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  1. 05-08-2012, 12:59 PM #1
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    old school steelwire mants

    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

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    Isn't steelwire a combination of Chow Gar and Hung Gar?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
    Isn't steelwire a combination of Chow Gar and Hung Gar?
    yep, tony leung combined both arts in the 90's, think he was quite high up in chow gar before he developed steelwire thinks hes a shaolin disciple now
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frost View Post
    yep, tony leung combined both arts in the 90's, think he was quite high up in chow gar before he developed steelwire thinks hes a shaolin disciple now
    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).
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    Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
    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).
    never trained it but i heard they trained the two side by side, i think he branched out when the Ips made paul witrod there rep in the uk (think he had trained longer but not sure)
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    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
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