梅花螳螂拳 勾法
The Method of the Hooks, Plum Blossom Mantis
Category: Plum Blossom 梅花
崩步 Avalanche
崩步的中心思想在第一段，要求使用身體的動能高速的像山崩一樣輾壓對方以瓦解他的防綫。對方速退的話就跟隨他上步，如影如隨，不讓對方有喘氣的空檔。所以這叫做“崩步”，身法步法要活要快要猛，勁度乍看像瘋子一樣。這是梅花螳螂勁度的特色。
七長八短之説
張熙政1 傳統的「七長八短」 陳雲濤在《螳螂拳略論中》説道：「通背拳為七長之拳，而螳螂拳則七長八短，長短俱備，八剛十二柔，剛柔相濟，為短打之絕妙好拳」2。馬漢清在〈淺談螳螂拳的七長八短、八剛十二柔〉中提出長拳短打並不能計量區分，「七長八短」也無法精確說明，所以有「長拳即短打，短打即是長拳」之說，然後他再具體説明何謂「七長八短」3。 所謂的「七長」：
Peach Thieving 白猿偷桃
Cha-Da 查打
Off-Helmet 霸王摘盔
It’s all about Control
Write-up later.
Strikes and Takedowns
The main points here are improvisation and connectivity. Since we don’t go into a fight knowing how the opponent is going to react, we can’t have a predetermined method of approach and a set way to end the fight.
The method is to engage the opponent with credible threats, so he is forced to react to your actions; thereby giving you the initiative and a quicker route to get inside his decision/action loop. You don’t have to be really fast, just a bit faster than his cycles would be enough. This is how you dictate the terms to him. What you do depends entirely on what the opponent is giving you.
Abstract No.4 First Stanza 摘要四路 第一段
Asian martial arts devote a lot of time on practising forms, and here we want to show how a form should be practised: By breaking it down into sections and use them in sparring. Originally, there was no such thing as a form (or kata, to go by Japanese terms), and forms were created for…
Pick-Melon 摘瓜
The technique Zhāi Guā (摘瓜) literally means plucking a melon from the ground, with the melon being the opponent’s head. This is an interesting move not because it is particularly effective, which it is, but for the clever ways of guiding away the opponent’s guard and arriving at the position to with body movement. The trick…
螳螂拳紀要 The Art of Mantis 