[QUOTE=mooyingmantis;1244267]Sun De & Sun Deyao are two different people. Sun De teaches Taiji Tanglangquan. Sun Deyao teaches Hao family Taiji Meihua Tanglangquan.[/QUOTE]
I asked today, it sounded familiar because it is Sun De 
also makes sense why i was told taiji mantis 
edit: i guess it’s good some of you know the name too even if i didn’t!
soo i guess the next question is - how long have you guys trained for? i already see 2 people have been going at it for a few decades!
i’ve only been training mantis maybe 3 months now so i pretty much have no skill 
step by step and all that
so what have you learnt so far?
i was here for 6 months last year but i mainly did tai chi and got the basics of ‘kung fu’… the 5 stances and a basic (shaolin?) form that goes with them.
about 3 months before i left i started learning my first mantis form and i’ve finished it off since coming back…but i’m still really bad at it! lol
i’ve also started learning my second form, but only a few actions in so far :o
Warm greetings to all my fellow mantis fighters of all styles! Taiji Tanglangquan of Chiu Chuk Kai lineage reporting.. So glad to be posting here let’s make this discussion forum the best one on the board!
[QUOTE=mantiskickboxer;1245317]Warm greetings to all my fellow mantis fighters of all styles! Taiji Tanglangquan of Chiu Chuk Kai lineage reporting.. So glad to be posting here let’s make this discussion forum the best one on the board![/QUOTE]
hey hey welcome! where are you from? how long have you been training?
[QUOTE=Pete;1245397]hey hey welcome! where are you from? how long have you been training?[/QUOTE]
hey pete,
I’m from Toronto and have been training in tai mantis for about 8 or 9 years. I’ve been practicing martial arts for almost 20.. including krav maga, taekwondo, jujitsu, and ninjutsu. I’ve also studied bits and pieces of other arts through friends and friendly sparring sessions. But tai mantis is by far my favorite.
How are you enjoying the TCPM style so far? Stick with it and practice it as much as you can, by the time you get to the intermediate and advanced stages you will develop a very high level of fighting ability.
nice! theres quite a few on here with alot of experience i hope to learn abit of taekwondo in the future once i get my flexibility up
i’m really liking mantis so far, most of the applications are pretty savage! lol looks like i’ll be sticking with it for life, wish i had started earlier though now im 25…my lifes half over! :o
[QUOTE=Pete;1245703]nice! theres quite a few on here with alot of experience i hope to learn abit of taekwondo in the future once i get my flexibility up
i’m really liking mantis so far, most of the applications are pretty savage! lol looks like i’ll be sticking with it for life, wish i had started earlier though now im 25…my lifes half over! :o[/QUOTE]
Pete,
I have been training martial arts for about 45 years. A mix of Japanese, Korean, Philippine and Chinese arts. I started Monkey boxing in 1976 and Mantis boxing in 1984.
Of all the arts that I have studied, I believe monkey boxing and mantis boxing are the most effective for fighting. Mantis has the added benefit of being an art that can be still practiced in one’s twilight years, while monkey boxing is excellent for younger practitioners.
I am 55 years old with bad knees, a bad shoulder, bad lower discs in my spine, diabetes and I have had quadruple heart bypass surgery. However, I am still able to practice Qixing Tanglangquan and Taiji Meihua Tanglangquan. My moves may not be as “pretty” as they were ten years ago, but I still have the confidence that I can defend myself with my art.
Good luck in your training! I suggest you give mantis boxing at least three to five years before dabbling in or switching to another art. This should give you sufficient time to develop very good hand skills.
[QUOTE=Pete;1245703] lol looks like i’ll be sticking with it for life, wish i had started earlier though now im 25…my lifes half over! :o[/QUOTE]
Lol, So I’ve been dead for the last 3 years, haha.
[QUOTE=-N-;1245741]Lol, So I’ve been dead for the last 3 years, haha.[/QUOTE]
Hah! Me too :eek:
[QUOTE=mooyingmantis;1245739]Pete,
I am 55 years old with bad knees, a bad shoulder, bad lower discs in my spine, diabetes and I have had quadruple heart bypass surgery. However, I am still able to practice Qixing Tanglangquan and Taiji Meihua Tanglangquan. My moves may not be as “pretty” as they were ten years ago, but I still have the confidence that I can defend myself with my art.
