Tantui (Leg Flicking Chuan)

Tantui or leg flicking Chuan is also called pond legs. It has 10 routines and was therefore called 10-routine pond legs. When Shaolin monks added two more routines, it became the 12-routine pond legs. As many Moslems in China practise the Chuan, it is also called religious leg flicking Chuan.

Tantui concentrates on feet plays with fist plays as support. Its movements are not complicated but complete and executed flawlessly. A symmetry is maintained by placing the feet one by one taking wide steps while keeping the body in a crouched position.