It's great, I've always been curious about the mantis style and it's variations. It would be neat to see any of the drunken styles on here, just for fun if anything.
I always try to look for real fight of these styles, but everytime I see a sparing video, none of this Chinese kungfu styles are applicable on real fight. At the end they will fight without using any style and just like ordinary people punching and kicking. Because the opponents are always moving and launching fast jabs/punches, or kicks. There's not enough time to apply fancy movements.
@@jacobharris954 I wouldn't say they're ALL different. For example, Fujian styles are mostly different expressions of the same fighting method; All branches of Southern Mantis, White Crane, CLC White Eyebrow, etc., basically use the same postures and dynamics as what is seen in this video. And most pearl clutchers don't realize how similar these dynamics are to western boxing.
@@Brian-zw4zu No, I wouldn't say it's watered down, just applied to far fewer techniques. On the other hand, the western boxers train to actually use it much more. As the old Karate saying goes, "One technique mastered is worth a thousand sampled".
Nice. The Northern style seems to be focused on elbow to fingers on the strike - mainly to be able to deliver multiple strikes with one strike - Southern focuses strength through the whole body. Thank you for this video - finally understand the differance between the two
I would not having the attitude I felt to learn this system under my SIFU Ralph Mitchell in New York City, who trained under GIN FOON MARK FORGIVE ME THAT PRONOUNCING THE NAME, RIGHT I’M TRYING TO DO A PHOTO
I don’t usually comment but It is amazing to see Jook Lum get some recognition! I’ve heard from my sifu that it was taught in many different ways at one point but this video really drove that home. Most of what I saw here are the exact same movements but I’d say some of this is different from how we practice it but utilizes the same combat theory and a lot of what I saw here is an exact move I know but is applied differently than how we typically utilize it. Overall, I feel like I’ve learned something from watching so thanks!
Hakka SPM is an entire world, so many elements you don’t even see in most other arts today, like “Air Dantien” and the painful military “chongs” for body conditioning, and the rich and complete medical knowledge preserved. Also Of note that Jooklum SPM in the American (Lam Sang / Gin Foon Mark) lineages, UK lineages (Lee Yin Sing), and Hong Kong (Wong Yook Gong) lineages are all similar but very unique to one another in some very cool ways. Different than just different flavors, they’re like counters of one another. Also The guys from Philly, particularly have a lot of experience training at Boxing gyms so their expression of waist power to deal with the outside and overhand strikes is different. And, Gin Foon Mark and Fook Yeung both taught Bruce Lee some of the SPM, you can see the photo of him at the LB classic doing Som Bo Gin. And also that Bil Sau to flex his Teres muscles. That is in addition to what he learned and demo’d of NPM in his writings.
Love that you’re aware of the Philly branch. That’s where I’m descended from and we incorporate a lot of torque to deliver power and do a lot of nuanced variations to handle a tight hook and uppercut as well! Thanks for sharing!
I love your channel Kevin Lee. All the styles I have trained, beautiful arts like southern mantis, hsing I, are getting recognition thanks to you. Plead find a good pak mei school, that would also be a good style to check out
Dear Master Kevin first of all, thank you so much for sharing these different Kung-Fu style videos with us. They are short videos, but full of informaiton about the core concepts of the Praying Mantis style. ❤🧡💛💚 I could expirience by myself how simililar Karate-Do and Wing Chun are, (like in your first video: if you open your hands in Karate-Do, it makes everything so different). I remember that Hirokazu Kanazawa Sensei from Shotokan Karate took many lessons from a chinese Tai Chi Master, to understand and evaluate (soften) his own Karate. I studied 4 different Karate styles (Shotokan (5 years) , Shorin-Ryu (1 year) and Shito-Ryu and Ashihara (short times) to find the true essence and the soul of Martial Arts. However, I decided afterwards to study Wing Tsun, Ving Tsun and Wing Chun from different schools for about 10 years now. I saw the connections between Karate and Wing Chun. My Karate is now so much softer and is not lacking anymore of fluidity, thanks to Wing Chun and Wudang Pai. Karate practitioners have so much to learn from Kung Fu. I studied also Taekwondo (1. Dan) and Kickboxing (3. Dan) , my Kicks and punches are so fluid know. Fluidity and close range fighting skills are the best benefits we can learn from Kung Fu IMO. May I ask you to make another in-depth video with Jesse Sensei about the similarities of Wing Chun and Karate-Do, the first one was an amazing video, I would appreciate it so much.