Good luck in your training! I suggest you give mantis boxing at least three to five years before dabbling in or switching to another art. This should give you sufficient time to develop very good hand skills.[/QUOTE]
hey thanks for the advice it’s good to hear you can still train after all those problems 
i was only thinking of taekwondo because my legs seem better than my hands at the moment! 
sorry to the 3 of you guys over 50 too, i just had my birthday last weekend so i’m feeling really old! :eek: haha
[QUOTE=Pete;1245703]nice! theres quite a few on here with alot of experience i hope to learn abit of taekwondo in the future once i get my flexibility up
i’m really liking mantis so far, most of the applications are pretty savage! lol looks like i’ll be sticking with it for life, wish i had started earlier though now im 25…my lifes half over! :o[/QUOTE]
haha i think that’s what all of the veterans at my school say when we start studying TCPM after having practiced other arts for many years.. we wished we had started training the mantis style much sooner! We have guys from all sorts of styles - taekwondo, MMA, jujitsu, karate, aikido, muay thai etc and all of us prefer the mantis system to anything we’ve done before. And yes you’re right, from the get go in the mantis system we’re taught very vicious applications that focus on grabbing, breaking elbows and wrists, twisting necks, and striking the eyes and throat. And don’t feel too bad, 25 is still a great age to start. You’re mature enough to stick with it.
A lot of the mantis system’s kicks are identical to those used in taekwondo, such as the front, roundhouse, side, spinning hook, and tornado kicks. Some of them are delivered in a slightly different way however. Even today I still find my grandmaster trying to correct me from the habits of more than 10 years of taekwondo training.. also the taekwondo forms are much more linear and broken than mantis forms which tend to be more flowing. Honestly, I think if you’re attending the right school you will get everything you want out of TCPM, though it may be wise to try out other systems such as muay thai and BJJ to get well rounded training.
I agree with mooying mantis though, stick with TCPM and try not to absorb other arts till you’ve been studying this one for at least a few years.
[QUOTE=Pete;1245703]lol looks like i’ll be sticking with it for life, wish i had started earlier though now im 25…my lifes half over! :o[/QUOTE]
Hey, I turned 50 in May and my life is anything BUT over! Careful what you consider old…you’ll get there before you know it.
Although I’ve been involved with martial arts since I was 10, I took up Mantis at 21, and didn’t begin my focus art, CLF, 'til I was 30. Sure, the earlier experience helped me, but all we have is the present. Enjoy your training and don’t worry about numbers.
waaa
went off the radar for abit… wheres my thread gone?!! 
edit: ok thanks for making it reappear lol
Tainan Mantis Book
Tainan, If you stop eating and sleeping you can finish quicker and we will be able to read your book that much sooner. I will be anxiously awaiting your completion. Please keep us updated.
[QUOTE=mantiskickboxer;1245757] And don’t feel too bad, 25 is still a great age to start. You’re mature enough to stick with it.
I agree with mooying mantis though, stick with TCPM and try not to absorb other arts till you’ve been studying this one for at least a few years.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Jimbo;1245758]Hey, I turned 50 in May and my life is anything BUT over! Careful what you consider old…you’ll get there before you know it.
Enjoy your training and don’t worry about numbers.[/QUOTE]
thanks guys! been busy looking for a job last few weeks so i can continue training
can you read chinese? i you walk down nan da jie theres signs for english school posted up everywhere, they are all desperate for teachers
[QUOTE=Jimbo;1245758]Hey, I turned 50 in May and my life is anything BUT over! Careful what you consider old…you’ll get there before you know it.;)[/QUOTE]
If you don’t think old, you are always young.
Last week when I walked on the beach with my dog, I saw a guy was training on the beach. I walked toward him and asked if he wants to be my training/wrestling/sparring partner. We were supposed to meet on Monday 6pm in the park. About 2pm, he called me and told me that he is a Karate instructor. If I want to train with him. I would have to pay for his instruction time. At my Medicare age, I’m 15 years older than him. If he still think that I’m just a young guy and looking for some Karate instruction, I must still have my young look. That made me feel really good.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1250409]About 2pm, he called me and told me that he is a Karate instructor. If I want to train with him. I would have to pay for his instruction time. At my Medicare age, I’m 15 years older than him. If he still think that I’m just a young guy and looking for some Karate instructor, I must still have my young look. That made me feel really good.[/QUOTE]
Wow. Some people are just all about the money. He missed out on an opportunity.
Funny thing happened to me when I took my 85 year old mom to the hospital today.
The two nurses looked at me for a while after I told them my mom’s age. Finally they asked, “Oh, are you the youngest?”
Told them I was the oldest, 53. That went back and forth for a while and they had a hard time believing me. They thought I was in my 30’s. Told them it must be the American rice or something.
Last month some cutie chick at work asked if I had any kids.
I guess that must be woman-talk for “are you single?”, without actually asking directly.
I said, Yeah, blah blah blah… in their 20’s blah blah…
She was like, “Wtf, did you have them when you were 10 years old???”
Cracked me up.
Told her it must be the Asian genes, but that she should have been able to tell since she was Korean.
My teacher passed away at 59. I told my students that I don’t intend for that to be me.