Thanks for posting the vid!

It makes me realize why Monkey fist isnt more popular. Most of that was a man trying to act like a monkey some kicks and rolls in it.

In most animal styles you never see a human trying to look like a tiger, dragon, Eagle or praying mantis.

I dont think Brendan Lai tried to look like a praying mantis as he performed a form.

Who knows maybe the dudes who put mantis together with all of the other styles were the first one to come up with the Western style guard and someone said "hey, that looks like the way a praying mantis hold its claws"....A new style was born!