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| - Think Flynning, but with martial arts instead of swords. This page is dedicated to all of the 'amended' martial arts that populate Martial Arts Movie, manga and anime, especially high-flying spinning kicks and other telegraphed moves. Lots of times, this comes from the directors following the Rule of Cool, but many other times, they just Did Not Do the Research. If there is a Hand Wave coming up, appeals to Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers may be thrown in - after all, a "highly telegraphed" multi-spin roundhouse is a lot less easy to counter when your foot meets your opponent's face in the time it takes for him to blink, and if you can shrug off a tonne of hits and kill the one guy with one then a punished whiff is not as critical.
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| - Think Flynning, but with martial arts instead of swords. This page is dedicated to all of the 'amended' martial arts that populate Martial Arts Movie, manga and anime, especially high-flying spinning kicks and other telegraphed moves. Lots of times, this comes from the directors following the Rule of Cool, but many other times, they just Did Not Do the Research. If there is a Hand Wave coming up, appeals to Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers may be thrown in - after all, a "highly telegraphed" multi-spin roundhouse is a lot less easy to counter when your foot meets your opponent's face in the time it takes for him to blink, and if you can shrug off a tonne of hits and kill the one guy with one then a punished whiff is not as critical. Even in the more realistic video games, you will find at least one attack at this absurd level among the movelist of Shotoclones. Usually it will be the Hurricane Kick Sub-Trope, alongside its buddies the Kamehame Hadoken and Shoryuken. They look great and all in video games, but would be needlessly showy in real life. This trope can apply to as minor a grievance as an inefficient move or as major a martial insult as 80s ninja films. Fun game: Take a martial arts scene. Now, ask yourself; "Would this move work in Mixed Martial Arts?" If the answer is no, it's likely under this trope. Compare Martial Arts and Crafts, Chop Sockey. Contrast What the Fu Are You Doing?. Note that this is for works that are presenting a move or martial art as serious (or an Acceptable Break From Reality.) If it's intentionally being Played for Laughs, it would be I Know Kung Faux. Examples of Artistic License Martial Arts include:
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