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Man, I totally agree!

To me, this is precisely how "Cai" or "Pluck" is used. I didn't word it like you did in the quote above, but this is practically letter-for-letter how I'd define it, personally.

Whether you...

I believe Cai/Pluck is kind of like Yank/Jerk (A sharp quick pull). You can grab/lou an opponents hair and Cai/Yank their head into a fist, an object (wall/fence), or you can hook/Ou the back of...

I've heard from several sources that Professional Boxers get the cartilage from their noses removed, since most Professional Boxers will, eventually, get hit in the nose.

I've also heard that...

Oso,

Thanks for the graphics. They look very helpful.

SevenStar,

Are you implying it could be done with enough force? Could somebody like Mike Tyson, bare-knuckle, hitting...

I'm not too sure about that. Not because I know first-hand for sure, but because I've read and heard this said soo often. Maybe it is an urban-myth. Still, I'll never hit anyone upward in the nose...

Maybe it's called Cartilage(?) or something, but I'm no medic. It is a piece located in your nose that when struck with enough force, at the correct angle, will push it into your brain from what...

Funny you should mention that. There is an African Martial Art called "Testa" that is mostly head-butts. Trapping/Grabbing/Locking then striking with the Head. Usually, they try to drive your...

This looks like the movement I was talking about in Chop Chui, towards the end of the 3rd road. Still, like you said, it would be more of a strike than a grab.

Praying Mantis or not, this is a...

I think the 36 throws are made up of the different trips and takedowns in Praying Mantis, that with slight modification, can turn an effective trip into an effective throw.

I also think that these...

The only possible "hip throw" I can think of is in HK 7* Chop Chui. Towards the end of the 3rd road where you swing left and right round-house punches, the "hip throw" being executed when swinging...

I think it is 7*Mantis and the for is Bung Bo.

Anyone know of any English essays on Praying Mantis forms? I learned that Adam Hsu wrote a book with a number of essays. Among them was an essay on Bung Bo. That would be a great read. ...

The technique "Gou Lou Tza Shau" - #12 from here on - comes just before #13, which is a short Upper-Cut punch. Very often, upper-cut punches are knock-out punches, when they strike their target...

Just a reminder to anyone reading this post:

Be careful when/if executing the 8 Forbidden Strikes (or 8 places not to hit, to avoid causing death). You don't want to spend years and years in...

When you throw the kick in #9 correctly (in my opinion), the waist "naturally" whips counter-clockwise. Also, if your kick misses, it will be easier to maintain your balance with your waist's...

Forget the hands in the technique from here on know as "#9".

Have you ever thrown #9 against a punching bag while the bag was propped-up against a wall? Try throwing #9 against a wall or a door,...

Are these books available in the USA?

It looks like it is played with the Mei Hua PM type of execution. However, I read in another post that of the 3 Mei Hua forms in WHF 7* PM (Mei Hua Hand/Fist/Falling), only Mei Hua Lu (Falling)...

I'll assume by "Stance" in the case of Neutral Stance and/or Fighting Stance we mean "Pre-Fighting Posture", since the word "Stance", to me, kind of defines what is happening from the waist down,...

Any place where I can get his book in the USA?

Thank you for the explanation MantisifuFW. I kinda thought of GM Lee Kam Wing as "The Successor" to GM Chu Chi Min. I was wondering whether Wong Hon Funn had some similar successor. I guess not.
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Thank you very much BrazilMantis. This was very helpful.

So, Won Hong Fun has 25 successors, but he doesn't have the traditional "this is the one and only Student to whom I pass all of my Praying...

Did Won Hon Fang have a successor?

There was an article written by Heath McGrady (a student of Sifu Steve Cottrell) in a September 2003 issue of Inside Kung-Fu. The article mentions 3 different versions/flavors of 7* Praying Mantis...