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8One can achieve amazing things [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower by properly training the body.]] But in fiction, it's possible to gain even greater ability through daily meditation and training ''[[EnlightenmentSuperpowers the mind.]]'' The end result being, the characters condition themselves to exceed their human limitations until they unlock [[KiManipulation their true potential.]] As such, it's a staple of martial arts-related media, {{Anime}}, and {{Fighting Game}}s. It often overlaps with MartialArtsAndCrafts and frequently includes the use of {{Dangerous Forbidden Technique}}s.
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10Distinct from KungFuWizard, wherein someone has martial arts ''and'' magic, but they're separate abilities. Contrast MindOverMatter, wherein someone can do amazing things with the brain, but not necessarily the body.
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12DragonsUpTheYinYang are a common visual motif. Not to be confused with FullContactMagic, which is magic first, fighting second.
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14Compare CharlesAtlasSuperpower, where training, usually [[TheShangriLa in the Far East]], can make you better than any human in normal reality at plausibly mundane feats, and KiManipulation for less mundane ones. See also FantasticFightingStyle.
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21* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': Chapter 160 introduces "Imaginary Chimera", where practitioners use an obsession with other species to project an illusory avatar that's a fusion of their species and the species they're obsessed with (hence the name).
22* ''Manga/BlackClover'' revolves around the use of mana to perform magic and spells as a means of offense and defense. However, most mages in the series are an example of the SquishyWizard, and most do not have impressive physical traits, making them weak against straightforward physical strikes like punches and kicks. Likewise, most mages do not know how to handle themselves in battle if their magic is neutralized in some way. Yami, one of the captains of the MagicKnight squads, possesses the highest physical stats out of all of the captains. This gives him an edge in most combat situations, since not only is he able to dish out physical damage really well, but he can take it too.
23* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Thanks to the {{wuxia}} influences on the series, the story jumps into ki moves very early on with the introduction of the Kamehameha. More uses include flying, cloning yourself, reading minds, teleportation, and endless other examples. For quite a long time however they are used primarily as special moves due to the amount of ki required to use them, but at about the time the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' split occurs, they start becoming more common in battle. In the early ''Manga/DragonBall'', a character knowing how to use their ki, such as Tao Pai-Pai and Tenshinhan, is a clear indicator that they are someone to be taken seriously, and thus there's a clear divide between them and the more generic fighters and wrestlers who tend to be knocked out early in the Tenkaichi Budokai by the ki-using characters.
24* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Hard training will not only let you do KiManipulation but give you SuperStrength, at the very least specific [[RapidFireFisticuffs forms]] of SuperSpeed, SuperToughness if not outright NighInvulnerability, [[HealingFactor massively amplify your recovery abilities]] and let you [[MartialArtsAndCrafts use even the most unlikely things]] [[ImprobableWeaponUser as lethal implements of destruction]].
25* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
26** One of the ''many'' ways chakra can be used is to increase a being's already [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower considerable]] physical abilities like the chakra gates or the Akimichi clan's [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever body expansion techniques]].
27** [[TouchOfDeath Gentle Fist]], a martial art in which lightly tapping an opponent allows the user to insert chakra into them that damages their internal organs and disrupts their own chakra flow. Since this requires hitting {{Pressure Point}}s with incredible precision and there's slight variation in the pressure points from one person to the next, this martial art requires XRayVision to perform and thus is exclusive to the Hyuga clan.
28** Toad Kumite is a martial art that utilizes Sage Mode's increased sensory and physical prowess, as well as its ability to control the nature energy around the user (as demonstrated when Naruto punched one of Pain's bodies despite not having physically connected, by using nature energy as an extension of himself).
29* Breathing Styles in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' take the real-world concept of training breathing control and push it into the realm of fantasy, where these skills are the gateway to superhuman abilities that allow the [[DemonSlaying Demon Slayer Corps]] to stand on equal footing with their prey. Breathing Styles are categorized by ElementalMotifs, but [[StylizedForTheViewer despite appearances]] do not grant magical powers. However, later down the story, more overt supernatural abilities are unveiled as the pinnacle of Breathing discipline; [[spoiler:[[PowerTattoo Demon Slayer Mark]], [[HyperAwareness Transparent World]], and finally [[HotBlade Crimson Blades]].]]
30* ''Manga/SaintSeiya''. Train hard, and you too can reverse a waterfall simply by kicking it, 'cuz screw physics completely.
31* Ku Fei of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is capable of killing demons barehanded.
32** Not to mention Negi himself, who boosts his Kung Fu powers with magic.
33* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'''s elite martial artists Domon Kasshu and [[http://youtu.be/IAizwLfZbUA Master Asia can catch bullets and destroy Gundam size robots!]] And their own Gundams are able to receive certain powerups based entirely on the strength of their awesomeness.
34* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' introduced the "Strike Arts", a magic-augmented close-combat martial arts form. Later, a character appears with knowledge of the "Kaiser Arts", basically a stronger form from the Ancient Belkan era. Belkan magic in general is essentially weapon-using magical martial arts that started by augmenting the user's strength, speed, and defense, later moving on to elemental energy. The focus on physical enhancement distinguishes Belkan magic from the Mid-Childan style of FullContactMagic.
35* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' explained that normal humans could never hope to match up with the tougher demons unless they learn to channel their spirit energy. Physical strength has its limitations, but spirit energy has none. That said, the strongest humans are leagues below the strongest demons in power.
36* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist - it allows an 80-year-old man to slice through extremely dangerous monsters like they were butter.
37** Mastering the above, along with the Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist and a bunch of others is what makes Garou such a potent threat, leading him to eventually develop the [[spoiler: Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist, which allows him to overpower ''the entire S-Class'' until he is stopped abruptly by Saitama.]]
38** Suiryu, [[spoiler: as well as his grandfather and his sister Suiko]] practice the Void Fist, and [[spoiler: his grandfather is said to be the best replacement for the aforementioned 80-year old man when he retires.]]
39* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Hamon is an ancient form of martial arts that allows a human with the right potential to generate energy similar to [[ThePowerOfTheSun sunlight]] using precise breath control. Hamon is especially powerful against beings that are weak to sunlight such as vampires, zombies, and the Pillar Men.
40* In ''Manga/DragonsRioting'', Koei Sougetsu is a martial art style taught to the main character by his father that leaves the rest of the cast whose abilities are normally [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower physical in nature]] in awe... despite this, he primarily uses it to run away from [[WeaksauceWeakness attractive girls]].
41* ''Anime/GiantRobo'' combines this with an extensive RuleOfCool. [[MemeticBadass Alberto the Shockwave]] is probably the best example.
42* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
43** Rokushiki (Six Powers) has CharlesAtlasSuperpower applications, like SuperToughness and kicks strong enough to create RazorWind, but the practice also extends to [[MasterOfYourDomain complete body control]], KiManipulation and NotQuiteFlight.
44** We also have Fishman Karate, a form of karate practiced by the Fishman race (though humans can learn it too) that allows them to manipulate water, including in the atmosphere, which grants for some strong moves (and injuring characters who are otherwise pretty invulnerable to blunt force like RubberMan Luffy.)
45** Connected to the above is Fishman Jujutsu and Merman Combat, which is much more focused on manipulating the water as a tangible substance, including shaping and forming it.
46** Then we have Hasshoken, exclusive to the Chinjao Family/Happo Navy. This martial arts allows the user to generate and manipulate vibrations to generate shockwaves for greater damage. Though they're concentric waves unlike the seismic force of the vibrations of the Gura Gura no Mi.
47** [[OldMaster Lao G]] practices a martial arts style unique to himself, Geo-Fist, which [[StrongerWithAge grows stronger the older the user is]]. It also prevents him from feeling pain, and, when mastered, can restore his body's musculature to that of someone in their prime.
48* ''Literature/{{Overlord|2012}}'' has these which are, indeed, named Martial Arts. And they are sometimes compared to that of a warrior's version of magic which can allow for effects such as enhancing the cutting power of one's blade, increasing a fighter's senses and concentration, augment their entire bodies for short periods, etc. In fact, Martial Arts are native power to the New World that YGGDRASIL people do not have.
49* ''Anime/VariableGeo'' is a 3-part {{OVA}} series about an MMA competition [[WorldOfActionGirls for combat waitresses]], who can channel ki and elemental powers. As seen throughout [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVbpSM-j1U this compilation AMV.]]
50* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' is [[TheAnimeOfTheGame exactly what it says.]] As such, all of the characters' moves and signature specials are faithfully represented, from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLR4-slWpOg the opening scene]], to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I056MPrakoQ its dramatic conclusion.]]
51* The post-apocalyptic world of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' (and its prequel, ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'', set in pre-[=WW2=] China) is the home of literally hundreds of different supernatural martial arts techniques, usually involving the manipulation of chi, either the users own or his opponents. The main one being of course the ''Hokuto Shinken (North Star Dipper Fist)'' used by main character Kenshiro, and his step brothers and fellow students Raoh, Toki, and Jagi. By manipulating pressure points and chi channels, the Hokuto Shinken can be used both as an incredibly devastating weapon, causing your opponent to explode violently, or as a method of healing. There is also the ''Nanto Seiken (South Dipper Holy Fist)'' which is essentially the counterpart to the Hokuto Sinken and involves using chi and pressure points to cause damage from the outside rather than the inside. It's used by both villains such as Shin and Souther, and heroes such as Rei. On top of these two, there are dozens of minor styles used by other characters.
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55* Creator/MarvelComics invokes this with many characters such as ComicBook/ShangChi and every single one of the many scions of the [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Immortal Weapons.]]. They all have various chi-based abilities.
56%%* ''Oriental Heroes'', late of Jademan Comics.
57%%* ''Weapons Of The Gods''
58* In ''ComicBook/AmericanBornChinese'', The Monkey King acquires numerous abilities through the mastery of various kung fu disciplines.
59* ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe]]'': When Creator/LarryHama is writing, ninja characters are nearly invincible. Storm Shadow can disappear from locked rooms with no windows. The first example was in issue 10, with Snake-Eyes slowing down his heartbeat to fake death in order to fool Dr. Venom.
60* ''ComicBook/NthManTheUltimateNinja'': John routinely uses a form of AsianRuneChant to affect his surroundings and screw with his enemies' plans.
61* In ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'', Anna Hark recounts how one of her ancestors practiced supernatural martial arts, including such feats as using flame from a candle to create a wall of fire, walking on water, kicking droplets of water so fast that they strike like knives and the "Night's Stars Attack", which causes the target to be consumed by a dragon form made of sparkling stars. It is implied, but never shown, that Anna and her father knew these techniques.
62* ComicBook/RichardDragon, ComicBook/LadyShiva, and their teacher The O-Sensei all have martial arts skills that extend to healing abilities and slowed aging, Dragon's has "evolved" into functional telekinesis.
63* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Originally most of Wonder Woman's abilities (outside of immortality) were the result of Amazon martial arts which granted her powers like SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperReflexes, [[{{Telepathy}} mild telepathic abilities]] and [[NotQuiteFlight the ability to glide on air currents]]. It was implied any human could master these abilities with enough time and patience.
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67* ''Fanfic/SavageSkies'' gives this to the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' races. The primary focus is on the Gale King style, as the central character is a pegasus, but there's mention of the unicorn Still Way and the earth pony Mountain Root. The terms have been picked up by various other fics in the fandom.
68* In ''Fanfic/{{The Games We Play|TheGamerRWBY}}'', there are four known styles of martial arts that use Aura to empower the practitioner. Jaune picks up the White Tiger Style and runs with it so far he becomes the second coming of the founder in everything short of actually doing so.
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72* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'':
73** Spoofed with the Wuxi Finger Hold in [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1 the first movie]]'s final battle scene -- flexing a single finger causes a massive blast wave that may or may not disintegrate the target.
74** There's also the nerve attack, which causes brief flashes of light when it hits.
75** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': There's Po catching and throwing back ''cannonballs'' (well, explosive fireworks cannonballs, but still...) due to having achieved Inner Peace.
76** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'': Po learns to give chi with some help from [[spoiler:Tigress and a secret village of pandas]], which not only bathes everything in golden light but can fill biological vessels with life energy.
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80* ''Film/TheBabysitterKillerQueen'' features a fight scene between Phoebe and [[spoiler: Melanie]], with both girls using moves lifted straight from [[Creator/{{Capcom}} Capcom's]] ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' and ''Film/TheMatrix''. At one point, Phoebe actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-fO1U-Ihww uses a Hado Ken!]]
81* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' involves {{Wuxia}} fighting, including running up walls and fighting on reed-thin branches of trees.
82* ''Film/{{Hero|2002}}'' is a {{Wuxia}} film focusing on magical martial arts. Fighters are shown deflecting a RainOfArrows with swords and dress sleeves, hacking through hundreds of armored soldiers, and jumping off the surface of water to swordfight in midair.
83* ''Film/KungFuHustle'' is a {{Troperiffic}} AffectionateParody of all the over-the-top supernatural martial arts films to ever come out of Hong Kong. For example, there are two {{Musical Assassin}}s, a woman with a [[MakeMeWannaShout weaponized voice]], and a main villain who uses toad style kung.
84* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Films featuring Doctor Strange showcase a lot of the sorcerers using martial art moves in spellcasting, with many of their training sessions involving them practicing their posing. Many also use magic to generate swords, shields, javelins, and whips. While not ''everyone'' can perform magic, a great deal of the populace have the potential for it and were once ordinary folk who stepped into the Sanctum. In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' Ned accidentally discovers he too is able to perform magic by picking up a sling ring and mimicking the poses that Strange did.
85* Downplayed in ''Film/GameOfDeath'' as it only applies to the last fight: Jabbar's character has [[spoiler: lizard eyes]] and displays super strength.
86* ''Film/TheLastDragon'' is an AffectionateParody of both this and of Blaxploitation films.
87* Pai Mei from ''Film/KillBill''. His mastery of martial arts has granted him superhuman strength, speed, agility, balance, and an extended lifespan (he is said to have been born before the year 1000 and lived all the way up to 2003). And then there's his "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique".
88-->'''Bill''': "Quite simply, the deadliest blow in all of martial arts. He hits you with his fingertips at 5 different pressure points on your body, and then lets you walk away. But once you've taken five steps your heart explodes inside your body and you fall to the floor, dead."
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92* Literature/TheBrightestShadow: Due to the magic system, all martial arts are this, ranging from superhuman physical capabilities to energy blasts.
93* The little-seen [=ChayShan=] [[FunctionalMagic magic system]] in ''Literature/{{Elantris}}''. WordOfGod says it looks like Tai Chi, but gradually getting faster as you go along.
94* The martial art Sinanju in ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' series. It's practically a CharlesAtlasSuperpower, as noted on that page.
