL:D

[holymantis]

Paul regarding the Large Tiger Goose,
i shall call it that!
it's like the argument of the form that i call 18 HAND'S what some call 18 old men and other name's also.
The main "Bird" aspect's of the 7 star system are the Eagle,Swallow,Goose,seagull , the Large Tiger Goose form combines the softness and speed of the bird with the tenacity of the Tiger.

roy:D

[monkeyfoot]

Thanks for the info guys.

I actually bought the book 2 minutes after posting this thread, and had a look at it today. Its a good chunky book, tons and tons of apps, and also the 3 forms as mentioned.

My only gripe was GM Lee did away with the 'directional arrows' on the forms. This doesn't fuss me too much as I know 2 of the 3 forms demonstrated, but I always thought the arrows made it easier to read. I supposed on the other hand it makes it near impossible for someone attemping book-fu to learn the forms correctly.

It was good to see GM Lees foreign students acting out the apps too.

All in all a good book!

[holymantis]

Hi Craig,
It's ALL good for Research on form's and movement's, plus added Info.
exept in the case of the new LKW book it will take a while to extract,LOL
but since i have the other books of LKW then it's a must for my collection.
as with all books we hope to learn from them (Knowledge) that is the point to ALL BOOK'S RIGHT!
otherwise why read! i don't just want to look at photo's(before you say jake)LOL yes i can read as well,LOL

roy:D

[Thomas316]

hello hello people, i live in the united states. how can i purchase this book?

monkey foot, does the book show multiple applications for each movement? are the applications the real practical ones?

[holymantis]

that would be wushudirect over here in the UK

roy:D

[Thomas316]

holymantis, i dont get it. is there a way for me to purchase the book?

[monkeyfoot]

Hi Thomas - as mentioned W/D sell the book www.wushudirect.co.uk

From a quick flick through the content seems to be sort of this:

Intro
Principle Stances
Fist Techniques demo by GM Lee and student (taken from forms)
Mantis steals peach
Big Tiger Goose
1st Essential
Lower Leg/Kicking Techniques Demo by students
Hook Grapple Pluck drill
Another section of apps (poss intercepting techs - sorry cant read chinese and only flicking through as its late)
More Apps
Nice big section on palm techniques/apps
Photos
Grading structures
Shoutouts lol


Another bonus, the graphic design in this book is really nice - much nicer than the others :)

Ciao

Craig

[monkeyfoot]

Also in answer to your question about practicality, it would seem that the majority would be useful for practical fighting, but I guess thats down to the person

[Thomas316]

i live in the united states. i cant order the book from the site.

[Gongfu77]

I will fly to Hong Kong, when you will, give me your adresse. So i send the book to you.

[Thomas316]

gongfu77, are you serious? what country do you live in?

[Gongfu77]

it is a tournament in Hong Kong. I know that there will be some teachers from USA. You can ask the teachers. :)

sorry my english isn´t good. :rolleyes:

[Paul T England]

Hi All,

I asked sigung LKW the question. He was asked to do the book by the hong development council as a book for local people (Chinese!) It costs alot to publish in duel language...

Also as a side not the next book lined up sounds great. The only snag is they are short of funding to publish so maybe if more people by his other books we can support sigung's efforts to publish the system and spread our style.

You can get any of the books from www.wushudirect.co.uk, sigung directly or probably from Sifu Ortiz in the USA.

Train hard
Paul

[Gongfu77]

@ Paul T.
Have we see as at the seminar by Sifu Derek? :)

[monkeyfoot]

Thanks for the info Paul!

I look forward to any book from GM LKW. Fingers crossed they can get the publishing money

Craig

[monkeyfoot]

Thanks for the info Paul!

I look forward to any book from GM LKW. Fingers crossed they can get the publishing money

Craig

[Thomas316]

does anyone know how i can purchase the book? that site does not sell to the USA.

can someone give me info on the next book that is supposed to come out?

[monkeyfoot]

Thomas

You could try Sifu John Cheng, though I do not have his details.

If you are still unable to get hold of the book I could research postage to the USA and possibly send you a copy....but that would require me to order it from Wushudirect before hand...I think postage to the USA would be around 10 pounds

I can get correct pricing if you are interested

Craig

[Tensei85]

does anyone know how i can purchase the book? that site does not sell to the USA.

can someone give me info on the next book that is supposed to come out?

Thomas316,

Sifu Frearson will ship all of his items to the U.S. I have done it multiple times through his Wushu direct. You will have to email him with a list of what you want to order he will then weigh the items, tally up your order & give you the final cost. He will also tell you the details as to how to pay for your order.

His email: sales@wushudirect.co.uk

good luck!

[Thomas316]

Tensei85,

thanks for your info. i purchased the book by emailing sifu frearson. i now have another question, does anyone have the praying mantis applications book written by sifu frearson? can anyone give me a review on it? thanks.

[Tensei85]

Actually I bought that one as well a while back.

I thought the book was overall well devised, decent applications, nice clear photos, as always a lot of group/family photos.

The applications of Tong Long itself seemed applicable & nicely applied.

Other than that I can't really add anymore, other than its worth the buy!

This is also another decent book to check out as well: http://plumpub.com/images/CB/tc100/bk_tc107.jpg

[Thomas316]

tensei85,

what are the contents of the book? where can i purchase it?

[Tensei85]

http://plumpub.com/sales/chinese/chinbks_trad12PM.htm
Has a brief review but it is sold out right now so try...

http://www.book4u.com.tw/search_result.asp?SearchOption=3&SearchText=%AAQ%A5%D0%B6%A9%B4%BC

and here:
http://search.books.com.tw/exep/prod_search.php?cat=all&key=%A4C%ACP%C1%AE%BD%B8%AE%B1

[Tensei85]

Also check Hong Kong for another sale of Lee Kam Wing's new book:

http://www.hkbookcity.com/showbook2.php?serial_no=188152