Some may underestimate the Preying Mantis System ("like it's good for killing bugs") but surely there's such bodyguards in ancient Chinese martial history that have stories of this style being horribly vicious - just research.
@@FuryoTokkosho Thundering Mantis was an INSANE movie. Though if I remember right, he bit the guy's leg open, not his head. What burned that movie into my psyche was how they tortured the kid to death. I didn't think they'd go through with it. I died a little inside when they actually did. It was such a bad way to go. The bad guy was really damn good at martial arts too. He looked unstoppable right till the very end until the MC lost his marbles and went all PSYCHO MANTIS on him. I'd probably cry if I saw it a second time. The pacing of the movie was pretty rushed and the character development was hokey but that kid was the star of that movie. It's incredible all the things he went through at such a young age. I'm not sure it was a good movie, but it was definitely an unforgettable one.
This is Toph's style in Avatar: The Last Airbender! Great video, I've been able to only find older videos of southern paying mantis. Awesome to see new approaches for this style
I was soo much in love with a Praying Mantis style at some point of my life... Literally 20 years ago I learned Kung-Fu, but had to drop it. Unfortunately I don't have any Kung-Fu school around, so I'm almost 6 years into Karate, but hey - who said I cannot implement those fast moves into Karate? In the end Karate was born out of Kung-Fu!
Introducing the Classic Praying Mantis. Just beautiful. What's fascinating is the Chinese Martial Arts/Kung Fu in many ways is actually the opposite of Western Martial Arts. It's truly the Eastern Dragon vs. the Western Dragon, Yin & Yang, Internal vs. External, and Dragon vs. Tiger. It also displays that Chinese Martial Arts truly have a much older timeline and linage than the vast majority of Western Martial Arts, many of which took principles from Asia.
I am just about to begin studying Southern Mantis next week so i really enjoyed watching this episode. Subscribed :) Gonna watch your other videos aswell now, Kevin. Good work!
It is a long but very rewarding journey that will keep you occupied for the rest of your life as there are layers upon layers of progression that you will go through analytically and conceptually and in your body and its own comprehension which first must be cognized to implement. I have been studying Jooklum for 16 years now and there is still much to inculcate into the body/mind, enjoy yourself and don't be in a hurry as it takes time.
This needs a follow up video. Looks so cool and loving the recent Kung fu style videos. Especially the Hakka styles. Paul Whitrod in the UK specialises in Southern Praying Mantis. Checkout his vids also.
Great video. I was able to train in this style in the 90s. It has a lot of surprising applications in the real world. It’s also a great form for those who want to learn Kung Fu that is less about high kicks. RIP Master Gin Foon Mark.
Very cool! Very rare to see any Southern praying mantis style ( but plenty of northern) so thanks for featuring this 😀. I have a background in WC so also interesting to see some similarities in the concepts...terrific instructor as well.👍
SOOOO awesome to see Southern Mantis! Jet Li and classic wushu have made the "mantis hand" ubiquitous, so it's great to hear the concepts in contrasting this SOuthern variety
Loved this episode, Kevin! Mantis is one of my fav's for sure. I trained in Bong Bo - Northern style. I really enjoyed the Sifu here too. Thank you for introducing him. He has great energy, very knowledgeable and obviously a LEGIT practitioner!
Congratulations and thanks for visiting the mantis style. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 next if you can, visit the northern mantis style, Master Tony Chuy or Master Henry Chung (strong references as northern mantis)
@@FuryoTokkosho hey Phil, may not have seen this so I'll give an answer and perhaps others will chime in. yes the ulna is a major player in spm; it's a part of the whole for the bridging methods. Although we don't generally use the term "block" we do receive with the arms. using the ulna is a classical interception that is used in a variety of ways. As for conditioning this is an indepth process. We don't want to kill nerve but want resilient bones. I hope this gives a bit of insight.
Would LOVE some comparison on the joint locks within the Northern and Southern Style Mantis systems. Kevin, you should take a trip sometime to go see the Chan family in Orlando! Pui Chan and Mimi would LOVE to share with you I bet!
Verry intresting. Alot of principles to study. Good teacher! Always I like praying mantis style. Its verry special style! Its nice that Sifu explain in video a lot of principles, helps us to understand better this style
Yeah no, as far as I understand it Mantises use those hooks of theirs to catch and pull their prey into biting range, so his take about clinch range is quite on point. As an aside you should watch mantises groom themselves. They use their hooks to wipe their heads and pull their antennae to their mouths so they can clean them and it's adorable. Great video man!
