Credit to Wim for this one! Here’s a video of what I called “line drills” in my last post. Not exactly what we we did Monday night but close enough. I’ve also not seen all of the sets so who knows what’s in store!
Oh and when I did them I looked like a drunk sailor and we certainly did not do any of the crazy gymnastics at the end!
~BCP
Cool that you found something similar. Ji ben gong can be a blast if the teachers make it so. If it’s just mindlessly repeating techniques it soon gets to be a drag.
Personally, I always enjoyed it. But then I’m all for solo-training so that’s no big surprise.
Wim
ooo, so this is the mantis style or is it a form of tai chi chuan?
CMIIW, but i noticed alot of similarity with wushu movements in that video.
this is really different than the praying mantis that i know before.
i watched the “mind body and kickass moves” by chris crudelli. and the mantis they showed is really an internal art with massive chi cultivation. the opposites of what i’m seeing here (acrobatics movements)
can you enlighten me?
regards,
Victor
Victor,
What you may be referring to is Taiji Mantis, or Tai Mantis, which is, from what little I know, a much softer, “internal” mantis style, with more of a Taiji feel to it.
Seven-star mantis, such as shown in the video, is a much “harder” style and, in some schools at least, can emphasize some more gymnastic kicks.
Not a big fan of the gymnastic stuff from a fighting perspective, but if you can manage to do it, it can be a lot of fun.
FYI the school I’m at is not gymnastic. Mostly low kicks and no crazy cartwheels!
I would like to see some applications of the first guy’s routine. The rest I get.
There is a lot of similar stuff to Tai Chi Chuan and Bagua, despite being more of a “hard” style.
Great stuff! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the explanation mate, i never heard of seven star style before. a new vocab in my dictionary :p