Northern Mantis 8 Hard methods -

[Tensei85]

Baat Gong Sau: 八剛手 8 Hard Methods (Hands)

太山壓頂 – Tai Saan Nah Ding – Tai Mountain bear(fall) down on head

迎面直統 – Yin Ming Jik Tong – Straight head on punch

左右雙運 – Zhuo Yao Sheung Wahn – Left right double strike (circular)

摔捋兩分 – Seut Joi Leung Fan –Double(two) dividing breaking strike

疊肘硬供 – Dip Jao Yi Gong – Strong folding elbow

順步雙掌 – Sheung Bou Sheung Jiang – Following step with double palm’s

硬崩伏低 – Wahng Bong Fuk Dai – Strong crushing bend, with low strike

貼門靠壁 – Tip Mun Kao Bik – Subsidizing gate stick to door

 

[Tensei85]

Again my translations are not so good but the idea is still there. Maybe of interest...

 

[Xue Sheng]

I'm sorry, I wasn't going to do this again but it is just very funnt to me.

Your translation is fine from what little I know but the BabbleFish Translation is funny

Mt. Taishan capping
Front surface straight series
About double transports
Falls strokes two points
Folds the elbow to supply hardly
Along a step double palm
Collapses Fu Di hardly
Pastes the gate depending on the wall


This is the last time, I promise.

And thank you for the translations

I do have a question about the forms you are translating however. In many of the Internal styles the form names are less descriptive when read but are easier to understand if you understand the story behind the name, for example Jin Gung Dao Dui - Buddha's Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar.

Do you have these types of form/posture names in Northern Mantis?

 

[Tensei85]

Hey Xue,

Actually what I have translated as far as both the Sap Yi Yao (Shi Er Rou) & Baat Gong (Ba Gang) are just the 1st description, or more of the mechanics involved. But there is a 2nd sequence in the writings which contains the Kuen Kuit or the lyrics, which are more descriptive & a lot less obvious lol. Besides that my translating style doesn't always capture the lyrics in there raw form... So technically there should be a song - poetic verse behind each set that is mentioned. Hope that helps some.