Chinese road sweeper shows off martial arts skills

Zhang Xiufang was doing her unusual exercise routine when she was spotted by a local man in Beijing’s Chaoyang district.

The man subsequently recorded the zany martial arts act on his phone before uploading it onto YouTube.

The video was an instant success and such a big hit that Zhang was invited to appear in one of the biggest TV shows broadcast in Nanjing.

Zhang said: ‘I got this job when my husband became very ill and was unable to work. Our daughter is in primary school and we needed to pay our bills.

‘Before I got the job I used to do Taichi both using my body and with a sword, and I missed them because with this job I start at 5am and finish at 4pm, but then one day I was swinging the broom and it reminded me of my old hobby – and then I started practising again at work.’

/Metro.co.uk/