Shaolin Seven Star Praying Mantis
This style of seven star praying mantis is said to be the original and purist of all the northern shaolin praying mantis styles. It consists of empty hand forms, 16 different weapons, two person weapons forms, two person fist forms and qi gong.
Within this class you will condition the body and mind through
thorough and constant repetitions of the basic movements to develop the power that is always associated with shaolin styles of kungfu.
Because this style requires flexibility and an extremely powerful body, you will spend a lot of time stretching the body’s limbs and two man exercises to toughen and harden the muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments of the body. Of course like any fighting system free fighting is a very important part of your training. The fighting methods of this style are characterised by monkey footwork (quick leg manoeuvres) and fast hands. This system teaches you to kick, punch, throw, and lock whilst attacking the 3 levels (high, middle, low). Training covers all ranges of attack from long (long punches and kicks), medium (low kicks, punches) close (elbows, knees, grappling/locking ect..) weapon training is a very important part of this system and like the empty hand you will learn how to defend and attack at different ranges with different weapons.
