Four Direction Running Strikes. Si Ru Ben Da

It is a vigorous & fierce form in Shaolin Praying Mantis Fist. Forms are widely open. Focus on hardness. Clear hand attack & leg attack by stealth are its major skils. This form is mainly practised in Eastern part of China, like Shanghai, He Fei, Xu Zhou, Jiang Su. This form shows the firmness and strength of the style. Its special skill relies on “bright“ hands and “dark“ legs which means hidden and off angle stepping. What we have here is a well-trained practitioner demonstrating what is called “Shaolin Mantis.“ There is no question of the clear and strong presentations of his form. However, given the history and theory of Mantis this style seems to almost revert more to Long Fist with some beautiful Mantis like poses. There is a slow fusion of contemporary training with traditional or near-traditional forms going on. We see this as a valid reinterpretation but not a fully evolved boxing is spreading in the area of Suxian, Hefei and Fengzhao of Anhui, Na