XIA ZHAO LONG – SERIES OF TAI CHI STYLE PRAYING MANTIS FIST – BENG BU 3. Bēng Bù 崩步 Often seen as a very basic mantis set, Beng Bu can be played on more than one level. It is simple in hand techniques, compact, skillful and useable in combat. It’s movements show the very…

  XIA ZHAO LONG – SERIES OF TAI CHI STYLE PRAYING MANTIS FIST – DI GONG AND COMBAT 2. De Gōng 地功 This form is a ground set where you dive to the earth and demonstrate techniques from there. The mantis is famous for having “monkey legs” and this shows up in its ground fighting…

  XIA ZHAO LONG – SERIES OF TAI CHI STYLE PRAYING MANTIS FIST – LUAN JIE A mother form of the system, you can interpret the title Luan Jie in two ways. The first is to connect all the loose ends. A crucial part of the training especially where this form generally comes into training….

  Tàijí Tángláng Quán – Xià Shàolóng 太极螳螂拳 – 夏绍龙 2a. Huó Bù Lā Fēng Shǒu 活步拉封手 Disk1 / 2b. Huó Bù Lā Fēng Shǒu 活步拉封手 Disk2 HuoBu LaFeng DaShou Continuing with the base exercise Tap, Hook and Hit Sifu Xia shows a method of building up a practice method for mantis similar to Push…

  Tàijí Tángláng Quán – Xià Shàolóng 太极螳螂拳 – 夏绍龙 4. Zhāi Yào – Yī’, Èr & Sān Duàn 摘要一二三段 This seventh generation practitioner of the Tai Chi Mantis is not only fast but he packs a wallop. His movements have the almost casual appearance of long time practice. This is the fundamental form of…

  Tàijí Tángláng Quán – Xià Shàolóng 太极螳螂拳 – 夏绍龙 5. Zhāi Yào – Sì, Wǔ & Liù Duàn 摘要四五六段 This is both the fundamental and the “master” form of Tai Chi Mantis (Zhai Yao is often the working form of a number of mantis branches). It is, as always, divided into section. Xia demonstrates…