Southern Praying Mantis is a Chinese martial art originating with the Hakka people. It is most closely associated with Hakka-origin styles such as Southern Dragon Kung Fu and Bak Mei.
Mantises are an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae. Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical h
Southern Praying Mantis
…Choi Dit-Ngau / Iron Ox Choi Parenthood Southern Shaolin kung fu Olympic sport No Southern Praying Mantis Chinese 南派螳螂 Literal meaning "Southern-style mantis" Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánpài tángláng IPA Hakka Romanization Nam2-pai5 tong2-long2 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Nàahm-paai…
Mantis
Stagmomantis
Wing arrangement of a typical mantis, adult male Raptrix perspicua
The raptorial foreleg, showing the unusually long coxa, which, together with the trochanter, gives the impression of a femur. The femur itself is the proximal segment of the grasping part of the leg.