螳螂拳短打為長拳條目　長拳即短打綱領/Tanglangquan Duan Da Wei Chang Quan Tiaomu Chang Quan Ji Duan Da Gangling – Tanglangquan’s Short Strike is Long Fist Entry Long Fist is Short Strike Guiding Principle

躥跳出入，長拳之所有也，短打中可無此身法乎，滾漏提纏，短打之所有也，長拳中可無此身法乎，今人使拳者，一在天涯，一在地角，手舞足蹈，不知何為氣盡力歇，猶未交手。

Leaping, Jumping, Going, & Entering, Long Fist has all of these, Short Striking does not have these Body Methods. Rolling, Leaking, Raising, & Winding, Short Strike has all of these, Long Fist Striking does not have these Body Methods. Modern people cause boxing to be “one point at the ends of the Earth, & one point in the local corner.” Hands dance & feet trip, not knowing how by way of Qi one’s striving stops, as if you have not yet Crossed Hands.

即偶一打對，一手一腳倏然輒過，求不相犯，因曰長拳不如短打蓋嫌其手法疏闊，而無精密之致也，不知此並非長拳也，長拳即長驅大進，橫衝豎撞而言之也，為勢雖多，原非空論。

That is, once in a while strike the opponent, one hand & one foot suddenly cross at once, seeking not to mutually assault. You’ll say the reason is Long Fist is inferior to Short Strike, hiding its inaccurate Hand Methods behind resentment, & not devotedly refining it. Not knowing this really isn’t Long Fist. Long Fist is long driving & big entering, horizontal thrusting & vertical crashing, with regard ms to the older words, because its power is greater, it isn’t an empty theory.

短打者，即短兵相接，粘拿貼靠而言之也，原系一事，功無二理，世多錯會，故特辨之。

Short Strike is drawing near & fighting at close quarters. Adhering, Grabbing, Attaching, & Leaning pertain to it, the original system is one thing, the gong is not two principles. In a generation, many will make mistakes, what is special is to be the one that recognizes it.