There are two styles of Praying Mantis Kung Fu:
- Northern Praying Mantis (martial art), a self-defense technique from the northeast Chinese province of Shandong.
- Southern Praying Mantis (martial art), a self-defense technique from southwest China created by the Hakka people.
Famous quotes containing the words praying and/or mantis:
“they smile in secret, looking over wasted lands,
Blight and famine, plague and earthquake, roaring deeps and fiery sands,
Clanging fights, and flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.