The founding of a style

During one of his subsequent outings to the forest, Red Eyebrow again saw a mantis. This time he watched as the mantis fought and killed another insect, known to the chinese as a cicada. It then proceeded to consume it limb by limb. Red Eyebrow was much impressed by the skill and strength with which the mantis had defeated its opponent, and by the power of the mantis claw, which in one strike had cracked the cicada's protective armour. Red eyebrow then proceeded to trap and capture the mantis, and then returned to the temple with the insect in his posession. There he played with it, prodding it with a stick and studying its reactions, taking careful note of them. From these, he developed new techniques and the making of a new system. Pakmei returned after a year of preaching, and a new martial arts contest was arranged. The time, using his new found techniques, Red Eyebrow defeated his older kung fu brother and was at last victorious. Pakmei, seeing the merits of this new styles proceeded to help his brother to build up his skill, and power and over the years Red Eyebrow refined and improved his system. However, it was decided not to teach the system outside the temple as it was too dangerous, aggressive and lethal. It was adopted by the temple for its own defence and that of its monks.

The sharing of knowledge and the promotion of a style

Long after the death of both Pakmei and Red Eyebrow, once the system had been completely developed, a man called Cheung Yui Ghung entered the temple as a monk and leamt the Bamboo Forest Temple style from another monk known as Buddha Lee. After many years training, he finally mastered the system and left the temple to teach the new style to those who became his students. Amongst them was a man named Wong Yu gong, who later taught and promoted the style in Hong Kong. After his death one of his top students, to whom he had taught all the secrets of his mantis system, Master Yang Yin, moved to Great Britain bringing his great knowledge and vast experience with him. It was here that he taught Master Kim Law Bamboo Forest Temple, who in turn taught Sifu Simon Wong. This system can also be found in america, where one of Cheung Yui Ghung's mantis long staff students, Grandmaster Lum Sang, settled and founded his own branch of the system.

Bamboo Forest Temple Praying Mantis in Great Britain

Master Kim Law is the head of the Bamboo Forest Temple Mantis system in the uk. He is a humble man, who dislikes boastful people, in fact, he is so reserved most people are not aware he practices any martial arts at all. Master Kim Law has been training for over 28 years and is much respected and well known by chinese people all over the UK. Sifu Wong feels greatly honoured to be Master Law's only student, and it is his opinion that Master Law is one of the world's greatest fighters in this present age. His power and speed go unmatched and Master Law is much renowned in privates circles with all martial arts styles paying him respect.