Mantis boxing technique is based on the mantis hand hooking and grappling as the heart, with distinctive characteristics and strong pertinence, including finger bracing wall, iron ox ploughing and other freehand exercises and two types of equipment exercises such as patting sandbags and grasping the mouth of the altar, the form is eclectic, the content is colorful, and it can be operated alone or cooperatively. Long-term practice can hone the will and improve the skill, and it is a good way to cultivate the body and mind, which is regarded as a treasure by the practitioner but is snubbed.
People tend to pay attention to martial arts routines or the application of techniques, and skill practice is rarely paid attention to. However, the Mantis Boxing technique closely combines special technology, the movements are unpretentious, simple and bright, and the practice is convenient, and it comprehensively exercises the strength, speed, endurance, coordination and sensitivity of the arms, waist, legs and feet, and increases qi and strength, which is an effective means to develop special physical fitness, which helps practitioners understand, perform and use Mantis boxing techniques, improve the level of science and technology, and have outstanding effects. If you want to master their skills and operate freely, it is not a one-day task. Only perseverance, progression and perseverance can consolidate and improve skills and benefit from them.
“If you practice martial arts without practicing martial arts, you will eventually be empty.” Skill technique is a key link that cannot be ignored in the scientific and technological system of Mantis Boxing, and is one of the effective measures to improve the ability to strike and resist blows. Do what you can, step by step. Single exercises are acceptable, compound exercises are good, and it is especially worth advocating. If the practice of equipment skills and techniques can bring out the body method, the hand, eye and body method will be smelted step by step, and the benefits will be multiplied.
1. Throw sandbags
Sandbag square, canvas made, side length 30cm, all around stitched, filled with stone sand or iron sand, weighing about 3~5kg
(1) Chest tossing
Open your feet from side to side, shoulder-width apart, and bend your legs slightly. Grasp the sandbag with one hand (Picture 1), lift it with the center of gravity and throw it to the chest (Picture 2), and grasp it with the other hand (Picture 3). Positive throwing and grasping, reverse throwing and grasping, positive throwing and counter-grasping, and anti-throwing positive grasping are all acceptable, and the left and right are alternately exchanged, and the eyes move with the object (Figure 4, Figure 5).
(2) High throw grab
The throwing action is the same as before, the height of the throw is 3~5m, and the other hand can be caught and back. The eyes move with the object, the footwork is light and steady, and the footwork is light and steady (Figure 6).
(3) Back throw before grabbing
Throw it behind your backhand, the height is 3~5m, fall in front of you, and grab the other hand and grab it back. The eyes move with the object, the footsteps are moved depending on the landing point, and the footwork is light and steady (Figures 7, 8).
After the above techniques are proficient, two people can throw and grasp each other, with a distance of 3~5m, and play at will.
2. Playing with stones
Take wood as the rod and open stone as the plate. The rod is slightly longer than the height, the rod thickness is 5~6cm, the hand is the degree, the weight starts from 20kg, and gradually increases to 60kg with the strength of the work. Usually 8~12 exercises per group.
(1) Raise your hands together
Open your feet from side to side, slightly wider than your shoulders, bend your legs (Fig. 9), lean your torso forward, and hold the bar with both forehands. Pull both arms upwards at the same time, behind the shoulders, turn the wrists upright, and look straight ahead (Figure 10). The burden is lowered and placed in front of the hip.
(2) Pull the flag with one hand
Right hand upright, left hand reversed, slightly wider than shoulder (Fig. 11); The center of gravity of the body is shifted slightly to the right, the arms are carried to the right, the shaft is oblique, and the right is high and left low (Figure 12); Carry the burden with both arms to the left, the shaft diagonally, high left and low right, slide the left hand to the other end to hold the control burden, and press the disc with the right hand and look at the upper disc visually (Fig. 13).
Swap left and right, practice alternately.
