- "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
- Defense Powers
- Elemental Energy Manipulation
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Magical Energy Manipulation
- Specialist Powers
- Support Powers
Variations
- Alien Martial Arts: Fighting styles that mimic extraterrestrial movements and fighting techniques. May require Alien Physiology.
- Animalistic Combat: 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
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.
- May need to learn some forms of ordinary martial arts first then later use mystical technique to utilize their powers.
- Rivals finding the 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
- 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)
Anime/Manga
- Soul Reapers/Shinigami (Bleach)
- Don Pan Pan (Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys)
- Luo Hao (Campione)
- Ki Users (Dragon Ball series)
- Various Martial Artists (Fist of the Blue Sky/Fist of the North Star)
- Various Characters (God of High School)
- Various Gosu (Gosu)
- Various Martial Artists (History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
- Ripple/Hamon Users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Various Characters (Naruto)
- Hyuga Clan (Naruto)
- Taijutsu specialists (Naruto)
- Might Dai
- Might Guy
- Rock Lee
- Shira
- Users of the Rokushiki (One Piece)
- CP9 members
- Various High Ranked Navy Officers
- Black Leg Style Practitioners (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sanji
- Zeff
- Inuppe (Temporarily)
- Santoryu/Kyutoryu Practitioners (One Piece)
- Roronoa Zoro
- Jigoro (Temporarily)
- Users of Fishman Karate (One Piece)
- Kuroobi
- Jinbe
- Hordy Jones
- Hack
- Koala
- Various Characters (Overlord)
- Yōjutsu Practitioners (Rosario + Vampire)
- Various Characters (Sakigake Otokojuku & Akatsuki Otokojuku)
- Various Gosu and Martial Artists (Yongbi the Invincible)
- Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
RPG
- 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)
- Various Characters (Kingdom of Paradise); via Zangeki Cut, Shitotsu Thrust, Koda Strike, Senbu Dance, Chi Sword Fighting
- San'yuan Practitioners (Kingdom of Paradise)
- Hohaku via San'Yuan "Law" (Philosophy)
- Professor Seidatsu via San'Yuan "Way"
- Lei Gai via San'Yuan "Art"
- Shinbu via San'Yuan Law/Way/Art and Pure San'Yuan of Sun, Moon, and Stars
Web Animation
- Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
Other
- Kate Mason (ONSET)
- Arables Sennjuriko (Persona: Rising Reverie)
- Segata Sanshiro (Sega)
Gallery
Cartoons/Comics
In the World of Avatar, (Avatar series) chi serves as the metaphysical energy that is the root of the four Bending Arts...
...Waterbending, a hydrokinetic martial arts that is based on Tai Chi which like water extremely soft, gentle, and flowing, but devastatingly versatile as the spiritual element of Change...
...Firebending, a pyrokinetic martial arts based on Northern Shaolin which like fire is aggressive, expanding, and extravagant as the spiritual element of Power...
...Earthbending, a geokinetic martial arts based on Hung Gar which like earth is diverse, strong, and enduring as the spiritual element of Substance...
...and Airbending, an aerokinetic martial arts based on Ba Gua Zhang which like air is passive, flexible, and dynamic as the spiritual element of Freedom.
Karate Kid (DC Comics)
Torquasm-Rao (DC Comics) is a Kryptonian meditation that allow users to tap into their instincts and astral project, and Torquasm-Vo is a psychic discipline that involves focusing one's mental discipline to help fight adverse effects such as mental domination and can be used to manipulate someone's mind...
...Superman using Torquasm-Vo to project an illusion, making his opponent see what he wants them to see...
...and Torquasm-Rao to meditate.
The Immortal Weapons (Marvel Comics)
The personal guards of the San Fran Chinatown crime lord, the Black Dragon, the Black Dragon Death Squad (Marvel Comics) each wield individually powerful mystical martial arts...
...The Rock of the Buddha, whose skin and strikes are hard as his namesake...
...Fist of Fire, who can enhanced a simple and small burn...
...to an explosive charge with but a few words...
...Storm Sword, a master of the winds and caster of tornadoes...
...and Soul Striker...
...who can literally punch souls and make his victim re-live the worst moments of their life.
Po, Shifu, Tigress, Monkey, Crane, Viper and Mantis (Kung Fu Panda) are the first kung fu masters of their species and created their own animal-based kung fu styles.
Even though his physical strength is limited, Yao (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) is able to use kung fu with his mind.
Add a photo to this galleryAnime/Manga
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Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach) is powerful martial art master who combines Kido spells with Hakuda physical techniques.
Don Pan Pan (Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys) is a master of a mystic martial arts which combines Dark Chi Manipulation and Pressure Point Intuition to defeat enemies.
A master and proficient user in the art of Ki, Son Goku (Dragon Ball series) can pull off supernatural feats...
...such as flight,...
...project and manipulate it in the form of various techniques...
...the Kaio-ken, which can augment his physical strength, speed, and senses up to 20x their natural limit....
...reinforce his body...
