Icetuete Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 this one goes to the kungfu practicioners out there. any opinions on these two arts? differences, similarities etc?
Treebranch Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I don't know that much about Mantis Kung Fu, but from what I have seen they are not very similar. Mantis Kung Fu seems to have more weapons training than San Soo. San Soo looks a little more straight forward with it's hand to hand stuff and not as complication as Mantis. I think that the San Soo learning curve is much shorter than Manits, but I will not comment on the effectiveness of either since I believe that depends on the individual. Here's some clips. Just click on the picture to see video clips. http://www.sansookungfu.com/Videos.html Can someone find some Mantis clips, I've only been able to find a few and I don't think they were that great. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
MunkyBoy Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 is there kata in one of these? and does one of these imply training with ancient chinese weapons?
Treebranch Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 To my knowledge there were no katas in Kung Fu Sansoo, I'm not sure about Mantis. Hey Mantis people help us out here. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Icetuete Posted November 4, 2003 Author Posted November 4, 2003 does either of these styles contain these cool leg sweeps or elbow+knee work?and does one of these imply training with ancient chinese weapons? if so... which weapons?
Treebranch Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 Check out the clips on San Soo I have linked. San Soo isn't very fancy. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Icetuete Posted November 4, 2003 Author Posted November 4, 2003 "cool" was not meant as fancy looking. i regard a well performed legsweep as cool and i wanted to know whether sweeps are part of San Soo training.
Treebranch Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 Now are you talking sweeps like sweeping low with the back of the leg while kind of spin kicking low? "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Treebranch Posted November 19, 2003 Posted November 19, 2003 Not to my knowledge it does not. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
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