In the late 1980s Tony Yang taught us a form, very long, with two parts called qi qing zhai yao. It really is only one form but we called it Part I and Part II because of its length and really does look like two forms. I competed with it in one of the early Great Lake Tournaments and missed first place by .5 of a point--although I learned a lot of mantis, in general, at that time, I didn't care for it much however, I loved this form because it had a great softness to it because it had Liuhe mantis in it--now I am wondering if this didn't come from the Zhang Xiang San line--I sort of learned the 2nd part but gave up on all of this once the baji and bagua came into.
I think I saw someone play parts of the qi qing zhao yao on a very old tape of praying mantis is Taiwan--James Sun voices it?
Last edited by RAF; 01-06-2012 at 09:50 PM.
Reason: better wording
"Its better to build bridges rather than dig holes but occasionally you have to dig a few holes to build the foundation of a strong bridge."
"Traditional Northern Chinese Martial Arts are all Sons of the Same Mother," Liu Yun Qiao