This man gives high kick a whole new meaning as he practices martial arts while balancing on the trunk of a coconut tree on the campus of Hainan University in Haikou, Hainan Province. Photos of the unidentified man were uploaded on October 24 and have since gone viral on various Chinese social networking sites. Photo: weibo. com

A martial arts practitioner performs gravity-defying kung fu while balancing on the trunk of a coconut tree at Hainan University. Students explain though the 30-something martial artist does not attend or work at the school, he is often spotted practicing his skills on the horizontal-slanting trunk. Photo: weibo. com