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->You can only beat it by channeling your own spiritual energy into it! Because it's the ki boss.
-->--Troper Fawriel, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDg1pyXP1U this]] infamous LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} video[[note]]Don't worry, it will show up at the top because Raocow commented on it.[[/note]]
A staple of the martial arts genre. Ki (or [[WhyMaoChangedHisName chi or qi in Chinese]]; traditional Chinese: æ°£, simplified Chinese: æ°”, Japanese: æ°—) is the [[LifeEnergy life force energy]] (and, to a lesser extent, [[PsychoactivePowers emotions/disposition]]) of the martial artist and/or the world around him; true masters can [[MasterOfYourDomain tap into that energy directly]] and use it for what amounts to superhero-style attacks. Compare Chi with {{Mana}}. Learning how to do KiAttacks usually results in your [[TheRival rival]] learning his own, leading to an endless cycle of MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours.
Sometimes Ki is divided into subtypes associated with particular kinds of environments or supernatural beings, the most common example being some kind of demonic Ki which has properties of {{Mana}} and acts as TheDarkSide (often called "youki", as in {{Youkai}} Ki). In some works ''only'' this special Ki is used, with regular human Ki being either non-existent or just too weak to do anything with.
If FunctionalMagic also exists in the '{{verse}}, there's usually a distinction made between the two, comparable to the distinction between PsychicPowers and FunctionalMagic in Western SpeculativeFiction. If no distinction is made, it's SupernaturalMartialArts. If a character can use both individually, then they're a KungFuWizard. At times may overlap with TheForce, which isn't surprising as the StarWars ability was based on the concept. Sometimes the KiAttacks are a part of some MartialArtsAndCrafts, making it either RuleOfFunny or RuleOfCool.
Using Ki will usually produce a BattleAura.
Not to be confused with an attack that uses the [[KingdomHearts Keyblade]], or an attack that uses that D'ni wristwatch from [[{{Myst}} Uru Live]] as a weapon.
Common types of Ki Attacks include:
* PureEnergy: The basic ki attack, just channeling energy.
** EnergyBall: A spherical form of said energy.
** FauxFlame: Using that same ki to create artificial, ghostly flames.
* ElementalPowers: Turning your own spirit energy into one of the elements for some ElementalRockPaperScissors effect!
** ElementalPunch: Using your fist [[WreathedInFlames covered in elemental power]].
* {{Flight}} or [[PowerFloats Levitation]]: The force of your ki can push you away from the ground, voluntarily or as a side-effect of focusing your power.
* KamehameHadoken: The biggest, baddest attack used in one giant beam.
* SuperEmpowering: Expend your own ki to recharge another ki user, as long as your "wavelengths" are fairly similar.
** BequeathedPower: Transfer ''all'' of your ki into another person, including the energy you need to stay alive.
** CombinedEnergyAttack: Not only using your own, but anyone else's spirit energy.
* [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne Sensing]]: Can sense the spirit energy of others, can tell where they may be and how powerful they are.
** TheEmpath: Sensing the feelings of others by their aura.
* [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Self-Enhancement]]: Use ki to boost own physical body, becoming stronger, faster and tougher.
** SuperToughness: The refined ki flowing through your skin makes it hard as steel, or attacks are cancelled out by [[DeflectorShields a wall of ki that surrounds you]].
May be represented with BlastingTime. See also HandBlast, an attack which is similar in appearance.
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* The advanced techniques of Ranma, Ryoga and Herb in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.
** Note that Saffron does not actually use KiAttacks; rather, he shoots out ''[[PlayingWithFire raw flame]]''.
** Hinako Ninomiya literally has only two attacks and both of them are KiAttacks. With the first, she [[EnergyAbsorption drains]] the BattleAura from a victim, usually rendering them too weak to fight. If facing more then one opponent, or they don't fall to her technique, she can unleash a KamehameHadoken that uses up all of the stolen ki energy. Both attacks trigger her [[DualAgeModes Dual Age Mode]], the draining aging her up and the other aging her down.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Damn near everything the main characters do in a fight is based on ki, from simply enhancing their speed and strength to flying and throwing around energy blasts.
** The exception being a group of {{Artificial Human}}s, who due to their cybernetic nature have no ki (despite 3 out of the 5 being enhanced humans rather than completely artificial constructs). This presents its own problems for the heroes, whose ability to sense ki is obviously useless against enemies who don't have any.
* The ninjas of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' use ki to do basically everything from form energy attacks to walk on water. Although the author mistakenly refered to the energy as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Chakra,]] which is something completely different. By the time he realized his mistake it was too late to do anything about it so the term Chakra is still being used.
** It should be noted that Taijutsu also uses chakra. Rock Lee´s special technique, the opening of the gates, allows his chakra to move freely, thus giving him his super strength and speed. The chakra use in Taijutsu may not be as flashy or esoteric as in Genjutsu or Ninjutsu, but it´s still there, nevertheless.
* Used sparingly in ''FistOfTheNorthStar'', at least at first.
** Raoh can use his aura to attack others, making his ki attacks essentially a punch in the face. Some of his attacks, such as ''Hokuto Goushou Ha'', border on KamehameHadoken, though. Given that with Hokuto Shinken a punch in the face can make a guy [[MadeofPlasticine explode]] and destroy objects like battle tanks, this is still quite useful.
** Kenshiro uses one in the battle against Souther, although it's treated as a dramatic finishing move.
** Later in the series, Gento fighters use ki almost exclusively, and take advantage of its burning and freezing properties.
** Likewise, Hokuto Ryuuken practitioners use ki attacks that resemble magical spells.
** Ki blasts in [=HnK=] are frequently seen by Kenshiro as "[[AwesomeButImpractical wasteful]]," since he does equal or more damage by simply striking his foes with less expenditure of energy on his part. Raoh seems simply badass enough to personally subvert this rule.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Hollows use concentrated bursts of spiritual energy in the form of Ceros. The size and shape depend largely on the user's rank with the Espada possessing the most powerful versions.
** Likewise, some Shinigami kido resemble this trope.
** As does Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
** Any elemental Zanpakuto would qualify seeing how it's all connected to reiatsu. Fullbring abilities and most Quincy powers qualify as well.
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by [[spoiler: Aizen and Starrk/Lilynette during their flashback.]]
* Motoko in ''Manga/LoveHina''.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', though essentially set in the same universe as ''Love Hina'', has both [[{{Onmyodo}} Eastern]] and HermeticMagic in addition to traditional "ki"-based fighting. It compares and differentiates the two Magic styles in detail (eg. Eastern styles favor lone-wolf operatives, Western styles put emphasis on teamwork), as well as the differences between using Magic and Ki in combat.
** The Kanka technique, which both magic and Ki ''[[YinYangBomb at the same time]]'' grants what is possibly the biggest power-up possible in the series. Apart from this, though, Evangeline established early on (about after she took Negi as her apprentice) that [[MutuallyExclusiveMagic they conflict and interfere with each other without training]].
** It's sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder'' carries this tradition as well.
* ''YuYuHakusho'' is an example of characters not having just "ki" attacks, but specifically reiki (spirit energy, used by humans) or youki (which is the energy of the youkai).
** Sensui also used some sort of holy energy.
** Yusuke is still the king of this. The fact that he's part-demon results in the unique condition that he can use ''both'' types of ki. During the fight for controlling the demon realm, when his enemy protected himself with a shield impeneterable to Yusuke's stronger youki, he responded by using both youki and reiki '''AT THE SAME TIME'''. Cue to reiki leaking through the shield and injuring his gloating opponent. He wasn't able to keep it up for long, though; apparently, reiki subverts youki when both are present, resulting in Yusuke transforming back from his Mazoku form into human form.
* Having different kinds of energy for humans and youkai is seen in ''InuYasha''. Youki is found in all demons, while spiritual energy can only be used by humans that train to use it (miko, monks, etc.), and divine power only comes from special items (the sword Tenseiga which has the power to resurrect a dead person once by destroying the spirits that take their soul away and attack other underworld beings).
* {{Yaiba}} has these. Usually later in the series. Also in the form of RazorWind and Razor Lightning and Razor Dark-and-Forbidden Energy. The Moon Princess Kaguya takes the cake.
* ''{{Claymore}}'' also has youki, the energy of the evil youma. Difference is, only those who were [[DeadlyUpgrade infused with youma blood]] (namely, the titular warriors) can use it, and using too much youki will turn you into a BigBad.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has slowly but surely inched its way towards this with "Haki" (also known as "Ambition"). While hints of its use abounded from the Skypeia arc onward, the Amazon Lily arc gave the clearest and most specific examples of it before it was fully explained. When we finally got in-depth information on Haki, it was revealed that it came in three general forms: It allows those possessing its power to (depending on the user) deflect near any attack and even cause pain in the attacker despite defenses such as a body made of rubber or intangibility, and predict the conscious actions of whoever they're fighting, and knock out {{Mook}}-level characters by just being there (and some higher level guys still end up quivering about to collapse in some demonstrations).
** It was actually first used all the way at the start of the manga when Shanks uses it to scare a Sea King away to save Luffy. It looks exactly like it does in the recent chapters, except the sound effect isn't used. Whether the author had it planned all along is unknown, but it was probably fleshed out and developed later because there needed to be a better way to counter certain Logia powers aside from natural elemental weakness.)
* In the ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' manga, Ranfan and Ling occasionally reference 'Ki' as the flow of life. While they don't exactly use it for attacks, their ability to sense it has come in handy on several occasions.
* Present in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', though they don't manifest as the light shows seen in other anime series. Further, you have to be ridiculously bad ass to pull them off in the ''Champloo'' universe: Mugen was only able to fire one off, by chance, after a week of intense training and focus, while Jin can only beat another ki user by using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique/[[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe maneuver]].
* In ''{{Saint Seiya}}/Knights of the Zodiac'', the saints/knights fight using Cosmos. Which is the same as ki, but with another name.
* Nakago from ''FushigiYuugi'' throws ki blasts out on a regular basis. After a hefty power upgrade and provocation from Nakago, Tamahome fires one himself, managing to slap a third-degree burn onto Nakago's shoulder. BadAss indeed.
* In all but name, this is the basis for the soul-related abilities in ''SoulEater''. Some need the Weapons' amplification ability to work, while others do not. It would also give a possible explanation for the "spiritual connection" Mifune is said to have with his (normal, relatively) swords in the manga.
** Stein and Black Star are the two characters who attack directly with their soul wavelength, the ability having to do with the strength/size of that wavelength. The others mostly manipulate it through Weapons or individual abilities.
* ''{{Shamo}}'' had one arc where these appeared, but which has since become {{CanonDiscontinuity}}.
* Hakkai from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' uses chi to produce energy blasts and shields and for healing
* ''{{Hunter X Hunter}}'' introduces 'nen' after a while, which is an energy that comes from within each individual, and is basiclly chi. It is used to perform devastating attacks but also has many other, less combative, functions.
* Interestingly, this is one of [[BadassGrandpa Hayato Furinji's]] ultimate techniques in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple,'' a work that otherwise does its best to lie in the realms of non-supernatural fighting (CharlesAtlasSuperpower notwithstanding). A variation, however, in that it's not so much an energy blast as it is a whole lot of wind. Not to mention it's ineffective against anyone with a decent understanding of ki, and thus mostly useless except against [[{{Muggles}} ordinary people.]]
* There is a martial art used by the protagonists in the first two parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (and a single character in Part 3) called "Hamon" or "the Ripple." It doesn't have any energy blasts, but can be channeled through organic/liquid materials to give them different properties or attack indirectly. Also has elements of ThePowerOfTheSun (since the sun is the source of life), being particularly harmful to vampires. Various other powers granted by the Ripple include curing poison, [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], resistance to the absorption abilities of the [[FoodChainOfEvil Pillar Men]], and [[SwissArmySuperpower whatever creative uses the user can think of]].
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[[folder:Comics]]
* In ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', the titular character and his fellow Immortal Weapons all use chi as the foundation for their superpowers. These range from merely increased strength, speed and durability in the case of Fat Cobra, to the Prince of Orphans' slightly less-realistic ability to turn into green mist and possess people.
** Actually John Aman's ability to turn into green mist is completely separate from his ki attacks. That's just good old fashioned golden age super science.
** Fat Cobra feels that with the power of chi, anything is possible. An ant can wrestle with elephants.
* The Mandarin is a nasty example of a chi user. People tend to forget that he can give himself enough superhuman strength via chi to go hand to hand with IronMan.
** To say nothing of his son Temugin, who is an even more powerful chi manipulator and martial artist.
* Then there's the new [[LegacyCharacter Power Man]], Vic Alvarez, who possesses the ability to absorb chi and channel it into devastating strikes.
