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5 éves a MyChowGar

Öt évvel ezelőtt indult el a MyChowGar online program és közösség azzal a céllal, hogy a Chow Gar tanításait strukturáltan, hitelesen és mélységében tegye elérhetővé a világ számára.

Ez alatt az öt év alatt a program lépésről lépésre felépült, és ma már egy teljes, egységes rendszerként működik: formák, belső erő, QiGong és tudatos fejlődési út egyben.

Ez egy nagyon fontos mérföldkő számunkra, és örömmel osztjuk meg ezt a sikert Veletek is.

Az évforduló kapcsán most egy időszakos kedvezmény is elérhető az online kurzusokra és rövidebb tananyagokra.

Ha beszélsz angolul, és szívesen kipróbálnál egy-egy rövidebb QiGong vagy formagyakorlatot, most itt a lehetőség!

👉 Részletek itt:

Rövid kurzusok: https://mychowgar.com/short-courses/

A teljes Chow Gar program: https://mychowgar.com/join-our-program-modules-from-beginner-to-advanced/

5 Years of MyChowGar – Thank You for Walking This Path With Us

Five years ago, MyChowGar started with a simple intention:
to preserve and share authentic Chow Gar training in a way that stays honest, structured, and true to the art.

Over these five years, the program has grown step by step. Today, we can finally say that the MyChowGar program is complete — a coherent system covering forms, internal power, Qigong, and structured progression, built without shortcuts or compromises.

Practitioners from all over the world have trained with us along this path — some at the beginning, others refining work they’ve carried for decades. What connects everyone is the same focus on structure, power, and depth over surface-level technique.

To mark our 5th anniversary, we’re offering a limited anniversary discount on our courses and bundles as a quiet thank-you to everyone who has supported this work so far.

This includes:
• Core Chow Gar hand forms
• Internal power and Qigong training
• Complete QiGong bundles
• A finished, structured program rooted in traditional Southern Chinese methods.

No hype.
No new promises.
Just the same material — made more accessible for a short time.

👉 Explore the courses and anniversary discount here:

Program modules: https://mychowgar.com/join-our-program-modules-from-beginner-to-advanced/

Short courses: https://mychowgar.com/short-courses/

Thank you for your trust, your practice, and your patience.
We’re looking forward to what the next years will bring — and to continuing this work properly.

Boldog Új Esztendőt!

Happy New Year!

As this year comes to an end, we would like to say thank you.

Thank you for the training, the patience, the questions, and the quiet commitment you bring to this path. Whether your practice was steady or came in waves, your presence in this community matters.

This year also marks an important milestone for us. With The Way of the Mantis, the full program now stands complete — deep, structured, and ready to be practiced for many years to come.

But as always, the real work lives in daily practice.

A traditional thought to carry into the new year:

功不在急，在於日日不斷；
心若安定，路自深遠。

True skill is not built through haste, but through steady, unbroken practice.
When the mind is calm, the path naturally becomes deep.

Wishing you a calm, healthy, and meaningful year ahead.
Let’s keep training.

— MyChowGar

A Little More Footage From Our Private Sessions With Sifu Wong Keung We are fortunate to hold a large collection of privately recorded training material with Sifu Wong Keung, and today we’re sharing another short compilation taken from the same session as our previous post. In contrast to the earlier clip, where Kui Fung demonstrated the complete final sequence of the 3rd form, this footage offers a different perspective: brief, authentic moments of hands-on teaching, with Kui Fung assisting his Sifu, Sifu Wong, as he works with one of his personal students. In this segment, you see Kui Fung guiding Michael Kaniewski, a martial artist with 42 years of experience, through several of the fundamental power-development methods that Sifu Wong emphasises in his teaching. Michael formally entered Sifu Wong’s school earlier this year through the tea ceremony, recognising the rare opportunity to train under a genuine and deeply respected practitioner of Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu. As many know, Sifu Wong Keung carries both Chu Gar through the Chu Kwong Wah lineage and Chow Gar through being a direct student of Grandmaster Ip Shui, making his lineage uniquely valuable and historically significant within the broader Southern Praying Mantis family. Although a very private and humble man, he is held in high regard by the current Gatekeeper, Ip Chee Keung, who recognised Sifu Wong’s depth of knowledge, understanding, and experience, to the extent that he chose Sifu Wong’s student, Kui Fung, to lead the European Chow Gar Association and represent Chow Gar Kuen throughout the UK and Europe. The ECGA remains committed to preserving, documenting, and respectfully sharing these living transmissions, not for spectacle, but to ensure that the knowledge of these lineages is recognised, understood, and passed forward intact. More clips from this session will be released soon.

