Heartwarming footage has emerged from China of a martial arts coach catching a worker falling down from eight-metre-high wall with his bare hands.

The CCTV video, filmed in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province last Wednesday, shows a scaffold collapsing after a 50-year-old worker climbing onto it.

Then, the worker hangs himself on a corner on the eight-metre-high wall.

Passersby help move the steel pipes away and put the cushions they get from nearby cafe on the ground.

While, a man named Wu Qiang opens his arms to ready for catching the worker if he drops.

After two minutes, the worker falls down and he is caught successfully by Wu.

Although the worker had transient shock, he was back to life after having Wu's first-aid treatment.

The worker was sent to hospital and he was not injured severely. While, Wu's arm had minor injuries.