Interesting, Very Demanding Style and Heartfelt Plea

[Andy_S]

"Grand Ultimate Mantis Ground Boxing" (ie this is the ditang form of Taiji Tanglangquan)

Just came across this and really enjoyed watching it for several reasons:
Very athletic and demanding style
Master is a bit of a character - you would not want to spill his pint
His student looks very, very skilled
And in the middle of it, he makes a plea for his art's continued practice - "If don't keep practicing this art, we will feel guilty to the ancestors."

Amen to that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRwBA-X_qWk

[chenyaolong]

He has a lot of VCDs out in China. He has some good application stuff, but he doesnt have any Taiji Mantis flavour to his movement.

Much better at least than Sun De, the other guy whos VCDs are all over youtube. Everything about his Taiji Mantis is just horrible.

[chud]

And in the middle of it, he makes a plea for his art's continued practice - "If don't keep practicing this art, we will feel guilty to the ancestors."

Amen to that.

+1

[Doc Stier]

Indeed. Masters of many traditional styles and systems have taken the full transmission of their received art to their graves, due to a lack of students willing to completely learn and seriously train their methods while they were still alive. Sad, but true all too often!