There's a good reason Chinese martial artists for centuries have copied the movements of the praying mantis, as you'll see in this in-your-face display from a real practitioner. Somayeh Kashi of ...

Thought to be originated by Wang Lang over 300 years ago, Praying Mantis Kung Fu is often classified as a hard/soft style of kung fu that is based on the fighting skills of the Mantodea. This system ...

ST. LOUIS — Inside of a small space in south city along Southwest Avenue is the St. Louis branch school of the Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu Academy. It’s a traditional kung fu system of infighting ...

Zhang Daojin, an inheritor of Six Harmony Praying Mantis boxing from Shandong province, instructs one of his foreign students in 2024. [PHOTO/XINHUA] JINAN — In a classroom at the Confucius Institute ...

JINAN — In a classroom at the Confucius Institute of the University of Granada, in Spain, a group of Spanish students mirrored their teacher's martial arts movements — holding horse stance, jabbing ...