The Rare Styles of Northern Mantis Boxing

• Shiny Board Praying Mantis Boxing (Chinese: 光板螳螂拳; pinyin: guāng bǎn tángláng quán). Also known as "flat plate" or "hidden grip" Praying Mantis.

• Long Fist Praying Mantis Boxing (Chinese: 長拳螳螂拳; pinyin: cháng quán tángláng quán). Influenced strongly by Long Fist boxing.

• Throwing Hand Praying Mantis Boxing (Chinese: 摔手梅花螳螂拳; pinyin: shuāishǒu méihuā tángláng quán). This style was passed down by Bao Guangying from Shandong Province. He taught in Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

• Secret Gate Praying Mantis Boxing (Chinese: 秘門螳螂拳; pinyin: mì mén tángláng quán). This style was passed down by Zhang Dekui (張德奎) in Taiwan and is a variation of Taiji Mantis.

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Technique Application 7

Refer to diagram 1, with the opponent to punch you with a left hand, dodge it with your left hand too. At the same time advocate yourself forward with the left leg to the outer side of your opponent's left. Refer to diagram 2, move our left hand further forward until  surpassed his face. Then turn your torso rightward with your current stance remains unchange. This would cause the opponent to lose his gravitational gravity and eventually falling to his back.

Technique Application 6

Lets say if the opponent lashing out a right hand punch unto you. Hook his assaulting hand at the wrist, immediately be followed with a grappling to your right. At the same time folding in your left hand then move towards his neck at the front side. Coordinate the handworks with a left sweeping leg towards the rear side of his front leg - refer to no.1 diagram. The momentum of the legwork need to be generated from your torso. Refering to diagram no.2 - further turn your torso to the right as you lower down your body by bending your left leg onto the back of his right leg. At the same time also bending down your left elbow onto his right hand.

Master Wong Kam Hoong (1917 - 1991)

Master Wong Kam Hoong was born in Guandong Province China and began studying at a young age under Master Luo Guang Yu.

At the age of nineteen, he won a national boxing title and after becoming a graduate disciple of Master Luo Guang Yu he taught in China, Hong Kong and Macao before finally settling in Penang Malaysia, becoming one of the principle instructors of the Chin Woo Association in Penang.

Master Wong Kam Hoong was also retained to teach unarmed combat to several police agencies in both Macao and Hong Kong and was well known among martial arts circles for his very tough and practical approach to the training of Kung Fu.

Master Wong Kam Hoong later set up his own Association, the Praying Mantis Physical Culture Institute, Sigung Wongs organization is still active today and is known as the Penang Tang Lang Martial Arts Society.

Over the course of the many decades that Master Wong Kam Hoong taught in Penang he had literally hundreds of students, but following the tradition of many sifu he accepted only a comparatively small number as disciples.

Master Wong Kam Hoong was sought after as an advisor and patron to many societies. Over the fifty years he taught, he held many distinguished positions such as Patron of the "Penang Chinese Martial Arts Association", instructor to the "Canton Foo Sun Society", advisor to "Guang Sai Wu Chow Jing Mo", member of "Hong Kong Wai Mang Martial Arts Society" and "Hong Kong Man Keung Athletic Association".

Among practitioners of Seven Star Mantis the Penang branch is very well known and at the annual celebration of Master Wong Kam Hoong school, guests from all over South East Asia and China attend to recognize and honour the contribution that Sigung Wong Kam Hoong made to the spread and development of this system of Chinese Martial Arts.

Source : British Tang Lang

These are the 19 Traditional Hand Forms Taolus(Routine) of Seven Stars Mantis Boxing which I am practicing now

1. 十八 叟 拳 Shi Ba Shou Quan (Eighteen Folks Boxing)

2. 插 捶 拳 Cha Chui Quan (Thrusting Fist Boxing)

3. 崩 步 拳 Perng Pu Quan (Step Shooting Boxing)

4. 躲 剛 拳 Duo Gang Quan (Hidden Force Boxing)

5. 飛雁 掌 拳 Fei Yen Zhang Quan (Flying Goose Palm Boxing)

6. 梅 花 手 拳 Mei Hua Shou Quan (Plum Blossom Hand Boxing)

7. 梅 花 落 拳 Mei Hua Luo Quan (Plum Blossom Falling Boxing)

8. 梅 花 拳 Mei Hua Quan (Plum Blossom Boxing)

9. 大 架 式 拳 Da Jia Shi Quan (Major Form Boxing)

10. 小 架 式 拳 Xiao Jia Shi Quan (Minor Form Boxing)

11. 大 翻 車 拳 Da Fan Che Quan (Major Wheel Boxing)

12. 小 翻 車 拳 Xiao Fan Che Quan (Minor Wheel Boxing)

13. 四 路 奔 打 拳 Serz Lu Pern Da Quan (Four-Step Fight Boxing)

14. 四 路 分 打 拳 Serz Lu Fern Da Quan (Four-Step Split Boxing)

15. 力 劈 拳 Li Pi Quan (Strength Forcing Boxing)

16. 黑 虎 出 洞 拳 Hei Hu Zhu Dong Quan (Black Tiger Stepping Out Boxing)

17. 黑 虎 交 叉 拳 Hei Hu Jiao Zha Quan (Black Tiger Intersectional Boxing)

18. 白 猿 偷 桃 拳 Bai Yen Tou Dao Quan (White Ape Stealing Peaches Boxing)

19. 白 猿 出 洞 拳 Bai Yen Zhu Dong Quan (White Ape Stepping Out Boxing)

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