Check 'em out. Let’s here what you think.
BTW, what is the level of the people featured in some of these videos. What do you have to do to get your black gi?
Oh and here’s Mr. Sin The himself:
http://www.shao-lin.com/Category.cfm?CategoryID=13
Check out the “grandmaster” link.
I hate streaming video :mad:
I think those videos make my point. I’d be interested in hearing the response from somebody who actually does Northern Mantis.
Tho’ I gotta admit I am very impressed by Sin The’s physique - he appears to be in great shape.
Yeah, I agree. About the physique that is, lol. I think he does look better than some of the supposedly legit people I’ve come across before. I don’t know a thing about praying mantis though, other than a couple of vid clips I’ve seen 
your point being what, M-Slap?
fact is, I’ve seen Bong Bo performed at least 8 different ways, and none of them the way we were taught in China.
while I can’t approve of the Mantis form being performed in this video, I can’t dissapprove, either
the states only teach but a “drop in the bucket” of traditional Chinese forms compared to the mother land, and as I’m sure you know, there are many styles in China that the States have never ever heard of, especially some of the family styles
there were times in CHina that not even we were allowed to view forms being taught, very “closed door”
i agree for someone his age, Sin The is in excellent shape, moreso even than some of the masters I’ve came in contact with
My point being that he moves like a Karate guy ‘doing’ kung fu.
I love the ‘motherland’ talk by the way…and while it is true there sure has been a lot of secrecy in CMA circles, much of that has been brushed aside in the modern era. I’ve seen some really good mantis players around the world - but none of them looked like this guy.
Maybe it’s because he holds the ‘true’ style? :eek:
BTW - guessing from the way you write, you watch John Allen’s videos eh?
“and while it is true there sure has been a lot of secrecy in CMA circles, much of that has been brushed aside in the modern era.”
not meaning to sound rude, but the above statement is very very naive
when I spoke of the forms we weren’t able to view, I was speaking of last year, 2002
“BTW - guessing from the way you write, you watch John Allen’s videos eh?”
uhhhh, yeah. I think I might have caught a few 
I’m sure you mean well, but I don’t waste time arguing with anyone on these boards, I offer opinions based on my diversified and timely experience, and I would never appease everyone, because we are all individuals and have our own opinions
Do you guys have a website?
“Maybe it’s because he holds the ‘true’ style?”
Everyone knows that what “they” are learning at the time is the “true” style
seriously though, the “true” style lies withing your heart and soul, it’s a feeling, not what someone said, but what the individual feels when practicing the form
this is a longer clip (although still just a portion) of the form that you saw GM Sin demonstrating. the form is called tang lang chuan (praying mantis fist :eek: )
try right-clicking on it and saving it to your desktop. then play it in winamp or windows media player. funny how one guy complains about streaming and when it can be finally downloaded, you have trouble! 
I can’t ever get these CSC videos to play for me.
That sucks. Theres a lot of vids that dont playon my work computer, but they work fine at home.
try right-clicking on it and saving it to your desktop. then play it in winamp or windows media player. funny how one guy complains about streaming and when it can be finally downloaded, you have trouble!
You need to install a DIVX player to watch those down-loadable videos from Shaolin Center correctly.
Just watched the last clip and it looks like he is a new blackbelt. One because of age and secondly because of his technique. He looks like he just learned that form. I keep hearing northern mantis on this thread, who says this is northern and not southern? I don’t know where that exact form is from and don’t know the differences between the two schools.
I don’t know where that exact form is from and don’t know the differences between the two schools.
I’m pretty sure that Southern mantis doesn’t use the “hook.”
7* has little to no use of the “mantis hook hands”…
Ok does 7*=southern? Are we sure there are only 2 schools of thought for mantis? I know the mantis forms I have seen in our system are not all uniform, some look highly different from each other. I like the form in question here, it builds great leg strength it has a ton of kicks. Great for endurance.