18 PALMS OF THE SOUTHERN PRAYING MANTIS

18 Palms of the Southern Praying Mantis is a simple, but advanced, sequence of hands movement designed to introduce and expose the Southern Praying Mantis practitioner to the use of basic Southern Praying Mantis hand techniques in a fight.   The exercise is done as a form. Moves are performed continuously as if reacting to an attack from an attacker and then continuing with an offensive move.  The exercise teaches the Southern Praying Mantis practitioner to use basic Praying Mantis hand techniques as he/she moves in different directions around the attacker.

Although the form simulate a continuous fight where the practitioner visualizes a fight with an opponent, any combination of three or more moves could be taken from within the form and used as a  fighting technique.  Following is a sample of some of the moves in the form.

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