
Welome to mantis boxing kung fu
Welcome to Oxford’s Kung Fu School, Chow Gar Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu Boxing website. Pete Orum is an official teacher (sifu) in the Oxfordshire area to be endorsed to teach the system under Master Paul Whitrod who is authorised UK representative of the style from the Ip Family Hong Kong.
move fast, hit hard!
Nar loong jau – hard dragon claws.
The Chow Gar Southern Praying Mantis is a unique fighting system. theres many conditioning drills to harden the body. And its usually hard for students accept at the beginning, you can say it takes a special person to see it throughout. One of the reasons for conditioning the body is for when fighting we use almost any part of the body to attack or defend – hands, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, back, feet and head and teeth. There’s 22 principles of the system and heres a list of few. You should be light (on your feet), but equally solid and relaxed, Like a eagle Your eyes should be fixed on the target.Never attack half-heartedly use intent (yi) The most important one, You should always hit your attacker in the vital areas of the body, or aim for vital targets (dim mak) This system not flamboyant in any way. And theres little wasted motion, its aggressive and straight to the point. The settings in the work are full of innovation and possibilities.

sarm bo jin/ 3 step arrow punnch
Sarm bo jin meaning three steps arrrow punch, is the first form taught. Looking very basic when watching it performed is and would be totally wrong. This heplps to build a strong body and develop energy when punching. The gin “punch” should done like shooting an arrow from a bow hence the word in the title, we don’t bring the hands back to the side of the body before striking. We learn to develop the power from a short distance to strike, this a small insight regarding this form and for me a ongoing journey to perfect sarm bo jin.
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