Chuojiao

'poking foot') is a Chinese martial art that comprises many jumps, kicks, and fast fist sequences.

The fist and feet work in unison and strike continuously forward, like "falling meteorites", never giving the opponent a moment to recover.

The qinggong portion of this style's training involves a practitioner jumping against a wall with heavy weights affixed to his/her calves.

This style is practiced mainly in northern and northeast China, including central Hebei, Beijing, and Liaoning.

He developed the basics according to calculations of the Chinese abacus to form a chain of feet plays incorporating 108 tricks.

According to legend, he later taught the monk Zhou Tong the style, who later passed it on to his pupil General Yue Fei.

[4] Feng Keshan (冯克善), a general in the failed Taiping Rebellion of the early 19th century, was a Chuojiao Fanzi master.

Additionally Wei Laofang taught Chuojiao in Li county and his disciples spread the art in Zhangjiakou and western regions of China such as Gansu province.

He passed his skills to Zhang Heng Qing, nicknamed "Iron Leg Zhang Heng Qing" taught Chuojiao in Yangzhou to Wang Qing Fu, He Yu Shan, Tian Chun and others Gao Family Chuojiao: In Shenyang a master from Li county by the name of Gao Bai Quan passed on a Chuo jiao style named "Di Gong Chuo Jiao" (Ground Skill Chuo Jiao).

It features powerful but comfortable moves and its blows are accurate and incorporate a variety of subtle feet tricks.

It is said that during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor (r. 1875–1908) in the Qing dynasty, boxer Hu Fengsan of Shenyang learned of the fame of Chuojiao masters, the Duans in Hebei Province, and traveled 500 kilometers to study with him.

It is arranged according to the rhythms of offence and defence of the martial arts and combines high-low, release-catch, extension-flexion and straight-rounded movements.

Its tricks, combinations of motions, still exercises, hardness, suppleness, substantial and insubstantial moves are well planned and accurate.