95* The Literature/{{Discworld}} gives us the Monks of Time, who practice [[BulletTime time slicing]] by moving time [[LiquidAssets out of their surroundings and into themselves]].
96** With the addendum of a certain [[AlmightyJanitor humble sweeper]], the only known master of Deja Fu, or "The sensation you have felt this blow before", which allows a level of {{time master}}s beyond even [[spoiler: the newly awakened AnthropomorphicPersonification of Time itself]].
97* Justified in ''Literature/DarkHeavens'' as the male lead, John Chen, is actually [[spoiler: the Chinese God of Martial Arts, Xuan Wu.]]
98* ''Literature/CoilingDragon'' bases its magic system on using [[ElementalPowers the elements and natural forces]]. People [[PowerLevels become stronger]] and develop [[EveryoneHasASpecialMove personal combat abilities]] by improving their understanding of the mysteries of each type of magic.
99* In ''Literature/VarjakPaw'' some cats practice a mystical martial art called the Way. Jalal teaches the Way to Varjak in his dreams.
100* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Absolutely everyone trains in the sacred arts, which result in incredible powers of attack and defense, a supernaturally powerful body, and even utility abilities like Forging items out of thin air. Since anyone can become stronger in every single way with dedication and practice, there is no reason ''not'' to learn the sacred arts. This has, unfortunately, resulted in a culture obsessed with strength, where little matters besides how good you are at fighting.
101* ''Literature/AMartialOdyssey'' The entire human race possesses and manipulates Juva, a naturally occurring energy in all life and manipulates it to enhance the martial arts techniques they already have, or skilled fighters can create powers all on their own from Juva.
102* A DiscussedTrope in the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' novel ''Broken Homes'', when Peter reflects that if all magical ''formae'' do is create the right shape in your mind, it might be possible to get the same results by creating shapes with your body, and maybe that's where these stories come from. In later books, it appears that this is what Legendary Swordsman Michael Cheung [[spoiler: and Constable Gulheed when she becomes his apprentice]] does.
103* A variant in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' is used by Szeth, [[TheDreaded the Assassin in White.]] While highly trained in martial arts of various styles, the martial arts themselves aren't magical. However, when coupled with the powers of Surgebinding, particularly [[GravityMaster Windrunning]], they become terrifyingly deadly. A soft style focused on grapples and throws can be absurdly lethal when coupled with the ability to change which direction gravity is pulling someone. At one point Szeth flows through an entire room of opponents, lightly touching them and sending them smashing into the ceiling far above.
104* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': In the Underworld, specifically the Dark Territory, Pugilists like Iskahn are the closest you get in a fantasy-themed world. They have mastered the art of unarmed combat, but achieved incredible feats such as making their skin so tough they become immune to blades, as well as being superhumanly strong to throw boulders with ease or leap across chasms.
105* Chaka and Bladedancer both are all over this trope in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. Chaka can ''see'' how ki moves, so she can pull a Taskmaster just by watching you use your ki for an attack. In one of the first Whateley stories, she learned a secret paralyzing nerve attack just by watching a mutant ninja attempt it ''on her''.
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109* ''Series/IntoTheBadlands'''s first season finale features monks who use this against Sunny. M K, when cut, also turns into a OneManArmy.
110* ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'' features Danny Rand a.k.a. The Immortal Iron Fist performing Kung Fu while demonstrating increased speed and agility... and of course the [[EnhancedPunch Iron Fist.]]
111* ''Series/MarcoPolo'' has the character of Hundred Eyes doing some kung fu of... questionable plausibility. The in-universe explanation is that he has access to all of the original works of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism (including secret ones, that were only accessible at his original monastery). The real explanation is probably that the directors just really like Wuxia movies (and likely know that their audience does too: so they're putting it in to make all the "boring" history go down easier). The moves are all real, but their power level is just a smidge too high. Nothing is so far out of the ordinary as to be ridiculous to the uninitiated, but far enough to raise the eyebrows of any dancer or actual martial artist. The series also has Jia Sidao, the Chinese prime minister, know some of these moves. The "Grasshopper" Technique that they both use was indeed a real thing (as was the practice of keeping grasshoppers and getting them to fight by tickling them). However, it did not actually let you defy the laws of physics. It is also not biologically possible to reset a dislocated joint on your own body, which Hundred Eyes does several times. Slightly justified in that Marco Polo is not a completely reliable narrator, and people at the time actually believed that martial artists manipulated the energy of the universe (chi or ki) to do things that people (wrongly) assumed were impossible. This belief is kind of the reason why this trope exists in the first place, so [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools its presence in the series is not ridiculous]]. Especially since removing the physics-defying moves would not affect the story's continuity.
112* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
113** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' is a Wuxia-inspired Sentai show, in which the Rangers can [[KiManipulation manipulate their Ki]]. This gives them abilities like PlayingWithFire, [[GravityMaster mastery over gravity]], and being able to slow down or rewind time.
114** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger''/''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' has two ninja schools that teach their students to harness ElementalPowers, such as running through the air, walking on water or digging underground.
115** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger''/''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' features two schools of martial arts that allow the user to manifest an AnimalBattleAura. The school the Rangers belong to teaches its students to draw power from their own determination, while the villainous martial arts school has its practitioners draw power from the fear of their victims.
116* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': A Qowat Milat who has [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower completed the order's training]] can DodgeTheBullet while attacking SwordAndFist against multiple assailants with {{Ray Gun}}s. SuperReflexes are a superpower in the Franchise/TrekVerse because they were hitherto limited to Soong-type androids and Augments, and the Romulan warrior nuns are neither synths nor genetically engineered.
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120* ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'' has a [[TheMasquerade secret society]] of martial artists who are superhumanly strong due to their training to use their ki. Skills seen so far are KiManipulation, FlashStep, MegatonPunch, and some martial artists also have a HealingFactor, essentially making it a {{Wuxia}} setting in modern day.
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124* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. Mortal - non-magical - martial artists can break a brick and jump over a hedge. A Terrestrial martial artist can break a boulder and jump over a building. A Celestial martial artist can break a city wall and jump across a mountain. A Sidereal martial artist can split a soul and jump to Heaven. Specific flavors include:
125** Bondage Fighting? Laughing Wounds.
126** Turning yourself into a living golem with extendable magic claws? Prismatic Arrangement of Creation.
127** Charcoal March of Spiders: when you absolutely, positively have to punch out everyone on the ''continent'' twice in the same instant, accept no substitutes.
128** One Celestial Monkey style charm permits you to make a called shot to the area that represents someone's primary virtue. Temperance is the head, Conviction the guts, Compassion the heart, and Valour the [[GroinAttack groin]]
129** Do you love singing and music, but need to beat someone up. Silver-Voiced Nightingale Style.
130* ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
131** There's a whole {{Splat}} of these guys in the game ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'', the Akashic Brotherhood. They are (mostly) Asiatic monks with a specialty in Mind magic who weave their spells through various meditation techniques and practice a specific type of kung-fu magic called Do ("The Way"), which they claim is the martial art upon which all others are based.
132** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'':
133*** In addition to being one of the more mystical werewolf tribes, the Stargazers invented a martial art called ''Kailindo,'' which incorporates a werewolf's shapeshifting abilities and bits of wind-magic.
134*** The Children of Gaia practice a staff-based martial art called ''Iskakku''.
135** ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': vampires can learn Kibatsumejutsu, "the art of fighting with claw and fang". It was mentioned in the Combat sourcebook, and quickly forgotten, it seems.
136* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'': The spiritual successor to the Akashic Brotherhood is the legacy of [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening mages]] called the "Perfected Adepts." They harness spiritual energy in order to enhance their bodily performance. One of the {{Sourcebook}}s also has details of a magical fighting style known as "The Adamant Hand".
137* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'': Physical Adepts channel magic into their physical abilities rather than cast spells.
138* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
139** The ''Tome of Battle'' of 3.5E. Some Diamond Mind maneuvers allow you to [[TimeStandsStill slow time down]] by being really focused and good at hitting people with swords. The Desert Wind maneuver group, which creates fire (usually). The Shadow Hand maneuver group, which allows you to turn invisible, teleport, walk through walls, and create illusions by being really focused. Given the book explicitly takes inspiration from {{Anime}} and {{Wuxia}} martial arts films, Martial Adepts ''are'' this trope -- Crusaders can regenerate anything short of instant death, cut through the armor plating of an iron golem with a normal metal sword, and issue commands so forceful they [[SuperSpeed crash the action economy]]; while Warblades can strike an opponent fourteen times in six seconds, ignore poison and disease by gritting their teeth, and wield a two-handed sword while grappled. Despite being known infamously among fans and players as the "Book of Weeaboo Fighting Magic", these abilities are noted as coming from an extraordinary as opposed to a magical source -- they can still do these feats even in an AntiMagic field that would stop Wizards and Sorcerers dead in their tracks.
140** The Monk character class from various editions uses magically potent martial arts. Details vary by edition, but 3.5 Monks have a rather eclectic collection of abilities including moving fast, surviving crazy falls, dodging fireballs, immunity to diseases and poisons, resistance to magic, teleportation, turning ethereal, speaking with any creature with a language, killing people with a touch and ceasing to age. Various prestige classes provide alternative specializations and flavor.
141* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'':
142** Death Fist from ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Martial Arts'' combines martial arts and chi powers then backs up all of that with magic that allows you to alter yourself and your opponent. There's also Dragon-Man Kung Fu where you learn to breathe fire.
143** ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Lensman''. The Adepts of North Polar Jupiter are said to use the martial art "Thuleschlag", which at higher levels allows the user to become invisible and blind or kill an opponent by touching them.
144* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'''s various fu powers allow a martial artist to do a variety of effects, like setting someone ablaze with your fists, creating a blade out of pure darkness, stopping bullets, and making spectacular flying leaps.
