Master Lu's Health Center

This is Master Lu's Health Center's Seven Star Praying Mantis form. It is the seventeenth form we learn. It is performed here by Matt Stratton, one of our intermediate/advanced students.

Our system of Kung Fu is a set of forms from multiple systems. Master Lu's teacher, Grandmaster Yin Chian Ho, learned forms from many styles. Grandmaster Yin systemized all he had learned into a coherent, consistent set. This form is nearly the same as Beng Bu Quan, or "Crushing Step", from the Seven Star Praying Mantis system. You will see that this version of Beng Bu Quan differs from the original - it has been modified to be consistent with all of the other forms we learn. As such, it lacks some of the movements and some of the unique Seven Star Mantis 'style'.

As a point of comparison to the original, here are a few links to videos on youtube.com of the 'same' form:

Pretty similar.

A more contemporary wushu style.

Again, very similar. 

We encourage you to watch the other videos of our forms on our site, and you will start to see the similarities between them, and come to understand the monumental task of organizing them into a 'style' all its own.