Traditional styles are like an encyclopedia. The moment training methodologies which build this kind of power, as well as the tactics, integrate to mma training is going to be very interesting! If it happens at some point it will probably happen in Chinese mma world, possibly creating a unique blend of sanshou for the striking aspect, shuai jiao for the wrestling, chin na for the locks, supplemented with bjj ground work and then all those weird, unique power-building methods...
The "4 powers" (vacuum, exploding, sinking, floating) remind me of a similar basic concept in Bei Mei / Pak Mei: 吞、吐、浮、沉 （”engulf, vomit, float, sink"). :)
@@ramqi6239 yes, it makes sense now! ( I remember hearing a seminar in which the speaker explained that the "5 elements" in the context of traditional chinese medical theory are basically just 5 kinds of processes: "metal" -> shrink "wood" -> expand "water" -> sink "fire" -> float "earth" -> neutral )
Great video. Wing Chun and Southern Mantis are such interesting sister styles. All the close combat-focused southern styles fit together so nicely. Are you going to do Snake, Tiger, and Crane videos as well?
Hii, sir I'm from India🇮🇳 And I really want to learn (wing chun) from the beginning and I didn't found any playlist or teacher who can teach me ( wing chun ) 🔵can you make a Playlist on how to learn ( wing chun ) from the basic It is my humble request to you To make a Playlist for the people like us who want to learn this technique it will be a great start to spreading this technique ☯️
I studied southern mantis for years in London and this is...different. The root is similar but we were very focussed on hammer fists, phoenix eye fist and then much more smashing approach to trapping (the suction idea was still taught, but our main goal was not to get involved in the complexity of trapping, but to smash downwards and attack). Absolutely zero mantis style hands. It's odd that we spent hours and hours training our hammerfists on motorcycle helmets for smashing power and this bamboo forest system has not hammer fist at all!. So much complexity under one roof.
Which style of Southern Mantis did you study? I have so much respect for the other systems and agree, Chu Gar, Chow Gar, and Iron Ox have really amazing hammerfist techniques and strategies. We do too, though we apply it a bit differently. I have a few clips on my UA-cam Channel and Instagram account that talk about how we use them in Jook Lum.
You probably studied Chow Gar mantis under either Paul Whitrod or Sifu Leung. That has more a philosophy of destroying whatever is put in front of you. Also this is only a 10 minute video so can only scratch the surface of any style. Would be surprised if Bamboo doesn't have a hammer strike as well.
I visited some such SPM schools in London before. Funny time, with all the rivalry between Tony and Paul. Then there was that Yellow dragon guy, and his magic... There were also a couple of other mantis people who were famous in the Chinese community. They were on another level, though.
to be fair london is a wild place for kung fu schools with the english mentality and the soccer hooligans. Even the wing chun schools there are doing hard body qi gong. Maybe he has just adapted it for the case of robbery
Really cool! Very interesting - some very similar movements to Wing Chun! That two person drill is akin to Chi Sau in a bunch of ways; also Fook! I guess I’ve omly really seen Northern style before.
Thank you Kevin, I do love the concept and idea of the animal styles, but I've always disliked the mysticism that's tied to them as it always seems to confuse more than explain. Seeing such a good demonstration along with such a clear and simple explanation of its concepts and ideas makes me so happy.
Hakka has always been on my list. Unfortunately I will have to travel either to Taiwan or Malaysia for Hakka Kung Fu. My dad grew up practicing in his village in Taiwan, so I might be able to find some connections.
According to internet the southern praying mantis is the most prominent and identified style with Hakka. Other styles that are associated with Hakka Kuen include: Bak Mei Chuka Shaolin Dragon style Southern Praying Mantis Vagrant Style
Awesome video .. I preform several of the exercises and kata focusing on the isometrics and explosive movements and it is a serious conditioning workout if done properly after a few sets
I love Southern Styles, so much more applicable in modern times due to being in clinching range and low kicks. Also, I am 6 foot and 300 pounds so I am not a high kicker! Judo and Wing Chun 10 years then 15 years of Security/Door work. Works for me!
A Sifu once said to me, if you practice something, you will see it in other styles. I am sure many other styles will see elements of what they do in SPM too. The end of the day we all have 2 hands, 2 legs , torso and a head. We all move in the same way. Eventually everything overlaps.
I just love kung fu all styles are valuable and i wish i had the time to learn most of them. I feel like you guys are doing justice to the martial arts. This is gold content. I enjoyed watching southern mantis. Very good and interesting concepts. But i just love how kung fu can recieve energy and then push it back out with force 2xs stronger then when it was taken in. I wanted to ask from watching the drunken master movie with jackie chan the opening scene shows one of the fighters mentioning a style that is called the 4 door fist. When i looked it up on google and saw some videos about it it is named the 4 gates punches or something like that. Does that style really exist and could you do a video on it one day?anyways thanks for the content. Looking forward to more videos like this.
