Earth, Mooying,
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree!
Still buds, right?
Cheers!
Josh
LOL mighty B if thats the case we are all mantises!
juno,
always buds my brother, if we all agreed this world would be a boring place.
Last edited by EarthDragon; 07-27-2011 at 09:11 PM.
KUNG FU USA
www.eightstepkungfu.com
Teaching traditional Ba Bu Tang Lang (Eight Step Praying Mantis)
Jin Gon Tzu Li Gung (Medical) Qigong
Wu style Taiji Chuan
Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."
LOL! Mantis is big enough for each of our opinions!
I consider the "look" or "flavor" to be the flesh of the style. The outward appearance that causes beginners to say, "Hey, that dude's doing mantis!"
The principles and mechanics are the skeleton of the style. It is what makes the style work. These are recognized by the peeps that know what to look for in the style and are not just dazzled by the outward appearance.
Richard A. Tolson
https://www.patreon.com/mantismastersacademy
There are two types of Chinese martial artists. Those who can fight and those who should be teaching dance or yoga!
53 years of training, 43 years of teaching and still aiming for perfection!
Recovering Forms Junkie! Even my twelve step program has four roads!
well said mooying
KUNG FU USA
www.eightstepkungfu.com
Teaching traditional Ba Bu Tang Lang (Eight Step Praying Mantis)
Jin Gon Tzu Li Gung (Medical) Qigong
Wu style Taiji Chuan
Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."
It is easy to find mantis principles in many things, but it is much harder to find something that is also void of contradictions to those principles.
can you explain that DBAC
KUNG FU USA
www.eightstepkungfu.com
Teaching traditional Ba Bu Tang Lang (Eight Step Praying Mantis)
Jin Gon Tzu Li Gung (Medical) Qigong
Wu style Taiji Chuan
Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."
I believe he is saying that we see what we want to see.
When I look at fighting, I see fighting principles.
When I look at styles, I see context.
M.