* Stick, {{Daredevil}}'s teacher, belongs to a group of chi-adept martial artists called [[http://marvel.com/universe/Chaste The Chaste]].
* Recent {{Wolverine}} villain Soulstriker had the ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin physically hit his opponent's life force]], thus weakening and torturing them. [[spoiler: Until Wolverine cut his hands off.]]
* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' has chi as a variant of magic used by some war mages and martial artists, especially ninja. The most major chi user in the series is Ryan Tabbot, who likes to throw in pop-culture references to other chi-users with his attacks (Hadoken!).
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[[folder:Film]]
* In the climactic battle between Shifu and Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Master Shifu manages to split apart a gigantic boulder the snow leopard kicks at him with a dazzling display of blue light (in BulletTime no less!). Later in the fight, although it originally comes from a brazier he knocks over, Tai Lung is able to wield fire in his paws, [[{{Badass}} apparently without even being singed by it]].
** Shifu also demonstrates being able to use something akin to wind powers with his chi, and several characters are shown using nerve attacks. The titular Panda defeats Tai Lung with a huge blast, which Shifu threatened to use earlier in the film.
** In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2, Tigress connects her chi energy with Po's in order to blast him forward in the fight with the Wolf Boss. It even leaves a trail of flames.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''The Kundalini Equation'' by Stephen Barnes features an instruction manual that teaches the reader KiAttacks and BattleAura.
* Kylie Chan's ''DarkHeavens'' books have chi-fuelled martial arts and wuxia.
* ''Keeper of Light and Dust'' by Natasha Mostert has a chi-stealing martial artist as the antagonist.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* In ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury,'' the Rangers (and other members of their order) can generate KiAttacks in the form of the animal they're linked to... including giant versions that solidify into, essentially, HumongousMecha. And this is one of the more basic techniques...
** The same thing happens, naturally, in ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'', but with different names for both formations and attacks.
** In a way, ''all'' attacks are KiAttacks in ''Jungle Fury'', with the various weapons actually channeling one's animal spirit. The shiny suits themselves come from another source, but the morphers can only be activated by animal spirit power. Which means if yours is out of balanced due to angst, or stolen by an enemy, you're screwed. It may be true to an extent in Gekiranger (Red's HowDoIShotWeb moment was the same, and White's finger missiles are actually ''his ki blade channeled differently and fired off by his gauntlet thing,'' something not made explicit in PRJF though the visuals remained.) but in Jungle Fury, animal spirit being the power behind everything and the different ways it can be used is a ''much'' bigger plot point.
* Ki powers were one of the main shticks of ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Each Ranger had a different specialty. For instance, [[TheHero Ryou]] was skilled at PlayingWithFire, and [[KidAppealCharacter Shouji]] was a GravityMaster.
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[[folder:Manhwa]]
* Xing (Yue) Bairong from ''Manhwa/WitchHunter'' uses Ki/Chi tp perform the ability Speed Fist (or Shinsok/Shinchuk.)
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' utilizes the PureEnergy, Self Enhancement and ElementalPowers variants.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Kenny Omega's pet attack is the Hadoken, which generally takes a few seconds to charge. His opponent has to be taken out of action previously or they can break his concentration or dodge.
* Player Uno of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} fame has his own Hadoken, which is much quicker to charge and is usually aimed at a charging opponent's gut.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* In the 3rd edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', monks are masters of unarmed and unarmored combat. They can heal themselves, shrug off magical attacks, run like the wind, dodge attacks they aren't consciously aware of, kill with a touch, and are immune to poison and disease. Beyond that, their unarmed strikes eventually strike as hard as a two-handed sword, and they count as being magical, lawful-aligned, and [[UnObtainium adamantine]] for penetrating defences. Using prestige classes and feats they can do even crazier shit.
** The {{Ninja}} class, meanwhile, has an explicit "ki pool" which it uses to power its abilities, mostly related to turning invisible (and later {{intangible|Man}}) in response to attacks. Notably, out of all the feats for multiclass characters, the monk/ninja feat is the only one a monk can gain as part of his class abilities.
** A number of KiAttack feats also exist, generally designed for monk or ninja use, most famously [[ElementalPunch Fiery Fists]], [[BattleAura Fiery Ki Defense]] and [[HandBlast Ki Blast]] from the ''Player's Handbook II''.
** ''{{Pathfinder}}'' contains monk (modified from 3.5e) and ninja (mostly original) classes, both using a ki pool based on the D&D ninja above. Characters can expend a point of ki to gain offensive, defensive or speed bonuses for 1 round, or to power various special attacks.
** In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th Edition, Ki is folded into the [[PsychicPowers Psionic]] power source, in the "mind over matter" sense (in fact that's the name of a feat for a certain build). This trope still applies, because instead of using a weapon or staff or magic wand, the implement of choice is a "ki focus": heavy on the fluff and often with different effects than normal enchantments (such as "increase number of squares you can shift" or "use such-and-such power twice per round instead of once" rather than "do X amount additional fire damage") it basically amounts to something the monk prays/meditates/trains with to turn his entire body into InvulnerableKnuckles.
* ''{{Exalted}}'' has chi in the form of "Essence", an universal energy that permeates all creation and which can be channeled to great effect by any Exalted. These effects range from powerful attacks to resiliency in combat to sorcery to healing to ''parliamentary debate''.
** The Charms have cool names, too, like "Venomous Whispers Technique" and "Excellent Emissary's Tongue."
* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'''s Fu Powers tend toward this, though this being a Hong Kong action movie game, many of them are fairly low-key, with only paths like Shadow's Companion, Brilliant Flame, high-end Healthy Tiger, Leaping Storm and Storm Turtle approaching the kind of supernatural powers often associated with martial artists in the setting.
* ''WeaponsOfTheGods'', being a kung-fu [=RPG=], is ALL about the Chi. (Its core mechanic is that characters have 5 colors of chi, each of which is spent for different chi powers, and which refill independently. Chi management is '''the''' central battle strategy.)
* The Akashic Brotherhood in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''.
* ''AnimaBeyondFantasy'' has LOTS of this, being the kind of game it's. It even has a manual entirely devoted to the Ki that allows the player [[{{Expy}} to imitate the examples given on this page]].
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' from {{SNK}}.
* ''StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' from {{Capcom}}. "[[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]]!"
** As an easter egg, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' has been known to perform ki attacks from Street Fighter. This seems to imply that X has ki, and therefore a soul. Of course, easter eggs are rarely ever canon.
*** Not so non-canon, now; ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' has a series of Reploids called the Ninetails clan, who have mastered a form of robotic chi manipulation, allowing them to power their attacks without the use of an external power source (like every other Reploid's weapons do). Because of this, they're considered extremely dangerous and are locked up in a high-security facility, as a result.
*** Or, if we wanna be a little more reasonable, they can just fire the same sort of run-of-the-mill blaster shots anyone else can (albeit stronger), but they just go through the Hadoken motions.
*** Reploids actually ''do'' have something of a soul, as they are given free will and are not bound by the Laws of Robotics as their predecessors were.
* In the [=GBA=] ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series, the heroes are masters of "Psynergy", a type of magic/[[PsychicPowers psychic power]]. They encounter a martial arts school, and the head of the dojo comments on how their powers differ from KiAttacks. "Psynergy comes from the mind, while Chi comes from the body." It's commented that Psynergy is genetic, while "anyone" can eventually learn to use Chi, though [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer nobody in the party learns.]] ''However'' there are ''Ki'' techniques (not Chi) from a different temple/dojo that Psynergy resembles/substitutes that the heroes can learn. It's not entirely clear whether Ki and Psynergy are the same or simply in the same "sphere."
** The second game states that everyone has the potential to become adepts, but it takes years of exposure to a source of alchemy, such as mount Aleph, the elemental rocks, being bludgeoned with a Psynergy stone, or [[spoiler:The unleashing of the sources of each element via the lighthouse becons]]. Also it's implied that Ki is just another name for one specific type of Psynergy (Force).
* ''FinalFantasyVI'' has the martial arts user Sabin, whose special ability is KiAttacks in combat. The player activates them via ''StreetFighter'' style button commands. These run off his magic stat but do not take up [[{{Mana}} Magic Points]] and can be done indefinitely.
** Most notable is the Aura Beam/Cannon move, which blasts enemies with pure soul power (and does extra damage to undead enemies to boot) and Fire Dance, which summons fire spirits to burn every enemy on the battle field.
* Chi in ''JadeEmpire'' is mana. Period.
* {{Kirby}}'s "Fighter" ability gives him this, even a KamehameHadouken as a ShoutOut to ''StreetFighter''. Most of them are only short-to-mid-range though.
* In the ''GuiltyGear'' universe, Elemental Magic is hard science, with ''ki'' representing the final frontier of the unknown.
* In ''LostSoulsMUD'', sufficiently enlightened Aisenshi gain access to the chi punch and chi kick maneuvers, unarmed attacks that do a combination of physical and energy-based damage, not to mention leaving a sparkly trail behind in the air.
* The {{Pokemon}} Lucario basically uses this, it's called "Aura" in Pokemon 'verses. This may also be used to explain the Fighting-type Special move Focus Blast.
** Other Pokemon can use Aura Sphere, mostly legendaries but also Togekiss and Mienshao.
* Some classes in ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and its sequel have Ki-style moves, especially the White Monk and the Master Monk (in the sequel). Air Render and Aura Blast are especially notable as they are ranged attacks for a melee class. And no, these don't cost mana.
* The Genesis action RPG ''Spellcaster'' stars a monk who has various ki moves, ranging from plain old attacks to lightning strikes.
* VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline (DDO), an online multiplayer version of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tabletop game, depicts the Monk class as using ki, which can be used for spell-like abilities, mostly to aid a party or destroy/affect enemies. Unlike the Wizard and other spellcaster classes that use "spell points" (mana), the Monk's ki can be regenerated almost endlessly as they attack and strike an enemy. The downside of generating ki for the Monk class is that the generated ki dissipates quickly and cannot be conserved as easily from fight to fight, requiring the player to be an opportunist while having available ki points.
* These are the only ranged attacks available to Hong Meiling in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Hisoutensoku''.
* Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' uses these. They can be fired out rapidly and resembleshis fists. He's essentially making KiAttacks by PUNCHING! The energy itself is called Mantra.
** Played around with later, in that there is an entity that is the personification of Mantra known as [[spoiler: Chakravartin, who embued Mantra upon Asura and the other deities that appear throughout the game's ancestors.]]
* A lot of the artes in the ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' are of this nature, either as PureEnergy or ElementalPowers that are used to form projectiles and/or to augment direct strikes.
* The Wii game ''{{Swords}}'' has this, it's activated by holding A for a few seconds, if you can manage it before your opponent hits you.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''{{MAG ISA}}'' -- Used by [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119585 Claudita]] in this comic.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sensei Greg's Anime-Style Martial Arts dojo is [[spoiler:(or was)]] the only known place for one to learn to tap into their ki.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d (sort of) in that it is revealed that Elliot, Nanase, and to a lesser extent, [[TheWoobie Justin]] are the only students in the class that have shown any progress in [[SupernaturalMartialArts performing actual anime-style techniques]].
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* Yin and Yang, the protectors of Hong Kong in the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', utilize KiAttacks as part of their mystical martial arts training, as does the Lucky Bandit, heroic protector of Shanghai.
** Tatterdemalion, an Israeli superhero sponsored by their government, does something similar, though its not a KiAttack in the "oriental martial arts" sense of the word.
* In the WhateleyUniverse, martial-artists develop and use ''chi'' in various ways:
** Toni "Chaka" Chandler, one of the original main characters, has the mutant ability to use ki, plus the ability to see how ki flows in other people (which lets her do - among other things - the paralyzing nerve punch), and also the ability to heterodyne her ki with ki energy flowing through the earth so she can pull as much ki as she needs from the ground. She's regarded as one bad mamma-jamma by her superpowered classmates at the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy, but suffers from a bad case of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, having added a ki blast attack to her existing super-strength, super-agility, super-speed etc.
** BadassNormal Chou "Bladedancer" Lee develops her ''chi'' more conventionally, through meditation, tai-chi exercises, and regular training, to empower her martial-arts, heighten her senses, heal herself and others, and so on.
* Allen Covenant of the OmegaUniverse runs across a clan of ninja with chi-powers in ''Covenant Annual #1''. Oddly enough and unknown to most characters in-universe, superpowers all come [[MetaOrigin from the same place]].
