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	Retratos e informação para Praying Mantis
		She likes the praying mantis so much she has a tattoo of one on her lower right arm.
		You'll see more than 40 tropical insects and focus on the entire life cycles of a praying mantis and a butterfly from birth to their encounter in the rain...
		follows the lifespan of a caterpillar and a praying mantis in a tiny abandoned hut in a Borneo rain forest.
	animals.mongabay.com /pt/Praying_Mantis.htm (300 words)

	Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis, more commonly known as Southern Praying Mantis, was developed as a kung fu style by the Hakka Chinese.
		Southern Praying Mantis, unlike Northern Mantis, has no preference to any single move over another although Dim Mak (death-touch techniques) and healing arts are implememted.
		Southern Praying Mantis shares many similarities with Pak Mei and Wing Chun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bamboo_Forest_Praying_Mantis (279 words)

	Picture and Information for Praying Mantis
		The female praying mantis kills her mate immediately after copulation.
		I once watched a show where a praying mantis head was eaten after mating with the female mantis.
		The film stars Papilio, a caterpillar/cocoon/ butterfly, and Hierodula, which sounds like a character out of a Greek tragedy but is really a praying mantis.
	animals.mongabay.com /profiles/Praying_Mantis.html (269 words)

	Southern Mantis Kung Fu
		Bamboo Forest Temple Southern Mantis Kung Fu was founded by Red Eyebrow Taoist during the Ming Dynasty, around the year 1523 AD, and was first practised in the Kong Sai Bamboo Forest Temple.
		While lying down in the shade of bamboo tree, he was struck on the arm by a mantis whose claw had made a small gash in his flesh, which then began to bleed.
		Red Eyebrow was much impressed by the skill and strength with which the mantis had defeated its opponent, and by the power of the mantis claw, which in one strike had cracked the cicada's protective armour.
	www.yellowdragon-kung-fu.co.uk /southern-mantis-history.html (930 words)

	Southern Mantis: KKBA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The secrecy surrounding bamboo forest Mantis is replete with myths and legends, largely initiated and propagated by the practitioners themselves.
		Unlike the northern schools, southern mantis rarely emphasizes one type of technique; the mantis hook is employed, but so are numerous other trapping and controlling maneuvers.
		Bamboo Forest employs fighting philosophies common to Wing Chun and White Eyebrow, and there is stylistic evidence to support the idea that strong exchange of information has occurred between these schools.
	ww.no-frills.net /southmantis.html (346 words)

	CFW Enterprises - 18 Hands Skills of the Mantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the Yung Yen period of the Ching dynasty (1804), a young boy of nine was ordained, "Som Dot" and became a Buddhist monk of the Bamboo Forest Temple located on Mt. Dragon-Tiger (Longfusan) in Jiangxi province.
		As was his daily custom he went into the bamboo forest surrounding the temple to meditate, only to be disturbed by a bird trying to unsuccessfully devour a praying mantis.
		In mantis this is trained by the iron ruler being "ginged" and rolled over the forearms to pop it up, catch, and roll.
	www.cfw2.com /article.asp?s=cfw&mimid=DMK7R5LDNL5U8LVSSR0KBFS9AR5R0K65&content_id=529 (1695 words)

	mantis shrimp -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mantis shrimps are so called because the second pair of limbs are greatly enlarged and shaped like the large grasping forelimbs of the praying mantid, or mantis, an insect.
		It is often called the praying mantis because of the way it holds its prehensile front legs while waiting to make a kill.
		The mantis remains motionless or sways gently back and forth, with head raised and front legs outstretched in an apparent attitude of praying.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9050639 (728 words)

	southern mantis martialarts @ shaolin.com
		Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu If Northern Praying Mantis is the epitome of popularized, widely dispersed kung fu, then the true southern counterpart must be the most secretive.
		The secrecy surrounding Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis is replete with myths and legends, largely initiated and propagated by the practitioners themselves.
		Bamboo Forest employs fighting philosophies common to Wing Chun and White Eyebrow kung fu, and there is stylistic evidence to support the idea that strong exchange of information has occurred between these schools.
	www.shaolin.com /s_mantis_martialarts.aspx (373 words)

	Southern Mantis System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The most important element in the mantis style integration of defense and offense does not he in tactics and techniques, but rather, in the development of "feeling." Feeling is the quality of being sensitive to an opponent's movements and being able to blend with them in a perfect response.
		Using the feeling hands of the mantis the boxer closes the gap, crosses the bridge, feels his enemies power, yields, then with the weight of the whole body and the explosive power of internal energy concentrated into one small area destroys the enemy within one exchange that doesn't stop until blood is drawn.
		The mantis arm is composed of three "hands;" from the shoulder to the elbow, from the elbow to the wrist and from the wrist to the fingertips.
	cclib.nsu.ru /projects/satbi/satbi-e/martart/wushu/sm.html (17991 words)

	bamboo forest praying mantis - 1st prayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oddly enough, most of the references to Triton in the astronomical literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are to the name of a supposed Martian canal.
		The secrecy surrounding Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis is replete with...
		This style of martial art, is known as a Northern style (originating from Northern China), unlike Bamboo Forest Praying...
	prayer.mapledark.info /dir1/bamboo-forest-praying-mantis.html (674 words)

