mantis

california's got the biggest korean community in Irvine, the biggest viet in Little Sigon, the biggest chinese in San Jose/SFO... and the largest Japanese in Irvine/Torrence... San Diego's got lots of those schools too... http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&q=kung+fu&near=San+Diego,+CA&sa=X&oi=localr im in Irvine (1 hour north of SD)

btw Google can give you more than you need... google somethingn like "kung fu in london" or something

this can help you i really believe in the completeness of mantis style especially after I made my sifu show me how to defend my TKD!! http://www.mantiskungfu.com/CompleteSystem.htm

yes we do fully "spar" we dont use any pads and we call it "sticky hands" we practice our forms for speed, and accuracy http://www.mantiskungfu.com/CompleteSystem.htm

check this out http://www.mantiskungfu.com/CompleteSystem.htm

i think because when you perfect your Tai Chi you are ready to die already.. takes like 90 years or so... at my mantis school they teach tai chi to help us focus, to help us breathe

i learn about my kung fu from sites like http://www.mantiskungfu.com/CompleteSystem.htm maybe it aint what u lookin for exactly

im sure they did unless they didnt care about washing their dishes no offense, im only playing

unless u watch bruce lee's movies (keep rewinding and playing slowly) u know im kidding, right?

hehe funny.. for a question like that all of the answers u got with actual ages have the word (male) in it... the rest (those who have cuss words, and "none-of-ur-business" kinda attitude) probably have the word (female) jk

i've seen it i actually found the mona lisa pretty disappointing... it was soo small dude! Im actually interested in sowrds exhibits, especially those from the middle east

soccer, basketball, and work out a lot... i actually got back to MA to get back in shape after i was sick for a long time and doctors didnt let me to do any physical activity for over 9 months!

try to relax ur shoulders when ur on-guard and even when you punch only let ur triceps work.. your shoulders should be relaxed. Note that if you dont relax ur shoulders, neck and all muscles that are not invovled in a punch... The same used to happen to me until i started doing punches slowly to observe which muscles actually drive the punch.. g'luck

Unfortunately masters here do not actually teach.. they use their names for marketing only, but the actual master with the 7 or 8 dans never shows up.. who teaches are confused blackbelts... until ur confused at their level...

wow i havent felt welcome since the last time i was at a fundraiser, when my dad was supposed to give a fat check! thank you guys!

whether u like mantis or dont i believe u should start with some mantis training. the balance given by the diverse stable stances of mantis boxing or the seven star praying mantis fist style are very important. The idea of mantis is basically yin-yang. ur backing off when ur oponent hits, ur using his energy to hit him, or make him fall but spending the least amount of energy. example is a fist coming to your face you deflect it and hook the fist with a mantis hook and then BOOM, u hit. The idea of it is to make ur body like a pyramid. you have the center of balance really low so you can lift the biggest guy easily, and no one can move you. Drawbacks, for me, is that the kicks are really low. You're usually targetting sensitive areas such as the groins in your kicks. the rest of the kicks we practice are only to stretch your hamstrings! and what i was talking about is the 7 star praying mantis coming from northern shaolin. http://www.authentickungfu.com/mantis_directory.html good luck

back kick (if i actually hit target!!) or jump-side kick..

hehe i went to like 5 different masters since u posted ur reply here and i asked them in details about what exactly they teach... most of them invited me to try the class to see if they're missing something!! actually one of them said if i dont find enough locks, and throw downs then i shouldnt join!! thanks

howdy i posted like so many posts and didnt realize i gotta put on here im old grandfather that's trying to resume MAs i started long years ago... as u can tell im practicing mantis currently.. nice to meet ya'll stay outta trouble!

change ur church! jk

i've had a TKD master that taught me 3 times a week.. every time i went it was as if im going to a totally different class for a different style... teach both in two different days.. makes it more itneresting, i think!

i think u did the right thing whether the school is mad at u for losing the kid or not that's a question u have to ask them. the way you acted is what i like to see in a MA teacher, rather than taking it easy on students which will let them learn that they can do whatever they want and lose respect to MAs and the school props to you

it depends whether it's old metallica music, or it's classic... but i'd say NO.. no! usually masters talk during practice, they correct you and they communicate, which is a very important thing to do during practice, and they like to make the students shout as loud as possible and while there's not background noise at all... my two cents

this sounds like an indian movie, except there's not dancing going on! have master Mark fight with ur grandmaster like old jet li movies dont forget to post the link to the video here!

why does everybody think shaolin kung fu has high kicks? kung fu overall, especially northern shaolin has the lowest stances and kicks, especially their mantis or am I wrong?