Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu

KWONG SAI JOOK LUM TONG LONG PAI KUNG FU

Welcome to the Philadelphia Branch of Southern Mantis Kung Fu!

Kwong Sai Jook Lum Gee Tong Long Pai (Kwong Sai Province, Bamboo Forest Monastery Praying Mantis Family) is a martial art founded by Monk Sam Dot and passed down directly to Master Gin Foon Mark in an unbroken lineage.

Studying within Sifu Mark’s school since the early seventies, Joe McSorley—certified teacher as well as a disciple of Gin Foon Mark Sifu—leads Philadelphia's Kwong Sai Jook Lum Branch in the traditions as taught to him by Mark Sifu.

We emphasize real time application of the techniques and the foundation behind them. Here with the Philadelphia Pai, Joe is interested in teaching what works in the real world, in real time; not the theoretical. Practicing to swim next to a pool will never yield an ability to swim—jumping into the water is necessary.
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Kung Fu: A Cultural Art

It is our aim to maintain, preserve and pass on the art of Kwong Sai Jook Lum Tong Long Kuen. Southern Mantis is a cultural art, an analog treasure in a digital age. It is our mission to transfer this art to future generations that they may glean from it the wisdom so many have sought generations before.

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ZEN, TAOISM AND THE MARTIAL WAY: Cultivating the Root of All Art

The term ‘martial arts’ is known everywhere but what does it really mean? What does it mean to call something an art? There are many fighters in the world but where is the art form in it? Generally when we speak of art we think of conveying a thing of beauty in picture, form or dance, we don’t think about bashing someone’s head in. So where then is the art, what beauty could possibly be expressed in a martial environment? MORE