KFL~011CE Mantis Sparring Techniques - Part 1/6

Mantis Sparring Fundamentals

Praying Mantis is a unique martial art style that broke away from its Shaolin roots to absorb the strong points of many other styles.
The hand techniques of Mantis are rapid and its footwork nimble. It puts especially strong emphasis on realistic combat applications and has therefore come to be called “the combat fist”in Chinese martial arts circles.

　　The combat techniques of Chinese martial arts are not just arts of war, but are explorations of the value of human survival.
Thus, through absorption of this humanistic philosophy, Chinese martial arts was also able to increase the level of its technical expertise.
The purpose of practicing Chinese combat techniques is not to fight, but so that you don’t have to fight. To fight is to follow an instinctual urge. It is a superficial show of strength. To not fight, however, is a philosophy. To prevent a fight from taking place or from escalating takes technique. After all, the purpose of studying Chinese martial arts is to prevent violence, not to add to it. This is the real spirit of Chinese martial arts.

北螳螂自衛技擊術

　　中國的北方一代，向來就是武風鼎盛，其中尤以螳螂拳深受各界的
喜愛；螳螂拳是脫胎自少林寺武術，再廣泛吸收各家拳法的精華，將其
融合於一體；因此在螳螂拳術之中，素有十八家宗法之說。螳螂拳的手法快捷身法靈敏，尤其特別注重實戰的技巧，在武術界中，一向被譽為『實戰拳』。
　　

　　中國武術的技擊之道，不僅僅只是一種單一的武術，而是人類生存
價值的體認與昇華。由於，融入了中華文化傳統的恕道精神，不但提昇
了中國武術的內涵哲理，更而精進了中國武術實戰運用的技巧面。練習
中國武術技擊技巧的目的，不是為了打，而是為了不打。打是一種衝動
，是一種逞強鬥勇的浮面表現。不打則是一種哲學。讓一場爭鬥沒有辦
法打成，就是一種技術。畢竟，學習中國武術的目的，是為了阻止暴力
的發生，而不是使自己成為暴力的一員﹔這才是中國武術的真正精神。