Yan Xue Xin
Praying Mantis Shifu
The information presented in this chart was collected from different sources -see Bibliography-, therefore the romanizations in Pinyin according to the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters sometimes is not available. If you find any mistakes or inaccuracies please contact me.
He is also known as:
Fu Zhai / Du Xing.
Born in 1910 in Xi Chang Shan village, Lai Yang county. Shifu Yan Xue Xin started learning Praying Mantis in 1917, he studied Mei Hua Tang Lang at the shifu Jiang Hua Long wu guan in the Laiyang area (Chang Shan Praying Mantis boxing school). At this school shifu Jiang Hua Long was the person who was actually teaching, not any of his gong-fu brothers.
Shifu Yan Xue Xin received the complete transmission of the style and he taught in Chang Shan village area.
Yan Xuexin learned the following forms: Zhai Yao, Mei Hua Lu, Luan Jie, Ba Zhou, Ba Fang, Di Tang (7th Zhaiyao) and weapons.
Page Updated: 1st September 2002.
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