forgot about this style, used to be quite popular here in the uk, nice to see mantis guys sparring and making contact even if its mainly to the body, 3.05 for some nice use of a motorcycle helmet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsovkA8fGJU
forgot about this style, used to be quite popular here in the uk, nice to see mantis guys sparring and making contact even if its mainly to the body, 3.05 for some nice use of a motorcycle helmet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsovkA8fGJU
Isn't steelwire a combination of Chow Gar and Hung Gar?
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Its funny, my SPM teacher's older brother is a Hung Kuen guy ( that is where I meet my SPM teacher) and he n ever combined them per say, though he did take a few things he liked ( Iron wire for one).
He preferred to combine his SPM with Western Boxing ( although combine is perhaps to strong a word).
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
I did Steelwire Mantis for 4 lessons, just before starting Hung Kuen Jing Chung in '96, always felt wrong the training and atmosphere too, Tony Leung had a problem with my teacher when Leung tried to claim lineage with Chan Hon Chung si-gung (coz he had a photo taken with him, although previously Leung claimed Chiu Wai lineage??. Hung Gar n Chow Gar dont mix.
As for the Ip's choosing Paul Whitrod, a close friend of my teacher-I was lucky to meet Ip Sui a few times coz he loved our Mo See, Leung is supposed to have offered cash as a bribe, for number one in UK/Europe status and this offended the Ips
Actually HK and SPM do mix, just not at the same time and not as a "blend".
That said one of the issues with SPM is that you MAY (note I said MAY) need something else to "unlock" it.
Some find that "key" in other CMA like hung kuen, others find it outside, my sifu found it in western boxing, Sifu Whitrod found it in the Indian arts.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Of course anybody can learn as many different styles as they want, but Steelwire mantis threw it all together in a mess, first Lau Gar Kuen, then some Chow Gar drills, it just felt horrible. People learning multiple styles separately is excellent.... But that was just chop suey crap
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
some more footage here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX9T...eature=related
and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VtRH...eature=related
Which is one of the reason why some have a hard time "translating" their art into their practical ( and those that do have some practical in their background already).
I remember my SPM teacher saying to me (when he found out I had boxing and kyokushin in my background), "Good, you are ahead of the curve, you understand fighting already".
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !