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[mooyingmantis]

Northwind,

A "keyword" is a Chinese word that brings to mind an important theory applied within a style. In our style of Mantis we use 12 words that represent fighting theories. The twelve words are divided into four sets of three words. The three words represent three ideas or strategies that are interrelated.

For example, our second set of three words are:

進 jìn advance - Rush in on the Opponent
貼 tiē keep close - Maintain a Close Torso Distance
開 kāi open - Open up and pass through the Defenses

Though each word refers to a strategy that can be drilled separately, in practice they form the building blocks of how:
1. we bridge the distance between our self and the opponent,
2. prevent the opponent from retreating,
3. and break through the opponents defenses.

Many Chinese styles use keywords in this way. In the past these words were considered a part of the "secrets" of a style. In fact the phrase used in some styles of Mantis is:

十 二 字 訣

shí èr zì jué

Twelve Word Secrets

I hope I explained this clearly.

BTW, nice to see you add Mandarin into your lessons. My beginning students always give me a funny look when I tell them that all instructions will be given in Mandarin. :O

Richard

[Northwind]

Mooying,

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense. We have poems/phrases that use a similar ideology. Thanks for sharing!

[EarthDragon]

yes mooying. I teach the entire medical side of kung fu along with philosophy and buddism if one so chooses.

[mooyingmantis]

yes mooying. I teach the entire medical side of kung fu along with philosophy and buddism if one so chooses.

sweet!

Richard

[-N-]

My si-hing, who teaches the class with me, suggested another post to this thread, so...

Sunday was cold and rainy at the park so we started out slow.

Stretching.
Jogging with the 8 basic boxing punches - individually, left/right.
Jogging with the 8 basic boxing punches - all 8 in series.
Backwards footwork with the 8 basic boxing parries - individually, right/left.
Backwards footwork with the 8 basic boxing parries - all 8 in series.
Backwards footwork with single outside high line diou intercept.
Backwards footwork with double outside high line diou intercept in 1-2 timing.
Backwards footwork with double inside high line diou intercept in 1-2 timing.
Retreating footwork, 1-2 outside diou, front heel kick.
- detail for body mechanics in the retreat
- detail for setting up counter-attack within retreating motion
- detail for timing of the counter-attack
- detail for lead leg front heel kick
- detail for rear leg front heel kick
- detail for recovery to guard from the front heel kick
- detail for momentum and center of mass during recovery to guard
- detail for step transition from retreating footwork to kick
- detail for shift transition from retreating footwork to kick
- detail for jump transition from retreating footwork to kick
- adding midline horse punch followup
- stance variation for midline punch followup
- detail for momentum coordination on midline punch followup
Offensive variation of previous combination, opening with 1-2 punch
- detail for covering range aggressively in the kick midline punch sequence
- detail on jump kick variation
- detail on switch kick variation
Partner practice of the previous offensive combination
- detail on pressuring and closing on the opponent
- detail on defensive methods against the combination
- detail on angle change variations in the offense
- detail on angle change in defense against the combination
- detail on escape and counterattack variations against the offensive combination
- detail on leg takedown method against the kick in the offensive combination
- detail on neutralizing the leg take down

[mooyingmantis]

1. Two hand drills on the wooden dummy,

2. Two partner drills to work combinations,

3. Partner drills to work two of the twelve soft hand methods (螳 螂 柔手 táng láng róu shǒu),

4. A partner drill that taught the the use of 揪 腿 jiu tui (seizing leg),

5. Keyword theories:

進 jìn - advance
貼 tiē - keep close
開 kāi - open
粘 zhān - stick
黏 nián - cling
聽 tīng - listen

6. First twenty-four movements of Diao Fa form.

7. 九 節 鞭 jiujiebian - nine section whip drills

Richard

[Michael Dasargo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw3KRC1Lkzo
1. Snake Gate - Dragon Gate Attack
2. Snake Gate - Tiger Gate Attack using Twirling Around the Blocking Arm
3. Snake Gate - Snake Gate Attack w/Feng Shou (Sealing Hand)
4. Snake Gate - Tiger Gate - Snake Gate using Mantis Hook Hand - Mantis Circle Hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk-7UvG93Q4
Red
1. Jab
2. Jab - wing/dragging arm, stealing hand straight punch
3. jab - wing/dragging arm, stealing hand straight punch- mantis elbow block

Yellow
1. Grapple Hand Uppercut
2. Grapple Hand Uppercut - Angle Off - Heaven Uplifting Canon
3. Grapple Hand Uppercut - Angle Off - Heaven Uplifting Canon - Dragon Gate Twirling Arm Hook Punch

[mooyingmantis]

Resurrecting this old thread from two years ago.

