mantis qigong

[xiao yao]

Hi

I was just wondering, what if any qigong practices people train as part of their mantis

I mostly practice basic standing and sitting - small cosmic orbit and just focussing on my dantian

Our lineage also contains ba duan jin, yi jin jing and luohan gong, but I havent learnt them

[mooyingmantis]

I have my students practice microcosmic orbit meditation during stance training. We also have another method of qigong training for iron palm.

[xiao yao]

my first mantis teacher taught a qigong set that has some similarities to yijinjing and baduanjin but i dont know what it was. he also taught some postures from yi quan

with stance training ive been taught just to focus on my dantian. then "press the feet into the ground and grip the floor like roots" and "pull one arm back as if pulling a tigers tail, push the other arm forward as if moving mount tai"

[Tainan Mantis]

Praying Mantis of the different families contain different types of qi gung.
Some of the exercises are a combination of mental imagery adopted by some masters in Mantis.

Others are specific to kung fu and Praying Mantis Boxing.
Three Turns Nine Rotations includes striking the body and is for those who train kung fu.

Eight Section Brocade helps to adjust and balance the body. The version in Mantis is very different from that seen in other schools.

In all the cases, breathing with air is a beginning requirement. In Three Turns Nine Rotations this is called 'ping qi.'

I wrote an article on this subject here Taste the Air

[mooyingmantis]

Kevin,

Interesting article, as always!

What would be the character for ping, 平 ?

[xiao yao]

thanks for the article kevin

in taiji mantis, ping qi is the foundation of the qigong sets. it can be done standing, sitting or lying down.

[Tainan Mantis]

Kevin,

Interesting article, as always!

What would be the character for ping, 平 ?

Thanks, yes, that is correct. I am including it in the article now.