No Shadow Kick

The Shadowless Kick (zh-cp |c=無影腳 |p=wúyǐngjiǎo) is a martial arts technique associated with the martial arts master Wong Fei Hung. Said to be so fast that it casts no shadow, the Shadowless Kick actually involves launching a fast, swift front kick while an opponent's attention is drawn elsewhere, usually by keeping his arms occupied.

The traditional Chinese long robe offers an additional way to execute the Shadowless Kick. By flipping the front of one's robe towards one's opponent, his view of the kick underneath is obscured.

While widely exaggerated by Jet Li's Wong Fei Hung in the Once Upon a Time in China movie series as a flurry of aerial kicks, you can actually see a glimpse of the real kick, when Jet Li's character kicks his student, Butcher Lam or Porky as a reprimand, in one of the scenes of the first movie in the series.

Another example can be found in Jackie Chan's first Drunken Master movie. The antagonist uses the Shadowless Kick as a bit of a signature move and executes it by flailing his kicking leg rapidly to confuse his opponent before making the strike.

In the first Matrix movie, Agent Smith is seen to use this technique during the subway fight with Neo.

See also

*Wong Fei Hung