Who invented mantis boxing?

It has been more than 300 years since Wang Lang invented mantis boxing in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. For a long time, there have been many descriptions about the historical origin of mantis boxing. The development of mantis boxing in the early years is only an oral legend, and there is no historical research. As far as the literature of mantis boxing is concerned, it is Xiao Chishan Li and Liang's "Manta Boxing Spectrum" recorded in Laiyang County Records in modern times, and there is also "The True Collection of Shaolin Seven-Star Manta Boxing by Shangxiao Daoren". Up to now, there is no data to prove that it was spread to the theory of Taoist ascension, Taoist universe or Buddhist happiness after the founder Wang Lang. I feel that the historical records of mantis boxing in Hong Kong and overseas are very different from its birthplace in Shandong Province. Therefore, I would like to express my personal views on the modern development of mantis boxing in order to communicate with people all over the world.

The birthplace of mantis boxing is Yantai, Shandong Province, which was first popular in Laiyang and Haiyang. After the enrichment and development of masters from generation to generation, three ancient schools have gradually formed: Meihua Mantis, Qixing Mantis and Liuhe Mantis. In the early years, mantis boxing was not divided into sects. Legend has it that when Wang Lang created the mantis boxing, there were only "collapse" and "eight elbows". It was not until Li He created "random connection" (now also called interception) that it was transmitted to Liang. Therefore, the classic routine of mantis boxing is "collapse", "eight elbows", "random connection" and "abstraction" Since then, it has spread widely and many learners. At first, it has branched into various schools, and the routine has its own development and innovation.

Incidentally, the three major schools of mantis boxing, plum blossom, seven stars and Liuhe have their own characteristics and requirements. Its drill style and attack style are biased, so don't confuse them. The same set of boxing has little difference in appearance and structure, but its posture, footwork and strength are different. For example, you can't practice the routine of seven-star mantis with the moves of Liuhe mantis, nor can you practice the routine of Liuhe mantis with the moves of plum blossom mantis. Another example is Tai Ji Chuan, which developed into Chen, Yang, Wu, Sun, Wu, Zhao Bao and other factions, each with its own style and technical characteristics and different connotations. In the process of development, there are also several schools that combine learning to produce alternative styles, which is another matter. The technical analysis of various schools of mantis boxing will be discussed in detail later.

The spread of mantis boxing began in the early 20th century. At that time, the famous mantis boxing teacher in Yantai went abroad to carry forward. The three famous teachers who spread mantis boxing in Hong Kong are Luo Guangyu, Zhao Zhuxi, Tai Chi Mantis and Bao Guangying. Spread to the three northeastern provinces and northern provinces of Beijing, there are descendants of Tai Chi Mei Mantis Hao Jiamen, Seven Star Mantis Lin Jingshan, Mei Mantis (Tai Chi Mantis) Jiang Hualong, Song Zide and even Laiyang Sanshan, namely Li Kunshan, Wang Yushan, Cui Shoushan and Ji Chunting. Since 1949, it has spread to Taiwan Province province. There are Mei Mantis Li Kunshan, Seven Star Mantis Wang Songting and Liuhe Mantis Zhang Xiang. Later, eight-step mantis, secret door mantis and long fist mantis were derived. Due to the backwardness of the information age and later historical reasons, the mantis boxing in Hongkong and overseas is basically isolated from that in Shandong and China. The historical data, boxing spectrum, boxing theory and technical characteristics of mantis boxing are mainly examples. However, these famous teachers from Yantai, Shandong Province have some difficulties in language communication, so they have many different understandings of the historical materials and technical theories of mantis boxing. Their descendants also interpreted it according to their own understanding, so that they devoted their lives to studying mantis boxing. However, some of their authoritative views make it difficult for mantis boxing students in Shandong to understand and accept. The author feels that the information about mantis boxing in the two places is biased. While Hong Kong lacks information about the development of mantis boxing in Shandong and northern provinces, the parties in Shandong do not know enough about the spread of mantis boxing abroad. In view of this, the author hopes to provide reference for the modern development of mantis boxing in the two places to enhance mutual understanding. Just like the understanding we reached in the communication with Yantai Wushu Association and the descendants of mantis boxing last year, we should strengthen communication at home and abroad and work together to promote mantis boxing!

