History of Southern Praying Mantis

In, 1644 AD, the Manchurian tribe had invaded China and defeated the Ming Dynasty. Ming loyalist, had escaped to the South and relocated at the Songshan Temple. The Ching rulers discovered this temple as a focus of resistance and they burnt the temple down. After the burning of the temple, many of its occupants moved south into the Fujian Shaolin Temple and the Jian Shi Shaolin Temple. one of these rebels that migrated to these temples was Chu
( Chow ) Gar legend Tang Chan, who real name was Chu Fook Too or Chu Fook To. According to legend, Chu Fook Too became Abbot in the Fujian temple and he changed his name to " Tung Sim ". Chu developed the this style of fighting, so it was fast to learn, based on close range fighting, with fast powerful chain of attacks that leaves no time for counterattacks. The system was named Chu Gar

Back Next