Praying Mantis Boxing

Only those with stamina will reach the summit. Strong hearts and minds prevail - dedication, perseverance, determination bring great rewards.

The Mantis Boxing component is where the fun really gets started. Praying Mantis Boxing is a stand-up grappling art. The objective in Mantis is to control, and steal your opponents next move, leaving them no option but to survive till you throw them to ground. Now you will learn to hook, grab, pluck, contact/cling, etc. as well as the techniques out of the mantis forms. Fighting a Mantis Boxer that is using hands and feet is devastating and feels like you are fighting a giant insect.

• 12 Keywords - Learn to use the 12 Keywords of the style in your fighting with a series of partner drills reinforced with sparring.

• Fighting Applications - Learn the fighting applications found in the core forms of Mantis Boxing dating back almost 400 years. Here you will learn Mantis Throws and Locks as well as her unique striking combinations and hidden kicks.

• Tao Lu (Forms) - Learn the core forms of this old style as handed down generation to generation from teacher to teacher. Beng Bu (Crushing Step), and Lan Jie (Intercept/Block Fist). You learned the applications now link them together in the forms for personal practice.

Related Programs:

• Beginner Program
  
• Fighter's Program
  
• Throws & Locks
  

More about Mantis Boxing

Originating in the Shandong Province in Northern China in the 1700's, the Praying Mantis style mimics the fast strikes and dodging motions of the Mantis. Using speed, dodging, low kicks, grabbing, and hooking techniques the Praying Mantis style is renowned as a highly effective fighting art. Legend has it that the founder watched a Praying Mantis defeat a larger and stronger Cicada and copied the Mantid's tactics into his fighting.

Tang Lang Quan is based on 12 keywords or principles that define its fighting strategy. These principles are used in the fighters arsenal as methods of offense, defense, and control. Many people confuse animal styles as the person acting like the animal or mimicking their behavior - that is a fairly recent depiction seen in movies or street performances. In truth it is the fighting principles of the animal that are used such as the hooking and grabbing of the mantis.