{"id":2894,"date":"2017-07-19T22:07:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T02:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/?page_id=2894"},"modified":"2017-07-19T22:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T02:54:17","slug":"praying-mantis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/?page_id=2894","title":{"rendered":"Praying Mantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This program focuses on self defence and fitness using the Praying Mantis system of Kung Fu. \u00a0Praying Mantis is a traditional Kung Fu style that includes practice of forms but focuses more on practical attack and defence training. Rather than fancy jumps and movements, this style emphasizes economical and practical combat techniques. \u00a0Key elements of this style include speed, power and continuous flurries of attack.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practical self defence techniques and training<\/li>\n<li>Increased speed and power<\/li>\n<li>Improved agility and flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Good form of moderate cardiovascular training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mform1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2906 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mform1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapp6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2907 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapp6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2902 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapp3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2901 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taishanclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapp2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This program focuses on self defence and fitness using the Praying Mantis system of Kung Fu. \u00a0Praying Mantis is a traditional Kung Fu style that includes practice of forms but focuses more on practical attack and defence training. Rather than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/?page_id=2894\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2913,"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions\/2913"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taishanclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}