But finding the sifu of Jiangxi Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis kung fu — a fighting style inspired by the movements of the predatory insect — turns out to be way easier. It costs less than $100 ...

Because of her unique style of earthbending that doubles as her way of “seeing,” Toph‘s fighting patterns utilize the Chinese martial art of Southern Praying Mantis.

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There are a couple of time-honored ways to find a kung fu master, cinema teaches us. You can begin a journey of a thousand miles with a single step, climb a misty mountain, and pluck a chrysanthemum ...

Lee, who studied Wing Chun and developed a personal martial-arts philosophy, Jeet Kune Do, went on to a feature-film career that included Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon before he died at 32 in ...

Then the mantis leaps and lands as swiftly and precisely as a cat. Next, using those “praying” forelegs armed with spikes, they snatch and hold the prey for consumption.