A shocking video has emerged from China of a lorry driver, who apparently practices martial arts, kicking an alleged phone thief off his getaway scooter.

The security camera footage, captured in Foshan, Guangdong Province on Sunday, shows the motorcyclist grabbing the lorry driver's phone from the cabin before making a speedy getaway on his bike.

But when the lorry driver sees the man driving passed the same place again later, he knocks him off the moving scooter with a flying kick.

According to local reports, the thief returned the phone and drove away.

Shocking footage has emerged from China of a kung fu lorry driver kicking the phone thief off the moving motorcycle.

The CCTV video, captured in Foshan, Guangdong Province last Sunday, shows a motorcyclist grabbing the lorry driver's phone from the cab and then driving off on his motorcycle.

But when the lorry driver sees the man driving past the same place again later, he knocks him off the moving motorcycle with a flying kick.

The motorcyclist returned the phone back to the lorry driver and drove away.