Intro to Taiji Mantis seminar - Asato Dojo, Okinawa

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

I was very humbled to be invited to share my art of Taiji Mantis at the ​⁠ during my trip to Okinawa. The full seminar footage is available at www.patreon.com/monkeystealspeach

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

Really happy to see you having some business success Prayers and best wishes.

[@yorkshirekungfu5518]

Very nice demo. Some good techniques.

[@PhilDancer]

Yeeess Will ✊️looking forward to your Okinawa videos.

[@michaelburnell2803]

Good stuff Wil

[@seechunchong9876]

Very good explanation and demonstration.

[@davidandrowenaliddle2851]

TaiMantis is a good art. Especially if one works in the Wang Style Taiji

[@terrydawson2239]

100,000...you have definitely put the work in. Congratulations!

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thank you!

[@sevenhuang7777]

A good seminar ❤

[@jamestan4165]

Lovely stuff Will!

[@mulli032]

Good!

[@lineyking]

Wow, very cool

[@TaijiArtsOfficial]

Very nice seminar!

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thanks Niki!

[@dedydet6646]

Nice dynamic step drills

[@bernif97]

you a such humble person...a true kung fu practitioner

[@botanicalbiohacking6065]

yesss

[@spamllama]

very practical

[@Bayakan]

You should have them show you an Eku form while you’re there. It would be interesting to see not a weapon you see a lot of.

[@longyuanchuan]

Great stuff, subscribed!

[@longyuanchuan]

I'm from the Yunhai Wu Tan family, great work, nice flow!

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Welcome!

[@strettoasino9006]

Chicken Hands, Cat Stance as I remember in Okinawa...

[@wutan_nj]

👏👏👏

[@ryanramos3491]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@tariqs4357]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@dasmarkopo]

Okinawan karate has definitely influences from those stuff you teach. Not the same, but similar.

[@brokeheartwolf3733]

Ok. I’ve learned two Mantis styles called Taiji Mantis. One from Korea and one from Hong Kong Vietnam. What’s the difference? Not making trouble as I like both methods…🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Actually I have a video on that topic, called what is Taiji Mantis

[@JimmyPong]

🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍

[@damianayre2130]

Hi, I used to teach 7-Star Praying Mantis and I have some constructive criticsm for you.The exercise at the start of the video, when you started doing it fast your fist was heading to the left of his face, a good 8 inches from where a punch to the face would be directed. I always had my students practice a defensive move against someone throwing a real attack, the only difference in the attack was the speed. So if the person just stood there and didn't defend the punch would hit him in the face, but it was moving so slow the impact would be pushing his face instead of smashing into it. Then gradually speed it up and after a couple hundred times it would be at full speed so if he didn't defend then he would get hit for real right in the face. Someone attacking a beginner needs to wear thick padded gloves, not like boxing gloves but like the kind they wear in most point fighting tournaments. I have always believed that it is VERY important for them to get used to the way it feels when someone really is trying to hit you. That is the best way to learn to control the natural fear that everybody has for something like that. It is just as important for them to get hit occasionally so they will realize that they aren't made of glass and most of the time an attack doesn't hurt as much as your anticipation of it. I called them combat forms and did it with every defensive move. It also teaches them what it's like to block, parry or redirect a real attack. I used to work as a bouncer and my first night a guy stepped in and threw a punch and I responded with my favorite technique which was parrying the punch with the rear hand and grabbing the wrist with the same hand and pulling him forward, and then grabbing the arm at the elbow with your left hand and pulling the arm forward so you are adding to their momentum and you follow-up with a punch to the face with the right hand. Very powerful move because they are moving forward rather quickkly when your hand makes contact with their face. I had practice that technique well over a thousand times, but had never used it in a real fight. It worked great in the training studio but when I attempted it in that fight, right when my hand made contact with his wrist I could tell that there was no way I was going to be able to do the technique. Luckily for me that style of kung fu has a strong focus on circular defensive moves so I had done that so many times I found out that I had muscle memory, and was so accustomed to doing that, it came naturally.and I did a circular parry followed up with a redirection by pushing his arm away with the same hand. It was so quick and smooth that it didn't hinder his momentum at all and he ended up having to lunge forward to his left and almost fell down. He ended up a good ten feet away and turned and looked at me with a very shocked expression on his face. Then he just walked away. Lucky for me that he had no idea that I wasn't trying to do that, it just happened organically. I found out a couple of weeks later that he thought I was like a kung fu master or something just because of that one move. I never told anyone the truth about that until years later when I told my Dad. I ended up having a reputation as a kung fu master just because of that. It saved me from a lot of fights because the guys in town were scared to fight me. That was about 30 years ago. I digressed a bit but it shows how important it is to train the same way you fight. If you are forced to fight, that absolutely must NOT be the first time you are facing an opponent that really is trying to hurt you because the guy on the street might even be trying to kill you. When training you know that you are not in danger. The guy training with you has to make you feel threatened and scared and he can only do that if he is trying to hit you for real. If the first punch lands and you are a little dazed for a second or two he absolutely MUST NOT give you an inch or even half a seond to recover and get your bearings. The guy on the street sure isn't going to so he must take advantage of your temporary vulnerability and attack again forcing you to try and defend again. Obviously everyone must wear a good mouth guard and cup.

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thanks, I’ll pay attention

[@FuryoTokkosho]

i was actually waiting when white and black were demonstrating, that white would hit accidentally black in the face, cause black was pressuring so much and of course the hero always wins

[@thomasda3482]

okinawa。u should go to 天行健武官。。。 there is a good king fu japanese sifu living in Okinawa

[@leonbland7067]

Hi. This teacher in New York City moves his hands and arms in a circular pattern much like taiji. Are there different meanings or ways in taiji tanglang? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZytl6OwgbJ9j5Yfeature=shared

[@botanicalbiohacking6065]

thats the form. Form and application can be quite different.

[@leonbland7067]

@botanicalbiohacking6065 no I meant the movements in the video I link are more like taiji in that the movements are more circular.

[@FuryoTokkosho]

Not sure what you mean, maybe like 20 seconds where he is opening up the rib cage? Regarding the tai chi thing, in mantis it has more a meaning of yin and yang, not like in tai chi with the grand ultimate which kind of refers to the overstretching/unbalancing that is typical for tai chi. Actually a lot of people tend to combine mantis with tai chi or sometimes with ba gua or similiar arts. If they integrate this stuff like seeing their arms as dead or water hoses and incorporate it then its not unique to the mantis style, its just the practitioners blend

[@leonbland7067]

@FuryoTokkosho I chose the wrong video I think. In his bengbu set he moves his arms as if he is doing taijiquan. Very circular and flowing.

[@FuryoTokkosho]

@@leonbland7067 anyway, on his channel are videos of him practicing chen tai chi, so he probably incorporates principles of it. You have to consider that you basically grind yourself with a style until you begin to be able for bodily use principles of the style.

[@copycatkaraoke]

Putonghua, not Chinese. Chinese is a written language.

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Actually if you wanna be pedantic, its Yantaihua