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Related to [[I Know Mortal Kombat]], compare to [[Confusion Fu]], a combination of [[Indy Ploy]] and [[Combat Pragmatist]] with a lot of [[Improvised Weapon]]s. This is like an Indy ploy specifically for fighting and while this is similar to [[Combat Pragmatist]], the Combat Pragmitist usually uses "dirty tactics" to gain the upper hand rather than fighting indirectly to ameliorate their disadvantage. It's essentially in-universe [[Improv]] for combat.
Related to [[I Know Mortal Kombat]], compare to [[Confusion Fu]], a combination of [[Indy Ploy]] and [[Combat Pragmatist]] with a lot of [[Improvised Weapon]]s. This is like an Indy ploy specifically for fighting and while this is similar to [[Combat Pragmatist]], the Combat Pragmitist usually uses "dirty tactics" to gain the upper hand rather than fighting indirectly to ameliorate their disadvantage. It's essentially in-universe [[Improv]] for combat.

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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has this trope reconstructed, featuring an as-serious-as-it-can-get Anything Goes Martial Arts dojo. While the fighting style has some of it's own unique characteristics, Ranmas most distinctive ability is being able to adapt with remarkable skill, something that comes in handy when forced to engage in all sorts of rule-restricted [[Martial Arts and Crafts]].
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* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'': Jyuza gave Raoh one hell of a [[Humiliation Conga]] with a fighting style he invented on the spot. The fight ends with him stealing Raoh's horse, Kokuoh.


== Film - Live-Action ==
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* [[Jackie Chan]]'s characters are all about this. This is because the Chan man loves action but dislikes violence so he uses his own style involving a lot of dodging and using the environment to combat his opponents.
* [[Ace Ventura]] invokes this when in a tight situation.
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** This is also true for his character in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.
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* [[The Bourne Series|Jason Bourne]] can beat the shit out of you with a rolled up newspaper and blow up a condo with it when he's done killing you.
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** It should be noted that this example isn't theoretical or exaggerated; it's something Bourne actually does in ''The Bourne Supremacy''.

== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has many examples of Improv fu but the most egregious one is that a lot of fight scenes throughout the series featres the rangers fighting grunts in a playground and use the equipment to augment their fighting.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has many examples of Improv fu but the most egregious one is that a lot of fight scenes throughout the series featres the rangers fighting grunts in a playground and use the equipment to augment their fighting.
** ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': [[The Smart Guy|Billy the Blue Ranger]] of the team kind of sucks at fighting, but he manages by using this trope, though by the time he leaves the rangers he's gotten much better at hand-to-hand
** ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': [[The Smart Guy|Billy the Blue Ranger]] of the team kind of sucks at fighting, but he manages by using this trope, though by the time he leaves the rangers he's gotten much better at hand-to-hand
** ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'': Occurred with Bulk and Skull when they were accidentally sent to a coliseum in another world and they get saved by another warrior, they have to face down a few guards and ultimately, they were able to take them down with the power of bumbling around.
** ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'': Occurred with Bulk and Skull when they were accidentally sent to a coliseum in another world and they get saved by another warrior, they have to face down a few guards and ultimately, they were able to take them down with the power of bumbling around.
** ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'': Ziggy The [[Plucky Comic Relief]] became a Power Ranger out of an accident and out of desperation so he had no qualifications or skills to actually be a good fighter. Instead he mostly runs around a fight scene dodging enemies or using nearby props as weapons and ways to protect himself. He gets better at hand to hand throughout the series though.
** ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'': Ziggy The [[Plucky Comic Relief]] became a Power Ranger out of an accident and out of desperation so he had no qualifications or skills to actually be a good fighter. Instead he mostly runs around a fight scene dodging enemies or using nearby props as weapons and ways to protect himself. He gets better at hand to hand throughout the series though.
* [[Ace Ventura]] invokes this when in a tight situation.
* ''[[Martial Law]]'' has [[The Danza|Sammo Law]] present this art in its finest form.
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* This was comically sent up in the ''[[Almost Live]]'' sketch "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan." Billy and his antagonist would always fight using items around them as stand-ins for martial arts weapons. (In a computer room, floppy disks became shirukens; in a meat market, links of sausages became nunchaku, etc.)

== Western Animation ==
* Sokka of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' a [[Badass Normal]] warrior in a group where all the other member have [[Elemental Powers]] he is the one who frequently comes up with strategies and plans, including examples like create bombs to try to simulate fire control, spreading perfume to confuse a creature with super smelling senses, offensive use of stink bombs, discovering a moment where the fire nation would lose their powers and plant an invasion on that day, and taking over a fire nation blimp and use it as a projectile to destroy other blimps... just to name a few.His ability to improvise plans was part of the reason the master Piandao accepted him as his student.
* Sokka of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' a [[Badass Normal]] warrior in a group where all the other member have [[Elemental Powers]] he is the one who frequently comes up with strategies and plans, including examples like create bombs to try to simulate fire control, spreading perfume to confuse a creature with super smelling senses, offensive use of stink bombs, discovering a moment where the fire nation would lose their powers and plant an invasion on that day, and taking over a fire nation blimp and use it as a projectile to destroy other blimps... just to name a few.His ability to improvise plans was part of the reason the master Piandao accepted him as his student.

== Real Life ==
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* [[Jackie Chan]]'s characters are all about this. This is because the Chan man loves action but dislikes violence so he uses his own style involving a lot of dodging and using the environment to combat his opponents.
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** This is also true for his character in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.
* Krav Maga is a martial art that teaches improvised combat techniques.
* Krav Maga is a martial art that teaches improvised combat techniques.
**Krav Maga was not meant for a [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen|polite sporting match, a dual, or even professional soldiers fighting others of their kind]]. It was meant for Jews threatened by bullying Nazi thugs in the 1930's and as such is full of dirty tricks designed to convince people to stay away from Jews.
**Krav Maga was not meant for a [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen|polite sporting match, a duel, or even professional soldiers fighting others of their kind]]. It was meant for Jews threatened by bullying Nazi thugs in the 1930s and as such is full of dirty tricks designed to convince people to stay away from Jews.
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* This was comically sent up in the ''[[Almost Live]]'' sketch "Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan." Billy and his antagonist would always fight using items around them as stand-ins for martial arts weapons. (In a computer room, floppy disks became shirukens; in a meat market, links of sausages became nunchaku, etc.)
* ''[[Martial Law]]'' has [[The Danza|Sammo Law]] present this art in its finest form.
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* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has this trope reconstructed, featuring an as-serious-as-it-can-get Anything Goes Martial Arts dojo. While the fighting style has some of it's own unique characteristics, Ranmas most distinctive ability is being able to adapt with remarkable skill, something that comes in handy when forced to engage in all sorts of rule-restricted [[Martial Arts and Crafts]].
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* [[Fist of the North Star|Jyuza]] gave Raoh one hell of a [[Humiliation Conga]] with a fighting style he invented on the spot. The fight ends with him stealing Raoh's horse, Kokuoh.
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* [[The Bourne Series|Jason Bourne]] can beat the shit out of you with a rolled up newspaper and blow up a condo with it when he's done killing you.
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** It should be noted that this example isn't theoretical or exaggerated; it's something Bourne actually does in ''The Bourne Supremacy''.


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