One of the most impressive mantis forms I've seen so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58miOdS82Fg

Nice clip! It's so different watching him 'settle' into a deep stance as compared to Karate, where one hits the horse stance and it's solid. It's a much more dyanamic view of the position!

Thanks for sharing this.

Nice clip! It's so different watching him 'settle' into a deep stance as compared to Karate, where one hits the horse stance and it's solid. It's a much more dyanamic view of the position!

Yeah, the stance work is very different. What blew me away more than anything was the Praying Mantis movement. I can do that to a small extent but I've never seen it done with that level of realism.

Watching him settle into those stances was amazing. It was like a coiling energy preparing to explode.

It's wushu mantis put together by the guy who played the elder monk (forget his name) from the movie "Shaolin Temple" with Jet Li & the father from "Tai Chi Master 2".

Go Google video footage of Brendan Lai, Shr Zheng Zhong, Sun De Yao & others for straight up praying mantis.

Don't misunderstand me... that guy is good & has incredible athletic ability & is well trained, but mantis... not so much except for the hook hand.

I have to agree with clfsean on this one as well.

It's wushu mantis put together by the guy who played the elder monk (forget his name) from the movie "Shaolin Temple" with Jet Li & the father from "Tai Chi Master 2".

Go Google video footage of Brendan Lai, Shr Zheng Zhong, Sun De Yao & others for straight up praying mantis.

Don't misunderstand me... that guy is good & has incredible athletic ability & is well trained, but mantis... not so much except for the hook hand.

His version of the mantis form was much more theatrical than others I've seen. Not nearly as bad as "Opera Monkey" though. :) His body control was impressive.

I will check out the other clips. I have seen Brendan Lai doing the two man version of Bung Bu. The one man set is one of the mantis forms taught at our school. Seeing the two man set was a kick.

nice link! thanks. i also found interesting the shaolin hakka praying mantis.

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Cant take away the athletic ability and the expressive nature of the performance. I wouldnt doubt that he has decent ability to apply that to fighting.

Its not the older style for sure and the reference to Brendan Lai is a good idea for comparison.

Just give it another few decades and nobody will know anything other than the Modern Shaolin is Shaolin in truth.

Regards,

Rob

It's wushu mantis put together by the guy who played the elder monk (forget his name) from the movie "Shaolin Temple" with Jet Li & the father from "Tai Chi Master 2".

Go Google video footage of Brendan Lai, Shr Zheng Zhong, Sun De Yao & others for straight up praying mantis.

Don't misunderstand me... that guy is good & has incredible athletic ability & is well trained, but mantis... not so much except for the hook hand.

It was still very cool to watch! :D

It was still very cool to watch! :D

Oh indeed it is as long as you don't miss the forest for the tree... :)

Just give it another few decades and nobody will know anything other than the Modern Shaolin is Shaolin in truth.

Regards,

Rob

And that is a damn shame...

Oh indeed it is as long as you don't miss the forest for the tree... :)

Absolutely. :asian:

Since we were talking about Brendan Lai I thought I would post a video of him doing a form to illustrate what I would consider proper 7 star mantis with understanding of the applications of the form. This is Meihua Quan or often called Mui Fa Kuen.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aOvO5L6VjSc

7sm

Since we were talking about Brendan Lai I thought I would post a video of him doing a form to illustrate what I would consider proper 7 star mantis with understanding of the applications of the form. This is Meihua Quan or often called Mui Fa Kuen.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aOvO5L6VjSc

7sm

Great clip! A great job of blending mantis power with smooth, precise movement.