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。
Tag: 梅花螳螂拳
Peach Thieving 白猿偷桃
Off-Helmet 霸王摘盔
It’s all about Control
Write-up later.
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…
Double Closure 螳螂雙封手
The technique Double Closure is first recorded in the form Peach Thieving (Bai Yuan Tou Tiao, lit. peach thieving by a white gibbon). It is the first movement of the form, while at the same time, the ending movement in other forms within the Mantis School, including those in the the Six Harmonies style….
