History Main / AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', this trope is alluded to when Mei and Ming start their cleaning routine as they initially appear to be preparing to spar with each other using bo staffs before it is revealed they're holding brooms which they proceed to sweep with.

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-->'''Bruce''' [to threatening mob]: "Take a good [[JapaneseRanguage rook]] at my face. I'm an oriental!" [mob scatters]

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[[RealLife In Real Life, Chinese will refer to a person's ability in any human endeavour as "Gung Fu," not just martial arts.]] Also, all Chinese students receive compulsory military training during their educational period, so they are knowledgeable in martial arts. So it's quite [[ExactWords technically true]]... That said, do not antagonize anyone who is praised as having good ''Wu Gong'' as they will be real life examples of this trope.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'', most of the named Asian-analogue characters know martial arts. This has less to do with their being Asian and more to do with the fact that they are members of or are tied to a Triad (Asian mafia) analogue (along with the daughter of a martial arts master turned spy). There is no evidence that the staff of the local Chinese restaurant are anything other than cooks and waitresses.

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* Used by the hero in ''They Call Me Bruce'' to get out of a fight.

-->--''Film/TheKarateKid2010''

* The ''one'' Chinese/Hong Konger character in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' practices Jeet Kune Do.

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* This trope is criticized in ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. For context, [[CoolOldLady Ah-Mah]] [[FountainOfYouth gets turned into a teenager]] and goes to her granddaughter's middle school as a new student. One of the classmates thoughtlessly asks out loud if she knows karate leading her to go on a tirade over the stereotype.
-->'''Ah-Mah:''' Well for starters, karate is ''Japanese''. And secondly, why do people always ask if Asians know karate? First thing you ask is "What are you?", second thing "Do you know karate?". So, I'm Chinese and [[StereotypeReactionGag yes I know karate]]. '''AND TWENTY-SIX OTHER FORMS OF HAND TO HAND COMBAT!!'''
* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Sabine Dupain-Cheng, Marinette's Chinese mother, is able to pull off a smooth fighting pose against a pestering camera crew in the Season 2 episode "Troublemaker". It comes off as questionable as she's never shown or alluded to having any martial arts knowledge until that moment.
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* This trope is criticized in WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee. For context, [[CoolOldLady Ah-Mah]] [[FountainOfYouth gets turned into a teenager]] and goes to her granddaughter's middle school as a new student. One of the classmates thoughtlessly asks out loud if she knows karate leading her to go on a tirade over this stereotype.

* Count D in ''Manga/PetshopOfHorrors'' pulls this trope on (blond) LA cop Leon Orcot after performing an impossible leap (he's not entirely human) by nearly mentioning the trope verbatim. It's not the first or the last thing he blames on being Chinese, either. To give Leon credit, he knows perfectly well that D is bullshitting him outrageously. There just isn't much he can do about it except grumble.
* Neji, Rock Lee and Tenten are martial artists who take the position of "Chinese" rival team in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. While there is no actual "China" (or the equivalent) in ''Naruto'', the trio all use fighting styles based on various Chinese martial arts.
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'' has Ren Tao as the Chinese rival.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': most major Chinese characters are expert martial artists, and often have a leg up on the Japanese fighters due to a more "mystical", supernatural, or at least much older fighting tradition. Then again, the majority of such characters come from tribes or villages explicitly devoted to a form of combat, such as the Joketsuzoku, the Seven Lucky Gods, and the Musk Dynasty, or are combatants and officers in an otherwise regular society (in fact, it's ''because'' these specific characters are martial artists that they run around with Ranma and company). The Jusenkyo Guide and the civilian population of the Phoenix tribe, for example, are never even hinted at being anything other than regular folk, and the Phoenix royal guard are simply ordinary soldiers of various levels of skill, not martial artists.
* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has Neo Hong Kong's Master Asia an expert in martial arts who was TheMaster then TheRival to Domon. (His name is literally "Master.")