145* ''TabletopGame/WeaponsOfTheGods'' is all about this trope. Martial arts techniques at the low end let you do things like run up walls, freeze people with a punch, or turn nigh-invisible. At the high end, they let you fly for miles, wipe out a horde of {{Mooks}} with one attack, or kill someone nine times over.
146** Its SpiritualSequel, ''TabletopGame/LegendsOfTheWulin'', is similar, but ''slightly'' toned-down.
147* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' has a whole system for building from scratch any kind of Supernatural Martial Arts technique. The official techniques are a varied bunch; among the weirdest, we find a Rose-themed style of fencing and a KillSat invoking martial art.
148* Mysticism in ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' is all about supernatural martial arts, usually gained by giving in to temptation while trying to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. (Frankly, a lot of monastic disciples are really there just to advance to the point where the temptations offered are ''really'' good.) Some non-mystic religions offer similar powers; notably, in Mongoose Publishing's Second Age books, there's a brawler who can literally hit you so hard your ''parents'' die.
149* The Jeskai Way, one of the clans of Tarkir in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', practices these. It's telling that the main Wrath effect in "Khans of Tarkir", [[http://media-dominaria.cursecdn.com/avatars/61/931/635451630633201980.png End Hostilities]], represents a particular Jeskai martial arts move that wipes out everything in the area.
150* Dragoneye, from the ''[[TabletopGame/FreedomCity Emerald City]]'' setting for ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'', was explicitly built as a supernatural martial artist because they wanted a Mystic archetype, but didn't want to fall back on the usual SquishyWizard setup.
151* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
152** Numerous "Style Feats" involve a character using a particular, usually unarmed, fighting style. While most of them are fairly mundane (such as Snake Style's focus on quick movements and opportunistic strikes or Crane Style's emphasis on deflecting and countering an opponent's attacks), some of them have supernatural qualities:
153*** The four "genie" styles (Djinni, Efreeti, Marid, and Shaitan) enhance the character's use of a particular element (electricity, fire, cold, and acid, respectively) with the Elemental Fist feat.
154*** Illusive Gnome Style draws on the natural affinity gnomes have for illusion magic to enhance their ability to feint in combat.
155** Similar to ''D&D'''s ''Tome of Battle'', the Path of War supplement for ''Pathfinder'' adds martial maneuvers, several of which are explicitly labeled as supernatural. For example, followers of the Solar Wind discipline can add fire damage to ranged attacks, while Silver Crane disciples can heal allies when attacking enemies.
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159* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' features an entire cast of [[KiManipulation Ki-enhanced]] waitresses, who're competing in an MMA tournament. It was later adapted into [[TheAnimeOfTheGame the 3-part OVA.]]
160* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'': In addition to the standard ki attacks and elemental powers, each member of the cast is capable of [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent transforming into werebeasts]], which greatly enhances their natural fighting abilities and is the series trademark.
161* Starting in ''VideoGame/DiabloII'', the Assassin is a member of a clan that were originally sorcerers before they dedicated themselves to killing rogue sorcerers. As such they decided to forsake magic and instead focus on using technology and supernatural martial arts including the ability to attack enemies with their minds, meld with shadows to make themselves resistant to damage, kick fire at foes, and run faster than the eye can see to kick someone. The Barbarian and Amazon may also count as some of their skills mix supernatural powers with combat expertise. In the sequel ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the Monk takes over here with the Demon Hunter following behind.
162* PowerFist techniques in ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' allow for such various techniques as teleportation, the MegatonPunch, and, at maximum levels, punching a hole in the universe and making a black hole.
163** In a story sense, something like this seems to apply to anyone who fights in this series. As a general rule, demons tend to be stronger than humans but there are some humans, like Almaz who can fight on par with demons.
164* Taking the [[BareFistedMonk Unarmed]] skill tree in ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' rewards you with bonuses to Magic Power and Aethereal Damage once you reach the highest levels.
165* ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce'': Fei is a martial artist who augments his attacks with magic reminiscent of Taoist exorcism.
166* Starting with the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise makes its {{Bare Fisted Monk}}s as supernatural as its magic users, often granting them SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, and improbable agility.
167** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Sabin Rene Figaro and Duncan Harcourt can punch hundreds of times per second, smash foes with beams of BattleAura, release fiery clones of themselves, EnergyDonation to heal others, fling RazorWind with their hands, and split themselves into many copies to pummel an enemy from all directions. And suplex runaway trains.
168** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Tifa Lockhart (and probably her master Zangan) can lift and toss HumongousMecha, and unleash gigantic explosions of BattleAura with a single punch. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And summon dolphins!]]
169** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Zell Dincht can crack open yawning chasms with a punch, turn himself into an energy missile that can go through enemies, somersault-kick enemies high up into the stratosphere, and run around the world in less than five seconds as a wind-up for an explosive punch. He can also do the now-famous "lift and toss mountain-sized enemies."
170** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'': Monks in Ivalice can resuscitate fallen comrades with a shout, punch people without coming into physical contact, rend the earth, heal injuries or status effects with their BattleAura, or kill with a touch.
171** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Basch is shown as being capable of punching ''reality'' with his {{Limit Break}}s. Makes one wonder how he managed to get captured so easily... Of course [[BigBad Vayne]] can do the same thing with a similar attack. Fran also has two {{Limit Break}}s but hers cause [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]] and a RazorWind.
172** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Snow doesn't even ''know'' any martial arts, but he can [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beat]] ''gods'' to death by ''kicking and punching them''. And this is ''before'' he gets his phlebotinum powers.
173** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The Pugilists of Eorzea can easily take on monsters with their bare hands. The Monks of Ala Mhigo, however, are on another level, capable of [[FlashStep dashing across vast distances in the blink of an eye]], [[KiAttacks concentrating and weaponizing aether to attack at range]], and shattering the bones of dragons or the armor of Garlean magitek machines with a single punch.
174** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'': Eight eschews weapons in favor of magically-enhanced martial arts. As Class Zero's resident KungFuWizard, he can go toe-to-toe with Magitek Armors that tower over him with fisticuffs and magic skills.
175* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', in addition to more conventional martial arts, has Ki-powered styles that involve throwing fire from your hands, bringing down storms of hail, and causing localized earth tremors, among other things. Even one of the "conventional" Martial Styles lets you grow Wolverine-like claws out of your knuckles.
176** And don't forget the martial arts that turn you into various monsters.
177* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' features a cast of supernaturally empowered characters, while others, such as the Psycho Soldiers Team, supplement their fighting abilities with PsychicPowers.
178* Magma Dragoon in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' is technically using technology rather than magic, but as a walking ShoutOut to ''Street Fighter'', he has this aesthetic (firing literal fireballs out of his hands and setting his punches and kicks on fire).
179* The ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series of video games. Characters can hurl fireballs and even shoot lasers from Ki attacks. In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'', characters can still fight on despite having what looks like a giant World War 1 trench sword sticking out of them from an "impaling" move.
180** Special mention to EvilSorceror Quan Chi, whose martial art skills actually stem from using his magic to become an InstantExpert in fighting styles like Tang Soo Do and Escrima. At one point he loses access to his powers, and it transpires that his actual, native skill level is closer to a novice.
181* The Eternal Soldier from ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' is, depending on the player, either a wielder of [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]] or this. Or both.
182* ''VideoGame/PhantomDust'' has the ki school as one of its five skill sets. In addition to basic punches and kicks strong enough to put holes in solid concrete walls, it allows the player to [[InASingleBound jump thirty feet in the air]], [[SuperSpeed dash at lightning speeds]], [[KiManipulation fire ki blasts]], enhance their strength and walking speed, brush aside speeding fireballs and laser blasts, regenerate health, and apparently punch the memories out of their target, making them forget their skills.
183* Some ''Videogame/SpaceStation13'' codebases used to include a wizard-specific martial art, which included a magical punch that [[TouchOfDeath made the victim explode]].
184* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games let you throw fireballs, or even make your body a fireball.
185** Averted with Guile's Sonic Boom. In one licensed strategy guide, techniques such as Ryu and Ken's ''hadouken'' fireball were stated to be a form of KiAttack, hence a few frames of lag in-game after they used it - the fighters were weaponizing their own life energy. Guile had no such lag after using his projectile attack, and that was explained as he was [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower literally making a sonic boom by just swinging his fists really fast]].
186* ''VideoGame/SuperDarylDeluxe'': Daryl's unique fighting style (learned from a self-help book, "Interacting with Others") includes throwing out fire with punches and kicks, but that's on the ''mundane'' side of what he learns to do. Shooting rubber ducks with a bow and arrow or spontaneously summoning whack-a-moles is where he crosses over into IKnowKungFaux.
187* [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
188** Same goes for Captain Falcon, what with his flaming punches, kicks, and bearhugs.
189** And [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lucario]], with assorted KiManipulation.
190* In the online game, ''VideoGame/UrbanRivals'', the Fang Pi Clang is made up of many different martial artists.
191* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' features the Monk class, introduced in ''Mists of Pandaria'', primarily in the Windwalker and Mistweaver specs (damage and healing, respectively). Windwalkers empower their punches and kicks with KiManipulation and occasionally ElementalPowers, while Mistweavers use martial arts techniques to restore their mana to power healing spells. (The tanking spec, Brewmaster, more fits the DrunkenMaster or DrunkenBoxing trope.)
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195* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Anime-Style Martial Arts. Later revealed to be the characters unconsciously using their latent magic abilities to enhance their strength (and [[BattleAura make themselves glow]]).
196* ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool'' revolves around Charyeok, a supernatural martial art that allows users to borrow power from [[AllMythsAreTrue mythological entities]] to enhance their own abilities.
197* Seeing how it's set in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'''s Creation, ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' naturally has this. There are plenty of more action-packed scenes over the course of the comic, but [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0271.html this filler strip]] probably sums it up best in only three panels.
198* ''Might'' be the case in ''Webcomic/{{Distillum}}'', with the martial art Sidney teaches Rob and Kavitha ("it's what tai-chi is derived from"). Or possibly it's more of a way to discipline their bodies and minds.
199* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Based as it is ([[FantasyKitchenSink partially]]) on eastern mythology and wuxia, there are a ton of supernatural martial arts in the universe, both shown in-comic, described in TheRant in the "Manual of Hands and Feet" segments, or described in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Shattered Worlds]]''. Martial arts are separated into External and Internal arts (with some being both) depending on how they manipulate the user's [[TheFlameOfLife Atum]] and tend to have fanciful and descriptive names such as [[PowerPalms Empty Palms]], [[RazorSharpHand Pattram Sword Hand]], or [[UseYourHead Head of John]].
200** The cake is absolutely taken by Ki Rata, however, a martial art so potent that it can be realistically compared to nuclear weaponry. While it has several techniques, the most important is a breathing technique that allows one to focus their atum to an infinitesimally small point. The power and danger of Ki Rata is so great that the only masters of the art existed only to kill anyone who learned or independently discovered Ki Ratas principles to prevent it from being used.
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204* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/nesmario123 NESMario123's]] online web series ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFUQLkEA4RYKnTFYfXUve0w/videos BunchOfPseudoIntellectuals Z Kai]]'' Or ''B.O.P. Kai'' for short. It depicts many commentators of the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BunchofPseudo Bunch of Pseudo-Intellectuals]] commentary group fighting with martial arts and in most episodes blasting enemies with Ki, with the most famous example being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2xsdjpgtWc Episode 3.]]
205* ''WebVideo/NightmareTime:'' Spitfire is a teenager with [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]], and she uses them through flaming kicks and punches.
206* As indicated in the title ''WebVideo/ShadowrunCorporateSins'' takes place in the TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} universe. One of the [=PCs=], Cromwell is a physical adept.
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210* ''WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines'': Axel is a master of the Jo-Lan martial art which grants him the ability to teleport and fire energy blasts. Apparently there are other abilities a Jo-Lan warrior can unlock such as telekinesis and force fields.
211* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
212** Elemental bending is something between this and FullContactMagic, as bending is basically regular, real-world martial arts moves used by people who can cause [[ElementalPowers movement of a certain element]] to utilize the element more efficiently. All four bending styles are based on real-world Chinese martial arts: Waterbending is Tai chi, airbending Baguazhang, firebending Northern Shaolin kung fu, and earthbending Hung Gar. Also as with real-world martial arts, they [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra evolve and change]] over long periods of time, with new schools spinning off of the ancient traditions.
213--->'''Katara:''' [[InsistentTerminology It's not magic]], it's ''waterbending''.
214** Toph Beifong's earthbending style is actually unique from the other earthbenders and is based on Chu Gar (Southern Praying Mantis style, to be exact), which, incidentally, is said to have been created by a blind woman.
215** In another common feature with martial arts, many of the bending styles are inspired by natural phenomena and the movements of creatures. Waterbenders learned it from the tides, airbenders from flying bison, earthbenders from badgermoles, and firebenders from dragons. ''The Legend of Korra'' clarifies that the actual ''ability'' to bend was granted by lion turtles before every spirit departed the world when the Spirit World and human world were cut off from each other. Spirits called such temporarily empowered humans pejorative terms like "fire-tossers", using the powers in clumsy manners, until observing and mimicking the natural elemental creatures to use the abilities in more refined manners.
216%%* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'''s Ron Stoppable and his Mystical Monkey Powers.
217%%* Woo Foo from ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo''
218* April O'Neil from 2012's ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'' possesses psychic abilities [[spoiler:due to the traces of mutated DNA in her body]]. With her [[{{Ninja}} ninjitsu training]] by Master Splinter and mental exercises by Professor Honeycut, April has learned how to use both in combat, usually using her CombatHandFan as a remote-controlled edge weapon.
219* ''WesternAnimation/UnicornWarriorsEternal'': Seng [[spoiler: (reincarnated as Alfie)]] is a cosmic monk, combining Shaolin martial arts with cosmic awareness and mystic energy manipulation. [[spoiler: After reincarnation, he has difficulty controlling his cosmic powers but is still formidable.]]
220* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': The Xiaolin Warriors all have elemental powers that they combine with their martial arts abilities. The characters also use magical objects named Shen Gong Wu.
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224* The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (you might know them better as the guys behind the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_rebellion Boxer Rebellion]]) ''thought'' they had this going for them. The Boxers believed that through training, diet, prayer, and of course martial arts, they could accomplish amazing feats including flight and becoming impervious to knives, bullets, and cannon fire. They also famously claimed that millions of "spirit soldiers" would descend from the heavens to assist them in driving all foreign influence out of China. Needless to say, [[SubvertedTrope things didn't turn out like they hoped]].
225* Also frequently averted with various youtube videos showing ostensible masters who claim to have harnessed the secrets of whatever insistent terminology they're trying to milk today, whether it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdhoi3wRII chi]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgOj06F4uRw no-touch martial arts secrets]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I other fluff]].
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