JaguarWarrior
11-10-2005, 08:33 PM
Hi, I'm new to the forum, I've browsed the forum here and there, but I'll probably spend a fair amount of time here now.(break time at work.)
I am a Canadian living in South Korea teaching English. I came across a great kung fu teacher, the only catch is his English is not very strong. I try to teach him all I can but communication outside of training is hard. (IE asking him more detailed questions.) I've been training just 2 months now but I train 5 days a week and just finished the first short form yesterday. It's great because if I come at the right time he teaches me one on one.(which can also be harder on my body because he pushes me to perfection harder, but I love it and have the drive to improve.)
I know that the style is Praying Mantis, but I don't know exactly which type. I've asked before but was unable to communicate with him properly. He has taught me all the names of things in Chinese, but I wrote them down the way they sound, not according to there proper translated spelling.
The form I do is called "So ban chaw"
The 8 basic stance I know are:
1) "dune san shik" the arrow
2)"ki ma shik" the horse
3)"tan shik"
4)"tak shik"
5)"orrim shik"
6)"dap shik"
7)"woo shik"
8)"wa shik"
The 7 kicks I practice every day are:
1)"u teh"
2)"yo um guk"
3)"bo in teh"
4)"mo me guk"
5)"pa yun teh"
6)"one ung guc"
7)"peng doong teh"
I also do a punching drill called "il bo sam kwan", I know il means 1 and sam means 3, so I think it means "3 single punches" or something like that. Because that is what I'm essentially doing.
I know my sifu also knows some taichi, and I seen a book on his shelf that said taiji kung fu, so I wonder is my style is Northern Praying Mantis, Taichi style.
Any thoughts?
I am a Canadian living in South Korea teaching English. I came across a great kung fu teacher, the only catch is his English is not very strong. I try to teach him all I can but communication outside of training is hard. (IE asking him more detailed questions.) I've been training just 2 months now but I train 5 days a week and just finished the first short form yesterday. It's great because if I come at the right time he teaches me one on one.(which can also be harder on my body because he pushes me to perfection harder, but I love it and have the drive to improve.)
I know that the style is Praying Mantis, but I don't know exactly which type. I've asked before but was unable to communicate with him properly. He has taught me all the names of things in Chinese, but I wrote them down the way they sound, not according to there proper translated spelling.
The form I do is called "So ban chaw"
The 8 basic stance I know are:
1) "dune san shik" the arrow
2)"ki ma shik" the horse
3)"tan shik"
4)"tak shik"
5)"orrim shik"
6)"dap shik"
7)"woo shik"
8)"wa shik"
The 7 kicks I practice every day are:
1)"u teh"
2)"yo um guk"
3)"bo in teh"
4)"mo me guk"
5)"pa yun teh"
6)"one ung guc"
7)"peng doong teh"
I also do a punching drill called "il bo sam kwan", I know il means 1 and sam means 3, so I think it means "3 single punches" or something like that. Because that is what I'm essentially doing.
I know my sifu also knows some taichi, and I seen a book on his shelf that said taiji kung fu, so I wonder is my style is Northern Praying Mantis, Taichi style.
Any thoughts?