* These types of attacks became one of the main staples of modern stick-figure fight animations when extreme martial art violence and extreme acrobatics would no longer cut it. Although never explain as such, these are most likely Ki Attacks due to the heavy Oriental influence that pervades the genre as a result of XiaoXiao 's influence.
* As one of ''many'' references to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the fight scenes in the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] fanimation ''WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed'' use a lot of this.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* First implied in its [=QuickStrike=] trading card game, it is later revealed that the energy behind the bending disciplines on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is indeed chi. Benders require chi to flow from the breath as form of energy derived from breathing and oxygenation, and then extend it past their limbs to manipulate or manifest their element. Furthermore, one character has even displayed the ability to inhibit bending by striking pressure points on the body, or as she calls it, "[[PowerNullifier chi-blocking]]" (Kyusho Jitsu). In the show, the source of chi is located in the stomach and flows throughout the entire body, which itself is drawn directly from the Taoist practices of Chi Kung and Tai Chi, on which "Waterbending" is based. [[spoiler:The GrandFinale reveals that before people learned to bend the elements, they used their own energy. Aang then finds a way to bend the energy within Ozai, removing his bending forever. This is never actually called ''chi''-bending, though, it's called energy-, spirit-, or soul-bending by the fans.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Woo Foo a special type of martial arts that involves might and magic, with just a smidge of GreenRocks.
* Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is a big fan of chi. His battles against Dalong Wong (anti-Uncle) probably constitutes as a battle between good and bad chi, as these two were chi wizards.
** Then in one episode they found a Chinese Vampire, which drains victims of chi. Once a person is sucked of chi they need a chi transplant to survive. The person takes on the personality of the chi donor. For example, when Jade got drained, Uncle donated some chi, and she began sprouting Uncle's [[CatchPhrase catch phrases]] and had a hankering for mung beans. She did not, however, gain any of Uncle's knowledge of chi but still volunteered researching ways to kill the vampire. [[ResetButton Everything went back the way it was]] [[NoOntologicalInertia when the vampire was killed]].
* Iron Fist from ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpider-Man''.
* ''[[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]]'': In the episode ''Dead Reckoning'', a young monk of [[ShamgriLa Nanda Parbat]] exhibited ki-enhanced physical abilities when he beat down Atomic Skull. The rest of the monks also use wuxia-type martial arts in defense of the temple.
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* Some people actually believe they can do this.
** Actual real world evidence of Ki Attacks is, of course, slim and misleading, but proper training, coupled with concentration and sufficient strength, can enable someone to perform seemingly superhuman acts, such as the famous brick smash. Not exactly a Ki Attack, but it is functionally the real life equivalent to many people.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&feature=player_embedded Here]] is an example of someone who believes that they can use ki attacks. See the second part of the video to see whether or not he actually does.
** Related: martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan and Aikijutsu are heavily based on the concept of ki/chi/qi, but in those instances, it's more like a case of creation and conservation of momentum and leveraging physics (something like 90% of what you do in aikido is based in forcing your opponent to continue their motion, throwing them off balance, and then reversing their direction just as they start to regain their balance, throwing them to the ground).
* Various Ki based feats all have perfectly mundane explanations, much like a wizard's trick. Calling a feat Ki based is the same as choosing to believe the rabbit materialized out of thin air rather then check the hat for a secret compartment.
** See also Derren Brown.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizeme Wikipedia]] on Kizeme goes on about Ki projection and such. While video shows a fairly primitive, yet well-executed feint, which requires no supernatural abilities to perform and is known, in one form or another, in most martial arts, with weapons or without them.
* Electric eels and other [[ShockAndAwe bioelectric creatures]] on the other hand, could be said to really do this.
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->You can only beat it by channeling your own spiritual energy into it! Because it's the ki boss.
-->--Troper Fawriel, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDg1pyXP1U this]] infamous LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} video[[note]]Don't worry, it will show up at the top because Raocow commented on it.[[/note]]
A staple of the martial arts genre. Ki (or [[WhyMaoChangedHisName chi or qi in Chinese]]; traditional Chinese: æ°£, simplified Chinese: æ°”, Japanese: æ°—) is the [[LifeEnergy life force energy]] (and, to a lesser extent, [[PsychoactivePowers emotions/disposition]]) of the martial artist and/or the world around him; true masters can [[MasterOfYourDomain tap into that energy directly]] and use it for what amounts to superhero-style attacks. Compare Chi with {{Mana}}. Learning how to do KiAttacks usually results in your [[TheRival rival]] learning his own, leading to an endless cycle of MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours.
Sometimes Ki is divided into subtypes associated with particular kinds of environments or supernatural beings, the most common example being some kind of demonic Ki which has properties of {{Mana}} and acts as TheDarkSide (often called "youki", as in {{Youkai}} Ki). In some works ''only'' this special Ki is used, with regular human Ki being either non-existent or just too weak to do anything with.
If FunctionalMagic also exists in the '{{verse}}, there's usually a distinction made between the two, comparable to the distinction between PsychicPowers and FunctionalMagic in Western SpeculativeFiction. If no distinction is made, it's SupernaturalMartialArts. If a character can use both individually, then they're a KungFuWizard. At times may overlap with TheForce, which isn't surprising as the StarWars ability was based on the concept. Sometimes the KiAttacks are a part of some MartialArtsAndCrafts, making it either RuleOfFunny or RuleOfCool.
Using Ki will usually produce a BattleAura.
Not to be confused with an attack that uses the [[KingdomHearts Keyblade]], or an attack that uses that D'ni wristwatch from [[{{Myst}} Uru Live]] as a weapon.
Common types of Ki Attacks include:
* PureEnergy: The basic ki attack, just channeling energy.
** EnergyBall: A spherical form of said energy.
** FauxFlame: Using that same ki to create artificial, ghostly flames.
* ElementalPowers: Turning your own spirit energy into one of the elements for some ElementalRockPaperScissors effect!
** ElementalPunch: Using your fist [[WreathedInFlames covered in elemental power]].
* {{Flight}} or [[PowerFloats Levitation]]: The force of your ki can push you away from the ground, voluntarily or as a side-effect of focusing your power.
* KamehameHadoken: The biggest, baddest attack used in one giant beam.
* SuperEmpowering: Expend your own ki to recharge another ki user, as long as your "wavelengths" are fairly similar.
** BequeathedPower: Transfer ''all'' of your ki into another person, including the energy you need to stay alive.
** CombinedEnergyAttack: Not only using your own, but anyone else's spirit energy.
* [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne Sensing]]: Can sense the spirit energy of others, can tell where they may be and how powerful they are.
** TheEmpath: Sensing the feelings of others by their aura.
* [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Self-Enhancement]]: Use ki to boost own physical body, becoming stronger, faster and tougher.
** SuperToughness: The refined ki flowing through your skin makes it hard as steel, or attacks are cancelled out by [[DeflectorShields a wall of ki that surrounds you]].
May be represented with BlastingTime. See also HandBlast, an attack which is similar in appearance.
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* The advanced techniques of Ranma, Ryoga and Herb in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.
** Note that Saffron does not actually use KiAttacks; rather, he shoots out ''[[PlayingWithFire raw flame]]''.
** Hinako Ninomiya literally has only two attacks and both of them are KiAttacks. With the first, she [[EnergyAbsorption drains]] the BattleAura from a victim, usually rendering them too weak to fight. If facing more then one opponent, or they don't fall to her technique, she can unleash a KamehameHadoken that uses up all of the stolen ki energy. Both attacks trigger her [[DualAgeModes Dual Age Mode]], the draining aging her up and the other aging her down.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Damn near everything the main characters do in a fight is based on ki, from simply enhancing their speed and strength to flying and throwing around energy blasts.
** The exception being a group of {{Artificial Human}}s, who due to their cybernetic nature have no ki (despite 3 out of the 5 being enhanced humans rather than completely artificial constructs). This presents its own problems for the heroes, whose ability to sense ki is obviously useless against enemies who don't have any.
* The ninjas of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' use ki to do basically everything from form energy attacks to walk on water. Although the author mistakenly refered to the energy as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Chakra,]] which is something completely different. By the time he realized his mistake it was too late to do anything about it so the term Chakra is still being used.
** It should be noted that Taijutsu also uses chakra. Rock Lee´s special technique, the opening of the gates, allows his chakra to move freely, thus giving him his super strength and speed. The chakra use in Taijutsu may not be as flashy or esoteric as in Genjutsu or Ninjutsu, but it´s still there, nevertheless.
* Used sparingly in ''FistOfTheNorthStar'', at least at first.
** Raoh can use his aura to attack others, making his ki attacks essentially a punch in the face. Some of his attacks, such as ''Hokuto Goushou Ha'', border on KamehameHadoken, though. Given that with Hokuto Shinken a punch in the face can make a guy [[MadeofPlasticine explode]] and destroy objects like battle tanks, this is still quite useful.
** Kenshiro uses one in the battle against Souther, although it's treated as a dramatic finishing move.
** Later in the series, Gento fighters use ki almost exclusively, and take advantage of its burning and freezing properties.
** Likewise, Hokuto Ryuuken practitioners use ki attacks that resemble magical spells.
** Ki blasts in [=HnK=] are frequently seen by Kenshiro as "[[AwesomeButImpractical wasteful]]," since he does equal or more damage by simply striking his foes with less expenditure of energy on his part. Raoh seems simply badass enough to personally subvert this rule.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Hollows use concentrated bursts of spiritual energy in the form of Ceros. The size and shape depend largely on the user's rank with the Espada possessing the most powerful versions.
** Likewise, some Shinigami kido resemble this trope.
** As does Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
** Any elemental Zanpakuto would qualify seeing how it's all connected to reiatsu. Fullbring abilities and most Quincy powers qualify as well.
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by [[spoiler: Aizen and Starrk/Lilynette during their flashback.]]
* Motoko in ''Manga/LoveHina''.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', though essentially set in the same universe as ''Love Hina'', has both [[{{Onmyodo}} Eastern]] and HermeticMagic in addition to traditional "ki"-based fighting. It compares and differentiates the two Magic styles in detail (eg. Eastern styles favor lone-wolf operatives, Western styles put emphasis on teamwork), as well as the differences between using Magic and Ki in combat.
** The Kanka technique, which both magic and Ki ''[[YinYangBomb at the same time]]'' grants what is possibly the biggest power-up possible in the series. Apart from this, though, Evangeline established early on (about after she took Negi as her apprentice) that [[MutuallyExclusiveMagic they conflict and interfere with each other without training]].
** It's sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder'' carries this tradition as well.
* ''YuYuHakusho'' is an example of characters not having just "ki" attacks, but specifically reiki (spirit energy, used by humans) or youki (which is the energy of the youkai).
** Sensui also used some sort of holy energy.
** Yusuke is still the king of this. The fact that he's part-demon results in the unique condition that he can use ''both'' types of ki. During the fight for controlling the demon realm, when his enemy protected himself with a shield impeneterable to Yusuke's stronger youki, he responded by using both youki and reiki '''AT THE SAME TIME'''. Cue to reiki leaking through the shield and injuring his gloating opponent. He wasn't able to keep it up for long, though; apparently, reiki subverts youki when both are present, resulting in Yusuke transforming back from his Mazoku form into human form.
* Having different kinds of energy for humans and youkai is seen in ''InuYasha''. Youki is found in all demons, while spiritual energy can only be used by humans that train to use it (miko, monks, etc.), and divine power only comes from special items (the sword Tenseiga which has the power to resurrect a dead person once by destroying the spirits that take their soul away and attack other underworld beings).
* {{Yaiba}} has these. Usually later in the series. Also in the form of RazorWind and Razor Lightning and Razor Dark-and-Forbidden Energy. The Moon Princess Kaguya takes the cake.
* ''{{Claymore}}'' also has youki, the energy of the evil youma. Difference is, only those who were [[DeadlyUpgrade infused with youma blood]] (namely, the titular warriors) can use it, and using too much youki will turn you into a BigBad.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has slowly but surely inched its way towards this with "Haki" (also known as "Ambition"). While hints of its use abounded from the Skypeia arc onward, the Amazon Lily arc gave the clearest and most specific examples of it before it was fully explained. When we finally got in-depth information on Haki, it was revealed that it came in three general forms: It allows those possessing its power to (depending on the user) deflect near any attack and even cause pain in the attacker despite defenses such as a body made of rubber or intangibility, and predict the conscious actions of whoever they're fighting, and knock out {{Mook}}-level characters by just being there (and some higher level guys still end up quivering about to collapse in some demonstrations).