Plum blossom mantis boxing (Tai Chi mantis boxing, Tai Chi plum blossom mantis boxing)

The literature record of plum blossom mantis boxing began with Li in Qing Dynasty. According to the Records of Laiyang County, Li was a native of Jiahe, Chishan Mountain, Laiyang, Qing Dynasty, and the 17th generation descendant of Li Zanyuan, assistant minister of the right army department of Shunzhi, Qing Dynasty. According to the fifteenth spectrum of Li Zanyuan, "Li Zifu moved to Xiguan, Fengcheng and Haiyang counties, and his sons were distributed in Laiyang and Haiyang." It is said that Li traveled to the south of China with his father's officials during the Qianlong period. A thief, A, was seriously ill and unconscious in prison. He was sent out of prison to inform officials, mastered medical theory, took his pulse, bought medicine to drink, sweated, and sneaked in at midnight. Later, the thief taught him everything he had learned all his life, and the thief never came again. And its art is the mantis boxing created by Wang Lang, and the history of learning it is not recorded. Yuan Lee was originally a student who paid tribute to literature, but later he gave up literature and joined martial arts. After years of hard training, he became a master of mantis boxing. Because of its superb use of double hooks, it is called "Li Er Hook" or "Two Hook Master". According to County Records, Manta Boxing Manual and related legends, Li is the main disseminator of Manta Boxing.

Li Zilu was born in Chishan Village, Laiyang during Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty. Master Zhao has been an expert in martial arts since childhood. He was brilliant and superb in martial arts, and Li made a true biography for him. Zhao Zhu's mantis boxing is interlocking, just like plum blossom, and its petals are connected, so it is called "Meihua mantis boxing". According to "Laiyang County Records", "Da Chi Mountain is also Li's disciple. Zhu sat down on the bed. Wei, the thief in the play, is well known. He tiptoed into his claws to explore his eyes, and with a wave of his beaded hand, he lay under the bed, not daring to move less. " Spread art in Liang.

Liang, a native of Zishupu, was born in Yushan Town, Haiyang County, during Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty (18 10). Posthumous title "Liang", whose family name is "Deshuntang". He is thin, but extremely sensitive. Because he is smart, diligent and knowledgeable, he has made extraordinary achievements in martial arts. He once punched his opponent to death in a contest, so he was also known as the "beam hammer" and became famous from then on. Liang has been a bodyguard for half his life and is invincible in the Jianghu under the banner of mantis boxing. Liang is not only proficient in "Plum Blossom Manta Boxing", but also has a deep study of "Tai Ji Chuan". He combined the main techniques of "Plum Blossom Manta Boxing" with the essence of "Taiji Chuan", and created an "abstract" boxing, which became the essence of Manta Boxing and was not easy to be circulated by boxers in past dynasties. From then on, "Plum Blossom Manta Boxing" is also referred to as "Tai Chi Plum Manta Boxing" or "Tai Chi Manta Boxing". Liang not only innovated the technique of plum blossom Manta boxing, but also was the founder of the vigorous development of plum blossom Manta boxing. He broke the habit of mantis boxing and spread his skills widely. He has taught equally in Haiyang, Laiyang, Qixia, Huangxian, Wendeng, Zhifu, Rongcheng and Mu. His apprentices in Yantai are: Liang Jingchuan (son of Liang), Li Minghuan, Shi Gudu, Wang Guifang, Jiang Laoqi, Xiu Kunshan and others. According to the records of Zhao Zhuxi, a master of Taiji Mantis in Hong Kong, Zhao Zhuxi studied under Chi Shoujin and Ren Fengrui, Chi and Ren studied under Sun Yuanchang, and Sun Yuanchang studied under Liang (recorded in Hong Kong as Liang Shuxiang). It can be seen that the origin of Taiji Mantis in Zhaozhuxi, Hong Kong also comes from Liang. The book Manta Boxing Manual written by Liang laid a theoretical foundation for the development of Meihua Manta Boxing. Last year, in the exchange activities with the Wushu Association of Yantai City, Shandong Province, the author was lucky enough to see the Manta Boxing Manual written by Liang. In addition to discussing the theory of mantis boxing, there are three sets of boxing manuals, namely, Peng Bu (Collapse Bu), Random Connection and Eight Elbows in Two Places, from which we can see the foundation of the development of Meihua mantis boxing. Since Liang, "Manta Boxing of Plum Blossoms" has developed into a vast ocean with countless descendants. Here, I'd like to give an overview of the development of Hong Hao and Jiang Hualong, and the introduction of Zhao Zhuxi and Bao Guangying to the south.

