New Inside Kung Fu Mantis Article
I just finished reading the article entitled "Searching for the meaning of mantis". I apologize in advance for coming off as offensive and too critical but I feel the article was a waste of paper. Sifu Cottrell , it took you and your students to have to go all the way to China to find out and "conclude" that Hong Kong mantis was influenced by southern boxing forms? I thought everyone knew that already. Even Law Fat Man's Jing Yow Pai took on some of the southern flavor in Hong Kong. If you are going to write an artilcle give people something to chew on. Give the people who can't make the trip to china something that they otherwise would not be privy to unless they actually made the trip themselves or were told by someone who did.
Don't write a 1,000 words in an article for something that could be said in 10 words, heck, that's already been discussed on this forum. You can go to several websites and get that information. In other words, tell us something we don't know.
Re: New Inside Kung Fu Mantis Article
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If you are going to write an artilcle give people something to chew on. Give the people who can't make the trip to china something that they otherwise would not be privy to unless they actually made the trip themselves or were told by someone who did.
I thought the article was great. It didn't go into detail of the differences between the different PM styles as much as I would have liked it to, but I don't think it was supposed to.
I envy (it is a sin, but still...) that Sifu Steve Cottrell and his school could go to China and have the privledge and blessing to be able to train with the Masters in Mainland China in 3 different locations (Yentai, Shanghai, and Ching Dao?). Man, that ROCKS!!! Fortunately, Sifu Cottrell and the author Heath McGrady were generous enough to share photos, and what little knowlege of the experience they could, in the space provided to them by "Inside Kung-Fu".
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Don't write a 1,000 words in an article for something that could be said in 10 words, heck, that's already been discussed on this forum...
I, for one, didn't know that HK PM was heavily influenced by the Southern styles of Kung Fu. According to the article, 2 Masters in 2 provinces(?) said "Nan Chuan" was the influence. You already knew this fact, but my knowledge of PM isn't as extensive as yours, judging from your previous posts. This was a revelation to me.
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You can go to several websites and get that information. In other words, tell us something we don't know.
You know better than to believe any-ole-thing on a PM web-site you read. If Sifu Steve Cottrell goes to China and gets informed by 2 different Masters that HK 7*PM appeared to be influenced by "Nan Chuan", I'm more apt to believe it because to me (I can't speak for anyone else) he is a credible source of knowledge about PM Kung Fu.