Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships

[ironfenix]

The man has offered to refund any money if anyone isn't satisfied. He has offered to cross hands if anyone doubts his skills. Its not about the moves, its how you move...

[EarthDragon]

mooying mantis aka Richard Tolson is an awesome teacher, and has been doing kung fu for over 4 decades is a ery knowledgable about praying mantis and I' m sure can put anyone on thier ass if you ask him politely.


this will be a great time for all, see you there . support kung fu and TCMA events. or stop complaining that taekwondo and karate have so many more. attendance and support is the key...... please do your part, thanks hope to see every there

[mooyingmantis]

How about a list of the combinations that you'll be teaching?

Or even take some requests for particular ones to cover at the seminar?

A little marketing, as it were

Here are my class notes for one of the techniques that will be taught at the seminar:


White Ape Offers Fruit
白 猿 献 果
bái yuán xiàn guo


Beng Chui - Crushing Strike
1. The beng (crush or smash) is often used as an example of the first of the 八 剛 手 - bā gāng shǒu - 8 Hard Hands of Seven Star Praying Mantis. This first principle is called 太 山 壓 頂 - tài shān yā dǐng- Tai Mountain Crushes the Head. It is representative of the principle of falling power, dropping the attack while sinking the root.

2. Also known as bēng diǎn (崩 点 ) it moves as the “dot” of a brush stroke in Chinese calligraphy, quick and powerful. The strike should move outward and downward with explosive power, then withdraw immediately like a recoiling spring. Concentrating on the recoil rather than the extension can sometimes cause one to move quicker.

3. In White Ape Offers Fruit the beng chui is the opening strike of the combination. If effective, it momentarily stuns the opponent and opens the way for the next techniques (three picks) to be used in an aggressive manner. If it is blocked, the next techniques become defensive maneuvers that close the gap left by the attempted attack as the crushing arm becomes a bridge that transforms into the hooking arm.

Three Picks
1. The three picks (采 三 手 cǎi sān shǒu) are one of the most commonly known techniques of Seven Star Praying Mantis. The three picks consist of the hook, hold and pluck.

A. The hook (勾 gōu) is a passive hooking method that simply redirects the wrist of the opponent’s attack or lead guard. It is representative of the first of the twelve 十 二 柔 手 - shí èr róu shǒu - 12 Soft Hands of Seven Star Praying Mantis, which is 直 統 而 抅 手 - zhí tǒng ér gōu shǒu - Attach the hook to straight attacks.

B. The hold (摟 lōu) is an assertive and controlling grab. While the hook is attached to the wrist, the hold is attached to the elbow to control the opponent’s entire arm. In Wuying Tanglangquan the hook is light and feathery, while the hold strikes the elbow joint with an iron palm slap that pastes the opponent’s arm to his ribcage and knocks him off balance to the rear.

C. The pluck (采 cai) is a jerking action that pulls the opponent toward the mantid to uproot his stance and bring him crashing into an oncoming attack. My Seven Star instructor, Mike Biggie, emphasized blending the actions of hold and pluck into one seamless motion. Some others emphasize making the hook, hold and final strike move and sound like three equal “taps” on a drum.

D. The strike (捶 chuí) in the form is a simple uppercut strike.

2. The three picks are the set up that clears the way for the next technique, the waist chop.

The Waist Chop
1. The waist chop (腰 斬 - yāo zhan) is one of the most common throwing techniques found Praying Mantis Kung Fu.

2. The waist chop flows out of the three picks.

3. The waist chop found in the White Ape Offers Fruit form can be broken down into the following four actions that happen almost simultaneously:

A. The arm of the plucking hand leaks from underneath the striking arm and falls soundly across the opponent’s chest (palm facing upward).

B. The rear foot is brought forward behind the opponent’s lead leg.

C. The arm on the opponent’s chest is rotated to a palm downward position and sunk downward at a forty-five degree angle toward the ground, while dropping into a Kneeling Stance.

D. The rear palm is swung horizontally to strike the opponent and topple him over the mantid’s forward thigh.

The Waist Action
As in many kung fu systems, power is generated from the root and transferred into the strike by means of waist and shoulder rotation. During the hook, hold and pluck movements the waist should be coiling like a spring. The waist should uncoil to add power to the strike. When the arm is laid on the opponent’s chest in preparation for the waist chop, the waist should again coil. Then the waist uncoils with the actual waist chopping action.

[-N-]

Thanks for sharing, Richard.

I don't know the form. What motion/sequence precedes the bung, in that one?

[mooyingmantis]

Thanks for sharing, Richard.

I don't know the form. What motion/sequence precedes the bung, in that one?

Hope you enjoyed!

The preceding movement is:

Turn Body, Overlord Swings Whip
轉 身 霸 王 甩 鞭
zhuan shēn bà wáng shuǎi biān

1. Pivot to face opposite direction in a right Hill Climbing Stance with a right rising palm.
2. Close right fist and bring it back to the hip while swinging the left fist upward.
3. Step the left foot forward into a Kneeling Stance and execute a high block and right waist chop with closed fists.