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All Kung Fu is amazing all styles ☯️🙏
I think you can do an entire video of comparison to Wing Chun. Southern styles are the coolest
It's great, I've always been curious about the mantis style and it's variations. It would be neat to see any of the drunken styles on here, just for fun if anything.
I love to know all the different styles that Kung fu has. Thanks for your videos Kevin!
I always try to look for real fight of these styles, but everytime I see a sparing video, none of this Chinese kungfu styles are applicable on real fight. At the end they will fight without using any style and just like ordinary people punching and kicking. Because the opponents are always moving and launching fast jabs/punches, or kicks. There's not enough time to apply fancy movements.
What I like about your channel is that there's' so much kung fu. I didn't know there was so much.
More to come!
As person who has been researching subject for 24 yrs, there hundreds,thousands of Chinese martial art styles. Alll different
@@jacobharris954 I wouldn't say they're ALL different. For example, Fujian styles are mostly different expressions of the same fighting method; All branches of Southern Mantis, White Crane, CLC White Eyebrow, etc., basically use the same postures and dynamics as what is seen in this video. And most pearl clutchers don't realize how similar these dynamics are to western boxing.
@@varanid9 except it's so badly watered down in western boxing.
@@Brian-zw4zu No, I wouldn't say it's watered down, just applied to far fewer techniques. On the other hand, the western boxers train to actually use it much more. As the old Karate saying goes, "One technique mastered is worth a thousand sampled".
This style is awesome! You gotta surprise Icy Mike with these moves next time you see him! LOL
@@BMO_Creative I shall do that!
I'll put icy mike on ice. BARE KNUCKLE!
Nice. The Northern style seems to be focused on elbow to fingers on the strike - mainly to be able to deliver multiple strikes with one strike - Southern focuses strength through the whole body. Thank you for this video - finally understand the differance between the two
I love watching all these different martial arts! I wish I had time to learn each one!!!
I would not having the attitude I felt to learn this system under my SIFU Ralph Mitchell in New York City, who trained under GIN FOON MARK FORGIVE ME THAT PRONOUNCING THE NAME, RIGHT I’M TRYING TO DO A PHOTO
I absolutely love practical breakdowns like this, while still showing the deep appreciation for the art
You Kevin are the nicest guy on the web. Humble, curios, you create contents in a nice pleasant way, very informative. Super cool thank you
I don’t usually comment but It is amazing to see Jook Lum get some recognition! I’ve heard from my sifu that it was taught in many different ways at one point but this video really drove that home. Most of what I saw here are the exact same movements but I’d say some of this is different from how we practice it but utilizes the same combat theory and a lot of what I saw here is an exact move I know but is applied differently than how we typically utilize it. Overall, I feel like I’ve learned something from watching so thanks!
Hakka SPM is an entire world, so many elements you don’t even see in most other arts today, like “Air Dantien” and the painful military “chongs” for body conditioning, and the rich and complete medical knowledge preserved.
Also Of note that Jooklum SPM in the American (Lam Sang / Gin Foon Mark) lineages, UK lineages (Lee Yin Sing), and Hong Kong (Wong Yook Gong) lineages are all similar but very unique to one another in some very cool ways. Different than just different flavors, they’re like counters of one another.
Also The guys from Philly, particularly have a lot of experience training at Boxing gyms so their expression of waist power to deal with the outside and overhand strikes is different.
And, Gin Foon Mark and Fook Yeung both taught Bruce Lee some of the SPM, you can see the photo of him at the LB classic doing Som Bo Gin. And also that Bil Sau to flex his Teres muscles. That is in addition to what he learned and demo’d of NPM in his writings.
Love that you’re aware of the Philly branch. That’s where I’m descended from and we incorporate a lot of torque to deliver power and do a lot of nuanced variations to handle a tight hook and uppercut as well!
Thanks for sharing!
Air Dantien?
@@junichiroyamashita maybe he is meaning hara breathing
@@junichiroyamashita I suppose you can watch what he is meaning in the Master Pete Hommes 3 Step Arrow video
I didn't know it was Hakka. Any more info on that, I'd love to read.
Love all the different Martial arts on your channel !!!
I love your channel Kevin Lee. All the styles I have trained, beautiful arts like southern mantis, hsing I, are getting recognition thanks to you. Plead find a good pak mei school, that would also be a good style to check out
@@xingyimaster1987 it’s definitely on my list!!!
