In our version we use the beginning of the 8 diagram pole set..
Lau Family pole
Lau Gar gwan -
known as “Lau Soei Gwaan“
Grandmaster Lam Jo adapted the Gwaan set from Southern Praying Mantis
it was a set made famous by the great master Lau Soei
Grandmaster Lam Jo “adapted“ it, when he was young and named it after Lau Soi. Lam Jo already knew good polesmanship[
from LSW 8 Trigram/ 6.5 Pole
Lau Soei (1866–1942; was a Hakka who established a reputation as a martial artist during the turn of the century
in Southern China and later as a martial arts teacher in Hong Kong. Lau Soei was also known as the tiger of Dong Jian .
His signature techniques include the “Chaujia-Tanglang-Sanjian“? (the three arrows of Chaujia praying mantis, and
the staff form “Tanglang-puchangun” (??????). Like many martial artists of his generation, he resettled in Hong Kong
after the Chinese Civil war. He continued to te