Mystical Martial Arts

"Meditation is spiritual, Martial arts are physical, spiritual gentleness of Yin and physical toughness of Yang, the union of spiritual mind and physical body is what empowers Chi the breath of life that powers the Iron Fist."

- Danny Rand (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

The ability to utilize mystical combat in multiple forms of martial arts.

Also Called

 * Kung Fu Magic
 * Majikkujutsu
 * Mystic Martial Arts
 * Supernatural Martial Arts

Capabilities
The user can utilize mystical combat in multiple forms of martial arts. Many of those who train in martial arts gain superhuman capabilities by learning to harness multiple forms of magic or other supernatural abilities.

Some techniques are often either a form of excellence or perfection of an existing martial art and sometimes users of the original tend to change or innovate the martial art to make it their own.

Applications

 * Attack Powers
 * Aura Manipulation
 * Chi Manipulation
 * Defense Powers
 * Elemental Energy Manipulation
 * Elemental Manipulation
 * Energy Manipulation
 * Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat
 * Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Unarmed Combat
 * Weapon Proficiency/Absolute Weapon Proficiency
 * Life-Force Manipulation
 * Magical Energy Manipulation
 * Mana Manipulation
 * Specialist Powers
 * Support Powers

Variations

 * Alien Martial Arts: Fighting styles that mimic extraterrestrial movements and fighting techniques. May require Alien Physiology.
 * Animal/Beast Martial Arts: Fighting styles that mimic animal movements. Related to Animal Imitation or Zodiac Empowerment.
 * Artificial Martial Arts: Either an android, cyborg or scientifically-altered being may be able to use these techniques, but may be limited to using either their energy sources or whatever that they are equipped with.
 * Assassination Arts (Ansatsuken): Fighting styles created purely for killing others. Possibly achieved through Dark Arts.
 * Divine/Demonic Martial Arts: Extremely rare and can never be used by mere mortals. May require Guardianship, Divine Empowerment, Assailant, or Demonic Empowerment.
 * Elemental Martial Arts: Combining the powers of the elements with their combat skills.
 * Magical Martial Arts: A form using basic magic in physical combat.
 * Scientific Martial Arts: A form using basic science in physical combat.
 * Superhuman Martial Arts: Martial arts skills achieved by metahuman or mutant abilities.
 * Traditional Martial Arts: More known than Mystical Martial Arts are. Allows users to perform styles of combat to a superhuman level.

Associations

 * Combat Merging
 * Divine Combat
 * Magic
 * Manifested Attacks
 * Meta Combat
 * Ninjutsu

Limitations

 * Only certain practitioners can master certain techniques; usually, this means finding the right teacher, but some are directly tied to bloodline or have less physical requirements (certain type of chi/ki, mental state, etc).
 * Time between learning it and mastering the techniques depends on the development of the user.
 * Abandoning or attempting a technique without actually training or practicing it could have terrible results and may sometimes backfire.
 * Some techniques are considered to be forbidden to use regularly in a bout and could deprive, cripple, strain or even kill the user in careless uses.
 * Rivals finding knowledge of the technique's flaws or openings will risk either a swift defeat or anticipation.

Known Users
See also: Supernatural Martial Arts and Fantastic Fighting Style

Cartoons
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 * Benders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
 * Dina and Dash (The Awesomes)
 * The Invisible Hand of The Floating Glove (The Awesomes)
 * Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
 * Master Yao (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
 * Woo Foo Knights (Yin Yang Yo)

Comics

 * Karate Kid (DC Comics)
 * Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
 * Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
 * The Immortal Weapons (Marvel Comics)
 * The Black Dragon Death Squad (Marvel Comics)
 * Rock of the Buddha
 * Fist of Fire
 * Storm Sword
 * Soul Striker
 * Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Movies

 * Evil Kabukiman (Citizen Toxie - The Toxic Avenger IV)
 * Kung Fu masters (Kung Fu Panda)
 * Kai
 * Oogway
 * Po
 * Shifu
 * Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D (Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D.)
 * Force Sensitives (Star Wars)

Live Television

 * Various Power Ranger teams (Power Rangers)}}

RPG
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 * Various Exalted (Exalted)

Video Games

 * Yasha (Asura's Wrath)
 * Captain Falcon (F-Zero)
 * Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)
 * Zell Dincht (Final Fantasy VIII)
 * Gene (God Hand)
 * Masters of Wakfung (Islands of Wakfu)
 * Nora; can use the wind element in her attacks
 * Most characters (Jade Empire)
 * Kyo Kusanagi (The King of Fighters)
 * Fighter Kirby (Kirby series)
 * Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Various characters (Mortal Kombat)
 * Lucario (Pokémon)
 * Brawler Imaginators (Skylanders)
 * Various characters (Street Fighter)
 * Various characters (Tekken)
 * Various characters (Touhou Project)

Web Animation

 * Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Other

 * Kate Mason (ONSET)
 * Arables Sennjuriko (Persona: Rising Reverie)
 * Segata Sanshiro (Sega)}}