@KevinLeeVlog if you're in NYC, there's the Kwong Man Fong school, headed by Edgar Wong.
Dear Master Kevin first of all, thank you so much for sharing these different Kung-Fu style videos with us. They are short videos, but full of informaiton about the core concepts of the Praying Mantis style. ❤🧡💛💚
I could expirience by myself how simililar Karate-Do and Wing Chun are, (like in your first video: if you open your hands in Karate-Do, it makes everything so different).
I remember that Hirokazu Kanazawa Sensei from Shotokan Karate took many lessons from a chinese Tai Chi Master, to understand and evaluate (soften) his own Karate. I studied 4 different Karate styles (Shotokan (5 years) , Shorin-Ryu (1 year) and Shito-Ryu and Ashihara (short times) to find the true essence and the soul of Martial Arts. However, I decided afterwards to study Wing Tsun, Ving Tsun and Wing Chun from different schools for about 10 years now. I saw the connections between Karate and Wing Chun. My Karate is now so much softer and is not lacking anymore of fluidity, thanks to Wing Chun and Wudang Pai. Karate practitioners have so much to learn from Kung Fu. I studied also Taekwondo (1. Dan) and Kickboxing (3. Dan) , my Kicks and punches are so fluid know. Fluidity and close range fighting skills are the best benefits we can learn from Kung Fu IMO.
May I ask you to make another in-depth video with Jesse Sensei about the similarities of Wing Chun and Karate-Do, the first one was an amazing video, I would appreciate it so much.
Some may underestimate the Preying Mantis System ("like it's good for killing bugs") but surely there's such bodyguards in ancient Chinese martial history that have stories of this style being horribly vicious - just research.
Vicious like in the thundering mantis movie? Like biting peoples head off?
@@FuryoTokkosho Thundering Mantis was an INSANE movie. Though if I remember right, he bit the guy's leg open, not his head. What burned that movie into my psyche was how they tortured the kid to death. I didn't think they'd go through with it. I died a little inside when they actually did. It was such a bad way to go.
The bad guy was really damn good at martial arts too. He looked unstoppable right till the very end until the MC lost his marbles and went all PSYCHO MANTIS on him. I'd probably cry if I saw it a second time.
The pacing of the movie was pretty rushed and the character development was hokey but that kid was the star of that movie. It's incredible all the things he went through at such a young age. I'm not sure it was a good movie, but it was definitely an unforgettable one.
@@Rainbow_Oracle True the mantis movies are always so violent like the eagle claw movies too
I love how these southern styles develop and deliver big energy in such small movements.
Wow, this definitelly is a very interesting style with some cool concepts especially the constant expanding.
YES! The more Kungfu the better 🙇♂️🙏👊☯️🐲
💯💯💯💯
This is Toph's style in Avatar: The Last Airbender! Great video, I've been able to only find older videos of southern paying mantis. Awesome to see new approaches for this style
I thought that all earth benders were doing Hung Gar.
I like it: no-nonsense approach. 👊
Kevin you are amazing. Giving so much space for great Kung Fu Styles. Top!
Thank you so much, I'm beginning to understand what Bruce was say about fixed technics verses flowing technics.
Maybe but also apart from his WC training he borrowed a lot from SPM.
I was soo much in love with a Praying Mantis style at some point of my life... Literally 20 years ago I learned Kung-Fu, but had to drop it. Unfortunately I don't have any Kung-Fu school around, so I'm almost 6 years into Karate, but hey - who said I cannot implement those fast moves into Karate? In the end Karate was born out of Kung-Fu!
Actually, loving this series. Considering who you are and what you do, it's odd you haven't done it sooner. Keep up the good work!
Introducing the Classic Praying Mantis. Just beautiful. What's fascinating is the Chinese Martial Arts/Kung Fu in many ways is actually the opposite of Western Martial Arts. It's truly the Eastern Dragon vs. the Western Dragon, Yin & Yang, Internal vs. External, and Dragon vs. Tiger. It also displays that Chinese Martial Arts truly have a much older timeline and linage than the vast majority of Western Martial Arts, many of which took principles from Asia.
I like how Kevin lee dont leave smile. True warrior knows when fight, but when smile too!
Great explanation and demo of Jook Lum Tong Long Pai!
Amazing video thanks for share I hope to see soon 7 star Northen Praying Mantis kung fu so we can see the difference
This is awesome! This is one of the best SPM Explanations i have ever seen! 😲🤠!!
