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title: Black Tiger Blocks the Path (黑虎交叉) — Seven Star Mantis
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**黑虎交叉 (Hēihǔ Jiāochā, "Black Tiger Blocks the Path" / "Black Tiger Crossing")** is a **38-posture** empty-hand form of [**Seven Star Praying Mantis**](https://wulin.openmindspace.org/seven-star-mantis), published by [**Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛)**](https://wulin.openmindspace.org/wong-hon-fan) in **1972**, Luo Guangyu line. Built on the **black-tiger (黑虎)** image — the crossing, path-blocking pattern of *黑虎偷心* ("black tiger steals the heart") that recurs through the mantis canon — it drills aggressive, line-cutting entries.

## The form — move-by-move (拳譜)

The posture sequence as numbered in Wong Hon Fan's manual (第一式 … ), each Chinese name with a plain English gloss:

| # | 式 (中文) | English |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 中平雙蓄勢 | Mid-Level Double-Storing Stance |
| 2 | 七星左刁手 | Seven-Star Left Hooking Hand |
| 3 | 上步雙刁手 | Upper Step Double Hooking Hand |
| 4 | 七星右纏絲 | Seven-Star Right Coiling Silk |
| 5 | 七星掛統捶 | Seven-Star Hanging Governing Punch |
| 6 | 撇掌右抓腿 | Flinging Palm Right Grabbing Leg |
| 7 | 七星右補捶 | Seven-Star Right Filling Punch |
| 8 | 登山右低牽 | Mountain-Climbing Right Low-Pull |
| 9 | 提腿封統捶 | Raised-Leg Sealing Governing Punch |
| 10 | 吞塌反疊肘 | Swallowing Press Reverse Stacked Elbow |
| 11 | 登山右崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Avalanche Punch |
| 12 | 吞塌低捕蟬 | Swallowing Press Low Catching Cicada |
| 13 | 登山右崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Avalanche Punch |
| 14 | 走步低捕蟬 | Walking-Step Low Catching Cicada |
| 15 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
| 16 | 撐腿左衝捶 | Bracing Kick Left Charging Punch |
| 17 | 摔捋兩分式 | Throwing Rollback Double Parting Posture |
| 18 | 七星右補捶 | Seven-Star Right Filling Punch |
| 19 | 登山右低牽 | Mountain-Climbing Right Low-Pull |
| 20 | 提腿封統捶 | Raised-Leg Sealing Governing Punch |
| 21 | 登山右疊肘 | Mountain-Climbing Right Stacked Elbow |
| 22 | 登山右崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Avalanche Punch |
| 23 | 吞塌低捕蟬 | Swallowing Press Low Catching Cicada |
| 24 | 迎面崩躱腿 | Facing Face Avalanche Dodging Leg |
| 25 | 登山上措掌 | Mountain-Climbing Upper Grinding Palm |
| 26 | 登山下措掌 | Mountain-Climbing Lower Grinding Palm |
| 27 | 登山番車式 | Mountain-Climbing Wheeling Posture |
| 28 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
| 29 | 蹤步右補捶 | Leaping Step Right Filling Punch |
| 30 | 雙刁手取眼 | Double Hooking Hand Eye-Gouge |
| 31 | 跟手穿梭式 | Heel Hand Shuttling Posture |
| 32 | 雙刁手取眼 | Double Hooking Hand Eye-Gouge |
| 33 | 跟手穿梭式 | Heel Hand Shuttling Posture |
| 34 | 七星右纏絲 | Seven-Star Right Coiling Silk |
| 35 | 掛刁右取眼 | Hanging Hooking Right Eye-Gouge |
| 36 | 十字右躱腿 | Cross Right Dodging Leg |
| 37 | 七星右補捶 | Seven-Star Right Filling Punch |
| 38 | 跨虎左挑掌 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Lifting Palm |

<Callout type="info">
  **Script and full text.** The posture-name list above is the form's skeleton, from Wong Hon Fan's manual. For the **complete move-by-move text** — Wong's explanation (說明) and application (功用) for every posture, with the original photographs — see Paul Brennan's open translation, which the wiki links rather than reproduces:
  - **Script:** Paul Brennan, [*Black Tiger Blocks the Path*](https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2024/05/25/black-tiger-blocks-the-path/)
  - **Video:** none lineage-credible located yet (see the [Mantis Video index](https://wulin.openmindspace.org/mantis-video)).
</Callout>

## See also

<PageRef space="notes" slug="seven-star-mantis" text="Seven Star Mantis (七星螳螂) — the branch this form belongs to" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="mantis-forms" text="Mantis Forms — the script-and-video map of every form" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="bung-bu-quan" text="Bung Bu (崩步拳) — the foundation form" />

## Sources

**[1]** **Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛)**, *黑虎交叉* (Seven Star Praying Mantis, Luo Guangyu line; 1972) — the source manual for the posture sequence and its numbering.

**[2]** Paul Brennan, [*Black Tiger Blocks the Path*](https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2024/05/25/black-tiger-blocks-the-path/) — the open English translation of Wong's full text (in copyright; linked, not reproduced). The posture-name list here is given under fair-use citation with the wiki's own glosses.