ST. LOUIS — Inside of a small space in south city along Southwest Avenue is the St. Louis branch school of the Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu Academy. It’s a traditional kung fu system of infighting ...

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?

There's a good reason Chinese martial artists for centuries have copied the movements of the praying mantis, as you'll see in this in-your-face display from a real practitioner. Somayeh Kashi of ...

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 ...