by nyang » Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:22 pm
Hi desa'84:
"Original" is defined from a relative point of view. As learned by Grandmaster Li, Mao-Ching, both Beng Bu and Xiao Hu Yan are complete traditional Mantis sequences (unchanged, as far as we know).
The lineage is actually not from GGM Han, Chin-Tang. It is from GGM Fu, Jia-Bin (傅家賓) -- one of Grandmaster Li's masters. You'll notice that Beng Bu and Xiao Hu Yan have the same closing, and it differs from such forms as Yi Lu Mai Fu, Er Lu Mai Fu, and Shi Zi Tang. The forms in the latter all have the same closing and come from GGM Han, Chin-Tang.
Nicholas C. Yang
President, YMAA International
Assistant Director, YMAA Retreat Center
http://ymaa-retreatcenter.org