** It was actually first used all the way at the start of the manga when Shanks uses it to scare a Sea King away to save Luffy. It looks exactly like it does in the recent chapters, except the sound effect isn't used. Whether the author had it planned all along is unknown, but it was probably fleshed out and developed later because there needed to be a better way to counter certain Logia powers aside from natural elemental weakness.)
* In the ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' manga, Ranfan and Ling occasionally reference 'Ki' as the flow of life. While they don't exactly use it for attacks, their ability to sense it has come in handy on several occasions.
* Present in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', though they don't manifest as the light shows seen in other anime series. Further, you have to be ridiculously bad ass to pull them off in the ''Champloo'' universe: Mugen was only able to fire one off, by chance, after a week of intense training and focus, while Jin can only beat another ki user by using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique/[[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe maneuver]].
* In ''{{Saint Seiya}}/Knights of the Zodiac'', the saints/knights fight using Cosmos. Which is the same as ki, but with another name.
* Nakago from ''FushigiYuugi'' throws ki blasts out on a regular basis. After a hefty power upgrade and provocation from Nakago, Tamahome fires one himself, managing to slap a third-degree burn onto Nakago's shoulder. BadAss indeed.
* In all but name, this is the basis for the soul-related abilities in ''SoulEater''. Some need the Weapons' amplification ability to work, while others do not. It would also give a possible explanation for the "spiritual connection" Mifune is said to have with his (normal, relatively) swords in the manga.
** Stein and Black Star are the two characters who attack directly with their soul wavelength, the ability having to do with the strength/size of that wavelength. The others mostly manipulate it through Weapons or individual abilities.
* ''{{Shamo}}'' had one arc where these appeared, but which has since become {{CanonDiscontinuity}}.
* Hakkai from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' uses chi to produce energy blasts and shields and for healing
* ''{{Hunter X Hunter}}'' introduces 'nen' after a while, which is an energy that comes from within each individual, and is basiclly chi. It is used to perform devastating attacks but also has many other, less combative, functions.
* Interestingly, this is one of [[BadassGrandpa Hayato Furinji's]] ultimate techniques in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple,'' a work that otherwise does its best to lie in the realms of non-supernatural fighting (CharlesAtlasSuperpower notwithstanding). A variation, however, in that it's not so much an energy blast as it is a whole lot of wind. Not to mention it's ineffective against anyone with a decent understanding of ki, and thus mostly useless except against [[{{Muggles}} ordinary people.]]
* There is a martial art used by the protagonists in the first two parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (and a single character in Part 3) called "Hamon" or "the Ripple." It doesn't have any energy blasts, but can be channeled through organic/liquid materials to give them different properties or attack indirectly. Also has elements of ThePowerOfTheSun (since the sun is the source of life), being particularly harmful to vampires. Various other powers granted by the Ripple include curing poison, [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], resistance to the absorption abilities of the [[FoodChainOfEvil Pillar Men]], and [[SwissArmySuperpower whatever creative uses the user can think of]].
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* In ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', the titular character and his fellow Immortal Weapons all use chi as the foundation for their superpowers. These range from merely increased strength, speed and durability in the case of Fat Cobra, to the Prince of Orphans' slightly less-realistic ability to turn into green mist and possess people.
** Actually John Aman's ability to turn into green mist is completely separate from his ki attacks. That's just good old fashioned golden age super science.
** Fat Cobra feels that with the power of chi, anything is possible. An ant can wrestle with elephants.
* The Mandarin is a nasty example of a chi user. People tend to forget that he can give himself enough superhuman strength via chi to go hand to hand with IronMan.
** To say nothing of his son Temugin, who is an even more powerful chi manipulator and martial artist.
* Then there's the new [[LegacyCharacter Power Man]], Vic Alvarez, who possesses the ability to absorb chi and channel it into devastating strikes.
* Stick, {{Daredevil}}'s teacher, belongs to a group of chi-adept martial artists called [[http://marvel.com/universe/Chaste The Chaste]].
* Recent {{Wolverine}} villain Soulstriker had the ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin physically hit his opponent's life force]], thus weakening and torturing them. [[spoiler: Until Wolverine cut his hands off.]]
* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' has chi as a variant of magic used by some war mages and martial artists, especially ninja. The most major chi user in the series is Ryan Tabbot, who likes to throw in pop-culture references to other chi-users with his attacks (Hadoken!).
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* In the climactic battle between Shifu and Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Master Shifu manages to split apart a gigantic boulder the snow leopard kicks at him with a dazzling display of blue light (in BulletTime no less!). Later in the fight, although it originally comes from a brazier he knocks over, Tai Lung is able to wield fire in his paws, [[{{Badass}} apparently without even being singed by it]].
** Shifu also demonstrates being able to use something akin to wind powers with his chi, and several characters are shown using nerve attacks. The titular Panda defeats Tai Lung with a huge blast, which Shifu threatened to use earlier in the film.
** In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2, Tigress connects her chi energy with Po's in order to blast him forward in the fight with the Wolf Boss. It even leaves a trail of flames.
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* ''The Kundalini Equation'' by Stephen Barnes features an instruction manual that teaches the reader KiAttacks and BattleAura.
* Kylie Chan's ''DarkHeavens'' books have chi-fuelled martial arts and wuxia.
* ''Keeper of Light and Dust'' by Natasha Mostert has a chi-stealing martial artist as the antagonist.
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* In ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury,'' the Rangers (and other members of their order) can generate KiAttacks in the form of the animal they're linked to... including giant versions that solidify into, essentially, HumongousMecha. And this is one of the more basic techniques...
** The same thing happens, naturally, in ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'', but with different names for both formations and attacks.
** In a way, ''all'' attacks are KiAttacks in ''Jungle Fury'', with the various weapons actually channeling one's animal spirit. The shiny suits themselves come from another source, but the morphers can only be activated by animal spirit power. Which means if yours is out of balanced due to angst, or stolen by an enemy, you're screwed. It may be true to an extent in Gekiranger (Red's HowDoIShotWeb moment was the same, and White's finger missiles are actually ''his ki blade channeled differently and fired off by his gauntlet thing,'' something not made explicit in PRJF though the visuals remained.) but in Jungle Fury, animal spirit being the power behind everything and the different ways it can be used is a ''much'' bigger plot point.
* Ki powers were one of the main shticks of ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Each Ranger had a different specialty. For instance, [[TheHero Ryou]] was skilled at PlayingWithFire, and [[KidAppealCharacter Shouji]] was a GravityMaster.
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* Xing (Yue) Bairong from ''Manhwa/WitchHunter'' uses Ki/Chi tp perform the ability Speed Fist (or Shinsok/Shinchuk.)
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' utilizes the PureEnergy, Self Enhancement and ElementalPowers variants.
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* Kenny Omega's pet attack is the Hadoken, which generally takes a few seconds to charge. His opponent has to be taken out of action previously or they can break his concentration or dodge.
* Player Uno of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} fame has his own Hadoken, which is much quicker to charge and is usually aimed at a charging opponent's gut.
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* In the 3rd edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', monks are masters of unarmed and unarmored combat. They can heal themselves, shrug off magical attacks, run like the wind, dodge attacks they aren't consciously aware of, kill with a touch, and are immune to poison and disease. Beyond that, their unarmed strikes eventually strike as hard as a two-handed sword, and they count as being magical, lawful-aligned, and [[UnObtainium adamantine]] for penetrating defences. Using prestige classes and feats they can do even crazier shit.
** The {{Ninja}} class, meanwhile, has an explicit "ki pool" which it uses to power its abilities, mostly related to turning invisible (and later {{intangible|Man}}) in response to attacks. Notably, out of all the feats for multiclass characters, the monk/ninja feat is the only one a monk can gain as part of his class abilities.
** A number of KiAttack feats also exist, generally designed for monk or ninja use, most famously [[ElementalPunch Fiery Fists]], [[BattleAura Fiery Ki Defense]] and [[HandBlast Ki Blast]] from the ''Player's Handbook II''.
** ''{{Pathfinder}}'' contains monk (modified from 3.5e) and ninja (mostly original) classes, both using a ki pool based on the D&D ninja above. Characters can expend a point of ki to gain offensive, defensive or speed bonuses for 1 round, or to power various special attacks.
** In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th Edition, Ki is folded into the [[PsychicPowers Psionic]] power source, in the "mind over matter" sense (in fact that's the name of a feat for a certain build). This trope still applies, because instead of using a weapon or staff or magic wand, the implement of choice is a "ki focus": heavy on the fluff and often with different effects than normal enchantments (such as "increase number of squares you can shift" or "use such-and-such power twice per round instead of once" rather than "do X amount additional fire damage") it basically amounts to something the monk prays/meditates/trains with to turn his entire body into InvulnerableKnuckles.
* ''{{Exalted}}'' has chi in the form of "Essence", an universal energy that permeates all creation and which can be channeled to great effect by any Exalted. These effects range from powerful attacks to resiliency in combat to sorcery to healing to ''parliamentary debate''.
** The Charms have cool names, too, like "Venomous Whispers Technique" and "Excellent Emissary's Tongue."
* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'''s Fu Powers tend toward this, though this being a Hong Kong action movie game, many of them are fairly low-key, with only paths like Shadow's Companion, Brilliant Flame, high-end Healthy Tiger, Leaping Storm and Storm Turtle approaching the kind of supernatural powers often associated with martial artists in the setting.
* ''WeaponsOfTheGods'', being a kung-fu [=RPG=], is ALL about the Chi. (Its core mechanic is that characters have 5 colors of chi, each of which is spent for different chi powers, and which refill independently. Chi management is '''the''' central battle strategy.)
* The Akashic Brotherhood in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''.
* ''AnimaBeyondFantasy'' has LOTS of this, being the kind of game it's. It even has a manual entirely devoted to the Ki that allows the player [[{{Expy}} to imitate the examples given on this page]].
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* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' from {{SNK}}.
* ''StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' from {{Capcom}}. "[[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]]!"
** As an easter egg, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' has been known to perform ki attacks from Street Fighter. This seems to imply that X has ki, and therefore a soul. Of course, easter eggs are rarely ever canon.
*** Not so non-canon, now; ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' has a series of Reploids called the Ninetails clan, who have mastered a form of robotic chi manipulation, allowing them to power their attacks without the use of an external power source (like every other Reploid's weapons do). Because of this, they're considered extremely dangerous and are locked up in a high-security facility, as a result.
*** Or, if we wanna be a little more reasonable, they can just fire the same sort of run-of-the-mill blaster shots anyone else can (albeit stronger), but they just go through the Hadoken motions.
*** Reploids actually ''do'' have something of a soul, as they are given free will and are not bound by the Laws of Robotics as their predecessors were.
* In the [=GBA=] ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series, the heroes are masters of "Psynergy", a type of magic/[[PsychicPowers psychic power]]. They encounter a martial arts school, and the head of the dojo comments on how their powers differ from KiAttacks. "Psynergy comes from the mind, while Chi comes from the body." It's commented that Psynergy is genetic, while "anyone" can eventually learn to use Chi, though [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer nobody in the party learns.]] ''However'' there are ''Ki'' techniques (not Chi) from a different temple/dojo that Psynergy resembles/substitutes that the heroes can learn. It's not entirely clear whether Ki and Psynergy are the same or simply in the same "sphere."
** The second game states that everyone has the potential to become adepts, but it takes years of exposure to a source of alchemy, such as mount Aleph, the elemental rocks, being bludgeoned with a Psynergy stone, or [[spoiler:The unleashing of the sources of each element via the lighthouse becons]]. Also it's implied that Ki is just another name for one specific type of Psynergy (Force).
* ''FinalFantasyVI'' has the martial arts user Sabin, whose special ability is KiAttacks in combat. The player activates them via ''StreetFighter'' style button commands. These run off his magic stat but do not take up [[{{Mana}} Magic Points]] and can be done indefinitely.
** Most notable is the Aura Beam/Cannon move, which blasts enemies with pure soul power (and does extra damage to undead enemies to boot) and Fire Dance, which summons fire spirits to burn every enemy on the battle field.
* Chi in ''JadeEmpire'' is mana. Period.
* {{Kirby}}'s "Fighter" ability gives him this, even a KamehameHadouken as a ShoutOut to ''StreetFighter''. Most of them are only short-to-mid-range though.
* In the ''GuiltyGear'' universe, Elemental Magic is hard science, with ''ki'' representing the final frontier of the unknown.
* In ''LostSoulsMUD'', sufficiently enlightened Aisenshi gain access to the chi punch and chi kick maneuvers, unarmed attacks that do a combination of physical and energy-based damage, not to mention leaving a sparkly trail behind in the air.
* The {{Pokemon}} Lucario basically uses this, it's called "Aura" in Pokemon 'verses. This may also be used to explain the Fighting-type Special move Focus Blast.
** Other Pokemon can use Aura Sphere, mostly legendaries but also Togekiss and Mienshao.
* Some classes in ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and its sequel have Ki-style moves, especially the White Monk and the Master Monk (in the sequel). Air Render and Aura Blast are especially notable as they are ranged attacks for a melee class. And no, these don't cost mana.
* The Genesis action RPG ''Spellcaster'' stars a monk who has various ki moves, ranging from plain old attacks to lightning strikes.
* VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline (DDO), an online multiplayer version of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tabletop game, depicts the Monk class as using ki, which can be used for spell-like abilities, mostly to aid a party or destroy/affect enemies. Unlike the Wizard and other spellcaster classes that use "spell points" (mana), the Monk's ki can be regenerated almost endlessly as they attack and strike an enemy. The downside of generating ki for the Monk class is that the generated ki dissipates quickly and cannot be conserved as easily from fight to fight, requiring the player to be an opportunist while having available ki points.
* These are the only ranged attacks available to Hong Meiling in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Hisoutensoku''.
* Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' uses these. They can be fired out rapidly and resembleshis fists. He's essentially making KiAttacks by PUNCHING! The energy itself is called Mantra.
** Played around with later, in that there is an entity that is the personification of Mantra known as [[spoiler: Chakravartin, who embued Mantra upon Asura and the other deities that appear throughout the game's ancestors.]]
* A lot of the artes in the ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' are of this nature, either as PureEnergy or ElementalPowers that are used to form projectiles and/or to augment direct strikes.
* The Wii game ''{{Swords}}'' has this, it's activated by holding A for a few seconds, if you can manage it before your opponent hits you.
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* ''{{MAG ISA}}'' -- Used by [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119585 Claudita]] in this comic.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sensei Greg's Anime-Style Martial Arts dojo is [[spoiler:(or was)]] the only known place for one to learn to tap into their ki.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d (sort of) in that it is revealed that Elliot, Nanase, and to a lesser extent, [[TheWoobie Justin]] are the only students in the class that have shown any progress in [[SupernaturalMartialArts performing actual anime-style techniques]].
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* Yin and Yang, the protectors of Hong Kong in the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', utilize KiAttacks as part of their mystical martial arts training, as does the Lucky Bandit, heroic protector of Shanghai.
** Tatterdemalion, an Israeli superhero sponsored by their government, does something similar, though its not a KiAttack in the "oriental martial arts" sense of the word.
* In the WhateleyUniverse, martial-artists develop and use ''chi'' in various ways:
** Toni "Chaka" Chandler, one of the original main characters, has the mutant ability to use ki, plus the ability to see how ki flows in other people (which lets her do - among other things - the paralyzing nerve punch), and also the ability to heterodyne her ki with ki energy flowing through the earth so she can pull as much ki as she needs from the ground. She's regarded as one bad mamma-jamma by her superpowered classmates at the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy, but suffers from a bad case of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, having added a ki blast attack to her existing super-strength, super-agility, super-speed etc.
** BadassNormal Chou "Bladedancer" Lee develops her ''chi'' more conventionally, through meditation, tai-chi exercises, and regular training, to empower her martial-arts, heighten her senses, heal herself and others, and so on.
* Allen Covenant of the OmegaUniverse runs across a clan of ninja with chi-powers in ''Covenant Annual #1''. Oddly enough and unknown to most characters in-universe, superpowers all come [[MetaOrigin from the same place]].
* These types of attacks became one of the main staples of modern stick-figure fight animations when extreme martial art violence and extreme acrobatics would no longer cut it. Although never explain as such, these are most likely Ki Attacks due to the heavy Oriental influence that pervades the genre as a result of XiaoXiao 's influence.
* As one of ''many'' references to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the fight scenes in the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] fanimation ''WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed'' use a lot of this.
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* First implied in its [=QuickStrike=] trading card game, it is later revealed that the energy behind the bending disciplines on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is indeed chi. Benders require chi to flow from the breath as form of energy derived from breathing and oxygenation, and then extend it past their limbs to manipulate or manifest their element. Furthermore, one character has even displayed the ability to inhibit bending by striking pressure points on the body, or as she calls it, "[[PowerNullifier chi-blocking]]" (Kyusho Jitsu). In the show, the source of chi is located in the stomach and flows throughout the entire body, which itself is drawn directly from the Taoist practices of Chi Kung and Tai Chi, on which "Waterbending" is based. [[spoiler:The GrandFinale reveals that before people learned to bend the elements, they used their own energy. Aang then finds a way to bend the energy within Ozai, removing his bending forever. This is never actually called ''chi''-bending, though, it's called energy-, spirit-, or soul-bending by the fans.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Woo Foo a special type of martial arts that involves might and magic, with just a smidge of GreenRocks.
* Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is a big fan of chi. His battles against Dalong Wong (anti-Uncle) probably constitutes as a battle between good and bad chi, as these two were chi wizards.
** Then in one episode they found a Chinese Vampire, which drains victims of chi. Once a person is sucked of chi they need a chi transplant to survive. The person takes on the personality of the chi donor. For example, when Jade got drained, Uncle donated some chi, and she began sprouting Uncle's [[CatchPhrase catch phrases]] and had a hankering for mung beans. She did not, however, gain any of Uncle's knowledge of chi but still volunteered researching ways to kill the vampire. [[ResetButton Everything went back the way it was]] [[NoOntologicalInertia when the vampire was killed]].
* Iron Fist from ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpider-Man''.
* ''[[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]]'': In the episode ''Dead Reckoning'', a young monk of [[ShamgriLa Nanda Parbat]] exhibited ki-enhanced physical abilities when he beat down Atomic Skull. The rest of the monks also use wuxia-type martial arts in defense of the temple.
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* Some people actually believe they can do this.
** Actual real world evidence of Ki Attacks is, of course, slim and misleading, but proper training, coupled with concentration and sufficient strength, can enable someone to perform seemingly superhuman acts, such as the famous brick smash. Not exactly a Ki Attack, but it is functionally the real life equivalent to many people.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&feature=player_embedded Here]] is an example of someone who believes that they can use ki attacks. See the second part of the video to see whether or not he actually does.
** Related: martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan and Aikijutsu are heavily based on the concept of ki/chi/qi, but in those instances, it's more like a case of creation and conservation of momentum and leveraging physics (something like 90% of what you do in aikido is based in forcing your opponent to continue their motion, throwing them off balance, and then reversing their direction just as they start to regain their balance, throwing them to the ground).
* Various Ki based feats all have perfectly mundane explanations, much like a wizard's trick. Calling a feat Ki based is the same as choosing to believe the rabbit materialized out of thin air rather then check the hat for a secret compartment.
** See also Derren Brown.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizeme Wikipedia]] on Kizeme goes on about Ki projection and such. While video shows a fairly primitive, yet well-executed feint, which requires no supernatural abilities to perform and is known, in one form or another, in most martial arts, with weapons or without them.
* Electric eels and other [[ShockAndAwe bioelectric creatures]] on the other hand, could be said to really do this.
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->You can only beat it by channeling your own spiritual energy into it! Because it's the ki boss.
-->--Troper Fawriel, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDg1pyXP1U this]] infamous LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} video[[note]]Don't worry, it will show up at the top because Raocow commented on it.[[/note]]
A staple of the martial arts genre. Ki (or [[WhyMaoChangedHisName chi or qi in Chinese]]; traditional Chinese: æ°£, simplified Chinese: æ°”, Japanese: æ°—) is the [[LifeEnergy life force energy]] (and, to a lesser extent, [[PsychoactivePowers emotions/disposition]]) of the martial artist and/or the world around him; true masters can [[MasterOfYourDomain tap into that energy directly]] and use it for what amounts to superhero-style attacks. Compare Chi with {{Mana}}. Learning how to do KiAttacks usually results in your [[TheRival rival]] learning his own, leading to an endless cycle of MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours.
Sometimes Ki is divided into subtypes associated with particular kinds of environments or supernatural beings, the most common example being some kind of demonic Ki which has properties of {{Mana}} and acts as TheDarkSide (often called "youki", as in {{Youkai}} Ki). In some works ''only'' this special Ki is used, with regular human Ki being either non-existent or just too weak to do anything with.
If FunctionalMagic also exists in the '{{verse}}, there's usually a distinction made between the two, comparable to the distinction between PsychicPowers and FunctionalMagic in Western SpeculativeFiction. If no distinction is made, it's SupernaturalMartialArts. If a character can use both individually, then they're a KungFuWizard. At times may overlap with TheForce, which isn't surprising as the StarWars ability was based on the concept. Sometimes the KiAttacks are a part of some MartialArtsAndCrafts, making it either RuleOfFunny or RuleOfCool.
Using Ki will usually produce a BattleAura.
Not to be confused with an attack that uses the [[KingdomHearts Keyblade]], or an attack that uses that D'ni wristwatch from [[{{Myst}} Uru Live]] as a weapon.
Common types of Ki Attacks include:
* PureEnergy: The basic ki attack, just channeling energy.
** EnergyBall: A spherical form of said energy.
** FauxFlame: Using that same ki to create artificial, ghostly flames.
* ElementalPowers: Turning your own spirit energy into one of the elements for some ElementalRockPaperScissors effect!
** ElementalPunch: Using your fist [[WreathedInFlames covered in elemental power]].
* {{Flight}} or [[PowerFloats Levitation]]: The force of your ki can push you away from the ground, voluntarily or as a side-effect of focusing your power.
* KamehameHadoken: The biggest, baddest attack used in one giant beam.
* SuperEmpowering: Expend your own ki to recharge another ki user, as long as your "wavelengths" are fairly similar.
** BequeathedPower: Transfer ''all'' of your ki into another person, including the energy you need to stay alive.
** CombinedEnergyAttack: Not only using your own, but anyone else's spirit energy.
* [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne Sensing]]: Can sense the spirit energy of others, can tell where they may be and how powerful they are.
** TheEmpath: Sensing the feelings of others by their aura.
* [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Self-Enhancement]]: Use ki to boost own physical body, becoming stronger, faster and tougher.
** SuperToughness: The refined ki flowing through your skin makes it hard as steel, or attacks are cancelled out by [[DeflectorShields a wall of ki that surrounds you]].
May be represented with BlastingTime. See also HandBlast, an attack which is similar in appearance.
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* The advanced techniques of Ranma, Ryoga and Herb in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.
** Note that Saffron does not actually use KiAttacks; rather, he shoots out ''[[PlayingWithFire raw flame]]''.
** Hinako Ninomiya literally has only two attacks and both of them are KiAttacks. With the first, she [[EnergyAbsorption drains]] the BattleAura from a victim, usually rendering them too weak to fight. If facing more then one opponent, or they don't fall to her technique, she can unleash a KamehameHadoken that uses up all of the stolen ki energy. Both attacks trigger her [[DualAgeModes Dual Age Mode]], the draining aging her up and the other aging her down.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Damn near everything the main characters do in a fight is based on ki, from simply enhancing their speed and strength to flying and throwing around energy blasts.
** The exception being a group of {{Artificial Human}}s, who due to their cybernetic nature have no ki (despite 3 out of the 5 being enhanced humans rather than completely artificial constructs). This presents its own problems for the heroes, whose ability to sense ki is obviously useless against enemies who don't have any.
* The ninjas of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' use ki to do basically everything from form energy attacks to walk on water. Although the author mistakenly refered to the energy as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Chakra,]] which is something completely different. By the time he realized his mistake it was too late to do anything about it so the term Chakra is still being used.
** It should be noted that Taijutsu also uses chakra. Rock Lee´s special technique, the opening of the gates, allows his chakra to move freely, thus giving him his super strength and speed. The chakra use in Taijutsu may not be as flashy or esoteric as in Genjutsu or Ninjutsu, but it´s still there, nevertheless.
* Used sparingly in ''FistOfTheNorthStar'', at least at first.
** Raoh can use his aura to attack others, making his ki attacks essentially a punch in the face. Some of his attacks, such as ''Hokuto Goushou Ha'', border on KamehameHadoken, though. Given that with Hokuto Shinken a punch in the face can make a guy [[MadeofPlasticine explode]] and destroy objects like battle tanks, this is still quite useful.
** Kenshiro uses one in the battle against Souther, although it's treated as a dramatic finishing move.
** Later in the series, Gento fighters use ki almost exclusively, and take advantage of its burning and freezing properties.
