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In the actual episode, Suzaku merely spin-kicks three times in midair.

Wonder where those song lines came from? Take a look at this.

Any other martial artist would do a lot less than 720 degrees before his leg connects.

Naturally, his personal mecha can do this, too, with the added benefit of his opponents exploding. His trademark gravity-defying attack allows him to run up walls, destroy machine gun turrets (while dodging their fire), disarm pistol-wielding opponents from across the room, fall great distances, shatter steel weapons, and send guards flying.

#Tvtropes artistic licence sex code#

Suzaku Kururugi of Code Geass is infamous for these.Yeah, as if sparring with a completely imaginary 220 pound praying mantis and actually suffering injuries from it is anything within the realm of actual martial arts.

#Tvtropes artistic licence sex series#

Perhaps the most egregious thing about this series is the imagination battles.

Baki the Grappler: Fucking christ, where do we begin?.

If it's intentionally being Played for Laughs, it would be I Know Kung-Faux. Note that this is for works that are presenting a move or martial art as serious or an Acceptable Break from Reality. Contrast What the Fu Are You Doing?, where the lack of knowledge is on the part of the character instead of the writers. Compare Martial Arts and Crafts, Chop Sockey. This trope is usually included with Supernatural Martial Arts. In a way, the sport of MMA itself used to be seen as this trope before it became mainstream in the martial arts community, which means the trope can be Truth in Television in a nuanced way. The evolution of MMA has seen plenty of techniques going from being considered ridiculous and impractical to becoming part of the sport's repertoire after someone important started landing them in the cage. Note, however, that because Reality Is Unrealistic, not even combat sports are safe from occasionally featuring low-percentage moves scoring successfully, either by specialized gameplans or by sheer luck.

These days it seems to be less prevalent, particularly with the rise in popularity of fighting systems such as MMA or Krav Maga. This trope can apply to as minor a grievance as an inefficient move or as major a martial insult as 80s ninja films.Īs a general rule, take a martial arts scene and ask yourself, 'would this move work in Mixed Martial Arts or Kickboxing?' If the answer is no, it's likely under this trope. They look great and all in video games, but would be needlessly showy in real life. Usually it will be the Hurricane Kick Sub-Trope, alongside its buddies the Kamehame Hadoken and Shoryuken. Claims that it had a practical purpose seem to rely on unverifiable sources.Įven in the more realistic video games, you will find at least one attack at this absurd level among the movelist of Shotoclones. Jump kicks are an interesting thing in that they do exist in some forms of martial arts, but they're primarily for demonstration purposes rather than dueling. Hence the reason stage combat is treated as a very different animal than actual fighting styles. Much of this comes from the basic issue that martial arts (which are specifically designed to eliminate an opponent as quickly and efficiently as possible,) simply don't look quite as visually interesting as the more elaborate moves seen on film, not to mention actors (usually) don't want to actually hurt their costars. 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 ton of hits and kill the one guy with one then whiff punishing is not as critical. Lots of times, this comes from the directors following the Rule of Cool, but many other times, they just didn't bother with the research. This page is dedicated to all of the 'amended' martial arts that populate Martial Arts Movies, manga and anime, especially high-flying spinning kicks and other telegraphed moves. Think Flynning, but with martial arts instead of swords.