Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Praying Mantis Kung Fu is commonly said to have originated when a man named Wang Lang observed a mantis catching a cicada. But where did it really come from? And how was its early development? In Origins of Praying Mantis Kung Fu, I seek to answer these questions by tracing the art from an obscure practice in rural Laiyang County, to being practiced by people all over the world.

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