A short clip taken from a recent training session with Sifu Wong Keung, a practitioner who carries both Chu Gar from Chu Kwong Wah’s lineage and Chow Gar directly from Grandmaster Ip Shui. In this clip, you see Kui Fung demonstrating the final section of the 3rd form in the ECGA curriculum, Sarm Bo Pai Kiu. The body method shown here is a clear expression of what has been transmitted through Sifu Wong Keung’s lineage. As the Gatekeeper recently explained to a group of international students training at the headquarters in Hong Kong, students of his father each express the art in subtly different ways. This is due to the specific instructions his father gave them based on what he believed they were ready to understand and develop under his direct guidance, shaped by hands-on correction, personal refinement, and decades of disciplined practice, while still maintaining the universally shared core principles and methodologies of the system. Here, that flavour is evident in ECGA senior instructor Kui Fung’s demonstration: tight structure, rooted stepping, and the unmistakable Hakka short power. This session reflects the ECGA’s ongoing commitment to preserve, study, and share the living variations found across the Southern Praying Mantis systems, honouring each branch while supporting the art’s continued growth and integrity. More training clips from this session will follow.

A Look Inside the Core Chow Gar Forms This clip brings together a selection of movements taken directly from the core solo forms taught within the ECGA curriculum. Each sequence shown here represents an essential building block of Chow Gar Southern Praying Mantis, developing structure, bridge strength, short power, and the internal mechanics that define the art. For those who want to learn these forms properly from the ground up, MyChowGar is currently offering a series of focused mini-courses designed to teach the key components of each set in a clear, accessible way. Whether you are new to the system or looking to refine your fundamentals, these courses offer a direct path into the heart of authentic Chow Gar training. Learn correctly. Build the foundation. Train the art as it was meant to be trained. Visit https://mychowgar.com/join-our-program-modules-from-beginner-to-advanced/ to begin your study. Get started here, then come and visit us at one of our upcoming seminars to receive bespoke correction.

Saam Gin Yin Kiu Form - Chow Gar Mini Academy Saam Gin Yiu Kiu (三箭搖橋) — Three Arrows / Shaking Off the Bridge is one of the core forms of Chow Gar Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu.Short, powerful, direct ...

周家螳螂拳 Chow Gar Praying Mantis Fist Private footage from the heart of the system: Hong Kong Headquarters. In this clip, the Gatekeeper demonstrates several effortless springing movements of 周家螳螂拳. There is no venom, no explosive striking, no display power — only the natural, relaxed spring that comes from correct internal body mechanics. This is the real method: Power that is not added, but released from inside the structure — built over years of proper training, pressure, and alignment. No performance. No staging. Just the pure art as it is taught behind closed doors. And at the end, the Gatekeeper smiles — quiet, confident, and completely at ease. The art is alive. 💙🙏🐉

Saam Jin Yiu Kiu Three Arrows Rocking Bridge Saam Jin Yiu Kiu is the second foundational form of Chow Gar Tong Long, building directly on the body method installed in Sarm Bo Jin. It marks the transition from pure structure training into functional bridging. What the Form Trains Saam Jin Yiu Kiu expands: • internal structure • short-range ging • whole-body alignment • coordinated stepping • precise bridge-hand control It introduces dynamic bridging and the characteristic “scissor” actions, crossing, trapping, and cutting the opponent’s arms while advancing. Key Training Goals 1. Bridge Development (Kiu Sau) • strengthens and conditions the forearms • trains sticking, pressing, jamming, cutting • builds tactile sensitivity for contact fighting 2. “Scissor” Mechanics (Jin) Crossing/cutting motions used to: • trap or neutralise the opponent’s arms • break their guard • create openings at close range 3. “Rocking Bridge” Power (Yiu Kiu) Refines Chow Gar’s short power through: • spinal-driven shock • subtle whole-body rocking • issuing ging with minimal external motion 4. Footwork Integration Introduces: • lateral steps • angled entries • compact evasive movement • issuing power while stepping Internal Skills Developed • short power (ging) • whole-body coordination • elastic “mantis spring” structure • forward pressure • close-range striking efficiency • conditioned bridge-arms for continuous contact Application Themes The form emphasises: • seizing and controlling limbs • shock-power inside the guard • collapsing the opponent’s structure • anti-grappling at close range • simultaneous defence and attack Compact, efficient, and built for real close-quarters fighting. Place in the Curriculum A typical Chow Gar sequence: 1. Sam Bo Jin — foundation 2. Saam Jin Yiu Kiu — expanded bridging & combat development 3. Further bridge forms, power forms, and weapons (lineage-dependent) Saam Jin Yiu Kiu serves as the bridge between internal foundation and functional application. For those interested we have a short online course available at MyChowGar, learning more about this form: https://mychowgar.com/courses/shake-off-the-bridge-saam-gin-yiu-kiu/ ECGA Community Teaching, preserving, and sharing the authentic Chow Gar method with a growing community of sincere practitioners across Europe and beyond. 🌐 www.chowgareurope.com #ChowGar #SouthernPrayingMantis #TongLong #SaamJinYiuKiu #KiuSau #HakkaKungFu #ShortPower #Ging #InternalPower #CloseRangeFighting #MartialArtsCommunity #KungFuTraining #ECGA #ChowGarEurope #ChineseMartialArts #KungFuLineage #TraditionalKungFu #MartialArtsEducation #PreserveTheArt #BridgeHands #community