(1) taiji plum blossom mantis Haojiamen (general situation of Hong Hao pulse)

Hong Hao, whose real name is Lian Ru, (1986- 19 14), is a descendant of Chujia Temple in Laishan, Mu Ping, Yantai. With the biography of Liang Zhen, the Mantis Boxing Hall was founded, which is one of the three most famous boxing halls in modern Yantai. Hong Hao has superb martial arts. When he fought in Beijing, he was called "Shen Qianghao" because of his excellent marksmanship. Hong Hao systematically sorted out the technical theory of "Taiji Plum Blossom Boxing", wrote the boxing theory of "Shengong", and brilliantly expounded the boxing technique, reaching the height of perfection. His sons, Hao Hengyi, Hao Luheng, Hao Hengchang, Hao Hengxin, Hao Hengpo and Hao Hengxiang, were all handed down by their ancestors, and their martial arts were superb. The Hao brothers spread widely, and peaches and plums spread all over the world, forming the "Haojiamen Taiji Plum Manta Boxing" which has great influence in Shandong Province, Northeast provinces and overseas countries.

Hao, the second son of Hong Hao, was born in Sui and Tang Dynasties. His nickname was "Yunguzi" and his external name was "Er". He studied martial arts with his father since childhood and practiced martial arts all his life. He is the deepest of the Hao brothers. On the basis of mantis swordsmanship, Hao absorbed the essence of various swordsmanship and created the "mantis sword" which is famous in Wulin. Its swordsmanship is superb, its technical content is high and it is unique. Hao has been a monk all his life. He has a high understanding, skill and knowledge. 1926 Reconstructed the boxing spectrum and published Taiji Plum Blossom Manta Boxing, which laid a comprehensive theoretical system for Haojiamen Taiji Plum Blossom Manta Boxing. Hao used to be the instructor of Wu Jun Martial Arts School and the curator of Penglai Martial Arts School, and taught in Yantai, Qingdao, Penglai, Harbin, Shanghai and Beijing successively, with many successors. His famous disciples are Lilac Pavilion, Song, Cao Dekun, He, Dean Ge and his son.

The Hao brothers have their own descendants. The eldest son, Hao Hengyi (18 15- 1929), once taught in Beijing, Harbin and Jinan, and served as a martial arts instructor in Zhang Zongchang army. His descendants are mainly Jia, Jia Bailong, Yang Dianjie, Jia Shilin, Jia, Jia Bailong and Tan.

The third son, Hao Hengchang, was mainly inherited by Sun Ruokang, Yang, Jia Shishan, Wang Huating, Bi Shucai, Shao Mingguang, Mou and Wang Huating.

The fourth son is Hao Hengxin (1892- 1957), nicknamed "Hao Sibiaozi", and is famous for his diligence. He has taught fine arts in Yantai for decades, and served as a martial arts coach in Yantai Special Zone. The main successors are Hao Zhongyue, Liu, Wang Mingru, Song Zhaode, Liu Zhongqi, Liu Zhongxun, Zhang, Liu Jitian, Ji Zhongde, Zhang, etc.

The fifth son, Hao Hengpo, nicknamed "Five Monkeys", has solid kung fu and is as flexible as a monkey. He has taught in Jinan, Penglai, Qingdao, Dalian and other places, and served as the director of Qingdao Wushu Workshop. The main successors are Gong Hao, Jiang Bingxiang, Chen Shuhai, Zhou Fengling, Teng Peixi, Zhang Wanfu, Yuan Huiqin, Ge Diansheng, Chen Bingchao, Meng Xianyun and Sun.

