The mountain fist in the Praying Mantis Kung Fu style should only be used in combat if you can do a push up on that knuckle. Learn about the benefits and drawbacks of the mountain fist and the flat fist in this free Kung Fu video lesson.
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Momentimum says:
May 9, 2011 at 7:57 am (UTC 0)
what’s the difference between mountain fist and dragon claw?
CarNikolaj says:
May 9, 2011 at 8:25 am (UTC 0)
@kiwimedia21 Yup, it will damage the nerves in your finger after you try to use it and break the finger….
kungfudragon99 says:
May 9, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC 0)
mountain fist is my favourite type of fist i hit on it evrydy cause u cn use it as a weapon
kiwimedia21 says:
May 9, 2011 at 8:56 am (UTC 0)
couldn’t mountain fist damage nerves in certain areas if done right?
CupisHomines says:
May 9, 2011 at 9:23 am (UTC 0)
i love mantis, and want to see MORE
80KungFu says:
May 9, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC 0)
In one way its good that he is giving out free lessons on the Internet for those who have no money or cant get to a martial art studio. But in a other way its bad, people are watching this thinking that they know praying mantis which they dont! And also, people are watching this and say bad things about the art because they dont understand it.
yoyomasterbrad says:
May 9, 2011 at 10:59 am (UTC 0)
wen i was a little kid we always called the mountain fist a “frogger”
kinjk says:
May 9, 2011 at 11:06 am (UTC 0)
i thought it was with, the index, copying the phoenix eye fist but nvm
kinjk says:
May 9, 2011 at 11:23 am (UTC 0)
Now, I could be mistaken but that Mountain Fist looks just like the Phoenix Eye Fist I use in Flying Crane.
azndude108 says:
May 9, 2011 at 11:32 am (UTC 0)
lmao you rotate your arm
domyaska says:
May 9, 2011 at 11:51 am (UTC 0)
thanks for these wonderful lessons…!! ciao dall’italia
FreeEnergyEngineer says:
May 9, 2011 at 12:48 pm (UTC 0)
In Kempo, it’s called ‘Ram’s Head’. I never knew that you had to be able to do pushups on it. I guess that would be true for every hand position.
ilyearer says:
May 9, 2011 at 1:38 pm (UTC 0)
my sifu primarily teaches mantis. or I should at least say that’s what he’s trained the most in.
big8templer says:
May 9, 2011 at 1:48 pm (UTC 0)
ginger fist… what style do you learn? Here we are talking about mantis fist name. I guess there are some other name for this fist in different style of kung fu, but in mantis, i am sure that we only have one name for it.
ilyearer says:
May 9, 2011 at 1:58 pm (UTC 0)
my sifu calls it a “ginger fist.” I don’t think there’s only one name for any particular move in chinese martial arts. some may be way more common, but that doesn’t make them they only name for that move.
HappyPeach568 says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:26 pm (UTC 0)
i am chinese too!
big8templer says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:26 pm (UTC 0)
Yes I am Chinese.
HappyPeach568 says:
May 9, 2011 at 3:01 pm (UTC 0)
you sound cool!
Are you Chinese too?
big8templer says:
May 9, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC 0)
1. in Chinese it’s not called mountain fist, but plum blossom(Mei Hua ??) Fist. mountian step, no mountain fist.
2. your thumb for that fist is wrong. plum blossom fist is most for basic training and to get a very important feeling in Mei Hua Tang Lang Quan. you can use that knuckle, trying to KO your opponent, but that’s not the fighting theory of mantis.
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May 9, 2011 at 4:06 pm (UTC 0)
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May 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC 0)
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masterarjay says:
May 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC 0)
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