Shadowless Kick

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The Shadowless Kick, also known as the No-Shadow Kick is a martial arts technique in the Hung Gar repertoire. It was made famous by Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung, who is reputed to have used it to great effect.

[edit] The Shadowless Kick Depicted in Fiction

The shadowless kick has often been depicted in fiction. Frequently it is presented as a simple but blindingly fast kick. When presented this way the precise nature of what separates the shadowless kick technique from other kicks is left generally unclear.

Other fictional depictions of the shadowless kick show it as a chain of flying kicks where the attacker strikes his target many times before landing.

[edit] The Shadowless Kick in Modern Practice

The shadowless kick is somewhat more mundane in modern practice. In practice it consists of a simultaneous grapple or distraction with the hands and a low kick. The upper body movement caused by the hands draws the attention of the target up and away from the feet which lash out at a target between the stomach and the knee. The combination of the low target area of the kick, the close range of the strike (which should be conducted from within hand strike / grapple range) and the use of diversionary technique lends it the appearance of supreme speed which the technique has become famous for.