I am just about to begin studying Southern Mantis next week so i really enjoyed watching this episode. Subscribed :) Gonna watch your other videos aswell now, Kevin. Good work!
It is a long but very rewarding journey that will keep you occupied for the rest of your life as there are layers upon layers of progression that you will go through analytically and conceptually and in your body and its own comprehension which first must be cognized to implement. I have been studying Jooklum for 16 years now and there is still much to inculcate into the body/mind, enjoy yourself and don't be in a hurry as it takes time.
@@weseaton6821 That sounds amazing, i am really thrilled to get on that journey. Thank you for your kind comment.
Defo takes time, some students from our class graduated to Black Belt last year. It took 19 years. Southern Preying Mantis Steel Wire@@weseaton6821
So cool. You can really see how powerful he is and his abdomen looks shaped differently from all the four powers practice. Thank you guys.
This needs a follow up video. Looks so cool and loving the recent Kung fu style videos. Especially the Hakka styles. Paul Whitrod in the UK specialises in Southern Praying Mantis. Checkout his vids also.
I am glad you mentioned him. I am dying to go his school
He’s the real deal
A lot of technique without actual sparring.
This is exactly what I was waiting for!!
Thank you!
@@KevinLeeVlog No, thank you! I love your videos. Keep up the great work. Two other traditions I'd love to see are Southern White Crane, and Pak Mei.
Great video. I was able to train in this style in the 90s. It has a lot of surprising applications in the real world. It’s also a great form for those who want to learn Kung Fu that is less about high kicks. RIP Master Gin Foon Mark.
Though, he's very humble, Sifu Lee seems to grasp the concepts and execution of the movements very quick and precisely. 🙏🏻
Very cool! Very rare to see any Southern praying mantis style ( but plenty of northern) so thanks for featuring this 😀. I have a background in WC so also interesting to see some similarities in the concepts...terrific instructor as well.👍
SOOOO awesome to see Southern Mantis! Jet Li and classic wushu have made the "mantis hand" ubiquitous, so it's great to hear the concepts in contrasting this SOuthern variety
Phil is the man!
Thank you, brother! 🙏🏽
Loved this episode, Kevin! Mantis is one of my fav's for sure. I trained in Bong Bo - Northern style. I really enjoyed the Sifu here too. Thank you for introducing him. He has great energy, very knowledgeable and obviously a LEGIT practitioner!
just waiting for the Karate Nerd to show up and say, "We have something like that in karate too."
I am waiting for Jesse to respond to this
Sanchin, Tensho but that´s to expect, the interesting part is what is inside the outer form
We do have it in our silat, because of chinese influence. We call it walang
@@KevinLeeVlog Glad you're going to be in the Ultimate Self-Defense Championship Season 3.
@@belishp I am just there to fight off zombie 😅😅
Congratulations and thanks for visiting the mantis style. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 next if you can, visit the northern mantis style, Master Tony Chuy or Master Henry Chung (strong references as northern mantis)
Those principles look like Xing Yi
Very similar!!
Maybe Three Fights forms and this form hail from Xing Yi and San Ti Shi especially
Excellent representation Phil! Top notch 🙏
Thank you, brother! Good to hear from you 🙏🏽
@@Phillip-Le for sure. You are doing good things.
You have a nice fist shape in your videos how long did it take to achieve it?
But the conditioning look a bit unusual, you guys are just blocking with the ulna bone?
@@FuryoTokkosho hey Phil, may not have seen this so I'll give an answer and perhaps others will chime in. yes the ulna is a major player in spm; it's a part of the whole for the bridging methods. Although we don't generally use the term "block" we do receive with the arms. using the ulna is a classical interception that is used in a variety of ways. As for conditioning this is an indepth process. We don't want to kill nerve but want resilient bones. I hope this gives a bit of insight.
Great demonstration as always.
I would like to see you make a Northern Mantis video too. They are so different! Less powerful but more controlling and foot techniques.
Love to see some demonstrations of different kung fu styles!
Would LOVE some comparison on the joint locks within the Northern and Southern Style Mantis systems. Kevin, you should take a trip sometime to go see the Chan family in Orlando! Pui Chan and Mimi would LOVE to share with you I bet!
Great video! Phil knows his stuff!
Verry intresting. Alot of principles to study.
Good teacher!
Always I like praying mantis style.
Its verry special style!
Its nice that Sifu explain in video a lot of principles, helps us to understand better this style
Always loved this style from the old movies, really nice to see some of the techniques and principles explained. Great vid.
I love this content. All these unique styles.