** Likewise, Hokuto Ryuuken practitioners use ki attacks that resemble magical spells.
** Ki blasts in [=HnK=] are frequently seen by Kenshiro as "[[AwesomeButImpractical wasteful]]," since he does equal or more damage by simply striking his foes with less expenditure of energy on his part. Raoh seems simply badass enough to personally subvert this rule.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Hollows use concentrated bursts of spiritual energy in the form of Ceros. The size and shape depend largely on the user's rank with the Espada possessing the most powerful versions.
** Likewise, some Shinigami kido resemble this trope.
** As does Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
** Any elemental Zanpakuto would qualify seeing how it's all connected to reiatsu. Fullbring abilities and most Quincy powers qualify as well.
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by [[spoiler: Aizen and Starrk/Lilynette during their flashback.]]
* Motoko in ''Manga/LoveHina''.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', though essentially set in the same universe as ''Love Hina'', has both [[{{Onmyodo}} Eastern]] and HermeticMagic in addition to traditional "ki"-based fighting. It compares and differentiates the two Magic styles in detail (eg. Eastern styles favor lone-wolf operatives, Western styles put emphasis on teamwork), as well as the differences between using Magic and Ki in combat.
** The Kanka technique, which both magic and Ki ''[[YinYangBomb at the same time]]'' grants what is possibly the biggest power-up possible in the series. Apart from this, though, Evangeline established early on (about after she took Negi as her apprentice) that [[MutuallyExclusiveMagic they conflict and interfere with each other without training]].
** It's sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder'' carries this tradition as well.
* ''YuYuHakusho'' is an example of characters not having just "ki" attacks, but specifically reiki (spirit energy, used by humans) or youki (which is the energy of the youkai).
** Sensui also used some sort of holy energy.
** Yusuke is still the king of this. The fact that he's part-demon results in the unique condition that he can use ''both'' types of ki. During the fight for controlling the demon realm, when his enemy protected himself with a shield impeneterable to Yusuke's stronger youki, he responded by using both youki and reiki '''AT THE SAME TIME'''. Cue to reiki leaking through the shield and injuring his gloating opponent. He wasn't able to keep it up for long, though; apparently, reiki subverts youki when both are present, resulting in Yusuke transforming back from his Mazoku form into human form.
* Having different kinds of energy for humans and youkai is seen in ''InuYasha''. Youki is found in all demons, while spiritual energy can only be used by humans that train to use it (miko, monks, etc.), and divine power only comes from special items (the sword Tenseiga which has the power to resurrect a dead person once by destroying the spirits that take their soul away and attack other underworld beings).
* {{Yaiba}} has these. Usually later in the series. Also in the form of RazorWind and Razor Lightning and Razor Dark-and-Forbidden Energy. The Moon Princess Kaguya takes the cake.
* ''{{Claymore}}'' also has youki, the energy of the evil youma. Difference is, only those who were [[DeadlyUpgrade infused with youma blood]] (namely, the titular warriors) can use it, and using too much youki will turn you into a BigBad.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has slowly but surely inched its way towards this with "Haki" (also known as "Ambition"). While hints of its use abounded from the Skypeia arc onward, the Amazon Lily arc gave the clearest and most specific examples of it before it was fully explained. When we finally got in-depth information on Haki, it was revealed that it came in three general forms: It allows those possessing its power to (depending on the user) deflect near any attack and even cause pain in the attacker despite defenses such as a body made of rubber or intangibility, and predict the conscious actions of whoever they're fighting, and knock out {{Mook}}-level characters by just being there (and some higher level guys still end up quivering about to collapse in some demonstrations).
** It was actually first used all the way at the start of the manga when Shanks uses it to scare a Sea King away to save Luffy. It looks exactly like it does in the recent chapters, except the sound effect isn't used. Whether the author had it planned all along is unknown, but it was probably fleshed out and developed later because there needed to be a better way to counter certain Logia powers aside from natural elemental weakness.)
* In the ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' manga, Ranfan and Ling occasionally reference 'Ki' as the flow of life. While they don't exactly use it for attacks, their ability to sense it has come in handy on several occasions.
* Present in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', though they don't manifest as the light shows seen in other anime series. Further, you have to be ridiculously bad ass to pull them off in the ''Champloo'' universe: Mugen was only able to fire one off, by chance, after a week of intense training and focus, while Jin can only beat another ki user by using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique/[[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe maneuver]].
* In ''{{Saint Seiya}}/Knights of the Zodiac'', the saints/knights fight using Cosmos. Which is the same as ki, but with another name.
* Nakago from ''FushigiYuugi'' throws ki blasts out on a regular basis. After a hefty power upgrade and provocation from Nakago, Tamahome fires one himself, managing to slap a third-degree burn onto Nakago's shoulder. BadAss indeed.
* In all but name, this is the basis for the soul-related abilities in ''SoulEater''. Some need the Weapons' amplification ability to work, while others do not. It would also give a possible explanation for the "spiritual connection" Mifune is said to have with his (normal, relatively) swords in the manga.
** Stein and Black Star are the two characters who attack directly with their soul wavelength, the ability having to do with the strength/size of that wavelength. The others mostly manipulate it through Weapons or individual abilities.
* ''{{Shamo}}'' had one arc where these appeared, but which has since become {{CanonDiscontinuity}}.
* Hakkai from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' uses chi to produce energy blasts and shields and for healing
* ''{{Hunter X Hunter}}'' introduces 'nen' after a while, which is an energy that comes from within each individual, and is basiclly chi. It is used to perform devastating attacks but also has many other, less combative, functions.
* Interestingly, this is one of [[BadassGrandpa Hayato Furinji's]] ultimate techniques in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple,'' a work that otherwise does its best to lie in the realms of non-supernatural fighting (CharlesAtlasSuperpower notwithstanding). A variation, however, in that it's not so much an energy blast as it is a whole lot of wind. Not to mention it's ineffective against anyone with a decent understanding of ki, and thus mostly useless except against [[{{Muggles}} ordinary people.]]
* There is a martial art used by the protagonists in the first two parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (and a single character in Part 3) called "Hamon" or "the Ripple." It doesn't have any energy blasts, but can be channeled through organic/liquid materials to give them different properties or attack indirectly. Also has elements of ThePowerOfTheSun (since the sun is the source of life), being particularly harmful to vampires. Various other powers granted by the Ripple include curing poison, [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], resistance to the absorption abilities of the [[FoodChainOfEvil Pillar Men]], and [[SwissArmySuperpower whatever creative uses the user can think of]].
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* In ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', the titular character and his fellow Immortal Weapons all use chi as the foundation for their superpowers. These range from merely increased strength, speed and durability in the case of Fat Cobra, to the Prince of Orphans' slightly less-realistic ability to turn into green mist and possess people.
** Actually John Aman's ability to turn into green mist is completely separate from his ki attacks. That's just good old fashioned golden age super science.
** Fat Cobra feels that with the power of chi, anything is possible. An ant can wrestle with elephants.
* The Mandarin is a nasty example of a chi user. People tend to forget that he can give himself enough superhuman strength via chi to go hand to hand with IronMan.
** To say nothing of his son Temugin, who is an even more powerful chi manipulator and martial artist.
* Then there's the new [[LegacyCharacter Power Man]], Vic Alvarez, who possesses the ability to absorb chi and channel it into devastating strikes.
* Stick, {{Daredevil}}'s teacher, belongs to a group of chi-adept martial artists called [[http://marvel.com/universe/Chaste The Chaste]].
* Recent {{Wolverine}} villain Soulstriker had the ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin physically hit his opponent's life force]], thus weakening and torturing them. [[spoiler: Until Wolverine cut his hands off.]]
* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' has chi as a variant of magic used by some war mages and martial artists, especially ninja. The most major chi user in the series is Ryan Tabbot, who likes to throw in pop-culture references to other chi-users with his attacks (Hadoken!).
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* In the climactic battle between Shifu and Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Master Shifu manages to split apart a gigantic boulder the snow leopard kicks at him with a dazzling display of blue light (in BulletTime no less!). Later in the fight, although it originally comes from a brazier he knocks over, Tai Lung is able to wield fire in his paws, [[{{Badass}} apparently without even being singed by it]].
** Shifu also demonstrates being able to use something akin to wind powers with his chi, and several characters are shown using nerve attacks. The titular Panda defeats Tai Lung with a huge blast, which Shifu threatened to use earlier in the film.
** In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2, Tigress connects her chi energy with Po's in order to blast him forward in the fight with the Wolf Boss. It even leaves a trail of flames.
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* ''The Kundalini Equation'' by Stephen Barnes features an instruction manual that teaches the reader KiAttacks and BattleAura.
* Kylie Chan's ''DarkHeavens'' books have chi-fuelled martial arts and wuxia.
* ''Keeper of Light and Dust'' by Natasha Mostert has a chi-stealing martial artist as the antagonist.
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* In ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury,'' the Rangers (and other members of their order) can generate KiAttacks in the form of the animal they're linked to... including giant versions that solidify into, essentially, HumongousMecha. And this is one of the more basic techniques...
** The same thing happens, naturally, in ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'', but with different names for both formations and attacks.
** In a way, ''all'' attacks are KiAttacks in ''Jungle Fury'', with the various weapons actually channeling one's animal spirit. The shiny suits themselves come from another source, but the morphers can only be activated by animal spirit power. Which means if yours is out of balanced due to angst, or stolen by an enemy, you're screwed. It may be true to an extent in Gekiranger (Red's HowDoIShotWeb moment was the same, and White's finger missiles are actually ''his ki blade channeled differently and fired off by his gauntlet thing,'' something not made explicit in PRJF though the visuals remained.) but in Jungle Fury, animal spirit being the power behind everything and the different ways it can be used is a ''much'' bigger plot point.
* Ki powers were one of the main shticks of ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Each Ranger had a different specialty. For instance, [[TheHero Ryou]] was skilled at PlayingWithFire, and [[KidAppealCharacter Shouji]] was a GravityMaster.
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* Xing (Yue) Bairong from ''Manhwa/WitchHunter'' uses Ki/Chi tp perform the ability Speed Fist (or Shinsok/Shinchuk.)
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' utilizes the PureEnergy, Self Enhancement and ElementalPowers variants.
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* Kenny Omega's pet attack is the Hadoken, which generally takes a few seconds to charge. His opponent has to be taken out of action previously or they can break his concentration or dodge.
* Player Uno of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} fame has his own Hadoken, which is much quicker to charge and is usually aimed at a charging opponent's gut.
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* In the 3rd edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', monks are masters of unarmed and unarmored combat. They can heal themselves, shrug off magical attacks, run like the wind, dodge attacks they aren't consciously aware of, kill with a touch, and are immune to poison and disease. Beyond that, their unarmed strikes eventually strike as hard as a two-handed sword, and they count as being magical, lawful-aligned, and [[UnObtainium adamantine]] for penetrating defences. Using prestige classes and feats they can do even crazier shit.
** The {{Ninja}} class, meanwhile, has an explicit "ki pool" which it uses to power its abilities, mostly related to turning invisible (and later {{intangible|Man}}) in response to attacks. Notably, out of all the feats for multiclass characters, the monk/ninja feat is the only one a monk can gain as part of his class abilities.
** A number of KiAttack feats also exist, generally designed for monk or ninja use, most famously [[ElementalPunch Fiery Fists]], [[BattleAura Fiery Ki Defense]] and [[HandBlast Ki Blast]] from the ''Player's Handbook II''.
** ''{{Pathfinder}}'' contains monk (modified from 3.5e) and ninja (mostly original) classes, both using a ki pool based on the D&D ninja above. Characters can expend a point of ki to gain offensive, defensive or speed bonuses for 1 round, or to power various special attacks.
** In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th Edition, Ki is folded into the [[PsychicPowers Psionic]] power source, in the "mind over matter" sense (in fact that's the name of a feat for a certain build). This trope still applies, because instead of using a weapon or staff or magic wand, the implement of choice is a "ki focus": heavy on the fluff and often with different effects than normal enchantments (such as "increase number of squares you can shift" or "use such-and-such power twice per round instead of once" rather than "do X amount additional fire damage") it basically amounts to something the monk prays/meditates/trains with to turn his entire body into InvulnerableKnuckles.
* ''{{Exalted}}'' has chi in the form of "Essence", an universal energy that permeates all creation and which can be channeled to great effect by any Exalted. These effects range from powerful attacks to resiliency in combat to sorcery to healing to ''parliamentary debate''.
** The Charms have cool names, too, like "Venomous Whispers Technique" and "Excellent Emissary's Tongue."
* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'''s Fu Powers tend toward this, though this being a Hong Kong action movie game, many of them are fairly low-key, with only paths like Shadow's Companion, Brilliant Flame, high-end Healthy Tiger, Leaping Storm and Storm Turtle approaching the kind of supernatural powers often associated with martial artists in the setting.