(3) One-arm back piece
The right hand is held squarely, the left hand is held backwards, the distance is slightly wider than the shoulder, and the left hand is raised diagonally forward (Figure 14); The right hand grip is carried backward and lower left (Fig. 15), the torso is leaned forward, the right hand is released, the left hand holds the rod upright, the right hand is moved to the left shoulder, the shaft is placed diagonally behind the shoulder (Fig. 16), the right hand is grasped, the left hand is released, and the grip is held upwards (Fig. 17), and the stone shoulder is rotated on the left side of the body (Fig. 18).
It can be unidirectional continuous action, or it can be interchanged left and right, alternating exercises.
(4) Dancing flowers before and after
Right hand upright, left hand back, slightly wider than shoulder (Fig. 19); Raise the left hand diagonally forward and up, and the right hand grip lever to the left back and down (Fig. 20); lean the torso forward, swing the shaft behind the back (Fig. 21), and hold the shaft with the right backhand and move it to the right front and up (Fig. 22); The left forehand is held (Figure 23), the right hand is changed, and the shaft is upright (Figure 24).
The practice method is the same as above.
(5) Flying snake neck
Hold the right hand straight and the left hand back, slightly wider than the shoulder, and move upwards towards the left shoulder (Fig. 25); The shaft is wrapped around the back of the neck and the left hand slides to the other end (Fig. 26); The torso is tilted forward, the shaft is rotated around the neck to the right front, and the right forehand is held from back to front (Fig. 27); The torso is erect and the shaft is rotated from right to left around the front of the body (Figure 28).
The practice method is the same as above.
3. Kick a sandball
Spherical leather, waste basketball football can be used, filled with stone sand or iron sand, weighing about 10~15kg.
(1) Hook
The ball is placed on the ground in front of it, the right leg is supported, the knee is slightly bent, the toe is slightly abducted, about 300cm away from the ball, the left leg is straight, the toe hooks the inner buckle, the inside of the foot surface touches the ball, and the kick is hung to the right front. Fix the “praying mantis waist chop”, looking at the lower left front (Figures 29, 30). The ball stops and moves the footsteps, and the footwork is light and steady.
Swap left and right, practice alternately.
(2) Hanging on the knees
The ball is placed on the ground in front of the ground, the right foot is about 30cm away from the ball, the knee is slightly bent, the toe is slightly abducted, the left leg is hooked and kicked forward in an arc along the ground from flexion to extension, the toe hooks the inner buckle, the inside of the foot surface touches the ball, and the kick is hung and kicked to the right front, and the eyes move with the object (Fig. 31, Fig. 32). The ball stops and moves the footsteps, and the footwork is light and steady.
The practice method is the same as above.
(3) Kicking
The ball is placed on the ground in front of the ball, the right foot is about 30cm away from the ball, the knee is slightly bent, the toe is forward, the left leg is slightly bent, the foot surface is straight, the instep of the foot touches the lower back of the ball (Figure 33), the thigh drives the calf, kicks forward, and the eyes move (Figure 34). The ball stops and moves the footsteps, and the footwork is light and steady.
The practice method is the same as above.
(4) Kicking
The ball is placed on the ground in front of it, the left foot is about 30cm away from the ball, the knee is slightly bent, the toe is forward, the right leg is slightly bent and abducted, the inside of the foot touches the lower back of the ball (Fig. 35), and the ball is kicked forward along the ground, and the eyes move with the object (Fig. 36). The ball stops and moves the footsteps, and the footwork is light and steady.
The practice method is the same as above.
(5) Kick and kick
The ball is placed on the ground in front of the ball, the left foot is about 400cm away from the ball, the knee is slightly bent, the toe is slightly abducted, the right leg is straight and hooked to the left front, the left turn body is 90° (Figure 37, Figure 38, Figure 39), look back at the ball to the right, kick the right foot back, touch the lower part of the ball side with the heel, and follow the object (Figure 40). The ball stops and moves the footsteps, and the footwork is light and steady.
The practice method is the same as above.
