Hi Sifu Carl 
Last few days have been weird, i didn’t check the forums. My sihing learned that form and i was about to start on that one or ba gua darn dao before i left austin.
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As far as my interest in that clip, my other post on the other thread about it being “stealing” may be harsh. However, I would like to point out that the idea of presenting information obtained through a seminar with a master of another school/system is a debateable issue.
So even if Lai Sifu showed up and gave explicit instruction it would still be a questionable practise to present such info as your own (on the web site) without proper labeling & description. More than just a set of physical movements; the mantis broadsword is based on certain principles. These principles must be conveyed in order to gain proper depth & understanding of the form. The principles in question are from the seven star mantis system & some of which are core principles at the heart of the system.
Now I know mantis is supposed to be in the Shou Shu cirriculum, but it is labled "manchu mantis’. If you consider the fact that one of the oft-considered origins of the “seven stars of mantis” and the Wong Lung story; is of an anti-manchu revolutionary, you will realize that seven star mantis could not be associated with “manchu mantis”. The birthplace of mantis is in a Chinese province far from Manchuria.
In this case the advertising would be incorrect; possibly this school is presenting principles and forms of another style as their own; OR they do not have the requisite depth in the form to claim it as their own. In either case something does not fit.
Now I’m a little nobody. Hardly qualified to speak for seven star mantis, shou shu, or even traditional kung fu. I’m in-between schools at the moment and am not even a mantis practisioner any longer. But I am intelligent enough to know an inconsistancy when i see one.
I think shifu weaver accused me of “stealing from his website” on that other thread. I feel this is unfair as i just posted a link to his website; which in internet terms is free advertising. Instead of pilfering from his website, i gave his website added traffic and exposure. I gave his website hits, and did not steal information.
I hope given my total inexperience, and my “outsider” status in the traditional cma community; that i have not overstepped my bounds by commenting on this issue. But i feel that; when possible, steps should be taken to try to maintain authenticity and accurate advertising.
If I were advertising on a web site for a taiji school; i wouldn’t present postures of myself doing the tiger/crane form from Hung Gar- even if Wong Fei Hung himself taught me that form for an extended period of time and even if i’d modified the form to be consistent with my taiji movement. Maybe that’s just me, i don’t know.
Just some thoughts from an ignoramus.