History Main / KungFuClairvoyance

* Done to almost JustForFun/{{egregious}} levels in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', where Neo does complete polevault-backflips to counter against a pouncing Smith, among other instances. [[TheChosenOne Then]] [[RealityWarper again...]]

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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', when Agent Texas brawls with Agents Maine, Wyoming, and York, she at several points dodges or blocks punches going at her back.

When done well, Kung Fu Clairvoyance is not noticeable. When done poorly, it can break the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and/or paint the character as a GodModeSue. Sometimes, Kung Fu Clairvoyance will be made obvious in order to point out how much of a badass a character is (for example, the OffhandBackhand or BadassBack), and whether or not the audience is willing to accept this depends on how well it takes RefugeInAudacity or if it follows the RuleOfCool. When such lampshaded, you can also expect an emphasis on the fighter's ear (or [[TheNoseKnows nose]] for guys like Comic/Book{{Wolverine}}), to suggest he simply heard the baddie coming.

When done well, Kung Fu Clairvoyance is not noticeable. When done poorly, it can break the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and/or paint the character as a GodModeSue. Sometimes, Kung Fu Clairvoyance will be made obvious in order to point out how much of a badass a character is (for example, the OffhandBackhand or BadassBack), and whether or not the audience is willing to accept this depends on how well it takes RefugeInAudacity or if it follows the RuleOfCool. When such lampshaded, you can also expect an emphasis on the fighter's ear (or [[TheNoseKnows nose]] for guys like {{Wolverine}}), to suggest he simply heard the baddie coming.

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': In Chapter 169, Ryuji is able to sense a razor blade about to be swung at him from behind, in a dark warehouse. He promptly elbows the enemy in the face of his helmet, smashing it in. Later on in the same chapter, Eikichi notices someone about to stab him from behind, catching and breaking his arm without even looking.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} always seems to know when someone is sneaking up on him, as do most martial artists in comics. [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] and her mother, ComicBook/LadyShiva have a version of this as an explicit ability.

** John Elway was very good at scrambling in the pocket and avoiding sacks (although he was still sacked a lot, thanks to the porous offensive lines he had to play behind during his early career before winning back to back Super Bowls)In one interview, he talked about how he would pay attention to shadows on the ground, as he could sometimes tell if a player was coming up behind him by their shadow, and his reflexes were fast enough to avoid contact. In addition, avoiding the sack was also made easier because he knew opposing players would go for his head in order to knock him out of the game (this was before the rules were changed to forbid targeting a players head). Since they were launching themselves high to hit his head, all he had to do was duck.

** In baseball in particular, the clairvoyance is based on subconscious processing of visual data. One main difference between major- and minor-league batters is their vision. The majors players have to have eyesight good enough to see the threads on the ball so they can know how it is going to be deflected by its spin.

In baseball in particular, the clairvoyance is based on subconscious processing of visual data. One main difference between major- and minor-league batters is their vision. The majors players have to have eyesight good enough to see the threads on the ball so they can know how it is going to be deflected by its spin.

** In general, any character of any class has a decent level of ability to evade attacks that they, strictly speaking, shouldn't have seen coming. Even an invisible, magically silent sniper can't reliably OneHitKill a character from ten feet away.

* The game ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has the Sidereals. Masters of Martial Arts that allow them to read the strands of fate. Knowing the strands of fate allows them to know when a knife is going to fly at them, when another martial artist is going to attack or when that sniper three floors above is going to open fire with precision accuracy.

* Done to almost {{egregious}} levels in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', where Neo does complete polevault-backflips to counter against a pouncing Smith, among other instances. [[TheChosenOne Then]] [[RealityWarper again...]]