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Kōrero: Martial arts

'Spring legs' kung fu

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'Spring legs' kung fu

Tan tui, or 'spring legs', is one of several forms of the Chinese martial art of kung fu. It is demonstrated in this 2005 photo by Auckland teacher George Guo as he leaps over his daughter Selena.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Bradley Ambrose

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Bronwyn Dalley, Martial arts – Martial arts in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39014/spring-legs-kung-fu (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Dalley, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 27 January 2015.