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'''s Ku Fei and Chao Linshen, Ku Fei is from southern china and Chao is from northern this is reflected in their styles The former takes up the role as TheMaster to Negi while the later takes up as the [[spoiler: BigBad]] for a little while then [[spoiler: TheMentor when she leaves]].
* Miss China (yes, indeed...) from ''Manga/SpiritOfWonder''. Combines with {{Tsundere}} for lots of property damage.
* Amusingly invoked in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. Kenji comments that "it's true that [[StereotypesOfChinesePeople all]] ''[[StereotypesOfChinesePeople Chinese people]]'' [[StereotypesOfChinesePeople are martial artists]]" after seeing a waiter dealing with unruly customer (and [[CoverBlowingSuperpower feigning weakness]] at that). Also, pretty much every Contractor of Chinese ancestry on the show is a good fighter in addition to their powers, which isn't true of Contractors from other backgrounds.
* Xing is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of China in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. All the Xingese characters seen are proficient in martial arts. Justified considering all of them are either royals or royals' retainers and the court is implied to be dangerous (considering it's comprised of ''several'' clans using their children to jockey for power). Ling is a CombatPragmatist because he's been fending off assassination attempts since he was a child.
* Hong Long (but not his mistress Liu Mei) from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
* Lee Jenshin in ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'' teaches [[TheHero Daiya]] martial arts forms to help him focus in battle.
* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Despite both of them being computer nerds (especially the father), Lee Jiangliang and his father Jiang-yu practice Tai Chi. Seemingly for fitness purposes. It does come handy in actual combat situations. But it is unknown whether the other three Lee children know Tai Chi or not.
* Ren Wu from ''Anime/BeybladeBurst'' is one of the best martial artists in the series.
* In ''Manga/HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi,'' all of the Chinese characters in the story use kung fu or kenpo as their preferred fighting style.
* Shuu/Kento of ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' is the sole Chinese member of the group. Sure enough, in supplimentary materials his martial art of choice is stated to be kung fu (taught from an early age by his mother, a kung fu master).
* The ''one'' Chinese/Hong Konger character in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' practices Jeet Kune Do.

* ''Film/KungFuHustle''

* In the same vein as Fei above, Lee Rekka from ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''. Incidentally, he is the only Chinese character in the cast.
* ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn'' has Li Fang, a Chinese ex-waitress Martial Arts master mobile suit pilot who uses a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gun Cannon]] (a normally ranged only suit) with martial arts moves... later upgrades to ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''[='s=] Burning Gundam, a true melee suit.
* ''VideoGame/{{Honkai Impact 3rd}}'' shows that even Chinese games aren't free of this trope. Fu Hua, the only playable Chinese character in the game, is also the resident Kung Fu master who's capable of dishing out {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s against mechas, Honkai Beasts, fellow Valkyries, [[spoiler: and [[PhysicalGod Herrchers]]]] with her bare hands.
* In ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', the majority of the cast is Japanese, and the token Chinese girl, Hong Meiling, is depicted as skilled in martial arts.
* Played for comedic irony in ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'', wherein the character who is thoroughly convinced of this is herself an AnimeChineseGirl (though her assumption is specifically targeted at Qilin people). Xuan Zang is not amused.
* The ramen-loving fighter who speaks Chinese from ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' Min Min utilizes her legs in what seems to be a boxing-style sport. The only time she kicks her opponents is during her throw attack. Her primarily ability involves deflecting an opponent's punches by kicking them down. Her appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' gives her more variety of her kick attacks such as giving her a rapid-fast kick attack which resembles the aforementioned Chun-Li.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Asian-American Ashley says that people have assumed that she's "some kind of magical martial artist" when complaining about stereotypes in general. Hilariously, the other major Asian character in the comic, Nanase, ''is'' a magical martial artist.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'''s Ku Fei and Chao Linshen, Ku Fei is from southern china and Chao is from northern this is reflected in their styles The former takes up the role as TheMaster to Negi while the later takes up as the [[spoiler: BigBad]] for a little while then [[spoiler: TheMentor when she leaves]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', the majority of the cast is Japanese, and the token Chinese girl, Hong Meiling, is depicted as skilled in martial arts.