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 ...

Other forms of Hakka kung fu, however, are at risk of extinction. A sifu of Tung Kong Chow Ka, a different style of Praying Mantis kung fu, tells TIME that his style has fewer than 100 practitioners.

Kung fu movie techniques often seem too good to be true, but there are some that, with the right skills, could actually work in real life.

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.

Ten years after that, he began learning kung fu. He did an Internet search to find the best representative of the Praying Mantis style of kung fu and discovered Henry Chung.

Many styles of kung fu are based on observations of the natural world – specifically, the behaviour of animals. For example, the legendary founder of the Northern Praying Mantis style, Wong Long, ...

Developed during the latter portion of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Lang Ch'uan, the Northern Praying Mantis style of kung fu, is relatively new by the standards of Chinese martial arts.

What kung fu style do you teach? We teach Seven-star Praying Mantis Kung Fu, a system developed in the late 1600s. The movements and characteristics are taken from the movements of the praying mantis.