Xia Shaolong's Series of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist

Series of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist

Starring: Xia Shaolong

Format: Digital Video/Digital Delivery (.mp4)

Language: Chinese Language (English Subtitles)

Tai Chi Mantis is one of the classic mantis styles, Tai Chi is a bit softer than Seven Star Mantis but shares many similarities.

Hao, Liang-Ru was a student of Mei Hua Mantis from both Liang Xue-Xiang and Jiang Hua-Long. He taught his six sons. The official inheritor, Hao Heng-Lu formally declared this branch to be Tai Chi Praying Mantis (no relation to the style Tai Chi other than the shared principles of Yin and Yang).

However, the name Tai Chi Tang Lang is rarely used outside Lai Yang County, Shan Dong, where the Mantis first took root. More commonly this branch can still be referred to as Mei Hua. Often only the practitioners themselves call this branch by the "Tai Chi" nomenclature.

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist: Ba Zhou (2 Volumes)

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist stresses the spirit over the shape. It emphasizes particularly on praying mantis’ body. The practice of Tai Chi hand and cold chicken step has a rule of slanting postures and frontal bones, clumsy force channel and vigorous body force. Guided by Ba Zhou, it practices force of the whole body. Though it is named as Ba Zhou (eight routines of elbow), in fact this routine has 30 routines of elbow.

(approx. 119 mins)

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist: Luan Jie

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist is one of the eight important and famous fists in China. With its great power, cohesive hand techniques and linked group of beating methods, it has played an important role in free combat techniques of martial arts in China. Luan Jie is a very important fist of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist as well as its mother fist, it mainly practices the force of hand tips.

(approx. 54 mins)

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist: Beng Bu

As Luan Jie, Beng Bu is also a mother fist of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist. It is simple in hand techniques, quick in releasing force and stamp to help produce force. Its movements are skillful, compact and continuous. The whole set of movements are small, low, quick, fierce, stable and rapid. Its main hand techniques are hooking, plucking, twisting, catching, buckling, drilling, chopping and beating. In demonstration, it needs to activate wrist, twist waist, sit crotch and buckle knees. It is specially fit for free combat.

(approx. 56 mins)

Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist: Di Gong & Free Combat

Praying Mantis Fist absorbs praying mantis’ spirit including high concentration, stoutness and wisdom. In hand techniques it skillfully adopts quickness and flexibility from praying mantis’ forearms in hooking, hugging, flapping, chopping, etc. As to body techniques it uses flexibility of praying mantis’ waist in relying on, prostrating, twisting and revolving; as footwork it absorbs praying mantis’ steadiness, and activity in dodging, stretching and moving left and right. Di Gong is a ground diving fist, the essence of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Fist.

(approx. 60 mins)