The northern provinces of China have long been known as the "holy
land" of martial arts. Among its arts, Praying Mantis has become one
of the most favored styles. Praying Mantis branched off of Shaolin
martial arts and further absorbed the essence of a numerous other
styles, combining them into one and creating its fame as "the true
style of 18 families."

Praying Mantis was created near the end of the Ming Dynasty, when
Wang Lang combined the swift and fierce hand techniques of the
praying mantis with the quick and nimble footwork of the monkey,
making a new and unique form of martial art. Because of the
establishment of Praying Mantis, Wang Lang met with many other
masters and absorbed the strengths of their styles, finally creating
the essence of the 18 family boxing techniques and merging them
with Praying Mantis. Being transmitted to this day Praying Mantis
has always been admired as a style with special emphasis on practical
combat application, The hand techniques of Mantis are fast, the body
agile. Because of its particular emphasis on the combat technique,
it is praised in the Chinese martial arts world as "the combat fist."

"Yedi-Canghua" is an important form of the "Rougong-men" ("Soft
Skills") branch of the Praying Mantis 18 Family Styles. The "Soft
Skills" are also known as "Six Harmony Praying Mantis." Within the
whole Praying Mantis boxing system, it is considered a very important
sub-system. After all, during the long course of development of Chinese
martial arts, the buildup of experience has given birth to numerous
levels of technical variation. This is how the "soft skills" developed.
Boxing practice is hard effective fighting technique is harder. Being
pressed up closely against the enemy's body, is a particularly difficult
range. and Yedi-Canghua is a form designed to train you for this kind
of close-range fighting. It places special emphasis on the use of
"inch-jin" and the moves are specially designed to be like "hiding a
needle in your sleeve." It hides deadly techniques everywhere
and can release them at any time.

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