XIA ZHAO LONG – SERIES OF TAI CHI STYLE PRAYING MANTIS FIST – BA ZHOU 4. Bā Zhǒu 八肘 This rare instructional set provides teachings on the art of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist: DVD 1&2  Ba Zhou: Tai-Chi Praying Mantis Fist stresses the spirit over the shape. It emphasizes particularly on praying mantis’…

  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 3. Sǎndǎ Jì Jī 太极螳螂拳 – 散打技击 San Da Ji ji In this VCD Xia Zhao Long shows training drills and applications. These are based on the Zhai Yao form derived from his Tai Chi Mantis. In this case he “breaks” the movements completely out of the…

  Tàijí Tángláng Quán – Xià Shàolóng 太极螳螂拳 – 夏绍龙 1. Dìng Bù Lā Fēng Shǒu 太极螳螂拳 – 定步拉封手 Xia Sifu, starting with the base exercise Tap, Hook and Hit Sifu, shows a method of building up a practice method for mantis similar to Push Hands or Sticky Hands. La Feng and Da may be…

  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…

  XIA ZHAO LONG – TAICHI SERIES – CAPTURE SKILL OF TAICHI MANTIS CHUAN 5. Qínná Shù 擒拿术 T’ai Chi style Praying Mantis One of the classic mantis styles, Tai Chi is a bit softer than Seven Star Mantis but shares many similarities. Visit our information section on the Praying Mantis for further clarification of…