* ''WeaponsOfTheGods'', being a kung-fu [=RPG=], is ALL about the Chi. (Its core mechanic is that characters have 5 colors of chi, each of which is spent for different chi powers, and which refill independently. Chi management is '''the''' central battle strategy.)
* The Akashic Brotherhood in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''.
* ''AnimaBeyondFantasy'' has LOTS of this, being the kind of game it's. It even has a manual entirely devoted to the Ki that allows the player [[{{Expy}} to imitate the examples given on this page]].
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* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' from {{SNK}}.
* ''StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' from {{Capcom}}. "[[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]]!"
** As an easter egg, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' has been known to perform ki attacks from Street Fighter. This seems to imply that X has ki, and therefore a soul. Of course, easter eggs are rarely ever canon.
*** Not so non-canon, now; ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' has a series of Reploids called the Ninetails clan, who have mastered a form of robotic chi manipulation, allowing them to power their attacks without the use of an external power source (like every other Reploid's weapons do). Because of this, they're considered extremely dangerous and are locked up in a high-security facility, as a result.
*** Or, if we wanna be a little more reasonable, they can just fire the same sort of run-of-the-mill blaster shots anyone else can (albeit stronger), but they just go through the Hadoken motions.
*** Reploids actually ''do'' have something of a soul, as they are given free will and are not bound by the Laws of Robotics as their predecessors were.
* In the [=GBA=] ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series, the heroes are masters of "Psynergy", a type of magic/[[PsychicPowers psychic power]]. They encounter a martial arts school, and the head of the dojo comments on how their powers differ from KiAttacks. "Psynergy comes from the mind, while Chi comes from the body." It's commented that Psynergy is genetic, while "anyone" can eventually learn to use Chi, though [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer nobody in the party learns.]] ''However'' there are ''Ki'' techniques (not Chi) from a different temple/dojo that Psynergy resembles/substitutes that the heroes can learn. It's not entirely clear whether Ki and Psynergy are the same or simply in the same "sphere."
** The second game states that everyone has the potential to become adepts, but it takes years of exposure to a source of alchemy, such as mount Aleph, the elemental rocks, being bludgeoned with a Psynergy stone, or [[spoiler:The unleashing of the sources of each element via the lighthouse becons]]. Also it's implied that Ki is just another name for one specific type of Psynergy (Force).
* ''FinalFantasyVI'' has the martial arts user Sabin, whose special ability is KiAttacks in combat. The player activates them via ''StreetFighter'' style button commands. These run off his magic stat but do not take up [[{{Mana}} Magic Points]] and can be done indefinitely.
** Most notable is the Aura Beam/Cannon move, which blasts enemies with pure soul power (and does extra damage to undead enemies to boot) and Fire Dance, which summons fire spirits to burn every enemy on the battle field.
* Chi in ''JadeEmpire'' is mana. Period.
* {{Kirby}}'s "Fighter" ability gives him this, even a KamehameHadouken as a ShoutOut to ''StreetFighter''. Most of them are only short-to-mid-range though.
* In the ''GuiltyGear'' universe, Elemental Magic is hard science, with ''ki'' representing the final frontier of the unknown.
* In ''LostSoulsMUD'', sufficiently enlightened Aisenshi gain access to the chi punch and chi kick maneuvers, unarmed attacks that do a combination of physical and energy-based damage, not to mention leaving a sparkly trail behind in the air.
* The {{Pokemon}} Lucario basically uses this, it's called "Aura" in Pokemon 'verses. This may also be used to explain the Fighting-type Special move Focus Blast.
** Other Pokemon can use Aura Sphere, mostly legendaries but also Togekiss and Mienshao.
* Some classes in ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and its sequel have Ki-style moves, especially the White Monk and the Master Monk (in the sequel). Air Render and Aura Blast are especially notable as they are ranged attacks for a melee class. And no, these don't cost mana.
* The Genesis action RPG ''Spellcaster'' stars a monk who has various ki moves, ranging from plain old attacks to lightning strikes.
* VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline (DDO), an online multiplayer version of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tabletop game, depicts the Monk class as using ki, which can be used for spell-like abilities, mostly to aid a party or destroy/affect enemies. Unlike the Wizard and other spellcaster classes that use "spell points" (mana), the Monk's ki can be regenerated almost endlessly as they attack and strike an enemy. The downside of generating ki for the Monk class is that the generated ki dissipates quickly and cannot be conserved as easily from fight to fight, requiring the player to be an opportunist while having available ki points.
* These are the only ranged attacks available to Hong Meiling in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Hisoutensoku''.
* Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' uses these. They can be fired out rapidly and resembleshis fists. He's essentially making KiAttacks by PUNCHING! The energy itself is called Mantra.
** Played around with later, in that there is an entity that is the personification of Mantra known as [[spoiler: Chakravartin, who embued Mantra upon Asura and the other deities that appear throughout the game's ancestors.]]
* A lot of the artes in the ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' are of this nature, either as PureEnergy or ElementalPowers that are used to form projectiles and/or to augment direct strikes.
* The Wii game ''{{Swords}}'' has this, it's activated by holding A for a few seconds, if you can manage it before your opponent hits you.
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* ''{{MAG ISA}}'' -- Used by [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119585 Claudita]] in this comic.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sensei Greg's Anime-Style Martial Arts dojo is [[spoiler:(or was)]] the only known place for one to learn to tap into their ki.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d (sort of) in that it is revealed that Elliot, Nanase, and to a lesser extent, [[TheWoobie Justin]] are the only students in the class that have shown any progress in [[SupernaturalMartialArts performing actual anime-style techniques]].
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* Yin and Yang, the protectors of Hong Kong in the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', utilize KiAttacks as part of their mystical martial arts training, as does the Lucky Bandit, heroic protector of Shanghai.
** Tatterdemalion, an Israeli superhero sponsored by their government, does something similar, though its not a KiAttack in the "oriental martial arts" sense of the word.
* In the WhateleyUniverse, martial-artists develop and use ''chi'' in various ways:
** Toni "Chaka" Chandler, one of the original main characters, has the mutant ability to use ki, plus the ability to see how ki flows in other people (which lets her do - among other things - the paralyzing nerve punch), and also the ability to heterodyne her ki with ki energy flowing through the earth so she can pull as much ki as she needs from the ground. She's regarded as one bad mamma-jamma by her superpowered classmates at the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy, but suffers from a bad case of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, having added a ki blast attack to her existing super-strength, super-agility, super-speed etc.
** BadassNormal Chou "Bladedancer" Lee develops her ''chi'' more conventionally, through meditation, tai-chi exercises, and regular training, to empower her martial-arts, heighten her senses, heal herself and others, and so on.
* Allen Covenant of the OmegaUniverse runs across a clan of ninja with chi-powers in ''Covenant Annual #1''. Oddly enough and unknown to most characters in-universe, superpowers all come [[MetaOrigin from the same place]].
* These types of attacks became one of the main staples of modern stick-figure fight animations when extreme martial art violence and extreme acrobatics would no longer cut it. Although never explain as such, these are most likely Ki Attacks due to the heavy Oriental influence that pervades the genre as a result of XiaoXiao 's influence.
* As one of ''many'' references to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the fight scenes in the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] fanimation ''WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed'' use a lot of this.
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* First implied in its [=QuickStrike=] trading card game, it is later revealed that the energy behind the bending disciplines on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is indeed chi. Benders require chi to flow from the breath as form of energy derived from breathing and oxygenation, and then extend it past their limbs to manipulate or manifest their element. Furthermore, one character has even displayed the ability to inhibit bending by striking pressure points on the body, or as she calls it, "[[PowerNullifier chi-blocking]]" (Kyusho Jitsu). In the show, the source of chi is located in the stomach and flows throughout the entire body, which itself is drawn directly from the Taoist practices of Chi Kung and Tai Chi, on which "Waterbending" is based. [[spoiler:The GrandFinale reveals that before people learned to bend the elements, they used their own energy. Aang then finds a way to bend the energy within Ozai, removing his bending forever. This is never actually called ''chi''-bending, though, it's called energy-, spirit-, or soul-bending by the fans.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Woo Foo a special type of martial arts that involves might and magic, with just a smidge of GreenRocks.
* Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is a big fan of chi. His battles against Dalong Wong (anti-Uncle) probably constitutes as a battle between good and bad chi, as these two were chi wizards.
** Then in one episode they found a Chinese Vampire, which drains victims of chi. Once a person is sucked of chi they need a chi transplant to survive. The person takes on the personality of the chi donor. For example, when Jade got drained, Uncle donated some chi, and she began sprouting Uncle's [[CatchPhrase catch phrases]] and had a hankering for mung beans. She did not, however, gain any of Uncle's knowledge of chi but still volunteered researching ways to kill the vampire. [[ResetButton Everything went back the way it was]] [[NoOntologicalInertia when the vampire was killed]].
* Iron Fist from ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpider-Man''.
* ''[[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]]'': In the episode ''Dead Reckoning'', a young monk of [[ShamgriLa Nanda Parbat]] exhibited ki-enhanced physical abilities when he beat down Atomic Skull. The rest of the monks also use wuxia-type martial arts in defense of the temple.
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* Some people actually believe they can do this.
** Actual real world evidence of Ki Attacks is, of course, slim and misleading, but proper training, coupled with concentration and sufficient strength, can enable someone to perform seemingly superhuman acts, such as the famous brick smash. Not exactly a Ki Attack, but it is functionally the real life equivalent to many people.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&feature=player_embedded Here]] is an example of someone who believes that they can use ki attacks. See the second part of the video to see whether or not he actually does.
** Related: martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan and Aikijutsu are heavily based on the concept of ki/chi/qi, but in those instances, it's more like a case of creation and conservation of momentum and leveraging physics (something like 90% of what you do in aikido is based in forcing your opponent to continue their motion, throwing them off balance, and then reversing their direction just as they start to regain their balance, throwing them to the ground).
* Various Ki based feats all have perfectly mundane explanations, much like a wizard's trick. Calling a feat Ki based is the same as choosing to believe the rabbit materialized out of thin air rather then check the hat for a secret compartment.
** See also Derren Brown.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizeme Wikipedia]] on Kizeme goes on about Ki projection and such. While video shows a fairly primitive, yet well-executed feint, which requires no supernatural abilities to perform and is known, in one form or another, in most martial arts, with weapons or without them.
* Electric eels and other [[ShockAndAwe bioelectric creatures]] on the other hand, could be said to really do this.
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* ''FinalFantasyVI'' has the martial arts user Sabin, whose special ability is KiAttacks in combat. The player activates them via ''StreetFighter'' style button commands. These run off his magic stat but do not take up [[{{Mana}} Magic Points]] and can be done indefinitely.
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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', though essentially set in the same universe as ''Love Hina'', has both [[{{Onmyodo}} Eastern]] and HermeticMagic in addition to traditional "ki"-based fighting. It compares and differentiates the two Magic styles in detail (eg. Eastern styles favor lone-wolf operatives, Western styles put emphasis on teamwork), as well as the differences between using Magic and Ki in combat.** The Kanka technique, which both magic and Ki ''[[YinYangBomb at the same time]]'' grants what is possibly the biggest power-up possible in the series. Apart from this, though, Evangeline established early on (about after she took Negi as her apprentice) that [[MutuallyExclusiveMagic they conflict and interfere with each other without training]].
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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', though essentially set in the same universe as ''Love Hina'', has both [[{{Onmyodo}} Eastern]] and HermeticMagic in addition to traditional "ki"-based fighting. It compares and differentiates the two Magic styles in detail (eg. Eastern styles favor lone-wolf operatives, Western styles put emphasis on teamwork), as well as the differences between using Magic and Ki in combat.combat.
** The Kanka technique, which both magic and Ki ''[[YinYangBomb at the same time]]'' grants what is possibly the biggest power-up possible in the series. Apart from this, though, Evangeline established early on (about after she took Negi as her apprentice) that [[MutuallyExclusiveMagic they conflict and interfere with each other withouttraining]].training]].
** It's sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder'' carries this tradition as well.
** The Kanka technique, which both magic and Ki ''[[YinYangBomb at the same time]]'' grants what is possibly the biggest power-up possible in the series. Apart from this, though, Evangeline established early on (about after she took Negi as her apprentice) that [[MutuallyExclusiveMagic they conflict and interfere with each other without
** It's sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder'' carries this tradition as well.
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** ColdFlames: Using that same ki to create artificial, ghostly flames.
