Originally posted by Tainan Mantis
Liang Hsuehsiang’s manuscript lists beng bu, Luan jie and 8 Elbows as the original three forms.
Many branches of PM trace to him thru his students.
His students made and altered more forms and added them to the curriculum.
A supposedly older manuscript, from the mysterious Hseng Hsiao, lists PM forms that seem to be extinct.
Also, the names of those forms match the style given to form names from ancient days, such as “6 roads of mantis.”
He includes names, theory as well as applications.
If you are in 7* PM than your theory is traced directly to this figure, or at least to manuscripts attributed to him.
He also has the oldest known manuscript on 18 Lohan, includes poems and drawings.
Maybe we could go into more details on the mantis forum
Well I for one always wondered why Praying Mantis had to be on a separate forum in the first place. What’s the matter with details here? Just kidding around Tainan, good post as usual.
Originally posted by 7*mantiskid a praying mantis fighter should be able to defeat a wing chun fighter. praying mantis covers all ranges of fighting so therefore they should have the advantage. plus, praying mantis is probably the most aggressive style of kung fu created. so whoever this guy is who beat all these mantis fighters, he should find someone with lots of experience and see if he can beat him
Whoa. I rarely flame people, but you are a colossal retard. Your ignorant post is wrong on so many levels that i cannot even begin to break it down. I would try, but i actually have a problem that prevents me from doing so…
One day, in the distant future, superhuman computers will be able to computationally analyse fighting arts without subconscious bias. It will use a formula similar to “This style vs. That style”, and guage it’s styles technique and martial application against the other without the interference of cumbersome human ability or interaction.
Originally posted by 7*mantiskid a praying mantis fighter should be able to defeat a wing chun fighter. praying mantis covers all ranges of fighting so therefore they should have the advantage. plus, praying mantis is probably the most aggressive style of kung fu created. so whoever this guy is who beat all these mantis fighters, he should find someone with lots of experience and see if he can beat him
Apparently you’ve never been on the recieving end of chain punches. Nor have you really looked at the art that much, because Wing Tsun does cover all 5 ranges of combat. 1.) Kicks 2.) Punches 3.) Elbows and knees 4.) Throws and joint locks and 5.) Grappling.
There is no superior style, its all in the practioner. Some people are better suited for one style than others. I myself couldn’t perform Mantis because it hurts my legs when I try to drop my legs that low.
As far as aggressiveness, I got one guy in my class who is so aggressive, I’d put money down that you’d shit your pants if you had to fight him. It took me a LONG, LONG time before I finally got use to him, this guy just scared me for so long. Now I think he rules.
Aggressiveness also is on the practioner. You could give me 7 years training in 7* and I might not be as aggressive as a Hung Gar practioner after 2 weeks. That’s another thing that the practioner is.
So in short, you kid, are very ignorant and I hope you become more intelligent before you hook up with someone in the gene pool. Until then, avoid the deep end or stay out.
