Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts
得心應手 – "What the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes"
1。 粘黏幫貼﹐ 來叫順送﹐ 提拿封閉 Stick, Adhere, Assist, Attach, Come, Call, Follow, Dispatch, Lift, Grab, Seal, Close (太極/Taiji, 梅花/Plum Blossom) 2。 勾摟採掛﹐刁進崩打﹐粘黏貼靠 Hook, Drag, Pluck, Hang,…
第一路：柱捶摔落/First Road: Pillar Hammer Throw & Fall 第二路：馬式衝捶/Second Road: Horse Stance Thrusting Hammer 第三路：左右圈捶/Third Road: Left & Right Hook Punch 第四路：斧刃腳/Fourth Road: Axe Edge Kick…
Continue reading → 螳螂拳基本六路/Tanglangquan Jiben Liu Lu – Tanglangquan’s Basic Six Roads
拳術為手上工夫，其手法之多，罄南山之竹不能盡書，今論僅十余則，知不免于蠡測管窺之誚，然五寸之矩，可盡天下之方，是在學者，舉一反三，于此十余手之中循環變化，自無儘期，如孩提之舉步，必逐一舉之，使一步未得穩，即中道而欲馬，幾何其不傾跌也哉，且如戚東牟所云，山東李半天之腿，鷹爪王之拿，千跌張之跌，張可敬之打，何嘗不以一著之妙，即名垂寰宇，學者果能于此數則之中，得一二手過人之處，安見不可出人頭地，不然則雖多亦奚以為。 This Boxing Art is Superior Hand Kung fu. It has many Hand Methods, & if you exhausted Nanshan's bamboo you couldn't write them all…
勾摟采掛 Hook, Drag, Pluck, Hang 黏粘貼靠 Adhere, Stick, Attach, Lean 刁進吊打 Diao, Advance, Suspend, Strike 出手為勾, 回手為掛, 摟是出手回手, 采是隨手而入, 黏是邦, 即滾擘也, 粘是拿, 貼是揮擘劈也, 靠是大靠打, 刁是反手螳螂勾,…
Continue reading → 螳螂拳法概論/Tanglang Quanfa Gailun – Praying Mantis Boxing Method Introduction
二十步部/Er Shi Bu Bu - Twenty Step Section 小步，過步，偷步，提步，進步，下步，順步，搖步，箭步，縮步，顛步，倒步，玉環步，寒雞步，蹬山步，騎馬步，竄跳步，踏花步，轉林步，蹬蹋步。 Small Step, Passing Step, Stealing Step, Raising Step, Advancing Step, Lower Step, Smooth Step, Shaking…
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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,…
七長/Qi Chang - Seven Long 順步請長，搖步入手，纏封雙掌，迎面通捶，剿手砍掌，反身疾入，韓通通背。 Smooth Step Inviting is Chief, Shaking Step Entering Hand, Winding Sealing Double Palm, Direct Connecting Hammer, Stealing Hand Chopping…
Continue reading → 螳螂拳七長八短/Tanglangquan Qi Chang Ba Duan – Tanglangquan’s Seven Long & Eight Short
車者如車輪之旋轉無端也，轆轤者如轆轤之流轉無已也，既曰翻車，而又曰轆轤者單手為轆，雙手成輪也，車如轆轤，而加一翻字，反來復去，倒顛無已也，翻車轆轤，而兼以崩匝粘拿之手，貼靠連環之勢，捶肘互加，膝腳並用，則成螳螂打矣，翻車遠，而螳螂近，翻車疏，而螳螂密，其實翻車並不疏遠，比較之螳螂則微似疏遠耳，翻車無處躲，螳螂無處招，隨機應變渾身是打，此短打之妙境，手法之極致也，螳螂有刀即捶肘也，故一名拒斧，好事者，以竹杆戲之，粘打崩撲，閃賺開合，曲儘其妙，故螳螂手，為短打之總敵，學之者，必至官止神行，渾化無跡，斯為得之，間有略知大概，稍得彷佛，便自矜曰，吾會螳螂打，觀之者，亦曰此螳螂打也，然而螳螂之打，能者罕然矣，三十六者，言其成數也，至於因應變化，千頭萬緒，豈止三十六哉，然總不出三十六之範圍焉。 Che is like a wheel spinning without end, Lulu is like a windlass circulating without stopping. They are called Fanche - Waterwheel, & Lulu…
陽勾，陰勾，底勾，上下勾，外門，順步外勾，陰陽雙勾，蹬蹋步，後步外胯，陰陽雙勾，鎖口捶，隔肘隨，里門底勾，胯步雙叫雙梆掌，外門底勾，雙叫雙梆掌，陰陽勾子叫插捶，護眼迭掌加力打，右拿雙勾使霹靂，右叫雙勾使協肘，自先行手，陽掌打，陰陽雙勾護明堂，掌手雷電將手，霹靂手，雙梆肘，金龍合口跟掀肘，外門雙勾先人取髮，上下二龍擒珠。 Yang Hook. Yin Hook. Hook from Below. Upper & Lower Hooks. Outer Door, Smooth Step Outer Hook. Yin Yang Double Hooks, & Treading Stumbling…
Continue reading → 螳螂拳勾部/Tanglangquan Gou Bu – Tanglangquan’s Hook Section
一要，精神爽，二要，式里清，三要，步里輕，手不離懷，捶不離肩，高不攔，底不架，採衣如釦環，招架如擒拿。 The First Essential is the Jingshen must be bright. The Second Essential is the forms must be clear internally. The Third Essential is the…