	Praying Mantis (Tang Lang Chuen / Tang Lang Pai)
		The Praying Mantis is an insect with killer instinct and blinding speed.
		One day, while he was meditating in a forest he saw a combat between a praying mantis and a cicada.
		After a long learning time he combined the praying mantis hand movements with the monkey steps (to enhance the coordination between hand and feet).
	www.atlantamartialarts.com /styles/pmantis.htm (775 words)

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		Praying Mantis fighting is relaxed, continuous and flowing.
		The Praying Mantis uses Dim Mak, the art of striking acupuncture points to produce injury or death.
		Since Praying Mantis is not a sport all possible ranges of fighting are taught, for example, close quarters and Chin Na.
	members.aol.com /_ht_a/martyeisen/mantis/Mjook.htm (3292 words)

	SIFU GORME KWONG SAI JOOK LUM SOUTHERN PRAYING MANTIS
		Southern Praying Mantis is a Kung Fu style almost 200 years old, created in the Bamboo Forest Monastery, in the province of Kwong Sai, China.
		Southern Praying Mantis is a powerful and explosive close quarter fighting style which concentrates in developing internal power and the re-directing of the opponent's blows rather than relying on muscular strength when fighting an opponent.
		Southern Praying Mantis practitioner utilize sticky hands techniques which allows the practitioner to determine the opponent's body position and the parts of the opponent's body not protected and accessible for strikes.
	southfloridachineseboxingassociation.com /Southern_Praying_Mantis.htm (255 words)

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		The Southern style of praying mantis is not as widely spread or as popularised when compared to its Northern counterpart.
		The style of Southern Mantis is not tied to one type of technique, as there are many controlling and trapping manoeuvres.
		The mantis hook is used aswell as a preferred mantis fist.
	members.lycos.co.uk /ChowGar/overview.htm (159 words)

	Kungfu Magazine: Magazine Feature Article
		The system of Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu is a complete art which may be trained as a fitness program for health, longevity and self-defense.
		The Chinese Kung Fu Academy of Southern Praying Mantis (currently headquartered in Humble, TX) and its branch schools in the USA are under the direction of Master Henry Poo Yee, who has earned a worldwide reputation for his Jook Lum (Bamboo Forest) Southern Praying Mantis since 1982.
		The system of Southern Praying Mantis kungfu is a no-nonsense combat martial art with a reputation of deadly powers and simultaneous body control of counters and attacks.
	ezine.kungfumagazine.com /magazine/article.php?article=178 (1568 words)

	Southern Mantis Kung Fu
		The wrists are used to manipulate the opponent's attack, forcing an opening in their defence allowing for a lethal and devastating counter attack targeted to vital points of the body, destroying nerves, organs and breaking bones - effectively rendering the opponent defenceless.
		The Mantis systems of Kung Fu have developed in both the north and south of China, and are now renowned and practised world wide.
		Bamboo Forest Temple Southern Mantis Kung Fu was founded by Red Eyebrow Taoist during the Ming dynasty, around the year 1523 AD and was first practised in the Kwong Sai Bamboo Forest Temple.
	www.yellowdragon-kung-fu.co.uk /southern-mantis.html (667 words)

	Cultivating Lucky Bamboo sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With a single bamboo bowl of rice and gourd-cup of water he lived...
		Ananda stands in for the experience of Great Wisdom and, once an association is made between the mantra and the experience, the repetition of the mantra becomes a means of cultivating its...
		We crossed the bamboo swamp, where I cut a fine mast for my boat, and came at length to a small opening or defile in the ridge of rocks, where a little torrent rushed from its source down into the...
	bambooitems.com /contemporarybamboofurniture/CultivatingLuckyBamboo (1567 words)

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		The name of this style came about when a monk watched a praying mantis defend itself against a large bird.
		This monk was able to adapt his own fighting style with the techniques demonstarted by the Praying Mantis, to form a very effective martial art.
		Jook Lum (Forest Grove Temple) is considered the original Southern Praying Mantis style.
	www.geocities.com /jooklum2003 (457 words)

	Southern praying mantis
		Seven Star Praying Mantis was founded in the seventeenth century by master Wong and has practiced Southern Shaolin Kung Fu and dabbled in boxing.
		Kaki Leaves with Praying Mantis, The Autumn glory of Provence is the Kaki tree, Praying Mantis found in Provence.
		In XIX century liuhe tanglangquan (praying mantis fist of six co-ordinations) was separated.
	www.intfind.com /?k=southern+praying+mantis (1186 words)