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A staple of the martial arts genre. Ki ([[WhyMaoChangedHisName chi or qi in Chinese]]) is the [[LifeEnergy life force energy]] (and, to a lesser extent, [[PsychoactivePowers emotions/disposition]]) of the martial artist and/or the world around him; true masters can [[MasterOfYourDomain tap into that energy directly]] and use it for what amounts to superhero-style attacks. Compare Chi with {{Mana}}. Learning how to do KiAttacks usually results in your [[TheRival rival]] learning his own, leading to an endless cycle of MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours.
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A staple of the martial arts genre. Ki ([[WhyMaoChangedHisName (or [[WhyMaoChangedHisName chi or qi in Chinese]]) Chinese]]; traditional Chinese: æ°£, simplified Chinese: æ°”, Japanese: æ°—) is the [[LifeEnergy life force energy]] (and, to a lesser extent, [[PsychoactivePowers emotions/disposition]]) of the martial artist and/or the world around him; true masters can [[MasterOfYourDomain tap into that energy directly]] and use it for what amounts to superhero-style attacks. Compare Chi with {{Mana}}. Learning how to do KiAttacks usually results in your [[TheRival rival]] learning his own, leading to an endless cycle of MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours.
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* In the 3rd edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', monks are masters of unarmed and unarmored combat. They can rapidly heal themselves, shrug off magical attacks, run like the wind, dodge attacks they aren't consciously aware of, kill with a touch, and are immune to poison and disease. Beyond that, their unarmed strikes eventually become more deadly than a sword it takes two hands to wield, and they count as being magical, lawful-aligned, and [[UnObtainium adamantine]] for overcoming damage reduction. Using prestige classes and feats they can do even crazier shit.
** {{Pathfinder}} takes this even further: Monks now have a Ki Pool, constituted of Ki Points, which can be used to give the character an ungodly burst of speed, up their melee attack damage, or initiate a "Stunning Fist" attack. Coupled with an official Feat from 3.5 called Ki Blast, many {{Game Master}}s are now playing around with home-brewed rules for progressive ranged-combat Ki attack Feats for Monks for Pathfinder.
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th Edition itself plans to release 'Ki' as a power source, which will include the new version of the Monk. Since a preview of the Monk is in the works, it's heavily speculated that Ki will be introduced in the Player's Handbook III.
*** The Ki power source has now been merged with Psionic. Say hi to InternetBackdraft.
*** Although listed as "psionic," they use it more in the form of "mind over matter" (in fact that's the name of a feat for a certain build.) This trope still applies, because instead of using a weapon or staff or magic wand, the implement of choice is a "ki focus": heavy on the fluff and often with different effects than normal enchantments (such as "increase number of squares you can shift" or "use such-and-such power twice per round instead of once" rather than "do X amount additional fire damage") it basically amounts to something the monk prays/meditates/trains with to turn his entire body into InvulnerableKnuckles.
** {{Pathfinder}} takes this even further: Monks now have a Ki Pool, constituted of Ki Points, which can be used to give the character an ungodly burst of speed, up their melee attack damage, or initiate a "Stunning Fist" attack. Coupled with an official Feat from 3.5 called Ki Blast, many {{Game Master}}s are now playing around with home-brewed rules for progressive ranged-combat Ki attack Feats for Monks for Pathfinder.
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th Edition itself plans to release 'Ki' as a power source, which will include the new version of the Monk. Since a preview of the Monk is in the works, it's heavily speculated that Ki will be introduced in the Player's Handbook III.
*** The Ki power source has now been merged with Psionic. Say hi to InternetBackdraft.
*** Although listed as "psionic," they use it more in the form of "mind over matter" (in fact that's the name of a feat for a certain build.) This trope still applies, because instead of using a weapon or staff or magic wand, the implement of choice is a "ki focus": heavy on the fluff and often with different effects than normal enchantments (such as "increase number of squares you can shift" or "use such-and-such power twice per round instead of once" rather than "do X amount additional fire damage") it basically amounts to something the monk prays/meditates/trains with to turn his entire body into InvulnerableKnuckles.
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* In the 3rd edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', monks are masters of unarmed and unarmored combat. They can rapidly heal themselves, shrug off magical attacks, run like the wind, dodge attacks they aren't consciously aware of, kill with a touch, and are immune to poison and disease. Beyond that, their unarmed strikes eventually become more deadly than strike as hard as a sword it takes two hands to wield, two-handed sword, and they count as being magical, lawful-aligned, and [[UnObtainium adamantine]] for overcoming damage reduction.penetrating defences. Using prestige classes and feats they can do even crazier shit.
**{{Pathfinder}} takes this even further: Monks now have a Ki Pool, constituted of Ki Points, The {{Ninja}} class, meanwhile, has an explicit "ki pool" which it uses to power its abilities, mostly related to turning invisible (and later {{intangible|Man}}) in response to attacks. Notably, out of all the feats for multiclass characters, the monk/ninja feat is the only one a monk can be used to give gain as part of his class abilities.
** A number of KiAttack feats also exist, generally designed for monk or ninja use, most famously [[ElementalPunch Fiery Fists]], [[BattleAura Fiery Ki Defense]] and [[HandBlast Ki Blast]] from thecharacter an ungodly burst of speed, up their melee attack damage, or initiate a "Stunning Fist" attack. Coupled with an official Feat ''Player's Handbook II''.
** ''{{Pathfinder}}'' contains monk (modified from 3.5 called Ki Blast, many {{Game Master}}s are now playing around with home-brewed rules 5e) and ninja (mostly original) classes, both using a ki pool based on the D&D ninja above. Characters can expend a point of ki to gain offensive, defensive or speed bonuses for progressive ranged-combat Ki attack Feats for Monks for Pathfinder.
1 round, or to power various special attacks.
** In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4thEdition itself plans to release 'Ki' as a Edition, Ki is folded into the [[PsychicPowers Psionic]] power source, which will include the new version of the Monk. Since a preview of the Monk is in the works, it's heavily speculated that Ki will be introduced in the Player's Handbook III.
*** The Ki power source has now been merged with Psionic. Say hi to InternetBackdraft.
*** Although listed as "psionic," they use it more in the form of"mind over matter" sense (in fact that's the name of a feat for a certain build.) build). This trope still applies, because instead of using a weapon or staff or magic wand, the implement of choice is a "ki focus": heavy on the fluff and often with different effects than normal enchantments (such as "increase number of squares you can shift" or "use such-and-such power twice per round instead of once" rather than "do X amount additional fire damage") it basically amounts to something the monk prays/meditates/trains with to turn his entire body into InvulnerableKnuckles.
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** A number of KiAttack feats also exist, generally designed for monk or ninja use, most famously [[ElementalPunch Fiery Fists]], [[BattleAura Fiery Ki Defense]] and [[HandBlast Ki Blast]] from the
** ''{{Pathfinder}}'' contains monk (modified from 3.
** In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th
*** The Ki power source has now been merged with Psionic. Say hi to InternetBackdraft.
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** The same thing happens, naturally, in ''JukenSentaiGekiranger'', but with different names for both formations and attacks.
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* Ki powers were one of the main shticks of ''GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Each Ranger had a different specialty. For instance, [[TheHero Ryou]] was skilled at PlayingWithFire, and [[KidAppealCharacter Shouji]] was a GravityMaster.
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* Ki powers were one of the main shticks of ''GoseiSentaiDairanger''.''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Each Ranger had a different specialty. For instance, [[TheHero Ryou]] was skilled at PlayingWithFire, and [[KidAppealCharacter Shouji]] was a GravityMaster.
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* In the climactic battle between Shifu and Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Master Shifu manages to split apart a gigantic boulder the snow leopard kicks at him with a dazzling display of blue light (in BulletTime no less!). Later in the fight, although it originally comes from a brazier he knocks over, Tai Lung is able to wield fire in his paws, [[MemeticBadass apparently without even being singed by it]].
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* In the climactic battle between Shifu and Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Master Shifu manages to split apart a gigantic boulder the snow leopard kicks at him with a dazzling display of blue light (in BulletTime no less!). Later in the fight, although it originally comes from a brazier he knocks over, Tai Lung is able to wield fire in his paws, [[MemeticBadass [[{{Badass}} apparently without even being singed by it]].
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* In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2, Tigress connects her chi energy with Po's in order to blast him forward in the fight with the Wolf Boss. It even leaves a trail of flames... so badass.
* In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2, Tigress connects her chi energy with Po's in order to blast him forward in the fight with the Wolf Boss. It even leaves a trail of flames... so badass.
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** Any elemental Zanpakuto would qualify seeing how it's all connected to Spiritual pressure, Bleach's word for Ki/Chi/Chakra/etc... Chad's abilities and most Quincy powers qualify as well.
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by [[spoiler:Mullet Aizen and Starrk/Lilynette during their flashback.]]
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by [[spoiler:Mullet Aizen and Starrk/Lilynette during their flashback.]]
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** Any elemental Zanpakuto would qualify seeing how it's all connected to Spiritual pressure, Bleach's word for Ki/Chi/Chakra/etc... Chad's reiatsu. Fullbring abilities and most Quincy powers qualify as well.
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by[[spoiler:Mullet [[spoiler: Aizen and Starrk/Lilynette during their flashback.]]
*** Not just Zanpakuto, but everything depends on spirit energy. Simply put, if you don't have spirit energy, you can be killed just by being in the general vicinity of a person with a lot of spirit energy, as displayed by
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* The ninjas of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' use ki to do basically everything from form energy attacks to walk on water. Although the author mistakenly refered to the energy as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Chakra]], which is something completely different. By the time he realized his mistake it was too late to do anything about it so the term Chakra is still being used.
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* The ninjas of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' use ki to do basically everything from form energy attacks to walk on water. Although the author mistakenly refered to the energy as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Chakra]], Chakra,]] which is something completely different. By the time he realized his mistake it was too late to do anything about it so the term Chakra is still being used.
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* Recent {{Wolverine}} villain Soulstriker had the ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin phisically hit his opponent's life force]], thus weakening and torturing them. [[spoiler: Until Wolverine cut his hands off.]]
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* Recent {{Wolverine}} villain Soulstriker had the ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin phisically physically hit his opponent's life force]], thus weakening and torturing them. [[spoiler: Until Wolverine cut his hands off.]]
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** Actually John Aman's ability to turn into green mist is completely seperate from his ki attacks. That's just good old fashioned golden age super science.
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** Actually John Aman's ability to turn into green mist is completely seperate separate from his ki attacks. That's just good old fashioned golden age super science.
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-->--Troper Fawriel, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDg1pyXP1U this]] infamous {{Raocow}} video[[note]]Don't worry, it will show up at the top because Raocow commented on it.[[/note]]
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-->--Troper Fawriel, on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDg1pyXP1U this]] infamous {{Raocow}} LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} video[[note]]Don't worry, it will show up at the top because Raocow commented on it.[[/note]]
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* In ''ImmortalIronFist'', the titular character and his fellow Immortal Weapons all use chi as the foundation for their superpowers. These range from merely increased strength, speed and durability in the case of Fat Cobra, to the Prince of Orphans' slightly less-realistic ability to turn into green mist and possess people.
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* In ''ImmortalIronFist'', ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', the titular character and his fellow Immortal Weapons all use chi as the foundation for their superpowers. These range from merely increased strength, speed and durability in the case of Fat Cobra, to the Prince of Orphans' slightly less-realistic ability to turn into green mist and possess people.
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* Iron Fist from ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpider-Man''.
* ''[[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]]'': In the episode ''Dead Reckoning'', a young monk of [[ShamgriLa Nanda Parbat]] exhibited ki-enhanced physical abilities when he beat down Atomic Skull. The rest of the monks also use wuxia-type martial arts in defense of the temple.
* ''[[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]]'': In the episode ''Dead Reckoning'', a young monk of [[ShamgriLa Nanda Parbat]] exhibited ki-enhanced physical abilities when he beat down Atomic Skull. The rest of the monks also use wuxia-type martial arts in defense of the temple.
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* Hakkai from ''{{Saiyuki}}'' uses chi to produce energy blasts and shields and for healing
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* Hakkai from ''{{Saiyuki}}'' ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' uses chi to produce energy blasts and shields and for healing
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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''DragonBall Z''. Damn near everything the main characters do in a fight is based on ki, from simply enhancing their speed and strength to flying and throwing around energy blasts.
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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''DragonBall Z''.''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Damn near everything the main characters do in a fight is based on ki, from simply enhancing their speed and strength to flying and throwing around energy blasts.
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* As one of ''many'' references to ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', the fight scenes in the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] fanimation ''WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed'' use a lot of this.
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* As one of ''many'' references to ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the fight scenes in the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] fanimation ''WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed'' use a lot of this.
