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Taiji plum-blossom mantis boxing Mingxun Wang Succession history of mantis boxing: founder: Wang Lang-Li Bingxiao-Zhao Zhu-Liang Xuexiang-Song Zide-Wang Yushan-Xie Xuefu-Wang Mingxun It is said that the founder of mantis boxing is Wang Lang who lived at the early Qing Dynasty and late Mingthe at Jimo county Shangdong province. The mantis boxing simulates the mantis action. It includes the skills to dodge, stretch, leap and shift skill, the skills to adhere, touch, stick and lean, the hand actions to hook, brush, pluck and hang and the twelve actions and hand skills. In addition, it absorbs the choice of other eighteen Chinese Kungfu branches and refers to the action of the apes and monkeys. The early mantis boxing could be only called the close-fight hand skill. The hand skill comprises dash pounce and eight-elbow. By the generations of Li Bingxiao and Zhao Zhu, they developed the Luanjie also called currently blocking-intercepting. By the generation of Liang Xuexiang, the Abstract was invented. The classic routine of the mantis boxing consists of dash pounce, eight-elbow, blocking-intercepting and abstract. Later, due to more and more practicers, the mantis boxing had developed different branches which feature their individual routines. The branches including Taiji, plum-blossom, seven-star, six-combination, smooth-board, cast hand and Tongbei ape-monkey all have their character. The Taiji plum-blossom mantis boxing taught by me is such one which is popular in Qingdao city Shandong Province and focuses on the actual fight. It stresses the successive strikes. For example, it is dominant that three and five actions are played successively. It stresses that the next action shall close follow the previous one and that one action has three changes. The action shall be flexible and stress the circle. Because the step has a flexible change; the action links have a close relation, it is seemed that the mantis boxing looks like the plum-blossom wherein the leaves connect together. Therefore, it is named Taiji mantis boxing. The boxing uses the ape and monkey step. Its exercise stresses “mantis body, Taiji hand, winter-pheasant step, chase for the straight among the arc, the parallel application of hand and leg, eight-fight and eight-no-fight, eight-hardiness and twelve-softness, seven-long and eight-short.” The mantis boxing has a twelve-word formula: Lift, take, contain, close, stick, pick up, prostrate, adhere, come, call, follow and send. The above words conclude the choice of mantis boxing. The detail introduction of the mantis boxing family will be made with the sample of the Taiji plum-blossom mantis boxing succeeded by the author. The mantis boxing family consists of the work and the weapon. The mantis boxing work has its unique training procedure and the scientific training system, i.e. the work exercise has a triple method. The triple work means the Jili, Zhigong and Jicheng. The said Jili is also called Sunjin Zengli which mainly includes the soft work (stress the training aiming at the shoulder, waist, crotch and leg in terms of flexility and agility), the motion work (the training aiming at the basic boxing, palm, hook, leg, step and body), the stake step work (the training aiming at the balance and stability of eight stake postures, the mind and breath training). The said Jigong is also called the Xida Jigong. It mainly includes the Chuhe work (simple technique combination), Yuhuan step, Panrou hand, mantis seven-hand, hand-casting method, capture method, acupoint-stabbing method, body-division eight-short lean fight method, boxing routine and fighting skill training, etc. The said Jicheng has the meaning to accumulate the work to achieve a great power, also called Paikao Yunqi. It mainly means the taining of the different individual Kungfus. Only by the further exercise of Jicheng, can the mantix boxing show its supernatural power in the actual fighting. The Jicheng content is a variety of internal and external Kungfu of the mantis boxing family, e.g. Three-return nine-turn arhat work, Baduan Jin. The three-return nine-turn arhat work is also called the Paida work. It utilizes the orderly and progressive and continuous exercise to fight the body at certain order, accompanied with the right breathe and waist action, to form the capability to resist the external powerful strike. The work is such one to exercise the real essence of the mantis boxing with the effect to strengthen the bone, beyond the parallel of the ordinary work. Baduan Jin is such an exercise method in the mantis boxing as featuring the still and active combination. The said Jin means that the Kungfu is very rare. Baduan Jin originates from the guidance breath operating Kungfu created by Taoism. It has the functional effect of regulating the breath and blood, preventing the disease and strengthening the body and improving the might. However, it acts hardy as the exclusive skill of the mantis boxing. The brief introduction made as follows: 1. Two hand supporting the heaven with a gut and breath status 2. The left and right hands act like the toxophily 3. Keep the body upright for the max. power able to lift the vessel. 4. Flat the body and use the power with the mighty muscle and bone 5. Lean out to search for the treasure around 6. Two level shoulders bring an acute hearing 7. The upper body swings to eliminate the unbalanced mind 8. The inside is so strong as to stand at its top. The most outstanding character of the above two methods are the rapid work play with a great might and effect. It can be able to initially form the inner strength and the anti-fighting capability in less than 100 days. Moreover, they have a huge power when playing, beyond the parallel of other branch of Kunfu

Weapon Because the mantis boxing is the choice collection of the eighteen ancient boxings in the early Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, it has the abundant and complicated weapon application which consists of the boxing method, the apparatus and the sparring exercise.

