Concise Shaolin Praying Mantis Fist. Zhai Yao

It is the summarized routine of Shaolin Praying Mantis Fist. It was edited based on different attacking skills in the form. Varied hand methods, rapid footworks, flexible waist methods, intense movements. It is common in ShanDong, SiChuan, JiangSu, & AnHui provinces. The “Summary Boxing“ is an essential to learning Mantis skills. Often other forms are built around it. It shows many combinations and fundamental changes. The movements are fast and graceful but the focus is on basic fighting skills. What we have here is a well-trained practitioner demonstrating what is called “Shaolin Mantis.“ There is no question of the clear and strong presentations of his form. However, given the history and theory of Mantis this style seems to almost revert more to Long Fist with some beautiful Mantis like poses. There is a slow fusion of contemporary training with traditional or near-traditional forms going on. We see this as a valid reinterpretation but not a fully evolved boxing is s