What a privilege to see. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this episode. Love Chinese styles :) ... Greetings from Poland 😊
Very cool! Thanks for exploring these different styles!
Yeah no, as far as I understand it Mantises use those hooks of theirs to catch and pull their prey into biting range, so his take about clinch range is quite on point.
As an aside you should watch mantises groom themselves. They use their hooks to wipe their heads and pull their antennae to their mouths so they can clean them and it's adorable.
Great video man!
Traditional styles are like an encyclopedia. The moment training methodologies which build this kind of power, as well as the tactics, integrate to mma training is going to be very interesting! If it happens at some point it will probably happen in Chinese mma world, possibly creating a unique blend of sanshou for the striking aspect, shuai jiao for the wrestling, chin na for the locks, supplemented with bjj ground work and then all those weird, unique power-building methods...
Nice to see Jook lum get some exposure .
Awesome video! Would love to see some videos on combat wrestling. 💪🏾
The "4 powers" (vacuum, exploding, sinking, floating)
remind me of a similar basic concept in Bei Mei / Pak Mei:
吞、吐、浮、沉 （”engulf, vomit, float, sink"). :)
These are traditional Chinese medicine principal
@@ramqi6239 yes, it makes sense now!
( I remember hearing a seminar in which the speaker explained that the "5 elements" in the context of traditional chinese medical theory are basically just 5 kinds of processes:
"metal" -> shrink
"wood" -> expand
"water" -> sink
"fire" -> float
"earth" -> neutral )
My favorite Kung FU Style soo badass and a perfect counter against Boxers.
Thanks! It's great to see so many different styles of kung fu. Is there any chance of a mizong video?
Love me some praying mantis. I know a few Taiji Mantis sets and they are some of my favorite to practice and perform
More southern praying mantis kung fu tutorial video thank you 🎉
Great video. Wing Chun and Southern Mantis are such interesting sister styles. All the close combat-focused southern styles fit together so nicely.
Are you going to do Snake, Tiger, and Crane videos as well?
Very cool. I was always curious about Praying Mantis style
Hii,
sir I'm from India🇮🇳
And I really want to learn
(wing chun) from the beginning and I didn't found any playlist or teacher who can teach me
( wing chun )
🔵can you make a Playlist on how to learn ( wing chun ) from the basic
It is my humble request to you
To make a Playlist for the people like us who want to learn this technique
it will be a great start to spreading this technique ☯️
Nice demo very interesting and good explanation
Bamboo Forest Mantis is such a cool name.
It is even a cooler system 😎
What will really bake your noodle is the exploration of Okinawan Karate (Goju-Ryu, etc) and Hung Gar, the history and translation of application.
I studied southern mantis for years in London and this is...different. The root is similar but we were very focussed on hammer fists, phoenix eye fist and then much more smashing approach to trapping (the suction idea was still taught, but our main goal was not to get involved in the complexity of trapping, but to smash downwards and attack). Absolutely zero mantis style hands. It's odd that we spent hours and hours training our hammerfists on motorcycle helmets for smashing power and this bamboo forest system has not hammer fist at all!. So much complexity under one roof.
Which style of Southern Mantis did you study? I have so much respect for the other systems and agree, Chu Gar, Chow Gar, and Iron Ox have really amazing hammerfist techniques and strategies. We do too, though we apply it a bit differently. I have a few clips on my UA-cam Channel and Instagram account that talk about how we use them in Jook Lum.
You probably studied Chow Gar mantis under either Paul Whitrod or Sifu Leung. That has more a philosophy of destroying whatever is put in front of you. Also this is only a 10 minute video so can only scratch the surface of any style. Would be surprised if Bamboo doesn't have a hammer strike as well.
@stephenhallett6392 It has hammer fist also, it is called gow choi.
I visited some such SPM schools in London before. Funny time, with all the rivalry between Tony and Paul. Then there was that Yellow dragon guy, and his magic...
There were also a couple of other mantis people who were famous in the Chinese community. They were on another level, though.
to be fair london is a wild place for kung fu schools with the english mentality and the soccer hooligans. Even the wing chun schools there are doing hard body qi gong. Maybe he has just adapted it for the case of robbery
Yes chi energy is vital for harnessing power applications to torque and nullify to redirect attacks
Kevin Lee@ I love your videos, you have one with a hapkido master.... Keep it up brother, greetings from Panama 🇵🇦💯
This is awesome and Philip has so much knowledge. He learns Bajiquan under Sifu Vincent Mei in WutanNJ
Really cool! Very interesting - some very similar movements to Wing Chun! That two person drill is akin to Chi Sau in a bunch of ways; also Fook!
