Kung fu master shows off calligraphy skills on top of knife ladder

A kung fu master showed off his calligraphy skills as he balanced himself on the top of a knife ladder with only one hand.

The impressive video, filmed in Mianyang City in southern Sichuan Province today, shows a man named Zhang Jie using a three-metre-long calligraphy brush to write Chinese characters on a paper while he balances himself on the top of a knife ladder with only one hand.

According to reports, Zhang started to learn martial arts and acrobatics when he was a child.