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On the way to training yesterday....I walked up the stairs and saw a man who wasn't there.......he wasn't there again today.....gee I wish he would go away!

Just wanted to share....hope it helps...

my guess would be that if he wanted video of himself put up he would have someone do it. I would never post video of someone else....even if I did video it at a demo or tournament.... unless given...

the guy made a great point about not only needing a good teacher but you need good training partners as well.

I was watching a few of my students during class and it appeared to me that these...

His Mom has an awesome back yard!

Master Po to young Grasshopper: "Why is the dog at the bottom of the screen at 7:34 doing what he is doing?"

Grasshopper to Master Po: "Because he can,...

I appreciate the google translation wasn't trying to be negative.....just a comparison.:)

Well, I think one reason students may take 15 - 20 years to learn material may be that the students are...

I would think LKS had martial arts training, maybe his family style and trained with a guy who did "praying mantis boxing". He kept what he liked and probably came up with a loose curriculum of...

It was mainly the baji I was referring to...I have also seen some of that "flavor" come out in some of the mantis performances from taiwan.

When I first saw it years ago coming from an okinawan...

what is REAL Kung Fu?

When I first saw KF forms out of Taiwan being performed I thought that it must have had an Okinawan influence in there somewhere. That would be ironic, huh?

That would go...

It seems this post has gone from "these are masters that went to Taiwan"....into a comparison of Mainland and Taiwan mantis.

Many use "forms" for this comparison. This may be similar to comparing...

It is nice that a white guy in China has more "non chinese" students in his class than many of us can get here in the states.

Looks like he is doing a great job.

N

Maybe he is doing the form to produce a video or book. Many people doing that these days.

Well after watching some of these "traditional" monkey sets the more I question people knowing what is going on.

These forms seem like they imitate a monkey before and after a fight or during...

This was off of the devils hand page. Interesting.

I think it would, in keeping with another thread that has been started, be great if at the end of this vid a monkey jumps in, picks of the...

well, It all depends which style of Mantis you are doing with monkey steals the peach.....just like Mo chung da fu.....different in different systems.

I have to say I feel sorry for the students...

Ginosifu

Sounds like the hung ga you study does have a "systemized approach to combat" Which tecniques do you teach....well, that is up to the head master of the system or individual instructor....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr3SDv8lpQ

start watching at 4:26 till 5:20 and you will get in depth theory.:)

Actually I like this movie, maybe because it was one of the first I saw as a kid.

I dont know but I would think that a complex style should have simple answers and apps for self defense and fighting. What good is it if a new student cant benefit from it?

I think that you...

I enjoyed watching the vids on monkey kung fu posted by pheonix. very interesting.

Watching the video I had to think that someone had put alot of thought into that system. But, I realize you have...

Very interesting forms! I would like to see a break down of the rest of the curriculum.

"Typically, a mantis protects itself by mimicking its surroundings."

maybe this is the behavior the person or people who developed the Mantis style wanted humans to emulate?

Stay out of...

Kevin mentioned the old forms mentioned no longer exist and the ones we are doing know were not mentioned.

Going by that I would have to say that the instructors developed forms they understood...

I have to admit I love the poetic names and the culture behind the systems. Its a big part of what makes it an Art.

But, I have to agree with N its just what they referenced at the time. ...

Thanks for posting the vid!

It makes me realize why Monkey fist isnt more popular. Most of that was a man trying to act like a monkey some kicks and rolls in it.

In most animal styles you...

I have read the books and now about monkeys.

If monkey boxing involves so much tumbling techniques that the average person cannot do then it isnt a good system and maybe they should leave it to...

maybe the Monkey isnt as "special" or "revered" by the Chinese as an Eagle or Tiger would be so they didnt name a style after it just a few techniques?

You know, I am glad you aksed this question....