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{{quote|''"We would parade across the rooftops in the still of night, making naught but a whisper. By the time they realized there was a parade it was already over..."''|'''Karashi''' (on [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0393.html ninja marching bands]), ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers]]''}}
 
In shows which feature martial arts heavily, there are a lot of different styles found in [[The Verse]]. This is [[Truth in Television]] somewhat as there have been many martial arts developed throughout history often based on local needs. For example [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_kobudo:Okinawan kobudo|Okinawan weapons]] were developed from household and farm implements.
 
Sometimes they just take it too far, and you get ''everything'' made into a martial art. Need medical attention? We have Ninja Medics! The King's scribe? He probably knows Martial Arts Calligraphy. Need trees chopped? Black Belt Lumberjacks. Expect these characters to have an [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]] related to their fighting style.
 
The [[Inverted Trope|inverse]] of [[I Know Madden Kombat]]; this trope covers instances where martial arts are used for mundane tasks, or a martial art is developed from humble beginnings. This trope is sometimes invoked by games that seek to be [[PVP -Balanced|balanced for PVP]] or [[Competitive Balance|competitive dueling]].
 
Compare [[Mundane Utility]], [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]. Often a case of [[I Know Kung Faux]].
 
Contrast [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]
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** Jet Li repeatedly does Kung Fu Healing People in the ''Once Upon a Time in China'' series.
** Almost anywhere you find a training scene in an old kung fu movie there's likely to be something like this -- the 'student learns some kind of Everyday Skill Fu and eventually gets bored of it, protests to the master and is finally shown what the meaning is' routine. Some examples are Jackie Chan learning Martial Arts Walnut Cracking in the original ''Drunken Master'', Chin Kar Lok being taught Noodle Cooking Fu by Lau Kar Leung in ''Operation Scorpio'', and Austin Wei in Shaw Bros' classic ''Five Superfighters'' unknowingly being taught Kung Fu Labouring.
* ''[[The Karate Kid]]'' has the infamous "[[Wax On, Wax Off|wax on, wax off]]", not to mention "paint the fence", "paint the house" and "sand the deck". Nothing for Crane Kick, except getting free pizza from the delivery guy. Another example of kung fu healing.
** Everything is kung fu.
** The Next Karate Kid included the 'Kata Waltz'.
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== Web Original ==
* Chaka, at [[Super -Hero School]] Whateley Academy in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', has the superpower of Ki control, and has invented new [[Martial Arts and Crafts]] at the drop of a shuriken. When given detention, she invented (on the fly) martial arts mopping (instant cleaning by attuning her Ki with the mop), martial arts linen folding, martial arts grime scrubbing... She has used her martial arts skills for healing problems beyond medicine, like Doctor Heavy's inability to turn off his local 8-G gravity field (she turned it into a local 0-G field by accident). And she has developed all kinds of martial arts weapons for herself, including sewing needles, forks, playing cards...
* ''[[Fighters High]]'' sports this as an essential part of the eponymous school's culture. Within the first 10 minutes of the first episode, we've seen the school's cook face off against a student, blasting him into a wall using a fireball generated via spatula.
* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' features a ninja-style dancer.
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== Real Life ==
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Capoeira |Capoeira]] is a martial art meant to look like a dance.
* When there wasn't anyone to spy on or assassinate, the [[Ninja]] worked as gardeners.
** After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun (and started the centuries of seclusion) the ninjas of the time found their job opportunities, i.e. assassinations, were running out. The shogun, not wanting a bunch of well-trained killers angry at him, made a large chunk of them into his personal spy network, answering only to him and the Emperor of Japan. To hide their ''real'' job they often worked as carpenters and gardeners in the homes of their lords.
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** Probably with Rebuilding Jutsu so they can perform arson again and again for practice.
* The ubiquitous "dragon dance" seen at Chinese New Year -- and so damn many movies -- is a form in Kung-Fu.
** Since the original meaning of the word gōngfu means [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_fu_%28term%29:Kung fu chr(28)termchr(29)|"one's expertise in any skill achieved through hard work and practice, not necessarily martial"]], ''everything'' is a form of Kung-Fu.
*** The [[Jackie Chan]] ''[[Karate Kid]]'' makes [[Bilingual Bonus|so much]] [[Fridge Brilliance|more sense]] knowing that!
* Most of the "Animal Style" Kung Fu traditions have a legend about their founder watching some animal in it's natural habitat doing what comes naturally. These masters are then struck with inspiration and found a new tradition of martial arts based on the natural flow found in the animal's movements.
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