Generally refers to a stunt in martial arts dramas. In life, dragon tail wagging generally refers to the tail wagging of relatively large-tailed animals.

The origin of the wagging dragon’s tail in martial arts dramas:

One of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

Tiger tail, the master of "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" originally named it "Luxing Tiger Tail", which is like attacking the tiger's back and stepping on the tiger's tail. The tiger turns back and bites back, naturally. Extremely powerful and evil. Later descendants thought that the literary hexagram names in the "Book of Changes" were not easy to pronounce, so they changed them to "Dragon Wags its Tail".

This pose is the last life-saving move in the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. It is often used to win in defeat and is always at a disadvantage. It is used to counterattack at a disadvantage. Turn the body with wrong steps, step on the base with both feet, sink the shoulders, and use the right palm to From the right armpit, take the enemy Dantian, left neck, and connect the lower key points.