The bronze statue of late martial-arts legend and actor Bruce Lee stands on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong, on June 29, 2007. “The waters of the Yangtze roll to the east, heroes come and go like ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...