{"id":10937,"date":"2019-11-21T02:51:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/praying-mantis-boxing\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T02:51:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:51:59","slug":"praying-mantis-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/praying-mantis-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying Mantis Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><span>  <\/p>\n<p>Praying Mantis Boxing is one of the Chinese  imitative boxing styles. It is said to have been created by Wang Lang, a  Shandong native of the Liang Dynasty under Emperor Wu&#8217;s rule. Inspired  by the praying mantis&#8217; aggressiveness in its stalking of a cicada, Wang  Lang created the boxing ba<em><\/em>sed on Shaolin Long Boxing and taking a cue  from the insect&#8217;s quick and agile attacking movements with its front  long legs.<\/p>\n<p>Praying Mantis Boxing is characterized by its inclusion of the  features of both long and short boxing styles, fusion of toughness and  softness, and the intrepid and fast movements. One of the basic hand  postures of Praying Mantis Boxing is the &quot;praying mantis hook&quot;, which is  exactly like the front claws of the praying mantis. In terms of body  postures, the boxing practitio<em><\/em>ner is supposed to be flexible in the  waist and arms, and stable below the buttocks. This posture is what is  called &quot;shaking branches on a stable root&quot; or &quot;moving the waist, not the  hips&rdquo;. The movements of the boxing symbolize the courage of the praying  mantis that shows no fear even in front of a carriage. In the boxing,  short yet quick strikes of the hands and co<em><\/em>ntinuous movements are quite  common. The quick attacking nature is characteristic of the praying  mantis. Routines with weapons include those involving sticks, swords and  double hooks etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are two styles of Praying Mantis Boxing&mdash;the northern and  southern styles. The northern style boxing is practiced in and around  Jiaodong of Shandong Province. The southern style boxing is also known  as &quot;the Zhou Family Praying Mantis Boxing&quot;, which is said to have been  created in the Qing Dynasty by Zhou Yanan from Guangdong. It is similar  to other styles in the south.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-4258630516\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praying Mantis Boxing is one of the Chinese  imitative boxing styles. It is said to have been created by Wang Lang, a  Shandong native of the Liang Dynasty under Emperor Wu&#8217;s rule. Inspired  by the praying mantis&#8217; aggressiveness in its stalking of a cicada, Wang  Lang created the boxing based on Shaolin Long Boxing and taking a cue  from the insect&#8217;s quick and agile attacking movements with its front  long legs.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2858],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-kung-fu"],"views":206,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}