6/8/2015 SouthernPrayingMantisSixShortPowershttp://www.geocities.ws/ckfalancaster/wkfwin95.html 1/7SouthernPrayingMantisSixShortPowersWushuKungFu,Winter1995SifuHenryPooYeeTherootoftheSouthernPrayingMantiskungfustyleknownas"NanTongLongPaiLokGang"istheqigong(alsocalledchikung)ofGumJongJowTitBoYee(hardchikungofGoldenBellIronShirt).Thisproducesthesystem'sshortrangepowers.TheSouthernPrayingMantiskungfusystemhassixofthiskindofshortrangepowers:guenhondewdongang,guenhonjetdongang,guenhonhargang,chungmoongang,yuhmoongang,andjawmoongang.Theshortrangepowersareonlydevelopedbydailypractice.Thefeet,thebody,andthehandsmustbalanceeachotherbeforeyoucanhavetruestrength.ThisisespeciallytruewithintheJookLumTemplestyleofSouthernPrayingMantiskungfuinthe18PointsStrikingsystem.Withthisshortrangepowertraining,a6/8/2015 SouthernPrayingMantisSixShortPowershttp://www.geocities.ws/ckfalancaster/wkfwin95.html 2/7SouthernPrayingMantiskungfupractitionerproducesyamyanyulgon(yinandyangofoppositestrength)ofkuenfat(handmovementabilities).UsingtheShortPowersForaskilledpractitionerinadefenseposition,itisnotnecessarytoblockanattacker'spunch.Instead,theshortrangepowerscanbeusedinitiallytocontroltheattacker'sforce.ItisdifficultforanonSouthernPrayingMantispractitionertounderstandthiskungfufightingconcept,butaskillfulSouthernPrayingMantispractitioner,ifattacked,won'tblockfordefense,thoughhewillfollowthroughwithhisownpunch.Ashecompletestheaction,heusesthefollowingthreemotions:guen(contact)hon(usingandredirectingtheincomingforce)anddon(thenfollowingthroughwithapunch).WithinSouthernPrayingMantiskungfu,thesemotionsarelearnedatvariouslevels,includingtheshortrangepowersinNanTongLongPaiLokGangSomDimBum(ThreeandHalfPointsContactsystem)NgDim(FivePointssystem)andtheChutDimLinWan(SevenPointscombinationsystem).CombinekuenfatwithNanTongLongPaiLokGang,andyoucanachievethisdefensivestrengthinmobility.BeginningPracticeThereareseveralstepstopracticingNanTongLongPaiLokGangintheshortrangepowersofguenhondongang.First,positiontheSouthernPrayingMantisstanceinthefootworkofDingBudDing,BotBudBot.ThebodypostureshouldbeintheshapeofDewTungDipGuatShowKayBui,withthehandsintheSouthernPrayingMantiskungfufightingpositionofTunSao.Atthispoint,youmustlearnhowtoformthekungfustyleofFunNonChoi(PhoenixEyeFist).TomakeaJookLumstyleofPhoenixEyeFist,thefootworkmustbalancetheupperbodyposture,withthetwosupportingeachotherlikeastrut.6/8/2015 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3/7FromthefightingpositionofTunSao,slowlypullthebodyinward,curlinginfromthelastfingersonbothhands.Slowlytightenupthebodyexceptjointswithtensionasyouwouldgenerateinmotion.Whenbothelbowsarecurledinfrontofthebody,makeareversegripmotionwithbothhandsinaPhoenixEyeFist.Thenreleasethegrip'stensioninacontrolledmotionoveracountofthree.Thiskindofqigongfromthebodyproducestheyamyanyulgonpowers.Itshouldnotbeconfusedwithbruteforce.Theshortrangepowerofguenhundongangisgeneratedfromthebodythroughcontrolledrelease.AtrulytraditionalSouthernPrayingMantiskungfupractitionermustmastertheshortrangepowerofguenhondongangitisthebaseforstrengthsinthemobilityofbalancewiththesystem'syamyanyulgoninkuenfat.ItisespeciallynecessarywithinthesystemofJookLumstyleoftheSouthernPrayingMantiskungfuofMuFarSopBotDimSiemKuen,asystemoftrainingunderJookLum.ThisusesthePhoenixEyeFistlikeahammer,strikingintoahumanbody'spressurepointsorjoints.Withoutthiskindofguenhondongang,thekungfu'sresultswillnotbedeadly.ContinuedExerciseThreeexercisesdeveloptheshortpowersinguenhondongangforthePhoenixEyeFiststrikes.Thefirstexerciseiscalledguenhondewdongang.Itisalsocalleddew(hanging)gangbout(shoulder)gangorchang(long)gang.Secondaretheguenhonjetdongang.Jet,implyingstrengthintheforwardposition,isalsocalledyul6/8/2015 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4/7(waist)gang,orchung(middle)gang.ThelastofthefirstthreeNanTongLongPaiLokGangofguenhonhargangarecalledchum(sinking)gang.Theseexercisesdevelopcontrolinfootwork.InSouthernPrayingMantiskungfutraining,thethreeshortpowersofNanTongLongPaiLokGangbalancethetrainingconceptsregardingcontrolwiththestrengthofthefootwork.ThebodypostureworkswithinthesystemofkuenfattoexecutethePhoenixEyeFiststrikes.ThelastthreeshortpowersofNanTongLongPaiLokGanghousomgangcombinetheshortpowers'conceptofyamyanyulgontothekuenfatofopenhands.Thisisalsocalledgee(finger)gang.Ittrainsthepractitionerto"borrow"theopponent'sforce,andteachestechniquessuchasthestrikegrip,pulling,hooking,trapping,pushing,andthrashing.NanTongLongPaihousomgangincludesthepositionsofchungmoongang(centergate)yuhmoongang(rightgate)andjawmoongang(leftgate).Tobalancethesystem'skuenfatinmovementsforalldirectionsaretheNanTongLongPaiLokGangwithintheJookLumTempleTongLongPaikungfusomgen(threescissors)andsaymoonsao(fourgate).AbouttheAuthor:HenryPooYeeisafifthgenerationdirectdiscipleofthelatefourthgeneratiionGrandmasterSifuLamSang,ofJookLumTempleTongLongPai.SifuYeeisthedirectorandheadinstructoroftheChineseKungFuAcademyofSouthernPrayingMantisFederation,U.S.A.headquarters,atHouston,Texas.home6/8/2015 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