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WYH: Lee Ying Sing, as a student of Chung Yel Chong, stirred up trouble sometimes that he couldn't extricate from himself. Unable to get out of it, on occasion, my father had to bail Lee out. Among other incidences (outside of mantis and not to be mentioned), he stirred up trouble with (the late) Wong Tam Gong, Chung Yel Chong's well respected student in Hong Kong (refer to the 1962 Praying Mantis Fitness Society Celebration in the Survey). That's why he left for England. Chung Yel Chong's students are still here and Wong Tam Gong's students are still teaching in Hong Kong. I am not one to speak ill. These are the iron facts and should not be changed or distorted to suit one's personal interest.
RDH: Recently, there were 3 photos of your father posted on a website by Koo Kwai in Seattle, USA. Do you know him?
WYH: I don't. It is known that he was a student of my father. You have at least one photo of him and my father, that I gave you several years ago. However, his recent internet photos that I have seen, do not reflect the Mantis principle of "hands never rise above the eyebrows or fall below the knees."
My father followed his teacher, Chung Yel Chong, for seventeen years. He had numerous schools in China and Hong Kong and literally more than a thousand students. I appeal to all Tanglang disciples to love and respect the history and blossom the art. These are the iron facts about Tanglang and shouldn't be changed or made up to suit one's self or purpose.
RDH: These people that we've spoken of today, and others, outside of China, say "Red Brow or Yellow Brow" was the founder of our Art in China. What say you?
WYH: You've been in China, north to south, for a long time. Did you ever hear anyone in anyplace say so? There is no such person. This is a case of one person speaking erroneously, fictiously and everyone else then repeating it.
RDH: You've given me your father's Training manifesto from the Hong Kong schools circa. 1962, what about the teaching today?
WYH: Over time one should train at least this:
Dan Zhuang Fut Sao - Single Arm Buddha Hand
Shuang Zhuang Fut Sao - Double Arm Buddha Hand
San Bu Jian - Three Steps Three Scissors
Say Men - Four Doors
San Jian Yao Shou (Fo Bu Jian)
Ba Men - Eight Doors
Mui Fa Chuan - Plum Flower Fist; Forms 1-2
Tanglang Darn Dao - Praying Mantis Single and Double Broadsword
Tanglang Jian - Mantis Single and Double Straight Sword
Chien Wu Jian - Straight Piercing Sword
Hou Wu Jian - Backward Piercing Sword
Say Men Gun - Four Doors Wooden Staff
Mui Fa Gun - Plum Flower Wooden Staff
Tanglang Kwan Dao - Mantis Long Handled Broadsword
Tanglang Tieh Cha - Mantis Iron Rulers (sai)
Tanglang Sha Dao -
Tanglang Wu Xing - Mantis 5 Rope Dart
Tanglang Ying Chiang - Mantis Iron Spear
Tanglang Fu Dao - Mantis Tiger Fork
Tanglang Ji - A unique wood and iron straight long weapon
RDH: Can you sum it up in a few words?
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About the
Mantis Survey Details
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Dedication
1962 Mantis Society
Wong Fei Hong Movie
About eBooks
About The Author
Contact Schools
VOLUME ONE
Pingshan Mantis Celebration
VOLUME TWO
China Mantis Reunion
VOLUME THREE
Kwongsai / Iron Ox
VOLUME FOUR
Chung Yel Chong /
On Som Dot's Trail
VOLUME FIVE
Chu Gar Praying Mantis
ADDENDUMS
Wong Yu Hua Interviews
Wong Yook Gong's
Training Creed
Kwongsai Dit Da Jow
CONCLUSION
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