Qinggong

Qinggong[1] is a technique in Chinese

martial arts that is visually reminiscent of
parkour, despite having different training
methods.
 Qinggong
Chinese name

Traditional Chinese 輕功

Simplified Chinese 轻功

Literal meaning light skill

Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin

Hanyu Pinyin qīnggōng

Wade–Giles ch'ing1-kung1

Yue: Cantonese

Yale Romanization hìng-gùng

Jyutping hing1-gung1
Vietnamese name

Vietnamese Khinh công

Vietnamese Khinh công
Hán-Nôm 輕功
Japanese name

Kanji 軽功
Hiragana けいこう
Traditional Baguazhang training involves
the use of qinggong. The practitioner runs
up a plank supported against a wall. The
gradient of the plank is increased gradually
over time as the training progresses.[2]

It's a well-known fact that due to so many

words in Chinese being similar in sound,
especially if overlooking differences in
tone, that puns play a significant role in
choosing a name or term for certain
things. While the characters used for this
skill are 輕功 \ 轻功 (Trad.\ Simp.), where
the meaning of the first character is light
[in weight]; easy; soft; gentle, and the
second means achievement; effort; skill;
good result, since the training involves
incrementally changing the slope or incline
of a plank of wood used as a platform,
there's a suggested pun with substituting
傾 \ 倾 (Trad.\ Simp.) for the first
character, where its meaning is to overturn;
to collapse; to lean; to incline. Note that
both 輕 \ 轻 and 傾 \ 倾 are pronounced
identically and even carry the same exact
tone.
The use of qinggong has been
exaggerated in wuxia fiction, in which
martial artists have the ability to move
swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed,
and perform gravity-defying moves such
as gliding on water surfaces, scaling high
walls and mounting trees. In some wuxia
and martial arts films containing elements
of wire fu, qinggong stunts are simulated
by actors and stunt performers
suspending themselves from wires.[3]

See also
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong action cinema
 Parkour

References
1. Timofeevich, Andrew; Yiming Jin; Cuiya Guo
(2007). Lian Gong Mi Jue: Secret Methods
of Acquiring External and Internal Mastery .
Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-84753-371-5.
2. Sun, Lutang; Tim Cartmell (2003). A Study
of Taijiquan . North Atlantic Books. p. 25.
ISBN 978-1-55643-462-4.
3. Rahner, Mark (2004-12-24). "Wire-fu flicks:
Pouncing public, hidden treasures" . Seattle
Times. Archived from the original on June
29, 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
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