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Do not confuse with the character Shifu from ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', whose name is (mis)pronounced the same way but spelled differently, and means "master" in Chinese (but only if you pronounce it correctly).
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Anita King, the youngest of the Paper Sisters in ''[[Read or Die|R.O.D. the TV Series]]'' has a combat style that was designed by the animators via "observing monkeys, as well as the Royal Chinese Acrobats."
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* In all of the ''[[Sin City]]'' stories, Miho only gets struck once when she is caught up in a grenade's explosion (although there is a mention of her being at the mercy of Triads at one point). This is mostly to show how dangerous she is, rather than trying to avert the "no hitting girls" rules. ''[[Sin City]]'' doesn't exactly shy away from violence.
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Dragon]]'' has this, and it shows in at least several episodes, as both Cure Dragon and Cure Fortune employ this against the villains (with the latter making some good use of pirouettes in her fighting style). It's implied that both have had at least some gymnastics training.
* ''[[Final Stand of Death]]'' has Fusion Gundam showing off their moves, such Spur taking over a [[Mini-Mecha]] twice her size, controlled by [[Blink-182]]. Redd also show her signature kick when [[Frankenstein's Monster]] got to close, after a [[Full-Frontal Assault]]. Since they were once human, who happened to know some martial arts, they still let them have it.
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk]] II'', [[Bubblegum Crisis|Lisa Vanette]] is established as a former gymnast, possibly good enough at one time to compete in the Olympics. In ''[http://accessdenied-rms.net/deadbang.shtml Dead Bang]'', the official sequel to ''DW2'' by Ian McLeod, Lisa combines her gymnastic skills with her recently-acquired telekinesis and "danger sense" to turn herself into a spinning, flipping fury on the battlefield that just can't be hit.
== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''
{{quote|'''John:''' I'm tired of this kung-fu bullshit!}}
** He also comments that she was [[Evil Is Sexy|hot]].
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** There's one interesting exception to the above rule about punching. Batgirl takes several punches in "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra"—all from henchmen who are invisible.
* [[Amy Jo Johnson]] used to be a pro gymnast, so her character Kimberly from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' naturally used She Fu in her fight scenes.
== Pro Wrestling ==
* Tons of [[WWE]] Divas.
== Toys ==
* Applies to just about any female character in ''[[Bionicle]]''. They tend to have higher "Agility" stats and lower "Strength" and "Toughness" stats than their male counterparts. [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|Lariska]] is probably the most obvious example in-story, however, being incredibly acrobatic with ninja-like abilities.
== Video Games ==
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* Lightning from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. Partially justified in that she has a gravity manipulator and, once that breaks, magical l'Cie powers. Seriously, her fourth ATB attack is backflipping and firing a gun simultaneously.
* Alora, a Dark Jedi and [[The Dragon]] in ''[[Jedi Academy]]'', moves very acrobatically the second time she's fought, even compared to the other Force users in the game, who can all or almost all do flips easily. Her no-nonsense outfit eliminates the element of showing off anything thereby, though.
== Web Comics ==
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'''Antimony:''' ''(angrily)'' Why? Because she's a woman?
'''Eglamore:''' What? No. At this range and indoors, Jones would ''flatten'' me. }}
== Web Original ==
* Chaka of the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' specializes in this style of fighting, even though her first big superhero fight caught her in nothing but a short nightie, with an appreciative audience of other students.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' lives by it. Got her on the cheerleading team, too.
* The former circus acrobat Ty Lee in ''
* The heroine of ''[[Cybersix]]''.
* ''[[Aeon Flux]]'', to the point that you start wondering whether she has any extra vertebrae. (which, given the [[Biopunk]] world she inhabits, is a plausible possibility.) At one point, another character gets similiar agility with a cybernetic removable vertebrae.
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