	Kung Fu - Southern Praying Mantis
		Southern Praying Mantis is comprised of a very high level of “borrowing energy” for both offensive and defensive aspects of training and fighting.
		Iron Ox is a style of Southern Praying Mantis that toughens the practitioner’s anatomical weapons, such as fists and forearms, in a variety of ways.
		Southern Praying Mantis is known for its devastating and lightning fast combinations and vital point strikes.
	www.chinesekungfu.4t.com /spmantis.html (420 words)

	History of Praying Mantis (Southern)
		Praying Mantis Boxing was originally created by Wang Lang during the Ching dynasty by incorporating the strong points of 18 boxing arts in North China.
		Southern Praying Mantis Boxing is characterized by upright stances, hand forms and close range techniques.
		It is generally believed to have been derived from the Shaolin System of Northern Mantis but refined and developed by the Hakka tribe of Kwangs province Southern China.
	www.fortunecity.com /olympia/moses/1049/id46.htm (179 words)

	Martial Arts Planet - Tang Lang in Europe
		Praying Mantis seems to have a whole bunch of schools, styles, and lineages.
		Second, some Northern Mantis styles are quite similar, that's why many masters teach or use several styles, however there are differences, which vary from school to school.
		I know it is confusing as mantis has so many sub-styles but in essence most of them just reflect someones personalisation/slight addition to the style (may have preference to hard/soft or particular techniques) but at the end of the day they all share the same/similar core theory (keyword princples).
	www.martialartsplanet.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11843 (1407 words)

	JF Kung Fu - Praying Mantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Praying Mantis style Kung Fu is believed to have originated in China at the Shaolin Temple during the early to mid 1600's.
		So impressed was Wong Long with the novel fighting techniques of this Praying Mantis that he captured it and kept it in a bamboo cage.
		Observing that Wong Long's Mantis like hands were already very effective the Abbot noted his footwork still needed improvement and sent him back up into the mountains, this time to observe and absorb the footwork of Monkeys.
	www.jfkungfu.com /praying.html (533 words)

	Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Bamboo_Forest_Praying_Mantis (514 words)

	Praying Mantis 101 kung fu Animal Forms & Styles
		And ahead of time, I thank everyone who posts for their efforts and input, it is greatly appreciated in furthering the level of understanding of this great art form.
		taiji PM bamboo forest PM there are those that hold their forarms with the extended index finger and the 3rd, 4th and pinky acts as the saw part of the mantis limbs - (for trapping) and the others that hold mostly in fist of different shaped.
		I have heard that souther mantis is a different art but took that name to escape the authorities back in those days.
	www.dragonslist.com /discussion/showthread.php?t=7512 (1220 words)

	Southern Kung Fu - northants-taekwondo.com. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Southern Praying Mantis systems are much respected styles of Kung Fu with simpler, more effective techniques...
		Bamboo Forest Temple Southern Mantis Kung Fu was founded by Red Eyebrow Taoist during the Ming Dynasty, around...
		The official CKFA Israel branch - Southern Praying Mantis Kung - Fu school of Sifu Sapir Tal.
	www.northants-taekwondo.com /57/southern-kung-fu.html (683 words)

	Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When an extended arm has strength it allows the practitioner to move about faster since his arms don't need to recoil or move back for more strength like in boxing or many other.
		This page was last modified 08:10, 21 Mar 2005.
		- The next article in the enyclopedia is Southern Praying Mantis.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bamboo_Forest_Praying_Mantis (169 words)

	All about Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis - RecipeLand.com Reference library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All about Bamboo Forest Praying Mantis - RecipeLand.com Reference library
		Southern Praying Mantis, unlike Northern Mantis, has no prefernce to any single move over another although Dim Mak (death-touch techniques) and healing arts are implememted.
		This martial arts -related article is a stub.
	www.recipeland.com /encyclopaedia/index.php/Bamboo_Forest_Praying_Mantis (137 words)

	rec.martial-arts FAQ part 3 of 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Traditionally made of hardwoods laminated front and back with bamboo the Japanese bow is one of the longest in the world, usually over seven feet in length.
		It is a natural double recurve bow with the arrow nocked one third of the way from the bottom and the bow actually rotating in the hand at release approx.
		Description: Even though Praying Mantis sub-styles are quite different, they all contain the basic structure created by Wang Lang: * 8 stances * 12 key words * 8 rigid and 12 flexible methods * 5 external and 5 internal elements * 8 non- attacking and 8 attacking points.
	omicron.felk.cvut.cz /FAQ/articles/a1116.html (12260 words)

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