Tai Chi Mantis Peng Pu Boxing Book by Tse Wing Ming

Tai Chi Mantis Peng Pu Boxing is an illustrated instructional guide to Peng Pu (Beng Bu/Crushing Step), one of the foundational forms of traditional Praying Mantis Kung Fu. This particular version presents the form as practiced within the Tai Chi Praying Mantis system.

Author Tse Wing Ming takes the reader through the form with clear photographs and explanations of its movements. Peng Pu emphasizes characteristic Praying Mantis principles such as rapid advancing footwork, coordinated hand techniques, changes of direction, and methods of closing distance and capturing an opponent. The author also discusses the traditional meaning of the name Peng Pu and its connection with the image of a mantis capturing its prey.

Presented in both Chinese and English, the book is a useful reference for practitioners of Praying Mantis Kung Fu and collectors of traditional Chinese martial arts manuals.

85 pages

Languages: English & Chinese