The Ripple/Hamon (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) is energy used in the way of Sendō, which allows a person to produce an energy identical to the energy of the Sun...
...armed with an arsenal of ancient martial art techniques, Jonathan Joestar combined the Ripple/Hamon energy with his powerful physical strength, coating his fists with it...
...inheriting the ability to produce it from his grandfather and mother, Joseph Joestar uses the Ripple/Hamon for a variety of purposes...
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...like pressurizing his cola to break a crooked cop's fingers...
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Caesar Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) could produce an almost endless amount of Ripple/Hamon-infused bubbles.
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After becoming the Ultimate Being, Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) found he could use and produce the Ripple/Hamon.
The Gentle Fist (Naruto) practised by the Hyuga Clan emphasis on incorporating extremely refined chakra control into hand to hand combat…
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…allowing them to perform chakra-powered strikes…
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…strongest Gentle Fist technique, 8 Trigram 64 Palms.
The second-generation master of the Black Leg Style, Sanji (One Piece) evolved his already powerful techniques with his Diable Jambe, a friction infused kicks with the spicy power of a devil...
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A renowned swordsman who created the Santoryu/Three Sword Style, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) is capable of wielding one katana in each hand and another one in his mouth,...
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...which allows him to produce and create powerful techniques,...
...most of them manifesting an aura that resembles either mythical or deadly beasts…
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…and by honing his powerful willpower, he can use a more spiritual variation of his Santoryu/Three Sword Style...
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...Kiki Kyutoryu: Asura which manifests nine additional blades to further enhanced his techniques…
…and after the 2 years of instene training and constant fights, not only did he furthered honed his sword skills...
...but also learned Busoshoku Haki,...
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...which lets him enhance and toughen his swords...
Brook (One Piece) combines Iaido swordsmanship with spiritual underworld ice to perform his signature, Blizzard Kill: River Styx Slash.
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Jinbe (One Piece), a powerful practitioner of Fishman Karate.
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Hordy Jones (One Piece)
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Taught by Hack, Koala (One Piece) is a skilled user of Fishman Karate.
Rei's Nanto Suicho Ken/South Dipper Waterfowl Fist (Fist of the North Star)
Shu's Nanto Hakuro Ken/South Dipper White Heron Fist (Fist of the North Star)
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Yuda's Nanto Kokaku Ken/South Dipper Flamingo Fist (Fist of the North Star)
Souther's Nanto Hōō Ken/South Dipper Phoenix Fist (Fist of the North Star)
Inflicting a cold sensation before death, Ryuga's Taizan Tenrō Ken (Fist of the North Star) severs flesh from his victim's body.
Raoh/Ken-Oh/King of Fists' Gō no Ken/Fist of Strength (Fist of the North Star)
Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire) has been trained in Yōjutsu, the art of manipulating Yōki.
Okhwang (The God of High School) can control the fundamental forces for combat.
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Han Dae-Wi (The God of High School)
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By coating his Bō with his inner Ki, Yongbi (Yongbi the Invincible) can use the Black Lancer Seven Chain Technique -...
...Black Shattering Blast to destroy Cruel Moon's entire hand...
...and body piece by piece.
Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) can infuse his training in Spirit energy manipulation with his street fighting skills to enhance his fighting style.
Video Games
Yasha (Asura's Wrath) of the Seven Deities is a skilled martial artist who incorporates his Mantra into his attacks.
Terry Bogard (The King of Fighters) is trained in Hakkyokuseiken, a martial arts discipline that allows him to channel chi from the Earth itself.
Kyo Kusanagi (The King of Fighters) and his clan are known for their fire-based martial arts.
Segata Sanshiro (Sega) has trained so extensively in martial arts that he can pull of a variety of superhuman/supernatural feats.
Ryu (Street Fighter) has extensive training in the Ansatsuken fighting style, able to perform such feats as Ki manipulation.
There are various characters (Kingdom of Paradise) who uses a unique swords style, which exist in Ouka's Five Clans ranging from the Zangeki Cut (Seiryu), Shitotsu Thrust (Genbu), the Koda Strike (Byakko), Senbu Dance (Suzaku), Chi Sword Fighting (Kirin). There also exists five different Chi Arts among each clan, but can only be used with a unique sword…
…Shinbu is the fourth practitioner of the San'Yuan, the basis for the Five Clan's sword styles split into Law, Way, Art. The San'Yuan is a style able to earn both the respect and fear of those who've heard of their practitioners as well as being powerful enough to defeat Banko. Shinbu soon learned the purest San'Yuan of Sun, Moon, and Stars.
Live Television/Movies
Danny Rand (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a martial arts master who incorporates his chi into his fist, augmenting his power to incredible feats.
Force Sensitives (Star Wars Cannon/Legends)...
...Mace Windu using Force Speed...
Video
Avatar Creating The Legend - 1 - Waterbending
Avatar Creating The Legend - 2 - Earthbending
Avatar Creating The Legend - 3 - Firebending
Avatar Creating The Legend - 4 - Airbending
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