TANG LANG: the style of praying mantis, founded by Wang Lang at the end of the Ming Dynasty. This master assiduously studied at the Shaolin Monastery and inspired the movements and strategies to combat the terrible insect, and, probably, to travelling style of monkey, with regard to the movement of the feet. A style characterized by great agility and a speed fulminant, martellante in his annichilire intent of the enemy. The original lang tang is said about shi lang tang (7 stars), indicating that the practitioner must move and change direction continuously to penetrate the guard's opponent. The style is then divided into other subgroups, including mei hua lang tang (of plum flower), t'ai chi lang tang (the Supreme polarity) and I liu lang tang (of the six harmonies). There is also a style of southern mantis, which was originally taught only to members of the imperial family, now almost exclusively from this heritage hakka.

HOU CH'UAN (also known as sheng ch'uan t): the style of the monkey, so called because the practitioner must immerse themselves fully in this animal, since coming to imitate the most stowed the attitudes acrobatics and tricks, it is then funambolico really a style, full of jumps, capriole and technical grounding, which ends with the stun opponent for their unpredictability. The codification of this system of kung fu is attributed to Kao Tze, who accused dell'omicidio a villano, passed a long period ended in a prison in the forest. Here he was able to observe a large flock of monkeys in games and fighting newspapers, enlightening experience that led him to found this strange, but ferocious style.

TSUI PA HSIEN: the style of the eight immortal drunk refers to eight figures of popular Taoist mythology, each represented during combat, by its own characteristics. The practitioner moves pretending to be prey to the smoke-induced he caracolla right and missing, as if he were ever to lose the balance is a trick to displace the opponent, as are the sudden and abrupt falls changes of direction.

Stefano Pernatsch
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