Line #6 PlayingWith/KungFuWizard


1	'''Basic Trope''': A magic user also happens to be good in a fist-fight.
2	* '''Straight''': Walter is not only an accomplished spellcaster, but he has a mastery of martial arts as well.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Every single magic user in the story is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, regardless of age or any other limitations.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Walter is a skilled martial artist and a wizard, but most of his magic is focused on [[StatusBuff making him faster and stronger.]]
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Walter took up martial arts because he felt that he couldn't just rely on magic alone in combat. Besides there's always a chance of [[AntiMagic magic being nullified somehow.]]
7	** Or alternatively, magic has limitations which require the user to be physically fit, so he picked an activity that would also have a use in combat.
8	** Or in this universe, magic and physical fighting are intertwined so that casting spells occurs simultaneously with punches, kicks, grabs, etc.
9	** Walter's magic relies on KiManipulation or something similar, so he actually started out as a BareFistedMonk and ended up graduating to a KungFuWizard.
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** SquishyWizard
12	** BadassNormal
13	** MagicallyIneptFighter
14	* '''Subverted''': Despite his physical prowess, Walter isn't all that good in a fight...
15	** Walter punches [[BlackKnight Faye]]...and ends up breaking his fingers. Faye, for her part, feels nothing at all.
16	* '''Double Subverted''':
17	** ...Or so he wants his opponent to believe. Once the enemy lets their guard down, he shows his true power.
18	** ...at frontal assaults, at least. Switching strategies to using choke-holds and throws works a lot better for him.
19	* '''Parodied''': An enemy boasts that he cannot be harmed by magic, so Walter punches his face [[MegatonPunch REALLY HARD!!!]].
20	* '''Zig Zagged''': Walter loses his magic powers and decides to take up martial arts. He becomes a master of them. He later regains his powers and relies on them so much that he forgets his martial arts training.
21	* '''Averted''': No magic users are martial artists and no martial artists are magic users.
22	* '''Enforced''': To be able to enter the inner circle of the [[WeirdTradeUnion Wizards Guild]], Walter must defeat a demon using only martial arts and no magic.
23	* '''Lampshaded''': ???
24	* '''Invoked''':
25	** [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman Walter is advised to take up martial arts to increase his combat skills.]]
26	** A VainSorceress, knowing that she's a SquishyWizard and would likely get creamed in a close-combat fight against the muscle-bound hero, learns to cast a StatusBuff spell, gaining 70 pounds of sculpted muscles without losing access to her powerful spells so that she can transition from being a LongRangeFighter to a FullContactMagic practitioner.
27	* '''Exploited''': ???
28	* '''Defied''':
29	** All magic users must take a vow never to fight with anything but their magic.
30	** Martial artists view magic as a perversion of the art of combat and consider it taboo.
31	* '''Discussed''': "I always wondered they called Walter "The Lightning Wizard" even though he specializes in [[PlayingWithFire fire spells]]. I guess they were talking about his reflexes and hand-to-hand combat skills."
32	* '''Conversed''': ???
33	* '''Implied''': The local BareFistedMonk is doing things that can only be described as "supernatural", but never admits to knowing any magic.
34	* '''Deconstructed''': Walter ends up neglecting his magic for his martial arts training and is [[MasterOfNone less powerful than other wizards magic-wise as a result.]]
35	* '''Reconstructed''': [[JackOfAllStats Having balanced abilities]] still comes in handy though.
36	* '''Played For Drama''': The heroes approach a villain who appears to be a SquishyWizard... only for him to turn out to be one of these. [[CurbStompBattle Much weeping and gnashing of teeth ensues.]]
37	* '''Played For Laughs''': Walter invokes his magic by making FunnyBruceLeeNoises.
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39	Use your fists or use your mind to get back to KungFuWizard. Really, either works for me.
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