Southern Praying Mantis Drill

This is a basic Southern Praying Mantis (SPM) drill called Touch-Control-Hit.

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[tigress66]

im new in this, but, i might think this is wing chun

[madcityroots]

@tigress66: this could be for two reasons: the first being that SPM shares some techniques with Wing Chun a second the guy in blue knows more Wing Chun at the time this video was recorded than he knew SPM. The key difference btwn this drill and most Wing Chun drills is that it's not scripted or static. There is no core set of movements that we repeat over and over and then suddenly add a variation. The entire drill is spontaneous.

[Pwskwong]

Such kinds of training Chi Sau will down grade the spirit of Chow Ga SPM, like children playing. To develop the float,sink, swallow &spit and 'Gen" power Doy Chong is the correct way to go. Therefore splend more times on heavy & active Doy Chong, after years training, you will understand it is much better than Touch-Control-Hit.

[madcityroots]

I understand why you would suggest that, but children must play simple games before they can understand more complex ones. This is only a simple game but you can never be too good at it.

[Edalb123]

Is this the "chow gar" style of southern praying mantis gung fu? Video looks great btw:)

[madcityroots]

I've studied Jook Lum and Chu Gar but have no advanced training in either. I love SPM and cherish everything I have learned and work what I know hard.

[theclavious]

Very good video..one of the best Ive seen on youtube because of the fact that one guy isnt trying to display how much faster he is or can bully another guy.

[qigong83]

@JookLumFist i agree its easy to learn force but to learn to flow in a relaxed manner not so easy, and starting to learn force is bad for someone that needs to learn to redirect anything i train wing chun and often when playing with people from other styles that dont practice the relaxed state it become so much easer to work around their blocks and strike this of course is only my personal oppion

[superhumansight]

cool, looks like Chi Sao- which is not scripted either...

[xiaou2]

@madcityroots - Actually, in Wing Chun, there are both scripted and non-scripted drills, static and full free roaming. The scripted gets you used to certain reactions. The non scripted to be able to deal with live changes. Its pretty much the same type of stuff. Its built on a progression, as the practitioner advances in skills.

[kenshin444447]

It sucks for me because the only martial arts instructor around me is Tang Su Do and its useless, and theres Brazilian Ju Jiutsu, but you have to live on their compound for a year and its expensive, so I gotta wait till I can move T_T

[demonhunter437]

Very impressive video, and demonstration & execution on the part of both players.

I do not practice praying mantis, but am an avid Kali/Eskrima empty-hands practitioner who can appreciate the very competent trapping skills of the mantis school.

Keep training, and keep up the good work!

[sanchez1987sama]

there is a lot resemblence in techniques. with praying mantis kungfu and wingchun even when you see training with a wooden dummy. stil the chi sau in wingchun is different smaller and almost always remains with contact on the armes. praying mantis does not and so maybe have a little more freedom in movement.

: )

[JookLumFist]

I disagree. You need both.

Start soft then hard. Absorbling and redirecting is sinking and swallowing which is yin in nature. Spitting and floating is yang in nature which is strong and fierce.

One needs to train from yin to yang to develop reflexes and power. Not from yang to yin. Yin Yang is titled yin yang (yum yeung) for a reason.

[lympheneas]

@opticannon isn't this the meaning of learning? and by adding ''within my physical capability'' you include every person in the world in this ''opticannon category''...