Praying Mantis Fist 螳螂拳 Tanglangquan

Few things cooler than some good ol Praying mantis kung fu or tanglangquan. This guy is very impressive and he was also featured in several kung fu movies (Taiji Master, Taiji Fist, Martial Arts of Shaolin, Shaolin Temple, and Kids from Shaolin to name a few.) 螳螂拳

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• Praying
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• 螳螂拳
• Tanglangquan
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• kung
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• wushu
• 武術

[NanquanNYC]

Actually, this is the "Monkey Steals the Peach" form.

[wushu297]

@NanquanNYC Actually, it's not

[taijiguy]

This is Yu Hai, former bodyguard of Deng Xiaoping and star of many wushu films. He wasn't on the Beijing team. He's from Shandong.

[wushu297]

I appreciate the correction my friend. I have a DVD full of performances from 70's Beijing wushu team members which also includes this one, even though this clip is from Dragons of the Orient. Nevertheless, I always just assumed Yu Hai was from Beijing, so thanks for enlightening me.

[femieshe]

@wushu297 beijing was a young team in the 70's jet li's generation was the first beijing team members.

[femieshe]

@TheSenseofTouch its actually three different styles of mantis the plum flower, 7 star and another i forget but master yu hai is the one who made the standard mantis form he is performing. hes also known as big mantis.

[62302]

Northern but not sure which branch.

[y979]

wushu

[slimbullet96]

That's asian right there :)

[TheSenseofTouch]

which praying mantis style is this?

[jalvarez1982]

Mine too, mainly because of the kung fu sequences by the man himself, Lau Kar Leung. Oh, and that short swordplay scene at the end is easily one of the best ever.

[taijiguy]

Yes. My gongfu teacher, Hu Jianqiang was in all 3 Shaolin Temple movies with both of them. The Martial Arts of Shaolin (Nan Bei Shaolin) is my favorite of the three.