Breakdancer Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 I practice 7star praying mantis(school teaches 6harmony and 8step also), and to gain power or practice, I do the twist punches and normal horse stance punches(forgot the chinese terms),side kicks heel kicks and mantis grabs/blocks. IF you practice praying mantis, what style and what do you do to practice, or gain more power?
kungfumaster Posted August 19, 2003 Posted August 19, 2003 I do 7 star preying mantis but we also cross train alot. we do alot of trapping and manipulation techniques. we practice the mantis forms bung bo (crushing step) buk yune tao to (white ape steals peach) 18 elders white ape exits caves. we do alot of mokey style type footwork anything erlse you wana know? Im great you are not
Breakdancer Posted August 20, 2003 Author Posted August 20, 2003 cool you by anychance practice in a wu tan institute?
tokeabowl Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 I do karate, but my friends where teaching me this, and it is really hard so I quit. However, I think this is a really effective way of fighting, so I think I am going to learn more about it!! tokin' chokin' chillin'PRIDE! OKINAWA PRIDE!
aznkarateboi Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 I do 7 star preying mantis but we also cross train alot. we do alot of trapping and manipulation techniques. we practice the mantis forms bung bo (crushing step) buk yune tao to (white ape steals peach) 18 elders white ape exits caves. we do alot of mokey style type footwork anything erlse you wana know? I've heard this term a lot. What exactly is "trapping"? Sounds rather silly.
Drunken Monkey Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 breakdancer. from grasshopper to praying mantis... anyway. trapping is just the 'pinning/covering' action when you block/parry an attack then use other arm to control/press it into a useless position. really bad explanation. it's what wing chun guys do a lot of drills in. y'know, intercept - control/trap/cover/push/pull - hit. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
aznkarateboi Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 actually the grasshopper practitioner was "whitemanwithchineseaccent". so... basically trapping is grabbing the opponent's hand and pushing it out of the way
Drunken Monkey Posted November 18, 2003 Posted November 18, 2003 nah, he changed his name... um, in case you guys missed it i was 'from the ground up' before. anyways. not really pushing it away. and we don't really grab (well, the thumb isn't involved in this bit so not a grab). we try to use their body position or arm position to cover themselves. kinda like tie them up with their own arms. the most basic example i guess, is when they've crossed their arms, we would (aim to) pin downwards so that both of their hands/arms are controlled by our one hand/arm. make sense? post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
aznkarateboi Posted November 19, 2003 Posted November 19, 2003 then... why don't you grab them while controlling them? wouldn't that give you better control?
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