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  1. #16
    Quote Originally Posted by EarthDragon View Post
    junojupiter,
    for me the "flavor" of a style means that you can see the characteristics of i.e (an animal) and its mimiced in the movemements and can be clealry seen when performing them.
    Then my wife's clearly a Mantis master since she routinely chews my head off.

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    Still buds?

    Earth, Mooying,
    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree!

    Still buds, right?


    Cheers!
    Josh

  3. #18
    LOL mighty B if thats the case we are all mantises!

    juno,
    always buds my brother, if we all agreed this world would be a boring place.
    Last edited by EarthDragon; 07-27-2011 at 09:11 PM.
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    Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."

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    Quote Originally Posted by iunojupiter View Post
    Earth, Mooying,
    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree!

    Still buds, right?


    Cheers!
    Josh
    LOL! Mantis is big enough for each of our opinions!

    I consider the "look" or "flavor" to be the flesh of the style. The outward appearance that causes beginners to say, "Hey, that dude's doing mantis!"

    The principles and mechanics are the skeleton of the style. It is what makes the style work. These are recognized by the peeps that know what to look for in the style and are not just dazzled by the outward appearance.
    Richard A. Tolson
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    There are two types of Chinese martial artists. Those who can fight and those who should be teaching dance or yoga!

    53 years of training, 43 years of teaching and still aiming for perfection!

    Recovering Forms Junkie! Even my twelve step program has four roads!

  5. #20
    well said mooying
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    Teaching traditional Ba Bu Tang Lang (Eight Step Praying Mantis)
    Jin Gon Tzu Li Gung (Medical) Qigong
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    Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."

  6. #21
    It is easy to find mantis principles in many things, but it is much harder to find something that is also void of contradictions to those principles.

  7. #22
    can you explain that DBAC
    KUNG FU USA
    www.eightstepkungfu.com
    Teaching traditional Ba Bu Tang Lang (Eight Step Praying Mantis)
    Jin Gon Tzu Li Gung (Medical) Qigong
    Wu style Taiji Chuan



    Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."

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    I believe he is saying that we see what we want to see.

    When I look at fighting, I see fighting principles.

    When I look at styles, I see context.

    M.

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