This idea was sparked by Gino Sifu's thread and I was wondering if there is a way to do this... I think it would be interesting to track down the different eras when specific forms were added to the Praying Mantis system. It'd be even cooler to track them to the individuals who either created them or imported them. I think that knowledge would give us great insight into what was going on historically in the TCMA world. I mean think about it - a master introduced a form for a reason... most likely it was an answer for a specific problem that was happening at that time and he wanted a way to transmit that knowledge to future students.

I can't do this because I can't read Chinese and I don't have access to the historical manuscripts- But I know some of you do. Maybe this research has already been done... anyway - you guys think it's a good idea?