differences between 7*mantis and the other mantis styles

[ursa major]

Originally posted by Tainan Mantis
Hi Ursa Major,
Can you read Chinese?
It will be easier to answer your questions by posting the preface.

I bought the book in Taiwan.

Hello Tainan Mantis,

Truly I wish I could read Chinese ! I have all these WHF books and unfortunately can only enjoy the pictures. Could you post the ISBN ? I would like to buy a copy and compare what it has vs. what I was taught.

thx,
UM.

[MightyB]

I haven't bought any of these yet, but I'm thinking strongly about buying one of the simplified Chinese books. Here's a link:

Learning Chinese

[Tainan Mantis]

In Liang Hsuehsiang's old manuscripts of Taiji (later meihua) Mantis from the 1800's he lists;
beng bu
luan jie
8 elbows... as forms from Wang Lang.

Wrong there!
1. Liang Xuexiang's manuals that I have seen don't define his mantis as Taiji or Meihua.
2. His manuscripts also do not mention Wang Lang.

[JamesC]

Uhhh...you do realize that was 8 years ago, right?

[Tainan Mantis]

Uhhh...you do realize that was 8 years ago, right?

I made a mistake 8 years ago.
Since that time I have improved my historical research.
Now I am correcting my historical innaccuracy.

[B.Tunks]

Wrong there!
1. Liang Xuexiang's manuals that I have seen don't define his mantis as Taiji or Meihua.

Yep, hate to sound like broken record but it was all just Tanglang until the generation of Wang Yunsheng and Jiang Hualong.

[alextse4]

Wrong there!
1. Liang Xuexiang's manuals that I have seen don't define his mantis as Taiji or Meihua.
2. His manuscripts also do not mention Wang Lang.

I think you are wrong.

[Tainan Mantis]

I think you are wrong.

HA!
According to this I am definetely wrong!
THis is the manuscript that I dont have.
Thanks for sharing that.
Kevin