北派螳螂拳主要包括：

The north school of Tanglang Quan mainly includes Seven-Star Tanglang Quan or Arhat Tanglang Quan，Plum-Blossom Tanglang Quan or Taiji Tanglang Quan，and Six-Conformity Tanglang Quan.

七星螳螂拳(又名罗汉螳螂)。这一流派的基本架势以“七星步”作基础，劲力刚脆，横裹，直撞。练功分三部分：其一为基本功，包括腰、腿、肩功、站桩、拍打功等；其二为套路技术，包括小组合与套路，套路有插捶、翻车、蹦步、拦截、摘盔、双插花、十八梭、锉钢、柔灵、摘要、螳螂九转十八跌、白猿出洞、偷桃、献果、入洞、拆手拍按等；其三是拆练，包括碰桩、踢打沙袋、排练周身十二捶、散打等。

Seven-Star Tanglang Quan is based on“Seven-Star Step”，and features the forceful horizontal wrapping and vertical striking.The exercises for this style includes basic exercises of waist，leg，shoulder，stake standing，beating etc..Taolu techniques such as small action group and Taolu of thrusting hammer，Fanche，Bengbu，intercepting，Zhaikui，Shuangchahua，Eighteen suo，Cuogang，Rouling，Zhaiyao，Mantis nine turning eighteen fall，Baiyuanchudong，Toutao，Xianguo，Rudong，Chaishoupaian etc. and Taolu breakdown combat application exercises of touching the stake，beating and kicking sand bags，Pailian zhoushen twelve hammers，Sanda etc..

梅花螳螂拳(又名太极螳螂)。讲究出手成撮，招招相连，一招三变，以活为上，迂回为主。鱼鳞步灵活变化，恰似朵朵梅花。劲法上讲究顺劲、巧劲、柔劲。练功内容和七星螳螂拳大体相似。套路有翻车、蹦步、拦截、梅花路、白猿偷桃、八肘、传技、摘要等。

Plum-Blossom Tanglang Quan features continuous，changing，flexible sets of movements.It also emphasizes smooth force，clever force，and soft force.Exercises are Fanche，Bengbu，intercepting，Plum blossom route，Baiyuan toutao，Eight elbow，Chuanji，Zhaiyao etc..

六合螳螂拳(又名马猴螳螂)。与前两种流派差异较大，动作、劲法更倾向于柔。六合螳螂主要吸取了一些拳法中所载的内三合(心与意合、意与气合、气与力合)、外三合(手与足合、肘与膝合、肩与胯合)的要领，强调以“意变”导“形变”，意会身随，以人之劲为劲，引进落空，要求活似机轮，圆似钢球，上下相随，内外合一。劲力分刚、柔、明、暗、滑五劲。套路主要有短锤、双封、铁刺、藏花、仙手奔、照面灯、截手圈以及六合摘要、九十三手等。

Six-Conformity Tanglang Quan is quite different from the other two schools.It features softness and flexibility in terms of movement and strength.It absorbs Inner Three Conformities(the conformity of mind and will，will and Qi，Qi and strength)and External Three Conformities(the conformity of hands and feet，elbows and knees，shoulders and hip joints)，as stressed by some kungfu commentary articles，and emphasizes on the change of mind leading the change of body，the body following the mind，guiding the opponent's attacking to intended directions，taking the advantage of the force and strength of the opponent etc..The requirement is to be flexible like a wheel，and round like an iron ball，and the lower body and upper body shall follow each other and to manage the conformity of the inner and the external.Force techniques include solid，soft，bright，dark and slide.Taolu includes short hammer，double close，iron thorn，Canghua，Xian shouben，Zhaomiandeng，Jieshouquan，Six-conformity Zhaiyao，Ninety-three hand etc..

南派螳螂又名周家螳螂拳，据传是清代广东人周亚南始创的，其技术和理论与山东传的北派螳螂完全不同，而与南拳各派技术却极相似。

Southern-style Tanglang Quan or Zhoujia Tanglang Quan is said to be invented by Zhou Yanan，who was from Guangdong，in Qing Dynasty.This style is absolutely different from northern-style Tanglang Quan in terms of techniques and theories，but it is extremely similar to the techniques of various schools of Nan Quan.

除上述南北两派螳螂拳外，在北派螳螂的基础上又经多年传习或与其他拳法混合，还有通臂螳螂拳、摔手螳螂拳、光板螳螂拳、八步螳螂拳等产生。

Besides the schools mentioned above，there are Tongbi Tanglang Quan，Shuaishou Tanglang Quan，Guangban Tanglang Quan and Eight-step Tanglang Quan.