Nice drills from China

[mooyingmantis]

Xiaoyao posted some nice clips of Taiji Tanglangquan training drills on YouTube.

In the clips Will does the drills with Master Zhou Zhendong and fellow students.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9aCg...mvS2StCfFVTvw=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHY2h...mvS2StCfFVTvw=

I will be going to Yantai this summer to train with Master Zhou and hook up with Will and Boris. I can't wait!

[mooyingmantis]

Seeing various mantis drills is far better than seeing different forms. Its probably the most important aspect of mantis training.

Yes, I think you are right on target. I like memorizing forms to remember the moves and principles. But I think drills are the best method for training before non-resisting and resisting opponents.

I think it was Sanjuro Ronin who said in another thread in the Kung Fu forum that forms can be looked at as a certificate when one has mastered the drills and principles of the form. I like that idea!

From what Will and Niki have told me, Master Zhou emphasizes the two person drills along with each form.

[xiao yao]

Who's Boris?

[xiao yao]

Yes, we have a lot of drills within each form for training specific "skills".

Somebody commented on one clip they were going to teach these drills to their students, but without hands on instruction, how can you know what you are doing?
You can see the movement, but you cant feel what kind of power is being used, or correct shen fa, especially with baggy clothes etc

They are only meant as a reference, not a teaching aid.

[mooyingmantis]

Somebody commented on one clip they were going to teach these drills to their students, but without hands on instruction, how can you know what you are doing?
You can see the movement, but you cant feel what kind of power is being used, or correct shen fa, especially with baggy clothes etc.

I also saw that comment on YouTube under your video.

However, the lulu and fanche techniques/principles are taught in: Taiji Tanglangquan, Taiji Meihua Tanglangquan, Mimen Tanglangquan and Qixing Tanglangquan. They are very common techniques featured in many mantis forms. So any instructor of any of these family's should be able to apply the drill you demonstrated with their own family's shenfa.

Who's Boris?

Boris is an internet friend. He is known as swordmaestre on YouTube. His instructor is a friend of Master Zhou. He said he would pop over to the park to meet us one day while I am there.

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So any instructor of any of these family's should be able to apply the drill you demonstrated [...]

Yep, if someone knows Mantis, they should have no problem to do so. Or even to develop their own drills on the fly as needed, depending on what the student needs to improve.