I guess I’ve omly really seen Northern style before.
Which Southern Mantis is this? Great content as always. Thanks for sharing!
Jook Lum
@@Bakmeiredfist Thanks
Apone rewatching I see where he says so. 👍👍
@@littlestoneliontraditional9838hey buuuuddy! 😊 Yeah this is Juk Lam. Phil and I share roots. LJM and GFM methods.
@@Simplygungfu very cool!
Makes me want to watch Invincible Shaolin. So I can see Lo Mang do the mantis form.
Chu Gar Tong Long Lo Meng's style!
@@balisong3134 But it is very similar to each other?
Lo Meng was Chow Gar mantis.
Very interesting, I see very key components of combat played into the Ving Tsun style I practice also used with Praying Mantis style
Always wanted to learn this style was a fun watch for sure
Bro all of kungfu styles are perfectand dangerous 💀
I like how the Sifu says, vacuum and expel instead of swallow and spit.
Love the Praying Mantis style... More please.
Thank you Kevin, I do love the concept and idea of the animal styles, but I've always disliked the mysticism that's tied to them as it always seems to confuse more than explain.
Seeing such a good demonstration along with such a clear and simple explanation of its concepts and ideas makes me so happy.
Mantis: Wing chun but with even MORE AUDACITY
You got that right ✅️ 👏
Nice Inspiration! Thx
I realy enjoyed this one! I have never heard of the Bamboo foreststyle before but, hopw to see more of it! Would this style be considered Hakka?
Hakka has always been on my list. Unfortunately I will have to travel either to Taiwan or Malaysia for Hakka Kung Fu. My dad grew up practicing in his village in Taiwan, so I might be able to find some connections.
It is hakka, I train Jooklum Southern praying Mantis under Sifu Alfonso Salinas in California.
@@weseaton6821 Thanks! I am in Santa Rosa but, we don't have any Kung fu up here.
According to internet the southern praying mantis is the most prominent and identified style with Hakka. Other styles that are associated with Hakka Kuen include:
Bak Mei
Chuka Shaolin
Dragon style
Southern Praying Mantis
Vagrant Style
Chuka shaolin would be quite interesting, but seems to be not prominent in the untied states
Awesome video .. I preform several of the exercises and kata focusing on the isometrics and explosive movements and it is a serious conditioning workout if done properly after a few sets
A very interesting form of Southern Mantis. I've never heard of this version before 🙏🏾
I love Southern Styles, so much more applicable in modern times due to being in clinching range and low kicks. Also, I am 6 foot and 300 pounds so I am not a high kicker! Judo and Wing Chun 10 years then 15 years of Security/Door work. Works for me!
3:02 It should be "begger hands" not "bigger hands"
Yes, thank you.
More Chinese Kung Fu, please.
Has a very Hakka energy to it. So dope.
2:43 it's very similar to Xing Yi, especially the stepping.
similar to pak mei
A Sifu once said to me, if you practice something, you will see it in other styles. I am sure many other styles will see elements of what they do in SPM too. The end of the day we all have 2 hands, 2 legs , torso and a head. We all move in the same way. Eventually everything overlaps.
Dope video,I liked the two man set,it looks fun. Could you do a video on 7Star Praying Mantis.
I plan on it!!
@@KevinLeeVlog That'll be cool
Beautiful!
Wish I could've seen a full form! Love the look of mantis forms
The tv show Marco Polo has some excellent martial arts on display, including actor Chin Han doing some pretty awesome looking Praying Mantis style.
This guy is like a jumping spider... moving unnaturally fast.
Watching Hongkong kungfu movie in 80's, everyone has different animal style: eagle claw, tiger, praying mantis, monkey, snake.
Awesome 👍👍
Sooooo good!
I just love kung fu all styles are valuable and i wish i had the time to learn most of them. I feel like you guys are doing justice to the martial arts. This is gold content. I enjoyed watching southern mantis. Very good and interesting concepts. But i just love how kung fu can recieve energy and then push it back out with force 2xs stronger then when it was taken in. I wanted to ask from watching the drunken master movie with jackie chan the opening scene shows one of the fighters mentioning a style that is called the 4 door fist. When i looked it up on google and saw some videos about it it is named the 4 gates punches or something like that. Does that style really exist and could you do a video on it one day?anyways thanks for the content. Looking forward to more videos like this.
Kevin Leeeeeeee, Very good as usual, when are you going to surprise us with a Choy Lee Fut video?, Thank you!!!!
I love the animal techniques