Mantis Straight Sword

Jake doing his thing. Also testing some new software for some interesting-looking footage. Let us know what you think.

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• Kung
• Fu
• Mantis
• Straight
• Sword
• Chinese
• martial
• arts
• gim
• fight
• octocorp

[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.

[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.

[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.

[RussPipkinanim8r]

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

[Urbanart90]

Oh, ok then.

[tnguy93]

Thanks a lot!