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Plum Blossoms Falling (梅花落拳) — Seven Star Mantis
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梅花落拳 (Méihuā Luò Quán, "Plum Blossoms Falling") is a 53-posture empty-hand form of Seven Star Praying Mantis, published by Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛) in 1947, Luo Guangyu line. The longest of the branch's Plum Blossom (梅花) sets, its name pictures falling plum petals — a long, continuous routine that scatters the mantis vocabulary across changing lines.
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 | 背式雙覆掌 | Back-Turned Double Covering Palm |
2 | 倒勢捕蟬式 | Reverse Stance Catching Cicada Posture |
3 | 入環單臂爪 | Entering-the-Ring Single Arm Claw |
4 | 提腿迎面掌 | Raised-Leg Face Palm |
5 | 穿掌封蹬𨁏 | Threading Palm Sealing Stamping Kick |
6 | 起式反底接 | Rising Posture Reverse Under Receiving |
7 | 入環右措掌 | Entering-the-Ring Right Grinding Palm |
8 | 提腿右献桃 | Raised-Leg Right Offering Peach |
9 | 入環右滾膀 | Entering-the-Ring Right Rolling Forearm |
10 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
11 | 入環右腰斬 | Entering-the-Ring Right Waist-Cut |
12 | 封手左統捶 | Sealing Hands Left Governing Punch |
13 | 呑塌右補捶 | Swallowing Press Right Filling Punch |
14 | 登山右崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Avalanche Punch |
15 | 右閉門腿法 | Right Closing-the-Door Kick |
16 | 登山十字捶 | Mountain-Climbing Cross Punch |
17 | 扑腿左圈捶 | Pouncing Leg Left Circling Punch |
18 | 登山左崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Left Avalanche Punch |
19 | 七星左刁手 | Seven-Star Left Hooking Hand |
20 | 七星右補捶 | Seven-Star Right Filling Punch |
21 | 登山右反掌 | Mountain-Climbing Right Reverse Palm |
22 | 進式漏切掌 | Advancing Leaking Slicing Palm |
23 | 撤式左統捶 | Withdrawing Left Governing Punch |
24 | 登山右圈捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Circling Punch |
25 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
26 | 入環右腰斬 | Entering-the-Ring Right Waist-Cut |
27 | 統捶十字腿 | Governing Punch Cross Leg |
28 | 馬式右劈軋 | Horse-Stance Right Chop-and-Crush |
29 | 右掠翅踢腿 | Right Wing-Brushing Snapping Kick |
30 | 登山左直統 | Mountain-Climbing Left Straight Governing Punch |
31 | 跨虎左單鞭 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Single Whip |
32 | 跨虎左刁手 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Hooking Hand |
33 | 登山右圈捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Circling Punch |
34 | 馬式漏軋膝 | Horse-Stance Slip-and-Crush Knee |
35 | 右圈單鞭式 | Right Circling Single Whip Posture |
36 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
37 | 入環右腰斬 | Entering-the-Ring Right Waist-Cut |
38 | 登山右反掌 | Mountain-Climbing Right Reverse Palm |
39 | 中式右叫圈 | Mid Posture Right Calling Circling |
40 | 登山右圈捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Circling Punch |
41 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
42 | 撤步掛統捶 | Withdrawing Step Hanging Governing Punch |
43 | 登山右劈軋 | Mountain-Climbing Right Chop-and-Crush |
44 | 踢腿右滾膀 | Snapping Kick Right Rolling Forearm |
45 | 撤步大番車 | Withdrawing Step Large Wheeling |
46 | 連進三轆轤 | Linked Advancing Three Windlass |
47 | 提腿左挫捶 | Raised-Leg Left Grinding Punch |
48 | 提腿右挫捶 | Raised-Leg Right Grinding Punch |
49 | 雙封手蹬𨁏 | Double Sealing Hands Stamping Kick |
50 | 撤步左挑掌 | Withdrawing Step Left Lifting Palm |
51 | 撤步右挑掌 | Withdrawing Step Right Lifting Palm |
52 | 轉身雙綑腿 | Turning Body Double Binding Leg |
53 | 跨虎左挑掌 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Lifting Palm |
See also
Seven Star Mantis (七星螳螂) — the branch this form belongs to
Mantis Forms — the script-and-video map of every form
Bung Bu (崩步拳) — the foundation form
Plum Blossom Fists (梅花拳) — the principal Plum Blossom set
Sources
[1] Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛), 梅花落拳 (Seven Star Praying Mantis, Luo Guangyu line; 1947) — the source manual for the posture sequence and its numbering.
[2] Paul Brennan, Plum Blossoms Falling — 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.
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