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Learn Steelwire Southern Mantis Kung Fu at our Birmingham Temple. We have lessons for both adults and children. Here, you will find the times for our classes, the Southern Mantis Kung Fu grading levels and a syllabus with the list of our forms and techniques you will learn.

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We welcome both beginners and those who have previously studied Southern Mantis or any other type of martial art.

 

 

Adult Lessons

Sunday mornings 

9.00 am 11.00 am

Please email for further details

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Shaolin Mantis Kid's Kung Fu Lessons

Sunday mornings 

Senior 11.00 am  12.00 pm 

Junior 12.00 pm   1.00 pm 

Term Time Payments - Contact the Temple for further details.

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Private lessons available, please contact the Temple for further details. 

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Southern Mantis Grade Levels

 

Steelwire System

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Southern Mantis Kung Fu does not have a system of belts in the way many other forms of martial arts do. A typical student develops according to the path below. Progression to higher levels will only happen if you are happy to move to the next level and you have passed a grading test.

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Level 1 - 0-6 Months 

Level 2 - 6-18 Months (YAT CUP)

Level 3 - 12-18 Months (YE CUP)

Level 4 - 18-24 Months (SAM CUP)

Level 5 - 24 Months (Grey Sash) 

Level 6 - 60 Months (Brown Sash) 

Level 7 - Black Sash 

Level 8 - Black Sash (INNER CYCLE) Weapons, Iron Palm Training, Internal Masters Level Practice. 

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Southern Mantis Syllabus

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The Southern Praying Mantis system consists of different types of hand and leg techniques as well as forms, drills, sensitivity skills, weapons etc. 

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FORMS  

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Sarm Bo Gin - Junior Level 

Sarm Bo Gin - Advanced Level 

Sarm Bo Yui Qui 

Sarm Bo Pai Kui 

Sarm Bo Pye Tan

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Techniques

  1/ Bow Chong (cover hand, meaning to wrap up)
  2/ Gau Choi (hammer fist to come down)
  3/ Cye Sau  (deflect)
  4/ Doa Sau (spring hand)
  6/ Narp Sau (hook hand)
  7/ Got sau (cut back hand)
  8/ Saw Sau (lock hand)
  9/ Chum Chung sau (sinking elbow hand)
  10/ Yong Sau (upward reach hand)
  11/ Chuen sau (Transmit hand)
  12/ Larp sau (snatch hand)
  13/ Mut sau (sweep hand)
  14/ Kum la Ja Jook (seize and hold hand)
  15/ Kwor sau (circle over hand)
  16/ Yui Sau (Shake off hand)
  17/ Pai Kui (slicing hand)
  18/ Deng Choi (Nailing hook hand)
  19/ Cheet Jeung (cutting palm)
  20/ Lau Sau (Leaking hand)
  21/ Dun Chung (back elbow)
  22/ Ngai Chung (Forward elbow)
  23/ Jin Sau (scissor hand)
  24/ Din sau (rivet hand)
  25/ Soc sau (Shock pulling hand)
  26/ Yong Kum sau (upward breaking hand)
  27/ Yum Yearn Kor Sau (yin yang breaking hand)
  28/ Lim Chung (Elbow picking hand)
  29/ Tai Sau (Pulling Hand)
  30/ Kok Choi (angular fist)
  31/ Man Dan Sau (single bow pulling hand)
  32/ Chup sau (thrusting hand)
  33/ Noi Choi fun sau (inside hand and split)
  34/ Chy Say (grinding hand)
  35/ Doy Chong ( double arm training)

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