Post by Shifu Tolson on Feb 3, 2016 10:11:03 GMT -5
The Origin of the Form, Chaotically Connected
The origin of the traditional pillar form of mantis, "Chaotically Connected" (亂 接 - luàn jiē) is shrouded in mystery. Those mantis practitioners who believe in the legendary character, Wang Lang, often attribute it's creation to him. While other practitioners believe Zhao Zhu, the teacher of Liang Xuexiang, to be the form's creator. Unfortunately, both thoughts are based only on the legends of the various mantis families and no documentary evidence exists to lend credibility to either theory.
The first documentary evidence that refers to the "Chaotically Connected" set is the book, Boxing, Staff and Spear Fencing Manual, written in 1842 by Liang Xuexiang. It lists the form, along with Crushing Step (bung bu) and Dividing the Body into Eight Elbows (fen shen ba zhou}, as traditional mantis forms and provides the fist songs for each set.
"Chaotically Connected" is a popular form in modern mantis and is practiced in Plum Flower Mantis, Grand Ultimate Mantis, Grand Ultimate Plum Flower Mantis, Secret Door Mantis and Seven Star Mantis. Though there are now several different versions of the set depending on the mantis family. Most have also changed the name from "Chaotically Connected" (亂 接 - luàn jiē) to "Intercepting" (拦 截 - lán jié) due to confusion over what the term "chaotically connected" was suppose to mean. At the Mantis Masters Academy, we use the original name.
"Chaotically Connected" consists of 36 "mother techniques" which include concepts such as Gang-Rou (Hard-Soft), Yin Yang (Opposites), and Xu Shi (Empty-Full). These six characters combined with the six lines of the trigrams equal the cosmological number thirty-six (6 X 6 = 36). Following in commune with the Yijing (Classic of Changes), Luanjie commences with Taiji which is the outcome of Yin Yang which originated from Liang Yi (Two Polars)".
A popular saying in Yantai is:
亂 接 的 手 八 肘 的 勁 蹦 補 的 蹘 蹦 跳 躍 摘 要 都 有
luan jie de shou ba zhou de jin beng pu de liao beng tiao yue zhai yao dou you
Luanjie for hands, Bazhou for energy, Bengbu for steps and jumping, Zhaiyao has all.
The origin of the traditional pillar form of mantis, "Chaotically Connected" (亂 接 - luàn jiē) is shrouded in mystery. Those mantis practitioners who believe in the legendary character, Wang Lang, often attribute it's creation to him. While other practitioners believe Zhao Zhu, the teacher of Liang Xuexiang, to be the form's creator. Unfortunately, both thoughts are based only on the legends of the various mantis families and no documentary evidence exists to lend credibility to either theory.
The first documentary evidence that refers to the "Chaotically Connected" set is the book, Boxing, Staff and Spear Fencing Manual, written in 1842 by Liang Xuexiang. It lists the form, along with Crushing Step (bung bu) and Dividing the Body into Eight Elbows (fen shen ba zhou}, as traditional mantis forms and provides the fist songs for each set.
"Chaotically Connected" is a popular form in modern mantis and is practiced in Plum Flower Mantis, Grand Ultimate Mantis, Grand Ultimate Plum Flower Mantis, Secret Door Mantis and Seven Star Mantis. Though there are now several different versions of the set depending on the mantis family. Most have also changed the name from "Chaotically Connected" (亂 接 - luàn jiē) to "Intercepting" (拦 截 - lán jié) due to confusion over what the term "chaotically connected" was suppose to mean. At the Mantis Masters Academy, we use the original name.
"Chaotically Connected" consists of 36 "mother techniques" which include concepts such as Gang-Rou (Hard-Soft), Yin Yang (Opposites), and Xu Shi (Empty-Full). These six characters combined with the six lines of the trigrams equal the cosmological number thirty-six (6 X 6 = 36). Following in commune with the Yijing (Classic of Changes), Luanjie commences with Taiji which is the outcome of Yin Yang which originated from Liang Yi (Two Polars)".
A popular saying in Yantai is:
亂 接 的 手 八 肘 的 勁 蹦 補 的 蹘 蹦 跳 躍 摘 要 都 有
luan jie de shou ba zhou de jin beng pu de liao beng tiao yue zhai yao dou you
Luanjie for hands, Bazhou for energy, Bengbu for steps and jumping, Zhaiyao has all.