Mantis Straight Sword

[RussPipkinanim8r]

The Mantis sword kata is similar to the Tai Chi movements.

[Littleguys1315]

Is there any place I could get one of those swords for about 30-40 bucks maybe?

[Octocorp]

Not sure what local martial arts supplies stores you have near your area. I've seen this "Tai Chi" swords go for about $40 to $50 at the local flea market. You might want to try there.

[tnguy93]

i like the lighting. what software is used?

[Octocorp]

That would be "magic bullet" my good man. Not sure which filter our editor used but hopefully that's a start for ya.

[tnguy93]

Thanks a lot!

[Urbanart90]

i don't think the editing gives the viewer a chance to really see the moves at it cuts in the middle of each move.

[Octocorp]

This is true, however this wasn't intended to instruct or demonstrate how to do the form, we were testing out editing abilities and light filtering mostly.

[Urbanart90]

Oh, ok then.

[poodog777]

Decent for slo-mo, but dude:

keep that sword coiled closer to your body

[xIChromeIx]

i would like to see it at full speed

[S13Machine]

Yet again another Wah Lum set watered down. The sequences were out of order, also.

[papageorgio123123]

could you go into further detail on this comment im curious what u mean by watered down

[drchango2010]

kung fu systems have a tendency to fragment, Wah Lum is a prime example of the phenomena...people leave the organization (like Yao Li did nearly thirty years ago), sets change, get shortened, lengthened, reorganized, what-have-you, and then the people who practice things the way they were taught are left holding the bag, as it were.

I don't even practice any of the 'Wah Lum' forms anymore because of it

[papageorgio123123]

so your saying people take it change it and teach it with out grand master chan;'s autority?

[drchango2010]

my instructor's instructor learned it from Yao Li, who was Chan's top student until they split in the 1980s (word is, Yao was Chan's choice to maintain the organization). Several other people have broken off from the Wah Lum organization, like Sifu Lupus (I might be spelling his name wrong). Too be fair, Chan has added forms from other systems (18 Elbows, which is clearly a Southern form, and several Seven Star forms like Sahp Baht Sau). Hell, Hung Gar's Tiger Crane got borrowed by everyone

[foldedcrane]

@drchango2010 Chan tried to sue Yao Li too, claiming copyright infringement on the forms. But since they were heralded as traditional, dating back several hundred years, Chan couldn't do it. There's a lot of bizarre history from that era. My instructor trained with Chan and Yao Li and said that Chan would change forms around to suit demonstrations, etc. So what's taught in any given wah lum school could be the "wrong form" or taken from somewhere else. Still good stuff though.

[Cheerok]

as a practitioner of hung gar kung fu i always respected the mantis style studying brothers in our large family of kung fu practitioners very much this style is beautiful and effective

thanks for showing this kuen

is there a kuen for the tiger-pole/spear (some kind of trident)?

anyways i really love to see more of that style

Cheers Cheerok

[drchango2010]

there's some clips of Ken Li of Lau family Hung Kuen doing Hung Kuen's trident form, as well as a few other weapons and a section from Tiger-Crane. FrankyLau is the user that posted it.

[z5sycyy5]

very graceful!

[neoshaolinmax]

what they said! I'm eating a banana in awe! :0`?

[MOUNTAINOUS]

nice thanks for sharing

[Katsujinken1967]

Excellent!!! Amazing to watch.

[brucelee715]

that was excellent! five stars

[takeninj]

I agree with SACREDFIREDOJOSHOW that was very good , the martial artist in the video was impressive but the camera work was excellent. thank you for sharing

[SACREDFIREDOJOSHOW]

That was Magical! Great editing. I love the different shots and how they illustrate every different move. FIVE STARS!!!!!