I'm hesitant to give this guy a hard time publicly because I believe in honesty in MA and don't like when someone misrepresents their Kung Fu but don't like to bash someone who has students who look up to him.
Here is a link to what is claimed as 7 Star Mantis. The website is here.
For those unfamiliar with this form it is a Wah Lum form. There is also a clip of a student doing the Wah Lum double broadsword set.
Apparently he teaches Wah Lum under the banner of 7 Star. I see on the website he's a student of Raymond Fogg who is an ex-Wah Lum Sifu. Jeff Hughes is listed in the lineage also and his clips show mostly Wah Lum and not 7 Star.
I know there are ex-Wah Lum guys out there teaching it under a different name but should it fall under a different, legimate, Mantis style? Call it a made up name but don't misrepresent it.
What do the 7 Star people think about this? Is it fair to the students who think this is 7 Star Mantis they are learning? Have the sets been absorbed onto the 7 Star style and tweaked to adhere to this specific way of Mantis?
Should these guys be called out when they publicly display Wah Lum forms passed off as 7 Star?
I hate to crack his bowl of rice but dishonesty in CMA needs to stop.
What does everyone think about this?