Hi Richard,
I enjoy reading your review of books, especially ones I have.
Seeing how the book seems to copy Huang Hanxun I find it hard to give it credibilty, but it has its good points.

But one thing I wonder, where do you get the name 'Yantai Beng Bu?"
I think that "beng bu' or any other form in Mantis should be named after its lineage or teacher, not the location.

Being in Yantai at the moment this discussion of what is 'yantai beng bu' came up with Zhou Zhendong. In all his years he has never heard of such a thing as 'Yantai Beng Bu' or "Laiyang Beng Bu" for that matter.

So how do you determine that this is 'yantai' beng bu?

When I look at this book that you reviewed I think of this as being the Beng Bu as written about by Huang Hanxun in his books, which would make either-
Luo Guangyu Beng bu-since he taught it in the South
HK Beng Bu -since the manuscript is only part of HK mantis.
or maybe call it Seven Star Beng Bu.