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In a circumstance that might require such an act, I would probably be too freaked out to be thinking of favorite anything.

~Pest

Mantis108,
Thanks for the informative responce! that clears up alot for me :)

~Pest

Hello,

Thanks for the replies.

Dose anyone know if Tai Chi had an impact on the creation of Praying Mantis?

Thanks

Hello everyone,

Just doing some reading recently and came across a Tai Chi article that mentions "Cotton Fist". (http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/combat.html in the paragraph above...

The video has been down for a while now dose anyone know when its coming back?

At this point in time I think fighting is fighting, nothing is certain, if you HAVE to fight then inflict as much damage that is needed to get away, expect your opponent to have the same intent to do...

You are either a Mountain Goat or a Porcupine personality.
But you may also be a Snake personality.

Snake fits well

good point!

~pest

Mantis108, I liked that description. Would it be fair to say dust or powders could function the same way as darts could for distractions? could you substitute the dart/projectile for dust?

I heard...

I agree Vankuen :)

Thanks everyone for the quick responce.

Three Harmonies, it helps alot thank you :D. Was dart throwing passed down in your family?

Is there any ranged weapons taught traditionaly in mantis?
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Reading some history on mantis cave and came across Ma Han Qing, found him under "Tai Ji Mei Hua Tang Lang (Supreme Plum Flower Praying Mantis Boxing)"

It mentions he learned the art of dart...

Hi prince006,
On the ground I dont think much has changed other then the obvious. If you have hands free you can punch and defend, when you have the opportunity to get up take it.
You train...

I dont think its so much style then how much do you train and can you apply it at combat speed with a resisting opponent who is trying to do the same.

When I think of a street fight, I start...

Hello monkeyfoot,
Im not sure if this will answer your question but here is a link about jing.....

http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8637

Hope it helps a...

My understanding was Praying mantis was created by a monk named wong long and brought in to shaolin because of its efficiency :confused: Please correct me if im wrong.

For sure, I liked MKDA but it lacked alot of stuff like stage kills. With the new Konquest mode you will be able to see the history right from day one of the world and characters (If I rember...

Thank you all again for replying, its very helpful and inspiring :)

I may be completly wrong on this but I thought "zhang" was elbow and "bei" was northern :confused:

LawClansman mentioned...

Thank you everone for the help it definatly helped me alot :D

~Pest

Hello everyone
I have next to no skill with the chinese language, all I know is the few words used in class. The form 18 elders (forgive the horible spelling) is "sup baat sao" I heard palm or hand...

I would like to know more about monkey aswell, if you feel more comfortible send me a PM but here is fine too :D

~Pest

Hello,
I was wondering if you could put the english name of this form? i have the same responce Tieh has :D

~Pest

The color part of my eye changes often, in and out of training. Alot probally has to do with light but generally my eyes are blueish grey. On a few occasions they were a rather deep green with yellow...

Link didnt work for me either

Hello everyone,
The thread "Favourite Mantis Weapon" inspired this question... dose mantis archery exist, if it dose can i get some info on it?