Is Shaolin-Do for real?

[bawang]

oh lord help me, they know im gay!

have mercy on my soul

sin the will take you to the moons of jupiter

[taai gihk yahn]

sin the will take you to the moons of jupiter

did ur mom change her hair-do?

[hskwarrior]

sin the will take you to the moons of jupiter

i prefer Moons over my Hammy

[Crushing Step]

posin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9xcly0coJw

lololoololol

That "praying mantis" at 0:38-0:43 shows exactly zero understanding of the mantis hand. A little part of me died on the inside...

[taai gihk yahn]

That "praying mantis" at 0:38-0:43 shows exactly zero understanding of the mantis hand. A little part of me died on the inside...

see? he's that good that he can kill you (albeit in small bits) just by performing the form...


but srsly, yeah, that mantis is pathetic; of course, the SD people will say "that's just how we play it"

[Empty_Cup]

That "praying mantis" at 0:38-0:43 shows exactly zero understanding of the mantis hand. A little part of me died on the inside...

Do you consider this a better expression/understanding of mantis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rum8HfHYLRI

[hskwarrior]

Do you consider this a better expression/understanding of mantis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rum8HfHYLRI

even if he does, you don't plan on learning what you see in that video are you? why don't you have video of your own expression?

[Kellen Bassette]

That video was awesome HSK....funny thing is a lot of Kung Fu schools do use the Black to White ranking system with their sashes....crazy China-men from Thailand..

[tattooedmonk]

Do you consider this a better expression/understanding of mantis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rum8HfHYLRI

That's southern mantis, it's different.

[Crushing Step]

Do you consider this a better expression/understanding of mantis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rum8HfHYLRI

That's "southern" mantis, which evolved completely separate from "northern" mantis, no relation at all, and I cannot really comment if it was good for southern mantis. Their interprettion of the mantis, I believe, is to use the hands in a whipping motion, possibly similar to the chun. I would ask a southern mantis practicioner for a better answer.

The "mantis hand" in northern mantis is what sin the was badly attempting to do in the SD video.

The index finger "poke" that sin the was doing was silly. The northern style hand is not meant to be a gay-@ss finger poke, rather the hand form is the final position from a grab-twist-pull movement. That was our interpretation of the mantis, to reach out, grab the opponent, and draw him back in. The fingers curl in from the pinky first, and finally with the the index finger sticking out. Kind of like the crane hook hand in tai chi's "single whip" movement. That hand is not in any way meant to be a "poke", but a hand form that symbolizes a grabbing motion.

I hope that was clear as mud...

[Crushing Step]

Northern mantis hand: Hook, Grapple, Pluck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tk_LhEpgQE

[Judge Pen]

[QUOTE=Crushing Step;1193103]That's "southern" mantis, which evolved completely separate from "northern" mantis, no relation at all, and I cannot really comment if it was good for southern mantis. Their interprettion of the mantis, I believe, is to use the hands in a whipping motion, possibly similar to the chun. I would ask a southern mantis practicioner for a better answer.

[QUOTE]

That was not Southern Mantis. Not even close.

[hskwarrior]

That was not Southern Mantis. Not even close.

question. when you thought Shaolin Do was really shaolin, how would you know what real southern mantis looks like? did you learn from a mantis teacher?? just a question

[tattooedmonk]

look , you are responding and you dont even know what you are responding to anymore. stupid

[tattooedmonk]

That's "southern" mantis, which evolved completely separate from "northern" mantis, no relation at all, and I cannot really comment if it was good for southern mantis. Their interprettion of the mantis, I believe, is to use the hands in a whipping motion, possibly similar to the chun. I would ask a southern mantis practicioner for a better answer.

The "mantis hand" in northern mantis is what sin the was badly attempting to do in the SD video.

The index finger "poke" that sin the was doing was silly. The northern style hand is not meant to be a gay-@ss finger poke, rather the hand form is the final position from a grab-twist-pull movement. That was our interpretation of the mantis, to reach out, grab the opponent, and draw him back in. The fingers curl in from the pinky first, and finally with the the index finger sticking out. Kind of like the crane hook hand in tai chi's "single whip" movement. That hand is not in any way meant to be a "poke", but a hand form that symbolizes a grabbing motion.

I hope that was clear as mud...

I agree with you about most of this and understand completely.

So, your mantis style never uses fingers to poke or to shape the forearm for mantis elbows and techniques?