(Ⅰ) The main body boxing method of the mantis boxing family: It comprises four divisions which are respectively dash pounce, eight-elbow, blocking-intercepting and abstract. The four boxing methods are the foundation and core of the mantis boxing and also the soul and essence of the mantis boxing family. There is the saying of go for dash pounce, defense for block-intercepting and watching the eight-elbow in case of attacking the rival.

The dash pounce is said to be the first action when Wang Lang established the mantis boxing. The cause to call it the dash pounce is because that it contains a step skill (i.e. dash step). The dash step features occult, malevolence, swift and fierce. That is to say, it can depend on its very rapid action to approach to the rival and fight. At the same time, it also contains the hidden leg work of the mantis boxing family. Therefore, it has the current title. The core of the dash pounce boxing is seven-long and at the same time carries the merit of eight-short.

The block-intercepting boxing method is the ancient routine of the mantis boxing. It is said that it was established by Zhao Zhu. As introduced in the book Boxing manual-blocking-intercepting: “Thirty-six blocking-intercepting actions, with the unparalleled delicacy, the sharpness unable to be prevented. Among the thirty-six actions, there is the numerous changes, called the top choice of the mantis boxing… It is the know-how to enter the field by which it is available to watch the whole.” The boxing method likes the hand operation. The hand likes the knife to be able to cut the heavy.

The eight-elbow, together with the dash pounce boxing, is called the mantis eighteen cous. The eight-elbow is the pillar of the short-fight in the mantis boxing. It contains the body-division eight-short and the body-division twelve-twisted elbow sticky hidden. The mantis boxing always has the title of short-fight general rival. Therefore, it is self-evident that the boxing has a great significance. The eight-elbow boxing will be performed at the four sections because of its long boxing touch.

The abstract method in the mantis boxing family is said to be established by Li Bingxiao. The said abstract is to absorb the choice of the different branches to form the choice of the mantis boxing. It has a very application value. Therefore, the abstract method of the mantis boxing consists of six sections. Other boxing routines are all originated from the abstract. Later, Jiang Hualong absorbed the choice of the ground-work boxing (digong quan) and applied the choice into the mantis boxing to establish the ground-work choice which is called the seventh abstract of the mantis boxing. It is mighty, forceful, rapid, agile, powerful and wonderful. As disclosed by the song: Eight-elbow plum-blossom likes the plume in the Ba mountain; the white ape passes through the branch like the booth in the spring; the abstract likes the peony in the spring; the blocking-intercepting likes the sweet-scented osmanthus in the autumn; the return likes the snow in the winter.

The senior boxing routine which is the combination of the boxing and the art: the boxing routine is such one which is the close combination of the boxing skill, boxing work, boxing art and fighting skill. It is proper both for the performance and the exercise. Moreover, it applies to the fighting skill, mainly including the plum-blossoming pounce cicade, white ape stealing peach, white ape going out of its cave and white ape contributing the fruit. It features the dense and changeful hand method, the flexible and stable step method and the smooth and active body method. The action is flat and rapid and the rigid and soft combination. It has the precise structure, the various zigzag and the rapid and slow combination. It acts like the sharp axe when it becomes rigid, like the strip when it becomes soft, like the willow when it becomes active. When it acts bravery, it likes the dragon out of the water surface; when it acts lightly, it likes the butterfly to fly in the flower cluster; when it acts rapidly, it likes the lightning, with the fighting skill power. It can embody the individual character of the mantis boxing.

(Ⅱ) Apparatus: It includes the mantis sabreplay and mantis dual-hand sword, etc. The mantis dual-hand swords have 42 actions among which many are such one to need two hands to clasp the sabreplay for the completion of the fighting skill. Among the actions, the actions including Overload playing the scourge, Black dragon around the post, Spiritual stone changing into the gold, Blue dragon lying on the ground, Strange boa out of the cave, Lion returning the face, Adversely sweeping the troops, Left and right cutting the point and Snipe turning over, have an exact visual combination with the sword skill. The mantis dual-hand sword features the individual character and the wonderful performance. Each skill and action is specially formed for the fighting and battle. Its main character: Waist leading the sword; Power reaching at the sword tip; Breathe governing the sword; combination of softness and rigidity; Simplicity without any decoration; Flexible and changeful; purity and preciseness; delicate skill. It can be worthy the title of the sword choice.