The sixth son, Hao Hengxiang, was mainly inherited by Hao Yongjie, Jia Shishan, Jiang, Jiang and Jiang Wanjing.

The Hao brothers are six masters, and they have spawned countless descendants.

, also known as real name, (1906- 1984) is the son of Hao. He studied martial arts with his father and grandfather since childhood. At the age of eighteen, he won the final champion of Shandong Wushu. He devoted his life to boxing, and he is a representative figure of Taiji Plum Blossom Manta Boxing. He is best at "mantis sword" and "abstraction", and is good at martial arts. I have had countless skills with others in my life and have never lost. He was the last curator of Mu Ping National Wushu Museum and spread his art in Mu Ping, Yantai, Qingdao and northeast China. In order to promote Chinese martial arts, he tirelessly traveled north and south, and set an example without reservation, which is a model of Wulin. Looking back, I went to Yantai to worship Hao Bin as a teacher and experienced hardships. Master Hao Bin felt the sincerity of the author and tried his best to teach martial arts. The scene is still vivid and unforgettable. Master has always been very kind to me! There are countless descendants of Hao Bin all over the world. The organizer of the four consecutive Qingdao International Wushu Championships is Qingdao Taiji Plum Blossom Manta Boxing Committee. In previous competitions, its descendants have won the champion of mantis boxing and martial arts. The author was lucky enough to participate in nearly two competitions, and won three gold medals in mantis boxing, mantis sword and traditional boxing last year. Because of its numerous countries and regions, it is a rare high-level international traditional Wushu competition. In memory of Hao Bin, Sun Delong opened Hao Bin Tanglangquan Martial Arts School in Qingdao. Qu Zijun of Yantai established Yantai Taiji Meihua Manta Boxing Research Association. As a disciple of Hao Bin, the author first spread in Guangzhou, developed in Hong Kong in recent years, and established the Hong Kong Taiji Plum Blossom Boxing Association. Korea Jinyin also established the Korean Plum Blossom Manta Boxing Association. At present, in Shandong Province, three northeastern provinces, all over the country and abroad, Haojiamen Taiji Plum Blossom Mantis Boxing is the most important. Hao Bin, a celebrity in Jiaodong, has made great contributions to the mantis boxing all his life, and he is a historical figure of the vigorous development of mantis boxing. There are countless descendants of Hao Bin, including his sons Hao, disciples, Qu Zijun, Sun Deyao, Sun Dexiao, Wang Yichen, Wang Jusheng, Wei, Ge Xixin, Sun Baoen, Sun Xuepo, Chen, Zhang, Jiang Daoquan, Zheng Xingshu, Liang Zhuozhong, Guan Xiaowen and Wei Fengchi.

Cao Dekun (1885- 1959) is Hao's most proud disciple. 19 15 years, he came to teach in Harbin from Yantai. He is the main disseminator of Taiji Meihua Boxing in three northeastern provinces, and founded Dekun Martial Arts School. The development of mantis boxing in the three northeastern provinces is very vigorous, and its popularity is not even as good as that of overseas countries, or even as good as that of Shandong Province, where it originated. There is a saying that it originated in Shandong and developed in the northeast, which shows the grand occasion of mantis boxing in the three northeastern provinces. Cao Dekun has been circulating in Northeast China for decades, and there are countless descendants, mainly Qi Zhigang, Zhang Songjiao, Sheng Fengzhou, Dong Zigang, Liu Zhanbang, Qi Lide, Gu, Zhang Chuanjin, Feng Lighting and Liu Changgong. Cao Dekun's disciple and son Zhang founded the Plum Blossom Taiji Manta Boxing Martial Arts School in Harbin. Another disciple of Cao Dekun, Liu Changgong, also established the Plum Blossom Taiji Manta Boxing Committee in the Northeast. So far, Russia and eastern European countries have invited their descendants to teach mantis boxing abroad, which has brought the development of mantis boxing to another peak.

