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So, at the san shou workshop, there was this one guy, E, who has a lot of jobs (teaching middle school, personal trainer, kung fu instructor, chef; he was also a cook in the Air Force for a while). During one of our breaks on Sunday, he was practicing one of his other forms. I watched it and thought, "hmm, I bet he's doing praying mantis."
Kathleen asked, when he finished, "What style was that?" He answered, "Mantis style."
How did I know that? Avatar. Toph's style of earthbending is based on a praying mantis style. (Hers is special; regular earthbending is based in hung gar.)
While waterbending is based on taiji, the style I do is a little closer to shaolin (firebending). Zhang San Feng (the inventor of taiji, according to tradition) studied shaolin, see, and the Chen style is closer to the source, in a way. I can't remember what I did with my notes for red sash about the history of Master Jou's form. I hope I stuck them in the book.
I put too much Chen into my weapons forms. Though really, Chen dao ought to have more Chen in it. (By which I mean chansijin, mostly. I noticed myself putting chansi in the bow of sanshou. I need to find the chansi in Chen dao. More practice!)
Right, then. I need to buy coffee (there was a NO COFFEE EMERGENCY in the house this morning) and see if the wood-handled crochet hooks have come in at the yarn shop yet. I want to get a walk in, probably after lunch, then another couple hours of editing. I'm going out to dinner tonight. *g*
Kathleen asked, when he finished, "What style was that?" He answered, "Mantis style."
How did I know that? Avatar. Toph's style of earthbending is based on a praying mantis style. (Hers is special; regular earthbending is based in hung gar.)
While waterbending is based on taiji, the style I do is a little closer to shaolin (firebending). Zhang San Feng (the inventor of taiji, according to tradition) studied shaolin, see, and the Chen style is closer to the source, in a way. I can't remember what I did with my notes for red sash about the history of Master Jou's form. I hope I stuck them in the book.
I put too much Chen into my weapons forms. Though really, Chen dao ought to have more Chen in it. (By which I mean chansijin, mostly. I noticed myself putting chansi in the bow of sanshou. I need to find the chansi in Chen dao. More practice!)
Right, then. I need to buy coffee (there was a NO COFFEE EMERGENCY in the house this morning) and see if the wood-handled crochet hooks have come in at the yarn shop yet. I want to get a walk in, probably after lunch, then another couple hours of editing. I'm going out to dinner tonight. *g*
