jdinca
Master Black Belt
One of the most impressive mantis forms I've seen so far.
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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!
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'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!
Just give it another few decades and nobody will know anything other than the Modern Shaolin is Shaolin in truth.
Regards,
Rob
Oh indeed it is as long as you don't miss the forest for the tree...
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.
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