Traditional teachings in Praying Mantis Kung Fu conceptualize important life lessons into more easily digestible principles that enable a student to understand and intuitively put into practice. This foundational approach translates into more meaningful learning experiences which the student can apply to other parts of their life.
”The secret to better performance is control.” This ...
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The origins of Praying Mantis Kung Fu are founded in the tradition of Shaolin integrating Ming dynasty martial practices with the Chan Buddhist meditation and Neo-Confucian philosophy. It is premised on the notions of self preservation, individual autonomy and the natural right to self defense in the pursuit of peace. Peace is commonly understood to mean a lack of ...
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Goal Setting and Planning
The end of another year is quickly approaching making it the perfect time for year-end reflection and new year planning. Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn vision into reality. The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. ...
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In recognition of Master Pel celebrating forty years in Northern Shaolin Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
A foreword by Andy Best, student of Master Kai Uwe Pel.
This year Master Kai Uwe Pel celebrates forty years dedicated to the mastery and preservation of Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Master Pel of the ...
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Dear Friends & Students,
It is with a deep sense of honor to announce that after dedicating forty years of my time and energy to the study and teaching of Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu, I am officially retiring from the arena of public teaching.
Praying Mantis kung fu continues to be a large part of my life and I ...
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See the latest book from Kai Uwe Pel entitled, “Luo Guang Yu’s Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu – A Traditional Chinese Martial Art”. This is a must read book for students, teachers, and enthusiasts who are interested in learning about the rich history and concepts of Master Luo Guang Yu’s Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Click on the link below to be taken to Amazon where you can place your order.
This year June 8th 2019 we celebrated our teacher’s birthday in Shanghai. Master Kai Uwe Pel of the Seven Star Praying Mantis style came to Shanghai to teach from 2002, first with the surviving Jing Wu organization, then at the Longwu Center and privately in the suburb Xin Zhuang. We identify our schools with the great grandmaster Luo Guang Yu and name our modern clubs Luo Guang Yu Seven Star Praying Mantis. This year also marks a hundred years since ...
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Celebrations
On June 8th 2019 the Shanghai Luo Guang Yu Seven Star Praying Mantis Association hosted a birthday celebration dinner in honor of Kai Uwe Pel. The event was attended by close friends and students with the celebration including kung fu performances, gift exchanges, ceremonial awards, and a Chinese banquet featuring traditional Shanghainese cuisine. Celebrations were especially memorable given the greater historical context marking one hundred years since Master Luo Guang Yu brought Seven Star Praying Mantis to ...
Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu will soon be celebrating its 100th year anniversary in the city of Shanghai (1919 – 2019). To mark this special occasion the Shanghai Luo Guang Yu Seven Star Praying Mantis Association will be hosting a number of celebratory events, training seminars, and sightseeing tours in June 2019.
A one-week program of events in Shanghai including: a celebration dinner with Master Kai Uwe Pel and special guests, daily training sessions led by our ...
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Kai Uwe Pel was born in Recklinghausen, Germany in 1964, and has been deeply involved in Chinese Martial Art since he began his formal training in Hong Kong at the age of sixteen. Since that time, he has studied with many noted Masters both in this country and in the Orient and has himself taught for more than 30 years.
While in Singapore, Kai Uwe Pel also took the opportunity to study with his respected Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Taijiquan ...
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By Andy Best
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/01/21/interview_maste.php
Master Kai Uwe Pel has been a fixture on the Shanghai Kung Fu scene for nearly six years, working at the Jing Wu school and the Long Wu International Kung Fu Centre before finally going it alone in 2006. He has spent more than 25 years in Chinese martial arts. He lived and worked in Hong Kong and then Singapore where he studied Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
Pre-war Shanghai was the site of the original Jing ...
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It is now nearly three years since Master Kai Uwe Pel of Luo Guang Yu’s Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu closed his public class in Shanghai. It was done in the name of being traditional, training a small group for free and shunning the world of medals and belts. But in today’s world of martial arts, what does traditional even mean?
We often associate traditional with being conservative and reactionary, especially in the world of politics. Traditionalists ignore the changes ...
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The Shanghai Luo Guang Yu Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu School celebrated the grand opening of its newest location on November 12, 2011, in Qing Pu district. Boasting over 300 square meters of spacious training facilities with modern amenities and overlooking the Suzhou creek, the new school will serve as an extension of Master Pel’s efforts to promote traditional Seven Star Praying Mantis kung fu publically in the great city of Shanghai. It is also featured as the only ...
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July 2006 marked the first Qingdao training camp for Kai Uwe Pel and the Shanghai Luo Guang Yu School of Qi Xing Tang Lang Quan.
The week long camp which focused on two more advanced Qi Xing Tang Lang Quan forms drew students from America, Hong Kong, Germany, England and New Zealand. Everyone took the welcome opportunity of escaping Shanghai’s humidity with some great beach training sessions, and a cool dip to polish it off. During their stay the class visited ...
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Grandmaster Chia Shue Foy passed away peacefully on August 7th, 2000. He was a long time Chief Instructor of our Singapore Chin Woo Athletic Association.
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Master Lin Bo Yan was born on 18th November 1903 in Dayang Village, Longyan County, Fujian Province. He married 14-year-old Zhang Ruo Lan at the age of twenty. They have a son and two daughters. His son, Lin Han Peng, was born in 1930 in Wuhan. His elder daughter Yun-Yun settled down in Hongkong. His younger daughter Yu-Ting, graduated from Yi-An Technology College and lives with her parents. She studied Wushu ever since she was a child and was a ...
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It is now nearly twenty-five years since I began my training with my first teacher Lee Kam Wing and nearly sixteen years since I left his school for the last time. Sixteen years. During the years since I left I have heard many stories and opinions about myself and my time at Lee Kam Wing’s school. Most of these stories come from people who hadn’t joined Lee Kam Wing, or sometimes hadn’t even started training kung fu, by the time ...
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“In July 2002, shifu Li Jin Rong * entered a compition in Qingdao and had won two gold medals for ‘Stick Method’ and for “Seven Star Mantis Style’.”
From The Mantis Cave: http://www.geocities.com/mantiscave/leekam.htm
I first read this story in a leading British martial arts magazine. Lee Kam Wing, the Hong Kong based Mantis teacher, confirmed his win in an exclusive interview submitted by his student Derek Frearson. It sounded great. Our traditional Qixing Tang Lang forms being shown in a competition run ...
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We are almost at the hundred year point since the Shanghai Jing Wu Men (Chin Woo Men) school of martial arts was opened. It was born out of a China pushed violently into the modern era by imperial plunder, heading towards the republican revolution and hungry for nationalism and new fighting spirit. Now it is all but gone. What remains is confusion, a confusion that is gladly exploited and worsened with each year that passes. But if you look hard ...
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Kai Uwe Pel was featured in the cover story of THE WORLD OF KUNG FU MAGAZINE of Hongkong’s leading kung fu magazine, 1985.
Kai Uwe Pel was featured in the cover story of Spain’s leading kung fu magazine in 1990. ...