Hong Hao's Taiji Plum Manta Boxing is also called Plum Manta Boxing and Plum Taiji Manta Boxing. In the development of nearly a hundred years, it has formed a very huge system and established an unshakable position. Left a brilliant page in the history of mantis boxing!

(B) the spread of Long Mai in Jiang Hua.

(1855- 1924) A native of Huangjingou, Laiyang, Shandong Province, who won the biography of Liang Zhen, is another major disseminator of the "Plum Blossom Mantis" system. During the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the world had the reputation of "playing hard to make Jiang Zilong" and was one of the leading figures in Shandong Wulin at that time. According to Laiyang County Records, "The dragon is less than five feet long, stupid and fat. If he is incompetent, he will be as smart as a monkey as soon as he tries his hand. " Cangzhou, where Jiang Hualong fought three wars, was invincible and famous in Wulin. At that time, there were famous teachers Li Zhongxiang and Zi Danbo who studied arhat boxing and underground boxing in Laiyang. He and Jiang Hualong learn from each other's martial arts, learn from each other's strong points, and integrate their essence into mantis boxing, thus contributing to the development of mantis boxing. Jiang Hualong teaches boxing all over Jiaodong. In his later years, he set up libraries in Yantai and Laiyang, teaching students and having many disciples. The famous ones are Song Zide, Li Kunshan, Liu Zuyuan, Jiang Dongyang, Ji Leishan, Yuanzi, Yu Zhenjiang and Cui Luoting.

Song Zide, a native of Zhaogezhuang, Laiyang, was the same age as Jiang Hualong and died after him. Because of his rich family, he is called Master Song. Song Zide studied Monkey Boxing and Changquan, and later studied Mantis Boxing from Jiang Hualong, and became brothers with Jiang Hualong and Li Danbo. Song Zide inherited Jiang Hualong's martial arts in an all-round way, read the martial arts codes of various schools, visited friends and talked about it, absorbed the essence of various schools of martial arts, enriched and developed Professor Jiang Hualong's plum blossom mantis boxing, and formed the unique style of Taiji mantis boxing. Its successor was also identified as "Taiji Mantis Boxing", which began in Song Zide. Song Zide was rich in literary talent, and he was able to rearrange the music spectrum of Liang Boxing, forming a more complete and complete theoretical system, which contributed greatly to the development of mantis boxing. Tanglang Boxing was unprecedented in the era of Jiang Hualong and Song Zide, and its martial arts schools spread all over Jiaodong and beyond. Song Zide is superb in martial arts. According to legend, he fought with others and few people could stop him. Song Zide started boxing in Laiyang, Yantai and other places successively. The main successors are Wang Yushan, Cui Shoushan, Zhao, Song Huanting, Jiang Jihe, Ji Chunting and other celebrities.

Li Kunshan, whose real name is today, (1890- 1982), is from Yougezhuang, Guhui Township, Laiyang County. At the age of twelve, I studied Changquan with my uncle Li Danbo. At the age of seventeen, Li Danbo was addicted to it. Before he died, he entrusted his sworn brother Jiang Hualong. Li Kunshan studied hard with Jiang Hualong for six years. He inherited the essence of plum blossom manta boxing, such as six segments, eight elbows, volley and plum blossom road. Jiang Hualong is good at Qigong, such as Dharma Yijin Jing, Qigong Baduanjin, Three Rings and Nine Transformations of Internal Strength, etc. /kloc-in the spring of 0/933, he first went to Jinan with his classmates Wang Yushan, Liu Zuyuan and Song Julong to take the Shandong Wushu exam, and Li Kunshan won the first place in the long soldier group. In the autumn of the same year, he went to Nanjing to take part in the national examination, winning streak in Lien Chan, and finally won the champion of the long soldier group. Li Kunshan first taught in Shandong Martial Arts School founded by Li in Jinan, and then returned to Laiyang to organize Laiyang Martial Arts School. At that time, Li Kunshan used to be the police captain of Huangxian County, and met Ding Zicheng, the richest man in Huangxian County and a famous mantis boxing master in Liuhe. Later, the martial arts school was located in the closed north gate pawnshop opened by Ding Zicheng. Soon, he joined War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and later went to Taiwan Province Province with the army, becoming the founder of Meihua Manta Boxing in Taiwan Province Province. Li Kunshan's main successors in Taiwan Province Province are Li Dengwu, Sun Hefeng, Bruce Lee, Yu Eyi, Li Chunde and Cui Weiguo. In Laiyang, there are Zhang Shoushan and Zhang Jixian. Zhang Shoushan's biography of Zhang Bingdou, the grandson of Li Kunshan, was a true biography. After studying under the famous mantis Wang Yushan, he wrote Tai Chi Plum Mantis Boxing Complete Collection and the novel Historical Romance of Mantis Boxing. 1982 served as the martial arts design for the TV series Song Wu of Shandong TV Station. 1992, Kunshan Wushu School in Laixi City, Qingdao was established, and many talents were trained.

