New Mantis Book

[mooyingmantis]

Friends,
Those interested in the forms of Northern Praying Mantis as taught by master Wong Hon Fan may be interested in my new book found here:

http://www.blurb.com/books/1485237

It contains a translation of the quanpu (fist songs) for fourteen of the Northern Praying Mantis empty-hand sets.
The first fifteen pages, including the table of contents, can be viewed at the above link.

Regards,
Richard A. Tolson

[iunojupiter]

Richard,
Thank you for posting the link! Your book looks very interesting and I look forward to picking it up as soon as I can.
Thank you yet again for sharing you knowledge.

~Josh~

[gunglihchuan]

Hello Richard,

I hope both books are very successful!

Best Wishes,

Steve

[mooyingmantis]

Thank you both for the positive feedback!

Richard A. Tolson

[Luk Hop]

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[Yao Sing]

Keyboard out of ink?

Or do I need to rub urine on my screen for the letters to appear?

[mooyingmantis]

LOL! Yeah, that was weird!

[holymantis]

Hi Richard ,
May i say a very nice pocket size book.
people that know WHF style forms looking for a English translation this could be of a big help.
roy:D

[SanHeChuan]

I ordered both. Better be worth it! :mad::p

[mooyingmantis]

Roy,

Thanks for the positive feedback!

Sanhechuan,

The book on the Diao Fa form is a small handbook for my students that covers one of our core forms. You can see an abbreviated version of the form here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45HkuR7vuc

The book on Wong Hon Fan's Quanpu is a translation of 14 of the WHF lineage forms. If you are of that lineage, it should be a good reference for you. If you practice another PM style, it should at least be good for comparison.

Though both books might better be considered booklets, hey they are not War & Peace, I believe they are each filled with useful knowledge for the Mantis practitioner. The Wong Hon Fan' Quanpu book is I believe the first time these forms have been offered together in an English translation with the Mandarin pinyin for each movement.

At $5.95 for the most expensive book, Wong Hon Fan's Quanpu, you will not be out much if you don't like it. You can always level a table with it or something. :D

Richard