Kung fu is under threat in the very city that gave the world Bruce Lee. Can an ambitious new digital project preserve some of its arcane forms or even revive interest in it among a new generation?

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 ...

Adriano Barros of Sao Paulo, Brazil, was one of four men to become a disciple in Chung’s School of Praying Mantis Kung Fu in Midland on Feb. 20. In an ancient and formal ceremony, including bowing to ...

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 ...