Cui Shoushan, whose real name is Peng Nian, (1890- 1969), is from Laiyang. He studied under Song Zide and inherited Yantai as a teacher. He has profound attainments in mantis boxing, and his greatest contribution is to rewrite the Manual of Mantis Boxing, which is a martial arts classic of Mantis Gate. Cui Shoushan once taught in Laiyang Wushu Museum, then spread to Dalian, set up a museum in Yantai in the early 1930s, and returned to Laiyang in his later years. Its main successors are Zhang, Sun Xiangting, Xu Fengqi and so on. Zhang, a native of Yantai College, studied "Hao Hua Tang Lang Boxing" under the famous martial arts masters Hao and Hao Hengxin in Yantai. In the early 1930s, Cui Shoushan studied Taiji Manta Boxing with his teacher and practiced hard for six years, which was truly passed down. Zhang Yu 1993 died at the age of 83. Zhou Zhendong inherited his mantle, and now Yantai carries it forward and is a direct descendant of Cui Shoushan's Taiji Mantis Boxing. Another descendant of Xu Fengqi, Sun De, also circulated in Yantai. Recently, many DVDs of Tai Chi mantis boxing have been released, which has promoted the development of mantis boxing. Qu Shen, a native of Dalian, Liaoning Province, was born in 19 19. Studied under Zhao Peiqi and Wang Xuexi's Secret Zongquan. /kloc-in 0/934, he studied Tai Chi mantis boxing at the gate of Cuishou Mountain and spread it to the northeast of Jilin.

Wang, a native of Cuituan, Laiyang, (1892- 1976), was a proud pupil of Song Zide, with outstanding martial arts. The main transmission route of Qingdao is called Taichi Mantis Qingdao School, and its martial arts school is in Qingdao, and its descendants are all over Jiaodong. After learning the truth, his two sons and Wang set up libraries in Qingdao and Laiyang respectively to serve as apprentices. The main successors are Liu, Liu and Li. The Wang brothers also have descendants in Japan, Russia and other countries, and their Japanese disciples published the book "Manta Boxing Essentials", which is the first overseas masterpiece describing the current Taiji Manta Boxing system in Shandong Province. The content is rich and wonderful, which shows that their Japanese descendants' research on mantis boxing has reached its peak.

Yuanzi (address), whose real name is Shao Zhou, studied under Jiang Hualong, and is another branch of "Plum Blossom Mantis" spreading to three northeastern provinces. The main descendants are Li Duanlu, a disciple of Dingmen, and his daughter Xia Yuan. Today, Dandong, Liaoning has the largest number of descendants. At the Qingdao International Wushu Championship in 2000, the author witnessed the performances of Xia Yuan's predecessors, and it was really healthy and vigorous, with profound skills. Its main successors are Yi Haifeng, Wang Baoji, Xu Zaixing and Wang Xiaodong.

Jiang Hualong's "Plum Blossom Manta Boxing" or "Taiji Manta Boxing" is very vigorous in the development of nearly a hundred years. The martial arts schools that teach mantis boxing are all over Shandong, and their reputation is far spread, making them the first boxing in Shandong Province. Through the efforts of several generations of famous teachers, I wrote down the glorious history of the development of mantis boxing!