Having just checked out the Mantis Cave Site which has just been updated it now states that Fan Xu Dong was born in 1830 and died in 1926 .
It also states that his shifu Wang Rong sheng was born in 1854 and died in 1925 .
Can we now take it that it is official that Fan Xu Dong was nearly a generation older than his Shifu Wang Rong Sheng ?
If WRS learnt the style when he was in his mid twenties then Fan Xu Dong would have been approx late 40's ?
Did WRS not teach for long ? How long did Fan Xu Dong teach for ?
Again an old question when did he go to Siberia for the tournament ? and did he use Mantis Boxing to win it ?