During Thursday's class at Mantis Masters Academy I taught:

1. The Five Linked Strikes of Zhai Yao Yi Lu (Haojia Tanglangquan). We practiced them as line drills and two man drills on both sides. Then we pulled out BOB and practiced the drill using full contact strikes.

2. The Locked Mouth strike of Zhai Yao Yi Lu (Haojia Tanglangquan). This is basically the gou lou chui combination that ends with a flat fisted strike to the throat. We practiced this as a two man drill and with full contact strikes on BOB.

3. Basic kicking (front kick, closed door kick, reverse point kick and side kick) on BOB.

During class at Ohio Wu Tang on Wednesday we practiced:

1. Jibengong
2. Forms & Applications: Beng Bu (Taiwan flavor) and Zhai Kui

During class at Ohio Wu Tang on Saturday we practiced:

1. Basic Jian drills
2. Shuangshou Jian form

[EarthDragon]

last tuesday we worked side block mantis back fist to opponents face and drilled it many many times.... then we added if the back fist is blocked we then imedialty strike low with hammer fist to groin strike then touch knee "sobei" #10 of our 40 throws from shuai jiao. warm up was rocking push up and frog jumps.

thursday we are working 2 person body cordinations, form review for mid level students, anatomy, and for warm up tractor tire flipping from one of end of the school to another everyone's least favorite as they weigh 300-500 lbs

[YouKnowWho]

So what did you teach/do in your last class?

I like to train the following 4 drills 20 times each daily. I like to train drills. I don't like to train the entire form. Since the mantis combos are so long, mantis combo is almost like "form".

1. wrist grab, foot sweep, hook punch, back fist, upper cut, hammer fist, straight punch.
2. back fist, hook, hook, back fist, 3 straight punches to the head, one straight punch to the body.
3. back right palm, right Gou, left chong zhao, right palm, left Diao, right palm.
4. Mo Pan Shou, left Diao, right palm, righ Gou, left Gou, right chong zhao.

[-N-]

It was raining in the Bay Area this weekend. Students wimped out on both days and didn't show up.

My Sihing and I hung up the heavy bag and worked out in the rain for a couple hours.

Stretched, did some footwork. Kicked the sand part of the bag for shin conditioning.

Currently have a shoulder impingement injury on the right side, so worked on all left side punches and strikes.

Worked on various explosive kao da on the bag.

More kicking on the bag.

Ground was wet and slippery, so when the rain got heavier, used that as an opportunity to train stability on the spinning and turning kick combinations in the air, between rounds on the bag.

Finished with focus on cleaning up relaxed exploding core motions and connection to ground. Left and right sides, lead and rear on both sides.

[mooyingmantis]

Tuesday 12/4/2012 Mantis Masters Academy


Form & Applications

Fighting Combinations from Zhai Yao Yi Lu in pairs, on focus mitts, on BOB:

Hook, Grab, Throat Punch
Lead, Cross, Bladder punch
Lead, Cross, Hook, Front Kick, Searching Punch

Combination emphasis was on relaxation and speed.

Theories:

The link between relaxation and speed.
Linking the speed of the hands with the power of the waist.

[EarthDragon]

last nights class. 800 of each punch (6400 total) 50 rocking push ups, 2 person stretching, shuai jiao solo drills, as our warm up.

Then we worked (tui dung) and (sobei), followed up with throwing concepts and understanding of balance and center of gravity. great class nice and sweaty a few lumps and brusies. always a sign of a good class.

[MightyB]

Didn't work on any mantis or striking formerly in class, just worked on a new entering method to make it easier to load throws like Uchi Mata and Harai Goshi. Also worked on escapes from common holds - trying to get away from muscling out and focusing on using more technique.

At home did some gong/dynamic tension stuff that i learned a long time ago. Also, knocked the dust off of one of my favorite forms Tong Long Chit Don so I don't forget it over time. I always try do a couple of minutes of Kettle Bell. Mine aren't that heavy - just 35 pounders, but they feel heavy after a bunch of reps.

[md1]

I am also not a Mantis player but here goes my last class…

10 mins of basics for warm up followed by 4 rounds of 3 mins work and 20 sec rest of holding our horse stance against the wall below parallel, heavy bag punching, holding the plank in the push up position and then clinch work, each set of 4 ex making up 1 round.

5 min rest

Then moving on to
Air squat. Lying floor press with a 45lb plate and ball slams (15lb)
In the tabata format 20 sec work 10 sec rest.
Finishing off the class with our Tai chi form