The mantis fist movement with grasping foot was passed down by Yu Zhensheng, who was a consultant of the Central Chinese Martial Arts Academy, to his student Xu Gongwei, the famous master from southern China. And Xu Gongwei passed it to his student Fang Shan. The mantis fist movement with grasping foot comes from Shandong. It is a fist movement that combines long and short, force and softness together. It attacks swiftly and fiercely. Its features get the meanings from the mantis blocking the vehicle without fear, going well up to bridle. It has many short hand skills, which beat swiftly, and its tricks are interlinked together. It emphasizes beating with the trend, and attacking while there are empty points. Beat when stretching out the hands, as well as withdrawing the hands. Take attacking as defending. Split and smash fiercely.
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