Qinggong

Qinggong
Traditional Chinese輕功
Simplified Chinese轻功
Literal meaninglightness skill
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinqīnggōng
Wade–Gilesch'ing1-kung1
IPA[tɕʰíŋ.kʊ́ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationhìng-gùng
Jyutpinghing1-gung1

Qinggong (ching-kung) is a training technique for jumping off vertical surfaces from the Chinese martial arts. One way of training is to run up a slightly inclined ramp, gradually increasing the steepness of the incline until it is vertical.